Congo's Ebola outbreak now second largest in history: WHO
World | November 30, 2018 6:28 ISTSalama this month predicted that the outbreak in northeastern Congo will last at least another six months before it can be contained.
Salama this month predicted that the outbreak in northeastern Congo will last at least another six months before it can be contained.
In all, 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and India carried almost 80 per cent of the global malaria burden. In India, 1.25 billion people in the population were at risk of malaria, the report said.
According to WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, 900 million people region-wide lack basic sanitation and more than 500 million practise open defecation.
According to the WHO, a person has gaming disorder if they have impaired control over gaming, in terms of frequency, intensity, duration, and termination.
WHO has also claimed that video gaming is clinical condition and requires clinical diagnosis.
The WHO report mentions that while air pollution levels across the world in hovering way beyond danger mark, there are a few countries that have taken the matter seriously and initiated steps to tackle it.
WHO said that these medications not only are unable to treat diseases but can also cause severe complications or even death.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced Soumiya Swaminathan's appointment on Tuesday morning.
World Health Organisation warns: New treatments will not be sufficient to fight the threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Breastfeeding has both cognitive and health benefits for both infants and new mothers.
Shocking figures reveal that one in every six elder people have faced physical, pscyhological or financial abuse.
India has 14.4 million of obese kids which constitutes the second highest number of obese children in 2015, following China with 15.3 million children who’re obese.
World Health Organisation has added 10 antibiotics to the list for adults and 12 for children.
Yemen has hit the number 605 and the numbers are expected to exceed 73,000.
"Having very, very strong political will at the highest level with proper leadership and guidance is most essential for the successful implementation of digital healthcare in the country," said Mark Landry, Regional Advisor, (South-East Asia), WHO.
More than two-thirds of around 1.2 million deaths of adolescents due to preventable causes such as road accident injuries and suicide took place in low- and middle-income countries including India in 2015, the WHO said.
The Indian government is set to change the meaning of blindness to align it with the WHO criteria and ensure the Indian data on visual impairment meets the worldwide evaluations. As defined under the National
The World Health Organisation (WHO) today said that an experimental Ebola vaccine has been found to be 100 per cent affective against the deadly virus in a major human trial in Guinea.
Over 90 per cent of the world’s population is breathing poor quality air, an analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed, with air-pollution responsible for over 11 per cent of deaths globally.
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