World Health Organisation
Global cancer cases to rise 70% in next 20 years: WHO
05 Feb 2015
World Health Organisation says 14 million new cancer cases are detected and over eight million people die from cancer annually, with 60 per cent of these deaths in Africa, Asia, Central and South America
WHO vaccines head volunteers to undergo Ebola vaccine trial
25 Oct 2014
The WHO official under whose supervision an Ebola drug was being developed has signed up to become one of the first volunteers to undergo vaccine trials
Affected countries must put Ebola checks at all exits: WHO
19 Aug 2014
The WHO said in a statement there was no need for wider travel or trade restrictions, apart from screening people from the affected countries
US drug firms get WHO backing for Ebola drug trials in West Africa
13 Aug 2014
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday gave the green light for experimental use of untested drugs on people infected with Ebola virus
What is Ebola virus disease?
08 Aug 2014
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
08 Aug 2014
The World Health Organisation is convening a meeting early next week to discuss the sensitive and difficult issue of using experimental drugs to treat hundreds of Ebola-affected Africans
WHO taps Mumbai dabbawalas for disease prevention campaign
03 Apr 2014
The World Health Organisation has roped in Mumbai’s dabbawala network to spread awareness about diseases such as malaria and dengue
Air pollution kills 7 mn worldwide annually: WHO
25 Mar 2014
According to WHO air pollution was the cause of about one in eight deaths and had now emerged as the single biggest environmental health risk
WHO warns of new deadly SARS-like virus
20 Jun 2013
The virus is not unknown but the virulent strain is known to be resistant to most drugs available.
WHO rapped for mislabelling Indian generics as counterfeits
22 May 2010
WHO has been asked to examine its links to big drug firms after criticism by Brazil and India over the seizure of legitimate generic drug exports by EU countries under trumped-up charges
New HIV infections decline: WHO
26 Nov 2009
New HIV infections have been reduced by 17 per cent over the past eight years and the death toll from HIV has reduced by more than 10 per cent due to greater access to anti-retroviral drugs, says WHO
New swine flu kills 70 in Mexico; spreads to US
25 Apr 2009
Mexican and US officials are taking emergency steps to contain the possible outbreak of a new multi-strain swine flu that has killed about 70 people and may be responsible for scores of other deaths In Mexico.
WHO worried over drug-resistant malaria strain
25 Apr 2009
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