Why in News? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been declared one of the top global public health threats by the World…

Why in News? India has recently approved two more vaccines under emergency use authorisation and an antiviral drug, Molnupiravir. About…

Why in News? According to the Global Nutrition Report 2020 which was released recently, India is among 88 countries that…

Why in News? World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros A Ghebreyesus and others highlight a few critical issues over the…

Why in News: Recently, many people have volunteered to take part in the Human Challenge Trials (HCTs). It involves intentionally…

Why in News? The Central government has promulgated an Ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to make attacks…

Why in News? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has directed the States not to use the COVID-19 rapid…

Why in News? Central government organisations involved in construction, were instructed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to ensure…

Why in News? According to a WHO Information Note — ‘Tuberculosis and COVID-19’, there is a need to maintain TB…

Why in News? More than 50,000 Civil Defence volunteers are working at the grassroots level in various roles and capacities…

Why in News? The government has decided to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, Non-hotspots and Green Zones.…

Why in News? Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently issued an advisory for using pooled samples for testing…

Why in News? Recently, the UN noted that around 117 million children worldwide are at risk of contracting measles because…

Why in News? US President Donald Trump has planned to put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health…

Why in News? US President Donald Trump threatened to freeze US funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), saying the…

Why in News? The Government of India has announced that it had rescinded its earlier ban on the export of…

Why in News? Empowered Group (number 6) constituted to address the issues pertaining to identification of problems, effective solutions and…

Why in News? Experts say that the pandemic can be slowed only by a lockdown as well as by ensuring…

Why in News? Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, the United States Food…

Why in News? India is all set to join the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Solidarity Trial which aims at rapid…

Why in News? The Korean Model, a vigorous regime of “trace, test, treat”, has shown remarkable results in controlling the…

Why in News? The National Task force for COVID-19, constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has suggested…

Context: On the light of one of the greatest crisis, Pandemic COVID-19 across the globe, there are different stages of…

Why in News? Guidelines by the World Health Organization, to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, specify that one of…

Why in News? India has highlighted the ‘One Health policy’ to tackle the zoonotic diseases after it is facing the…

Why in News? WHO has recently announced COVID-19 as pandemic amidst of increasing outbreak in various countries. What is COVID-19?…

Why in News? WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made it abundantly clear that WHO will not declare COVID-19 a pandemic…

Why in News? Recently, ‘A Future for the World's Children’ report was released jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO),…

Why in News? The World Health Organization officially announced COVID-19 as the name for the disease caused by the novel…

Why in News? Recently, The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the Wuhan Corona-virus does not yet constitute a…

Why in News? Several deadly new viruses in recent years have emerged in China — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS),…

Why in News? World Health Organisation (WHO) in partnership with Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently released…

Why in News? In an announcement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on World Polio Day (October 24), an independent…

Why in News? WHO has released the 2019 edition of the Global Tuberculosis Report recently. The report provides a comprehensive…

Why in News? Union Health Minister has launched the WHO India Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2019–2023.      Highlights: The…

Why in News? The first-ever World Vision Report was recently released by WHO. Highlights of the Report: More than a…

Why in News? A recent study published in The Lancet medical journal has stated that more than one-third of the…

Why in News? The National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) has been designated as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Priority…

Why in News? WHO is launching a “Clean Air Coalition” led by the Governments of Spain andPeru, while a group…

1.World Suicide Prevention Day Context: World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is being observed on 10th September, 2019 About: World Suicide…

Context: Member Countries of WHO South-East Asia Region resolved to eliminate measles and rubella by 2023, to prevent deaths and…

WORLD HEPATITIS DAY 2019 Context: World Hepatitis Day 2019 is being observed on July 28, 2019. Theme: “Invest in eliminating…

Context: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its first guidelines on self-care interventions for health. More on News: The…

Context: This is the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) prescription to combat the growing menace of antibiotic abuse and burgeoning resistance…

Why in News: The World Health Organization has for the first time recognised “burn-out” in its International Classification of Diseases…

Why in news: Global estimates published by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that about 1 in 3 (35%) women…

Why in News: The World Health Organization unveiled a new strategy to dramatically cut deaths and injuries from snakebites, warning…

Why in News: Despite the health sector employing five million workers in India it continues to have low density of…