Overview The WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) was launched in 2015 to foster AMR surveillance and inform strategies to contain AMR. The system started with surveillance …
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Republic of Korea achieves the highest WHO level for regulation of medicines and vaccines
29 November 2022 Geneva/Manila/Seoul The World Health Organization (WHO) announces that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of Korea, has achieved maturity level four (ML4), the highest level …
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World AIDS Day: Equalize to end the AIDS epidemic
30 November 2022 Statement SEARO By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia On World AIDS Day, WHO joins Member States and partners in the South-East Asia …
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WHO urges more effective prevention of injuries and violence causing 1 in 12 deaths worldwide
29 November 2022 News release Geneva, Switzerland Injuries and violence take the lives of some 12 000 people around the world each day. As reflected in a new World Health Organization …
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WHO recommends new name for monkeypox disease
28 November 2022 News release Geneva, Switzerland Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both …
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Nearly 40 million children are dangerously susceptible to growing measles threat
23 November 2022 Joint News Release Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a …
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Quadripartite launches a new platform to tackle antimicrobial resistance threat to human and animal health and ecosystems
The Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform was launched today to ensure the growing threats and impacts of antimicrobial resistance are addressed globally. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), …
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Prevent antimicrobial resistance together
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Prevent antimicrobial resistance together By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia. Today, and throughout World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), WHO is highlighting the …
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WHO releases first data on global vaccine market since COVID-19
9 November 2022 News release (WHO) WHO’s Global Vaccine Market Report 2022, shows that inequitable distribution is not unique to COVID-19 vaccines, with poorer countries consistently struggling to access vaccines that are …
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Revised Schedule of Fractional doses of the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (fIPV)
The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), DoHS, FWD has updated the schedule of Fractional Dose of Inactivated Polio Vaccine-fIPV in Nepal. S. No Age Existing schedule Revised Schedule 1 …
