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Anup Anvikar | End to malaria in sight: India edging close to the finish line

Anup Anvikar | End to malaria in sight: India edging close to the...

India has been making leaps in its efforts to end malaria by 2030, in line with global goals. The efforts towards...

26 April 2023 12:00 AM IST

NIRMACOM will contain nirmatrelvir 150 mg (2 tablets) and ritonavir 100mg (1 tablet), it added. (Photo: https://www.hetero.com)

Hetero emerges first to get WHO Prequalification for Covid drug...

NEW DELHI: Pharmaceuticals firm Hetero on Monday said it has received World Health Organisation Prequalification of...

26 Dec 2022 8:51 PM IST

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DC Edit | Time to clean up pharma

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has initiated an investigation after the World Health...

8 Oct 2022 12:01 AM IST

The World Health Organization issued an alert over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could be linked to the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. (Representational image: PTI)

WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die in Gambia

WHO cautioned the contaminated medications may have been distributed outside of the West African country, with global...

6 Oct 2022 7:21 AM IST

This 1997 image provided by the CDC during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, and depicts the dorsal surfaces of the hands of a monkeypox case patient, who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. (AP Photo)

WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase

GENEVA: The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of...

25 Aug 2022 5:34 PM IST

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DC EDIT | WHO reform urgent need after poor Covid handling

There have been calls for the reform of the healthcare arm of the United Nations for quite some time

13 May 2022 11:55 PM IST

The concern specifically includes on how the statistical model projects estimates for a country of geographical size and population of India and also fits in with other countries which have smaller population. (Representational image: PTI)

India questions WHO-'s methodology to estimate COVID-19 mortalities

India has shared its concerns with the methodology along with other member states through a series of formal...

17 April 2022 10:51 AM IST

A medic prepares to administer a dose of Covaxin, at a private hospital, in Bengaluru. (Photo: PTI)

WHO suspends Covaxin supply to UN agencies

The suspension is in response to the outcomes of its post Emergency Use Authorisation inspection held between March...

3 April 2022 1:07 PM IST

World Health Organisation (WHO) European director Hans Kluge, speaks during a joint press conference (AFP file photo)

Europe could be headed for pandemic -'endgame-': WHO

The WHO regional office for Africa also said last week that cases of Covid had plummeted in that region and deaths were...

24 Jan 2022 10:09 AM IST

People walk past a Covid-19 testing station on January 4, 2022, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Soaring Omicron could lead to more dangerous variants, WHO warns

Britain on Tuesday faced warnings of an impending hospital crisis due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron...

5 Jan 2022 10:23 AM IST

Dev 360: Making India healthier Lanka has tips to offer

Dev 360: Making India healthier Lanka has tips to offer

Sri Lanka now has a real-time Web-based surveillance system for malaria.

8 Sept 2016 2:50 AM IST

A local train moves past burning garbage at a local train station in Mumbai. The World Health Organization on Thursday May 12, 2016 released new information from its Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, that says 98 percent of residents in large cities of low- and middle-income countries are facing excessively high air pollution. (Photo: AP)

Let's talk dirty

Delhi's air woes at least get an occasional hearing as it is India's capital and whatever happens here makes news.

19 May 2016 2:09 AM IST