Tag: World Health Organisation

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) commended the strong commitment of Pakistan in attaining universal health coverage. According to details, the appreciation came from the...

ISLAMABAD: Mayor of Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) on Wednesday held a meeting and reviewed the arrangements for the anti-polio campaign starting in the federal...

NEW YORK: British soccer legend David Beckham put his star-power to use in a bid to reinvigorate the fight against malaria under the slogan...

PESHAWAR: An orientation-cum-consultation awareness workshop on polio was held for senior journalists on Thursday. The participants were updated on the ongoing efforts for the eradication...

KIGALI: A plague epidemic in Madagascar has killed 124 people since August in an outbreak that has hit the island’s two main cities the...

Patients and scores of families continue to live through poor medical facilities in government hospitals as the World Health Organisation (WHO) marks annual World Health Day...

The Children Hospital has seen a hike in the number of Diphtheria cases, with seven children losing their lives in just two months, Pakistan...

Someone drowns every 90 seconds across the world prompting health experts to brand it a 'neglected public health issue', while calling for action to...

QUETTA- In light of security threats, World Health Organisation (WHO) has suspended its operations in Balochistan, private media reported. According to details, the decision was taken...

ISLAMABAD - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that screening of Pakistani passengers would be carried out at international airports if Pakistan failed to...

GENEVA - The death toll in the world's worst-ever Ebola outbreak has edged closer to 4,900, while almost 10,000 people have now been infected,...

GENEVA- One person commits suicide every 40 seconds, an avoidable tragedy that fails to grab attention because of taboos and stigma, a UN report...

PESHAWAR - Authorities on Monday launched a fresh drive to vaccinate more than 700,000 children in Pakistan's restive tribal belt against polio, but officials...

GENEVA- The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency and appealed for global...

MANILA, Philippines A World Health Organization official on Thursday urged millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as...

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan, the world’s number-one exporter of polio, has seen a rush on vaccines and angry scenes at hospitals after new World Health Organization guidelines...

NEW DELHI India's state air monitoring centre made a rare admission on Thursday that pollution in New Delhi was comparable with Beijing, but disputed...