WHO lauds Global Partnership to Stop Leprosy; will help renew efforts for zero leprosy

New Delhi, 27 January 2018 – Welcoming the launch of the ‘Global Partnership to Stop Leprosy’, the World Health Organizati...

WHO South–East Asia Region Eliminates Maternal And Neonatal Tetanus

In a major public health feat, WHO South-East Asia Region has eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus with all districts across the 11 countries having reduced the cases t...

The International Space Station Just Orbited Earth For The 100,000th Time

After almost 18 years of circling Earth, the International Space Station completed its 100,000th orbit on Monday.
To remind us all of how completely metal that is, NAS...

Why More Mediators Should Be Women?

The significance of 2015 continently and globally in the drive for women’s empowerment and the achievement of gender equality provides a useful backdrop to assess eff...

WHO Congratulates India On Maternal And Neonatal Tetanus Elimination

By Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia India has achieved a momentous public health feat – the elimination of maternal and neonatal t...

Hague Climate Change Judgement Could Inspire A Global Civil Movement

“You have been negotiating all my life”, cried out 21-year-old Anjali Appadurai from the lectern of a UN climate change conference four years ago. The activist,...

Mobile Phones Empower Women

Is using a mobile phone a symbol of independence? Is it a simple tool of communication or a medium that provides rights? Why do women lag behind among those who use cellpho...

Over 16,000 Pakistan families refuse polio vaccination

ISLAMABAD – Over 16,400 families across the country refused to get their children vaccinated during the first two days of the latest round of the National Polio Campa...

Looking Back With Concern- Health 2014

A Snapshot of Global Health- 2014

• Between 2000 and 2012, measles deaths worldwide have been cut by almost 80% ??from 56...
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