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WHO chief hopes for ‘historic’ pandemic accord

A new pandemic accord under negotiation must be a "historic agreement" marking a dramatic shift in the approach to global health security after the...

WHO declares end to mpox public health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was ending a near year-long global health emergency for mpox, a viral disease that led...
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Karachi risks losing migratory birds as ‘fueling spots’ shrink

Urban Forest Clifton, a 120-acre stretch of forestry land on Karachi coast, attracts several species of migratory birds for refueling & even breeding, but now this all is at the brink of termination as the space has begun shrinking due to scarcity of funds, water and popular interest

WHO declares end to Covid-19 global health emergency

LONDON: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday declared an end to Covid-19 as a global health emergency, marking a major step toward the...

Monkeypox spread: WHO team visits Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: A team from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday visited the Islamabad International Airport to assess the measures taken by Pakistani authorities...

WHO team visits Islamabad airport amid monkeypox threat

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) team visited Islamabad International Airport to assess the measures against the monkeypox virus, ARY News reported. As per details,...

WHO warns of Sudan biohazard as lull in fighting allows more to flee

Fighting in Sudan eased overnight after the army and a rival paramilitary force agreed to a three-day truce, allowing more Sudanese to flee on...

Over 400 killed, 3,500 hurt in Sudan fighting: WHO

More than 400 people have been killed and over 3,500 others hurt in the fighting in Sudan, the World Health Organization said Friday. "Four hundred...

WHO to rehabilitate 50 hospitals in flood-affected areas

PESHAWAR: Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sub-Office, Dr Babar Alam on Thursday said that the organisation was taking the responsibility of rehabilitation...

Nearly 26m people affected by Turkiye-Syria quake: WHO

GENEVA: Almost 26 million people have been affected by the deadly earthquake that ravaged Turkiye and Syria this week, the World Health Organization (WHO)...

WHO says Covid still an international emergency

GENEVA: Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest level of global alert over Covid-19, it said Monday the...

WHO urges ‘immediate action’ after cough syrup deaths

The World Health Organization has called for "immediate and concerted action" to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked...

Billions still exposed to toxic trans-fat: WHO

GENEVA: Efforts to eliminate industrially produced fat have a long way to go with five billion people exposed to toxic fat added to many...

WHO alert on Indian cough syrups blamed for Uzbek deaths

The World Health Organization has issued an alert warning against the use of two Indian cough syrups blamed for the deaths of at least...

WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads

LONDON: Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in...
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HIV disinformation: ‘patients fear resentment over death in Pakistan’

For 45-year-old ZG* things turned upside down in 2015, when amid his preparations to go to Saudi Arabia to fill a telecommunications sector vacancy,...

WHO eyes end to Covid emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged...

Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant, WHO says

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of...

Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, says WHO

There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and...

WHO assures to provide essential healthcare services in flood-affected areas

ISLAMABAD: World Health Organisation (WHO) has assured to continue to provide essential healthcare services in flood-affected areas of the country. According to Radio Pakistan, speaking...

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