A senior U.S. government official complained Tuesday that the World Health Organization has not shared enough information about its planned mission to China to investigate the animal origins of the coronavirus.
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday announced his self-isolation after coming into contact with a person infected with the coronavirus.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee on COVID-19 has unanimously agreed that the ongoing global pandemic still constituted a public health emergency of international concern.
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for solidarity in the rollout of future coronavirus vaccines.
Pakistan could be the next country on the journey to a polio-free world, the World Health Organisation has said. Pakistan is one of the three countries, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria, where polio is still endemic.
World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday warned that the global epidemiological situation would be critical in the coming months. He said some countries across the globe are on “a dangerous track” in the coronavirus pandemic with health services set to collapse under strain.
Air pollution is a grave risk to human health that affects nearly everyone in the world and nearly every organ in the body.
Ten months into the pandemic, handwashing with soap and other public health measures such as maintaining physical distance, practising cough etiquette and wearing a mask remain the best defense against coronavirus, the World Health Organisation said.
Healthy and young people might not get shots of coronavirus vaccine until 2022 as the elderly and vulnerable groups remain on priority for immunisation, top officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded Aarogya Setu, a mobile application that was launched by the Government of India for protecting the citizens during COVID-19. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the health agency, said that the app helped city public health departments identify clusters and expand testing.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it expects a vaccine for the novel coronavirus to be ready for registration by the end of 2020 or early next year at the earliest.
World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board Chairman and Union Health Minister of India, Dr Harsh Vardhan on October 05 attended 5th special session of WHO executive board via video conferencing.
The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization on Monday said, its “best estimates” indicate that roughly 1 in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus — more than 20 times the number of confirmed cases — and warned of a difficult period ahead.
In his address to the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India’s vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting the Covid-19 crisis.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) gave China its backing for “emergency use” of experimental coronavirus vaccines even though they have not yet completed clinical trials, a Chinese health official revealed on Friday.
At a time when the world is patiently waiting for an effective coronavirus vaccine hoping that it will contain the spread of the contagious disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said they have no guarantee whether a coronavirus vaccine that are in development stage will be effective or not.
India is conducting coronavirus tests at a rate of 875 per million population per day, which is more than six times the figure recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
"We hope to have good news about vaccine for COVID-19, once vaccines are available it will be available to all countries on equitable basis," said Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during 73rd session of WHO Regional Committee for So
The coronavirus is not the last pandemic and the world must be better prepared for the next, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned, adding the countries must invest in public health to tackle the next pandemic in a better manner.
In a sigh of relief, the World Health Organisation (WHO) based on the research said that cheap steroids may reduce death rate in seriously ill coronavirus patients.
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