UN condemns killing of WHO staffer in Myanmar transporting COVID-19 samples
New York/IBNS: A World Health Organization (WHO) worker has been killed while driving a vehicle carrying COVID-19 samples in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state, the United Nations country office confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.
Taiwan makes public December email to WHO showing caution about COVID-19 outbreak
Taipei/IBNS: Giving more fuel to the suspicion of the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s collusion with China over the COVID-19 outbreak, Taiwan has recently released an email which was sent to the organisation cautioning it of the pandemic virus.
Halting funding for WHO during a health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds:Gates
Washington/IBNS: Hours after US President Donald Trump announced that he has instructed his administration to stop US funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday said halting such a fund during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds.
Donald Trump directs administration to halt US funding for WHO
Washington/Sputnik/UNI: President Donald Trump announced that he has instructed his administration to stop US funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), which he accused of grossly mismanaging and covering up the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions: WHO’s latest advice
New York/IBNS: The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries on Monday in a statement, stressing that a mix of social distancing, testing, contact tracing and isolation, will be crucial to further curb the spread of the new coronavirus already devastating much of the globe.
Beijing/IBNS: With China claiming that it is significantly recovering from COVID-19 crisis while other nations, including the UK and the US are struggling to contain the virus, some experts believe Beijing is trying to exploit the situation to its own advantage.
No need to politicize COVID-19: UN health agency chief
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic should not be politicized as unity is the “only option” to defeat the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
WHO Chief says received death threats over coronavirus response
Geneva/Sputnik: The chief of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia, said Wednesday he had faced death threats and racist insults over the UN health agency's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Donald Trump blasts WHO for being 'China-centric'
Washington/IBNS: At a time when the United States is reeling under the threat from the highly contagious novel Coronavirus, which claimed 11,830 lives in the country, President Donald Trump has hit out at the World Health Organization (WHO) for being 'China-centric' and giving 'faulty recommendations'.
COVID-19 death toll: Over 3300 dead, says WHO
Geneva/UNI: The World Health Organisation on Saturday confirmed that a total of 3380 people have so far lost their lives, worldwide, due to the deadly novel coronavirus which was first detected in China's Wuhan in late December and later spread across the world.
One third of poorer countries face both undernutrition and obesity: WHO report
New York/IBNS: With one in three low and middle-income countries facing the two extremes of malnutrition – undernutrition and obesity – the UN’s health agency WHO is calling for a new approach to deal with rapidly changing food systems.
One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds: new UN health agency report
New York: Despite progress in national prevention strategies, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General lamented on Monday, highlighting key findings of the agency’s latest report on global suicide estimates.
Clashes near Libya's Tripoli leave over 1,000 people killed over 3 months: WHO
Moscow, Jul 9 (Sputnik) Clashes between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) near the country's capital of Tripoli have left over 1,000 people killed and over 5,500 people injured over three months, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Libya said on Tuesday.
New York, June 7 (IBNS): Unsafe food kills an estimated 420,000 people every year, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, just ahead of the first-ever UN World Food Safety Day. Children under-five are the most at risk, carrying 40 per cent of the foodborne disease burden, amounting to 125,000 deaths every year.
Eye care for Ebola survivors being provided by local ophthalmologists
WHO, Apr 11 (IBNS): In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, local ophthalmologists are learning to provide specialized care to Ebola survivors, WHO reports said.