Health authorities across the WHO South-East Asia Region must recognize and embrace their role in promoting gender equality
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World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world.
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hearWHO-Check your hearing… An app to check your hearing!
The hearWHO app is based on validated digits-in-noise technology. This app gives the general public access to a hearing screener to check their hearing status and monitor it over time. …
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Global health leaders adopt Delhi Declaration on digital health
New Delhi, 27 February 2019: Ministers and government officials from over 35 countries committed to accelerate and implement the appropriate digital health interventions to improve health of their population at …
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Global health policy and systems research(HPSR) online community
The UK National Institute of Health Research is collaborating with Health Services Research UK and Health Systems Global to build an online community of people interested in health policy and …
Kenya has attained maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination status, MNTE, following a successful WHO-led validation process in 2018 to confirm the elimination of the disease. The process was preceded by …
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Countries are spending more on health, but people are still paying too much out of their own pockets
Spending on health is growing faster than the rest of the global economy, accounting for 10% of global gross domestic product (GDP). A new report on global health expenditure from the World …
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Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh appointed Regional Director WHO South-East Asia for second term
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed Regional Director for World Health Organization South-East Asia, for a second five-year term.
WHO lists top 10 threats to global health in 2019: According to World Health Organization following health problems/ issues are the top 10 major threats to global health in 2019;
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8th anniversary of the last case of wild poliovirus in WHO SEAR
Jan 13 2019, Today is the 8th anniversary of the last case of wild poliovirus in World Health Organization South-East Asia Region. The last case of wild polio was seen …