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WHO warns of health risks amid flood in Pakistan

by Newsdesk-Top NewsAsia News1 September 20221 September 2022

As of August 25, more than 33 million people have been affected and over 6.4 million people are in dire need of humanitarian aid, including 421,000 refugees…reports Asian Lite News…

WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency

by Newsdesk-Top NewsWorld News24 July 202224 July 2022

WHO previously declared emergencies for public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus in Latin America in 2016 and the ongoing…

Monkeypox declared global health emergency

by Newsdesk-Top NewsHealthWorld23 July 202223 July 2022

Expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency. The World Health Organisation on Saturday declared the monkeypox as public…

Covid-19 nowhere near over, warns WHO

by Newsdesk-Top NewsWorldWorld News13 July 202213 July 2022

Last Friday, the WHO’s Emergency Committee concluded that the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) and warned of several interlinked challenges….reports Asian Lite News The ongoing…

Russia may sever ties with WHO, WTO

by Newsdesk-Top NewsEU NewsEurope19 May 202219 May 2022

The WHO member states have already tried to force the health body, which typically avoids taking a stance on politics, into taking action over the invasion…reports Asian Lite News Russia…

A third of world remains unvaccinated: WHO

by Newsdesk-Top NewsCOVID-19World News31 March 202231 March 2022

Besides continuing to respond to the pandemic, WHO is also putting in place new measures to help keep the world safe against future epidemics….reports Asian Lite News  Even as some…

Global Covid-19 death toll tops 6 mn: WHO

by NewsdeskCOVID-19NewsWorld9 March 20229 March 2022

The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421 as of Tuesday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)…reports Asian Lite News Globally,…

Attenborough, WHO among nominees for Nobel Peace Prize

by Newsdesk-Top NewsUK News2 February 20222 February 2022

Environmentalists have won the Nobel Peace Prize in the past, including Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and former US Vice President Al Gore, reports Asian…

Easing curbs should be slow and steady: WHO

by Newsdesk-Top NewsCOVID-192 February 20222 February 2022

Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, echoed that countries should chart their own paths in lifting the measures instead of following blindly what the other…

WHO chief worried about ‘tsunami’ of omicron, delta cases

by Newsdesk-Top NewsCOVID-19World News29 December 202129 December 2021

WHO said in its weekly epidemiological report that the “overall risk” related to omicron “remains very high.” It cited “consistent evidence” that it has a growth advantage over the delta…