Ebola situation worsening in DR Congo, amidst growing ‘funding gap’ UN health agency warns
May 01, 2019, at 08:28 am
New York, May 1 (IBNS): Strengthening both security and the Ebola response effort is essential to contain the growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN health agency’s officials said on Tuesday, following a visit to the epicentre of what is already the worst outbreak in the country’s history.
Apr 30, 2019, at 09:44 am
New York, Apr 30 (IBNS): Deaths caused by infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria will skyrocket over the next two decades, along with huge economic costs, without immediate, ambitious and coordinated action, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and partners warned on Monday.
'Zero malaria starts with me' UN health agency urges grassroots responsibility on World Day
Apr 26, 2019, at 09:13 am
New York, Apr 26 (IBNS): After more than a decade of steady advances in fighting malaria, progress has leveled off, which is why this World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a grassroots campaign to emphasize country ownership and community empowerment to improve malaria prevention and care.
Under-fives' daily screen time should be 60 minutes maximum: WHO
Apr 25, 2019, at 02:22 pm
United Nations, Apr 25 (UNI): Toddlers should spend no more than 60 minutes passively watching a screen every day, while babies under 12 months should have none, to ensure that they grow up fit and well, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said, as part of a campaign to tackle the global obesity crisis.
Vaccinations create ‘umbrella of immunity’ against global measles outbreaks, says UNICEF
Apr 25, 2019, at 08:52 am
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): Between 2010 and 2017, an average of 21.1 million children missed their first dose of the measles vaccine, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed on Wednesday, stressing its importance to creating “an umbrella of immunity for everyone.”
Under-fives' daily screen time should be kept to 60 minutes only, warns WHO
Apr 25, 2019, at 08:38 am
New York, Apr 25 (IBNS): Toddlers should spend no more than 60 minutes passively watching a screen every day, while babies under 12 months should have none, to ensure that they grow up fit and well, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to tackle the global obesity crisis.
New malaria vaccine trial in Malawi marks ‘an innovation milestone', declares UN health agency
Apr 24, 2019, at 10:38 pm
United Nations, Apr 24 (IBNS): A new vaccine against deadly malaria which has been 30 years in development, was made available for the first time to infants in Malawi on Tuesday, marking an “innovation milestone”, said the World Health Organization (WHO).
Malaria vaccine pilot launched in Malawi
Apr 24, 2019, at 05:40 pm
New York, Apr 24 (IBNS): WHO welcomes the Government of Malawi’s launch of the world’s first malaria vaccine today in a landmark pilot programme. The country is the first of three in Africa in which the vaccine, known as RTS,S, will be made available to children up to 2 years of age; Ghana and Kenya will introduce the vaccine in the coming weeks.
UN condemns attack on Ebola treatment centre in DR Congo which left doctor dead, two others injured
Apr 20, 2019, at 06:48 am
New York, Apr 20 (IBNS): The UN has condemned an attack on an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday, which led to the death of a doctor working for the World Health Organization (WHO), and injured two others.
Canada: A global measles crisis underway, warns UN agency chiefs
Apr 16, 2019, at 06:59 pm
United Nations, Apr 16 (IBNS): Noting a 300 per cent surge in the number of measles cases during the first three months of this year, compared to the same period last year, two UN agency heads declared on Monday that we now stand “in the middle of a global measles crisis.”
World Health Day 2019 promotes Universal health coverage
Apr 07, 2019, at 11:32 am
Washington, DC, Apr 7 (IBNS): World Health Day 2019, being observed on Sunday, promotes Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for Everyone, Everywhere, media reports said.
Uneven access to health services drives life expectancy gaps: World Health Organization
Apr 05, 2019, at 03:50 pm
New York, Apr 5 (IBNS): Women outlive men everywhere in the world – particularly in wealthy countries. The World Health Statistics 2019 – disaggregated by sex for the first time – explains why.
Women outliving men ‘everywhere’, new UN health agency statistics report shows
Apr 05, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York, Apr 5 (IBNS): Average life-expectancy globally has increased by five-and-a-half years since the turn of the century, and women outlive men “everywhere”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
'Once lost , hearing doesn't come back': World Health Organization warns on World Hearing Day
Mar 03, 2019, at 04:43 pm
New York, Mar 3 (IBNS): Many people live with unidentified hearing loss, often failing to realize that they are missing out on certain sounds and words. To address this problem, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging people on this year’s World Hearing Day, held on March 3, to check their hearing.
Ministry of AYUSH and WHO working group meeting on benchmarks for training in Yoga from today
Feb 26, 2019, at 07:03 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): Ministry of AYUSH and WHO are jointly organizing a three days Working Group Meeting for reviewing the WHO document “Benchmarks for Training in Yoga” from 26-28 February, 2019 at New Delhi.
Measles in Europe: infection rates highest in a decade, says UN health agency
Feb 08, 2019, at 08:49 am
New York, Feb 8 (IBNS): Although more children than ever before are being vaccinated against measles across Europe, overall infection rates are the highest in a decade, and a three-fold increase on last year, according to new datapublished on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Keyhole surgery returns to war-shattered Mosul as WHO prioritizes medical improvements
Dec 27, 2018, at 09:14 am
New York, Dec 27 (IBNS): In the wake of more than four years of intense conflict in Iraq to dislodge the terrorist group ISIL, the rehabilitation of the health system and improvements to lifesaving medical services in places like formerly-occupied Mosul, remains a top priority, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.
Uzbekistan wins its long fight against malaria, as global rates continue to rise
Dec 12, 2018, at 10:15 am
New York, Dec 12 (IBNS): Uzbekistan’s success in becoming recognized as a malaria-free country by the World Health Organization (WHO), is an “extraordinary outcome,” said the Executive Director of the Global Fund on Tuesday, a UN-backed partnership to end malaria epidemics.
Better housing means better health and well-being, stress new WHO guidelines
Nov 28, 2018, at 09:17 am
New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidelines on Tuesday, highlighting that better homes, invariably lead to better standards of health and overall well-being.
UN health agency launches action plan as global malaria cases rise
Nov 20, 2018, at 08:41 am
New York, Nov 20 (IBNS): Targets to reduce global rates of infections and deaths from malaria are not being met, says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2018 World malaria report, released on Monday.
Nov 19, 2018, at 07:36 pm
New York, Nov 19 (IBNS): Reductions in malaria cases have stalled after several years of decline globally, according to the new World malaria report 2018.
‘Make healthy choices’ urges UN agency, to prevent and manage chronic diabetes
Nov 15, 2018, at 09:11 am
New York, Nov 15 (IBNS): The global prevalence of adult diabetes has nearly quadrupled since 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, World Diabetes Day, with the call to “eat healthily, be physically active and avoid excessive weight gain.”
More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day: WHO
Oct 29, 2018, at 07:11 pm
New York, Oct 29 (IBNS): Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.
World Health Organization calls crisis meeting over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
Oct 16, 2018, at 09:26 am
New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called an Emergency Committee meeting on the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has already claimed around 130 lives.
WHO supports Zimbabwe with 1.4 million vaccinations to beat cholera outbreak
Oct 04, 2018, at 07:44 am
New York, Oct 4 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to begin vaccinating 1.4 million people against a new deadly outbreak of cholera, beginning on Wednesday, after the water-borne disease first surfaced in a suburb of the capital Harare early last month.
Tobacco control measures are working, but too slowly in less-developed countries: WHO
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:35 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): “Great progress” has been made in tackling tobacco consumption and saving lives but more needs to be done to challenge the industry’s attempts to “bypass” international regulations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Ebola-hit DRC faces ‘perfect storm’ as uptick in violence halts WHO operation
Sep 26, 2018, at 09:41 am
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS): A "perfect storm" of active conflict and traumatized communities in Ebola-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could enable the deadly disease to spread, but there are “no plans” to pull UN workers out of the country despite concerns for their security, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Alcohol abuse kills three million people a year, most of them men – WHO report
Sep 22, 2018, at 07:47 am
New York, Sept 22 (IBNS): More one in 20 deaths in 2016 – 3 million people, mostly men – were caused by harmful use of alcohol, according a report released on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board convenes for the first time in Geneva
Sep 11, 2018, at 09:23 am
Geneva, Sept 11 (IBNS): WHO and the World Bank Group on Monday convened the first meeting of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), a new body set up to monitor the world’s readiness to respond to outbreaks and other health emergencies.
800,000 people commit suicide every year: WHO
Sep 10, 2018, at 03:27 pm
New York, Sept 10 (IBNS): Every year, close to 800,000 people commit suicide, the second leading cause of death amongst people aged 15-29 in 2016.