WHO says Zika response plan only 13 percent funded
GENEVA: The World Health Organization's Zika response programme is only 13 percent funded, "severely" compromising… Read More
8 years ago
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WHO rejects call for Olympics to be moved due to Zika
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic… Read More
8 years ago
Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika
More than 100 medical experts, academia and scientists on Friday have called for the Rio… Read More
8 years ago
World Bank launches $500 million insurance fund to fight pandemics
NEW YORK: The World Bank on Saturday said it was launching a $500 million, fast-disbursing… Read More
9 years ago
WHO calls emergency meeting on yellow fever outbreak
GENEVA: Eleven people have tested positive for yellow fever in China after returning from Angola,… Read More
9 years ago
Liberia’s last known Ebola patients discharged from hospital
MONROVIA: Liberia's last two known Ebola patients have been discharged from hospital after recovering from… Read More
9 years ago
Colombia’s illegal mining linked to malaria outbreak
BOGOTA: Colombia's widespread illegal mining is blamed for causing environmental damage and holding workers in… Read More
9 years ago
WHO says Ebola international health emergency is over
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa… Read More
9 years ago
Large-scale trials for Zika vaccines at least 18 months away: WHO
GENEVA: Large-scale trials for Zika virus vaccines are at least 18 months away, while establishing… Read More
9 years ago
The World Health Organization’s critical challenge: healing itself
GENEVA: When executive board members of the World Health Organization sat down for their annual… Read More
9 years ago
Fearing global spread WHO creates Zika virus response unit
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Tuesday it had created a global unit to respond… Read More
9 years ago
Olympic committee gives thumbs-up to anti-Zika virus measures
LOS ANGELES: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has welcomed measures being taken to tackle… Read More
9 years ago
WHO meets to decide whether to declare Zika virus a global emergency
GENEVA: Independent experts to the World Health Organization began deliberating on Monday whether to declare… Read More
9 years ago
Polio vaccination drive underway in Punjab
LAHORE: Three-day polio vaccination campaign is underway across Punjab in which 18 million children will… Read More
9 years ago
Beijing slashes traffic in pollution red alert
BEIJING: Half of Beijing's private cars were ordered off the streets Tuesday and many construction… Read More
9 years ago
420,000 die from contaminated food annually, a third of them young children: WHO
GENEVA: Some 600 million people get sick from eating contaminated food each year, and around… Read More
9 years ago
China suffers 250,000 road deaths a year: WHO
PEKIN, China: More than 250,000 people are killed on China's notoriously dangerous roads every year,… Read More
9 years ago
Karachi and Peshawar among top 20 polluted cities in the world
According to a recent list issued by the World Health Organization, Karachi is slated at… Read More
9 years ago
Polio eradicators hail historic progress, aim to ‘finish the job’
The world is closer than ever to being able to wipe out polio, international experts… Read More
10 years ago
World Health Day: From farm to plate!
Pakistan, along with the rest of the world, is celebrating World Health Day today. Read More
10 years ago