Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO
New York: Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest UN data – a staggering figure that is even more worrying, if you …
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WHO to determine if Monkeypox should be declared ‘Emergency of International Concern’
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee has been convened due to the spread of the Monkeypox virus to 32 …
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WHO upgrades global monkeypox threat to ‘moderate’
Washington: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday announced that it has decided to upgrade the threat from monkeypox to the world to ‘moderate’ from ‘low’, as the tropical virus …
Read More Monkeypox outbreaks in non-endemic countries just the beginning: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the 200 monkeypox cases detected recently in the countries where it is not endemic could be just the beginning and more cases …
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus re-elected to lead the World Health Organization
The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency. First elected …
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Europe: WHO supporting countries affected by rare monkeypox outbreak
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with countries where cases of the rare viral disease monkeypox have been reported, the UN agency said on Friday. The …
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An agreement by WHO’s C-TAP and MPP with NIH for COVID-19 health technologies announced
WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today finalized a licensing agreement with the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the development of …
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WHO announces winners at the Awards ceremony of the 3rd Health for All Film Festival (HAFF)
More than 1000 film makers from over 110 countries have submitted short films for the 3rd edition of the WHO Health for All Film Festival (HAFF), on themes ranging from …
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Health for All Film Festival Awards ceremony 2022
CMEDIA/Health for All Film Festival Awards ceremony 2022 would be observed today with guest stars and the winners at 8:00 Los Angeles / 11:00 New York / 12:00 Buenos Aires / 15:00 Dakar / 17:00 …
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Tourism has the potential to play a major role in the global pandemic recovery
GENEVA (ILO News) – A meeting of tourism specialists has laid out policy recommendations that could help the tourism sector play a major role in the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. …
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