World Health Organization

US opposes plans to strengthen World Health Organization

BRUSSELS: The United States, the World Health Organization's top donor, is resisting proposals to make… Read More

WHO issues new clinical advice on treating COVID-19 patients

WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a U.N. briefing in Geneva that a WHO-led team of… Read More

Five simple ways to avoid influenza during winter

World Health Organization has issued some precautionary measures to avoid influenza during winter Read More

DRAP to start inspection of pharmaceutical companies

Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has decided to start the inspection of pharmaceutical companies in… Read More

Congo’s former health minister arrested for ’embezzling Ebola funds’

Former DR Congo health minister Oly Ilunga has been arrested over allegations he embezzled public… Read More

Vaccines group seeks $7.4 billion to save up to 8 million lives

GAVI, is backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization (WHO),… Read More

Microplastics in drinking water not a health risk for now: WHO

WHO says that microplastics larger than 150 micrometres are not likely to be absorbed by… Read More

WHO recognises ‘burn-out’ as medical condition

The decision could help put to rest decades of debate among experts over how to… Read More

Measles cases rise 30 percent worldwide: UN

Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30 percent last year compared to 2016, with increases… Read More

Faltering malaria fight should refocus on high-risk countries, says WHO

LONDON: Global health authorities need to counter a worrying lull in the fight against malaria… Read More

Environmental risks kill 1.7mn kids under five a year: WHO

GENEVA: More than one in four deaths in children under five are linked to polluted environments,… Read More

Smoking costs $1 trillion, soon to kill 8 million a year: study

GENEVA: Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill… Read More

World AIDS Day 2016 being observed today

The annual World AIDS Day is being marked on Thursday (today) in order to raise… Read More

World Diabetes Day being observed today

World Diabetes Day is being observed across the world today. World Diabetes Day was first… Read More

Sania Nishtar outlines her vision for WHO at Chatham House

LONDON: Dr Sania Nishtar, Pakistan’s candidate for the Director General World Health Organization (WHO), has… Read More

WHO chief going to the Olympics, says Zika risk low

The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable,… Read More

Pricing dispute hits supply of TB drugs in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Novartis AG said it has stopped making tuberculosis drugs in Pakistan… Read More

Study shows durable benefits of early HIV treatment

Early treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can dramatically reduce the odds of passing… Read More

WHO says $122 million needed for global response to Zika virus

LONDON: Almost $122 million is needed to prevent and manage the medical complications of the… Read More

Guinea declared free of active Ebola transmission: WHO

Guinea has reached the end of active Ebola virus transmission, the World Health Organization said… Read More