Some critical antibiotics now show 79-97% resistance
14 October 2025, 18:27 PM
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70 killed in attack on Sudan hospital: WHO
26 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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Measles cases rose 79pc globally last year: WHO
20 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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New cancer cases to soar 77pc by 2050: WHO
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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Saima Wazed appointed WHO regional director
23 January 2024, 14:11 PM
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Infectious Disease Detection: WHO launches global network
20 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Covid Pandemic: WHO declares end to global emergency
5 May 2023, 18:00 PM
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Indian-made contaminated cough syrup found in Western Pacific: WHO
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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WHO warns Covid pandemic still volatile
19 April 2023, 18:00 PM
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Cholera kills over 1,200 in Malawi: WHO
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM
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Some critical antibiotics now show 79-97% resistance
Health experts say higher AMR rates can lead to more critical illnesses, increased treatment failures
14 October 2025, 18:27 PM
70 killed in attack on Sudan hospital: WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Saturday for an end to attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur region killed more than 70 people and wounded dozens.
26 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Measles cases rose 79pc globally last year: WHO
The World Health Organization yesterday voiced alarm at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000 cases reported worldwide last year -- a 79-percent increase from 2022.
20 February 2024, 18:00 PM
New cancer cases to soar 77pc by 2050: WHO
The number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050 -- 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, the World Health Organization’s cancer agency warned yesterday.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Saima Wazed appointed WHO regional director
Saima Wazed was appointed as the World Health Organisation (WHO) regional director for South-East Asia by the WHO Executive Board in Geneva, Switzerland today
23 January 2024, 14:11 PM
Infectious Disease Detection: WHO launches global network
The World Health Organization yesterday launched a global network to help swiftly detect the threat from infectious diseases, like Covid-19, and share the information to prevent their spread.
20 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Covid Pandemic: WHO declares end to global emergency
Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said yesterday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities.
5 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Indian-made contaminated cough syrup found in Western Pacific: WHO
Contaminated cough syrup made by an Indian company has been found in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday, after a spate of child deaths linked to other syrups in some countries last year.
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM
WHO warns Covid pandemic still volatile
The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned the Covid pandemic was still volatile, saying there could be further trouble before the virus settles into a predictable pattern.
19 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Cholera kills over 1,200 in Malawi: WHO
The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi’s history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce, the World Health Organization said yesterday.
9 February 2023, 18:00 PM
WHO urges investment in neglected tropical diseases
The World Health Organization yesterday called for greater investment in combating neglected tropical diseases, which left more than 1.6 billion people, often in least-developed countries, requiring treatment in 2021.
30 January 2023, 18:00 PM
WHO seeks more China Covid data
The WHO reiterated Wednesday the need for China to share more data on its explosive Covid outbreak, while praising Washington’s “radical transparency” in its efforts to battle a new sub-variant.
12 January 2023, 18:00 PM
WHO identifying potential pandemic pathogens
The World Health Organization said yesterday it was thrashing out a new list of priority pathogens that risk sparking pandemics or outbreaks and need to be kept under close observation.
21 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Covid pandemic not over yet
The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday tempered his assertion that the end of the Covid-19 pandemic was near, warning that declaring the crisis over was “still a long way off”.
23 September 2022, 18:00 PM
End of Covid pandemic is in sight: WHO chief
The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said yesterday, urging nations to keep up their efforts against the virus that has killed over six million people.
14 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound.
23 July 2022, 18:00 PM
European festivals should not be scrapped due to monkeypox: WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday that European summer festivals should not be cancelled due to the monkeypox outbreak but should instead manage the risk of amplifying the virus.
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM
WHO: 780 monkeypox outbreak cases
The World Health Organization yesterday said that 780 laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases had been reported to it from 27 non-endemic countries, while maintaining that the global risk level was moderate.
5 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Monkeypox cases could be ‘peak of iceberg’: WHO
The World Health Organization yesterday cautioned that some 200 monkeypox cases found in recent weeks outside of countries where the virus usually circulates could be just the beginning.
27 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Tedros re-elected as WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the World Health Organization, was re-elected yesterday with overwhelming support after running unopposed for a second term.
24 May 2022, 18:00 PM