On the occasion on World TB Day (24 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) is announcing the expanded scope of the WHO Director-General’s (DG) Flagship Initiative on tuberculosis over the period from…
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World Oral Health Day: Accelerate action to achieve universal coverage for oral health
By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia On World Oral Health Day, WHO is urging countries of the South-East Asia Region to accelerate implementation of the…
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Harness digital health for Universal Health Coverage
New Delhi | March 20, 2023 A global conference on ‘Taking UHC to the last citizen’ today called for harnessing the boundless potential of digital health to accelerate progress towards universal…
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Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety; Vancouver, Canada for surveillance; Athens, Greece for overdose prevention, and Bengaluru, India…
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WHO publishes recommendations on two new types of insecticide-treated nets
Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to prevent malaria. All of these nets were treated with only one insecticide class – pyrethroids. However, as…
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Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives
WHO, 9 March 2023, News release A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium…
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International Women’s Day: Achieve access for all women and girls to digital innovations and technologies
By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia On International Women’s Day, WHO is calling for intensified action in the South-East Asia Region and across the world…
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Declaration of International Ayurveda Congress, Kathmandu
The All India Ayurvedic Congress, New Delhi, the International Academy of Ayurved, Pune, and the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation, The Netherlands, supported by the Nepal Maharishi Vedic Foundation as the…
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World Birth Defects Day 2023: Many birth defects,one voice
By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia To mark this year’s World Birth Defects Day, WHO is highlighting the urgent need for countries in the South-East…
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The Montreux Charter on Patient Safety galvanizes action to address avoidable harm in health care
The Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety was held in Montreux, Switzerland on 23 and 24 February with the slogan “Less Harm, Better Care – from Resolution to Implementation”…
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