12 March 2021 News release Geneva The World Health Organization (WHO) listed the COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), for emergency use in all countries and for COVAX roll-out. The …
World Glaucoma Week is observed in March 7-13 each year. World Glaucoma Week is a global initiative of the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) in order to raise awareness on glaucoma. …
World Birth Defects Day (WBDD), observed on March 3 each year, unites people and organizations working in the field of birth defects, also known as congenital anomalies, congenital disorders or …
KEY MESSAGES The number of people living with unaddressed hearing loss and ear diseases is unacceptable. Timely action is needed to prevent and address hearing loss across the life course. …
World Hearing Day is an annual global advocacy event and the largest awareness campaign on that calls for action to address hearing loss and related issues. It is celebrated on …
El Salvador is first Central American country to achieve this status, third in all of the Americas in recent years GENEVA and WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHO/PAHO) – El Salvador today became El …
AstraZeneca/Oxford-developed vaccines to reach countries in the coming weeks 15 February 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the …
5 February 2021 | GENEVA – The critical concentrations for culture-based phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) to first-line anti-TB drugs have been revised by the the World Health Organization (WHO). Critical concentrations …
27 January 2021 | GENEVA – The definition of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) has been revised by the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global TB Programme, who have also defined pre-XDR-TB for the …
The Department of Drug Administration (DDA) has decided to approve ‘COVISHIELD’ COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Nepal. DDA provided the conditional permission for emergency authorisation of COVISHEILD vaccine against …
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