WHO Archives - DD India

November 14, 2024 1:26 PM

World Diabetes Day: Closing treatment gap crucial to curbing diabetes’ rapid spread

Diabetes, a chronic metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood sugar, is one of the most prevalent health issues today. A new study published in The Lancet has found that more than 800 million adults across the globe have diabetes, almost doub...

November 9, 2024 11:14 AM

Pakistan enforces emergency lockdowns in Punjab as AQI soars above 2000 in Multan

Pakistan’s Punjab province is grappling with a severe pollution crisis as air quality hits unprecedented levels. Multan’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reached an alarming 2,135, casting the city in a thick, hazardous smog that disrupted daily life and...

November 5, 2024 4:03 PM

South Korean companies and foodies bet on sugar substitute allulose

South Korea has become a top testing ground for the sweetener allulose, a potential rival to sugar substitutes like stevia that is finding favour among both local food influencers and big domestic food companies, which are ramping up production. Fo...

October 29, 2024 8:02 PM

Lahore becomes most polluted city in the world again

Lahore has once again secured the grim title of the most polluted city globally, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) soaring to a staggering 708, as reported by Dawn. The PM2.5 levels reached a dangerous 431 µg/m³, an alarming 86 times above the World...

October 18, 2024 3:53 PM

Food packaging should have labels on front about health impact, says WHO

Packaged food and drinks should have easy-to-read nutritional information on the front of the products to help consumers make healthier choices, according to the first-ever World Health Organization draft guidelines that stopped short of recommending...

October 17, 2024 12:10 PM

WHO says Western Pacific to miss UN goal to cut early deaths from lifestyle diseases

Western Pacific nations are unlikely to meet the United Nations target of reducing premature deaths from lifestyle-related diseases including cancer and diabetes, due to the slow decline in alcohol and tobacco consumption, the World Health Organisati...

October 13, 2024 6:04 PM

WHO confirms India’s elimination of trachoma

In a significant achievement for public health, India has been officially declared free from trachoma, a contagious bacterial infection and a leading cause of preventable blindness, by the World Health Organization (WHO). This declaration follows yea...

October 10, 2024 3:25 PM

Countries donate mpox vaccines to combat outbreak in Africa

Some countries have pledged to donate doses of mpox vaccines to combat an outbreak of the disease in Africa after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global public health emergency in August for the second time in two years. Such donat...

October 10, 2024 11:45 AM

WHO South East Asia Region sets new target to eliminate measles, rubella

The 77th Regional Committee Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region concluded in New Delhi, where member states adopted resolutions and established new targets for the elimination of measles and rubella. In a statement,...

October 7, 2024 3:30 PM

JP Nadda elected chair of WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee

Union Health Minister JP Nadda was elected as the Chairperson of the 77th session of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Committee for Southeast Asia on Monday. The committee, the annual governing body of WHO in the region, plays a cruci...