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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...

October 4, 2024 11:10 AM

What is Marburg virus, and how worrying is it?

Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, with 36 cases reported so far and 11 deaths. The World Health Organization said this week the risk of the outbreak is very high in Rwanda, high across the African region, and lo...

September 13, 2024 3:59 PM

WHO clears Bavarian Nordic’s vaccine as first shot against mpox

The World Health Organization said on Friday it had cleared Bavarian Nordic's vaccine as the first shot against mpox. The approval, known as a pre-qualification, is an official list of medicines used as a benchmark for procurement by developing coun...

August 19, 2024 11:49 AM

PM Modi intensifies monitoring of Mpox situation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has intensified the oversight of India’s Mpox preparedness following the World Health Organization's (WHO) recent declaration of the disease as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The WHO renewed...

July 26, 2024 4:38 PM

WHO sends over 1 mln polio vaccines to Gaza to protect children

The World Health Organization is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children being infected after the virus was detected in sewage samples, its chief said on Friday. "While no cas...

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