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Climate activist Greta Thunberg, Russia’s Alexei Navalny, WHO among 2021 Nobel Peace Prize nominees
Nobel Peace Prize: Greta Thunberg was named as one of “the foremost spokespeople in the fight against the climate crisis”, with the campaigning group she co-founded, Fridays for Future, also receiving a nod.
Coronavirus impact: What major health issues would remain in focus in 2021? WHO lists out
Next year, along with fighting against COVID-19, countries would also have to work hard to repair as well as reinforce their health systems.
COVID19: क्या है ‘इम्युनिटी पासपोर्ट’, जिसे लेकर WHO ने दी देशों को चेतावनी
कोरोनावायरस (Coronavirus) ने पूरी वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था को बेहद ज्यादा नुकसान पहुंचाया है.
WHO India honours public health champions
The scope of the awards covered contributions to significant advances in population and person-focused services and inter-sectoral actions
Learnings from Ebola epidemic
Excerpts from MSF’s Ebola-related research, highlighting the various operational challenges during the epidemic and MSF’s measures to tackle them
Asia Pacific countries vow to tackle antimicrobial resistance together
Health ministers from 12 countries of the region agreed to improve the way information on antimicrobial resistance is collected and shared to guide effective policies and actions
Antibiotics likely to cause increased risk of sudden cardiac death
IMA advices doctors to prescribe antibiotics to heart patients with caution
WHO’s SAGE recommends use of Sanofi Pasteur’s dengue vaccine in endemic countries
It also recognised strong public health benefit to be gained by introduction of Dengvaxia, dengue vaccine
‘Integrating robust systems would have widespread influence in guarding against market volatility’
Mandar Athalekar, Head-Market Development, Global Trade Management, Thomson Reuters, speaks on the current scenario in India’s pharma trade and measures to guard against market volatility, in an interaction with Raelene Kam
2016-17: A year for healthcare?
As the number of confirmed cases of Zika virus infection crossed the 20,000 mark in Columbia, the World Health Organization (WHO), called an emergency meeting on February 1
Major societal changes required as number of people over 60 years set to double by 2050: WHO
Contrary to widespread assumptions, the report finds that there is very little evidence that the added years of life are being experienced in better health than was the case for previous generations at the same age
WHO calls for strengthening malaria elimination strategy, says 3.2 billion people still at risk
Of the 18.9 million P vivax malaria cases reported in 2012, nearly 13 million were from countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region, mainly India
WHO calls for strengthening malaria elimination strategy, says 3.2 billion people still at risk
Of the 18.9 million P vivax malaria cases reported in 2012, nearly 13 million were from countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region, mainly India The World Health Organization (WHO) called for bolstering efforts for malaria c
Depression Development
Now, a computer programme can diagnose depression better than psychiatrists
World Health Organization calls emergency meeting on ‘large, complex’ South Korea MERS outbreak
"UPDATE 4-WHO calls emergency meeting on "large, complex" S".
Drug Price Rise An Efficacious Move?
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has allowed pharma companies to increase the prices of 509 essential medicines in tune with an increase in the wholesale price index (WPI). Industry stakeholders are optimistic
Youth urge policy makers to set date for 85 per cent pictorial health warnings on tobacco products
Highlights that large warnings will prevent youth from experimenting with tobacco products
WHO urges on the need to close immunisation gap
Recommends reaching equity in immunisation levels
Hilleman Laboratories’ Thermostable technology extends its support towards other vaccines
The company plans to support India’s aim of achieving 90 per cent coverage through its expanded programme by 2020
WHO India honours public health champions
Event held jointly with MoHFW to commemorate World Health Day
High air pollution cuts most Indian lives by 3 years
India's high air pollution, ranked by the World Health Organisation among the worst in the world, is adversely...
Coming to a car near you: Auto technology at CES 2015
Self-driving cars garner much of the attention, but in reality, we're years away from tooling around in something like Knight Rider's KITT.
