New Delhi: India is interested in ensuring that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin gets the endorsements from the World Health Organisation without delay. Sources informed that top diplomats of the Ministry of External Affairs are studying the matter to ensure recognition from WHO and European Union for the indigenous vaccine which isContinue Reading
Geneva: Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has said. I In the first global study of the loss of life associated with longer working hours, the paperContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: Churches in Asia should promote health-seeking behavior and take on more responsibilities in their mission and witness towards health and healing, says a statement the Christian Conference of Asia released April 7, the World Health Day–2021. “We must equip ourselves with relevant information andContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 11, 2020: Novel coronavirus, which has killed around 4,300 people across the world, can be characterized as a “pandemic,” the World Health Organization has announced. “WHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread andContinue Reading
By Debapriya Sen Vaite New Delhi, Oct. 31, 2018: The winter is settling down in Delhi. As the air is becoming smoky and unhealthy, proportionately, there is steady increase in the number of school children wearing masks while waiting for their school bus during early mornings. Parks will soon beContinue Reading
Vatican: Doctors with Africa,’ an Italian non-governmental organisation has expressed satisfaction with the election of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as new World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General. “On the eve of Africa Day, (25 May)” declared Fr. Dante Carraro the Director of College For Aspiring and Missionary Doctors (CUAMM), “this appointmentContinue Reading