Final trial results confirm Ebola vaccine provides high protection against disease
Dec 23, 2016, at 11:57 pm
Geneva, Dec 23 (IBNS): An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea, according to results published on Friday in The Lancet.
India has the highest number of people with diabetes in the World: Rebecca Reynolds
Dec 20, 2016, at 04:03 am
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IBNS): Based on a report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2013, Metabolic Medicine's professor Rebecca Reynolds said that India has the highest number of diabetic patients in the world.
Malaria remains acute public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa – UN report
Dec 14, 2016, at 02:42 pm
New York, Dec 14 (Just Earth News): Despite major progress in the fight against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease remains an acute public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, home to 90 per cent of the world’s malaria cases, according to an annual flagship report by the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO report warns global actions and investments to end tuberculosis epidemic are falling far short
Oct 15, 2016, at 12:46 am
Washington, Oct 14 (IBNS): New data published by WHO in its 2016 "Global Tuberculosis Report" show that countries need to move much faster to prevent, detect, and treat the disease if they are to meet global targets.
WHO calls for immediate safe evacuation of the sick and wounded from conflict areas
Oct 01, 2016, at 01:04 am
Geneva, Sept 30 (IBNS): WHO is calling on belligerents in Syria to allow for the immediate and safe evacuation of the sick and wounded from all areas affected by the conflict, including eastern Aleppo.
Discrimination and negative attitudes about ageing are bad for your health
Oct 01, 2016, at 12:58 am
Geneva, Sept 30 (IBNS): New analysis by WHO shows that negative or ageist attitudes towards older people are widespread. They also negatively affect older people’s physical and mental health.
WHO calls for stronger measures against Zika as Thailand confirms disease-related microcephaly
Sep 30, 2016, at 09:50 pm
New Delhi, Sept 30 (IBNS): The World Health Organization today urged countries across the WHO South-East Asia Region to continue to take decisive action to prevent, detect and respond to Zika virus as Thailand confirmed two cases of Zika-related microcephaly.
Sep 08, 2016, at 09:28 pm
Colombo, Sept 8 (IBNS): One in seven people globally is a migrant, refugee or an internally displaced person.
J P Nadda leads Yoga Session at 69th session of WHO SEARO at Colombo
Sep 08, 2016, at 01:15 am
New Delhi, Sept 7 (IBNS): Following in the vision of the Hon. Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, J P Nadda led the yoga session at the 69th session of the WHO Regional Committee of South-East Asia Region at Colombo, on Wednesday.
Address double burden of malnutrition: WHO
Sep 07, 2016, at 09:50 pm
Colombo, Sept 7 (IBNS): The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a whole-of-society approach to address the double burden of malnutrition which affects populations across South-East Asia Region, particularly women and girls.
Countries in South-East Asia pledge action against noncommunicable diseases
Sep 06, 2016, at 12:51 am
Colombo, Sept 5 (IBNS): To arrest the growing epidemic of noncommunicable diseases that kill 8.5 million people annually in WHO South-East Asia Region, member countries of the region on Monday adopted the 'Colombo declaration' which calls for strengthening delivery of services for these diseases at the primary health care level.
South-East Asia Health Ministers meet in Colombo next week
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:15 am
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Health Ministers of the 11 Member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region are meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from Sept 5-9 to set health priorities for the Region, home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population.
Jul 19, 2016, at 12:27 am
Geneva, July 18 (IBNS) A new WHO report highlights the need to intensify national action to meet the global targets governments have agreed to protect people from heart disease, cancers, diabetes, and lung diseases.
Sanofi Pasteur dengue vaccine approved in Costa Rica
Jun 24, 2016, at 05:20 am
Kolkata/Costa Rica, June 23 (IBNS): Sanofi Pasteur, Sanofi's vaccine division, announced on Thursday that the National Ministry of Health of Costa Rica has approved Sanofi Pasteur's tetravalent dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia, to protect individuals 9 to 45 years of age living in endemic areas against all four serotypes of dengue.
Lower doses of yellow fever vaccine could be used in emergencies: WHO
Jun 18, 2016, at 03:19 am
Geneva, June 17 (IBNS) The yellow fever vaccine given as one fifth of the regular dose could be used to control an outbreak in case of vaccine shortages.
Health ministry: India continues to be polio free
Jun 15, 2016, at 07:23 pm
New Delhi, Jun 15 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare confirmed on Wednesday that India continues to be polio free as the country has eradicated wild polio virus -- the last case was seen on Jan 13, 2011, and it is more than five years that no wild polio virus has been detected.
WHO rejects scientists' call to postpone Rio games over Zika outbreak
May 28, 2016, at 06:45 pm
New Delhi, May 28 (IBNS) The World Health Organization (WHO) has turned down a call by leading scientists to move or postpone this summer's Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak.
WHO South–East Asia Region eliminates Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus
May 20, 2016, at 01:41 am
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): In a major public health feat, WHO South-East Asia Region has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus with all districts across the 11 countries having reduced the cases to less one than per 1 000 live births.
Create healthy environments to save lives: WHO
Mar 16, 2016, at 04:34 am
New Delhi, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A new WHO report released on Tuesday estimates that every year 12.6 million people globally die from diseases and injuries attributable to the environments in which they live and work.
Fiji receives relief supplies in wake of Cyclone Winston as UN backs up Government response
Feb 24, 2016, at 03:08 pm
New York, Feb 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The United Nations has begun its work of providing international assistance to the Pacific islands of Fiji, hit by a powerful tropical cyclone that left at least 28 people dead and some 14,000 people sheltering in evacuation centres.
Films showing smoking scenes should be rated to protect children from tobacco addiction
Feb 01, 2016, at 09:03 pm
Geneva, Feb 1 (IBNS) WHO is calling on governments to rate movies that portray tobacco use in a bid to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of tobacco.
New Ebola case in Sierra Leone; WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups
Jan 16, 2016, at 05:00 am
New York, Jan 15 (IBNS) A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, reflecting the ongoing risk of new flare-ups of the virus in affected countries, WHO confirmed on Friday.
Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria - UN health agency
Sep 26, 2015, at 03:30 pm
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, leaving the devastating disease endemic in only two countries and bringing the world one major step closer to achieving this goal of ending polio for good.
Urgent action needed to prevent a return to pre-antibiotic era: WHO
Sep 10, 2015, at 12:11 am
Kolkata, Sept 9 (IBNS): Cautioning that indiscriminate use of antibiotics and other drugs is increasingly leading to resistance to medicines, persistence of infections, and treatment failure, the World Health Organization has urged member countries in South-East Asia Region to urgently address this threat to public health.
WHO calls for strengthening malaria elimination strategy, says 3.2 billion people still at risk
Jul 30, 2015, at 12:56 am
Kolkata, July 29 (IBNS): The World Health Organization on Wednesday called for bolstering efforts for malaria control and elimination by targeting malarial parasites believed to be less fatal, but now causing high disease burden.
WHO, health partners treat quake survivors in Nepal's remote regions
May 01, 2015, at 03:06 am
Kathmandu, Apr 30 (IBNS): The World Health Organization has stepped-up efforts to deliver critical medical relief to populations outside the Kathmandu valley affected by Saturday's earthquake, with a major focus on reaching injured people and preventing disease outbreaks.
WHO, ILBS host consultation meeting on viral hepatitis
Jul 29, 2014, at 04:40 am
New Delhi, July 28 (IBNS): On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day 2014, ILBS in partnership with the WHO Country Office for India on Monday organized first ever consultation meeting on viral hepatitis to examine gaps, challenges and priorities.
WHO asks govts to do more to prevent alcohol-related deaths and diseases
May 13, 2014, at 01:54 am
Geneva, May 12 (IBNS): Worldwide, 3.3 million deaths in 2012 were due to harmful use of alcohol, says a new report launched by World Health Organization on Monday.
WHO works on to contain Ebola outbreak in Guinea
Apr 02, 2014, at 06:28 pm
New York, Apr 2 (IBNS): The number of suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola (EVD) in Guinea has jumped from 103 to 122 in just three days, with 80 confirmed deaths, said the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO), which will now focus on preventing further transmissions of the often fatal disease.