Similarities and Differences between Influenza and COVID-19: WHO
Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some causing illness in people and others that circulate among animals, including camels, cats and bats. Coronaviruses are […]
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COVID-19: What Should a Pregnant and Lactating Women Know?
World Health Organization (WHO) has prepared a list of some common questions regarding COVID-19, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding mothers. This may be of particular interest […]
“Five Steps to Kick Out Corona Virus”- WHO and FIFA
World Health Organization (WHO) and FIFA, the international governing body of football have teamed up to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) by launching a new awareness […]
COVID 19: IFRC, UNICEF and WHO Guidance to Protect Children and Support Safe School Operations
The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) issued new guidance (on 20th March 2020) to help protect […]
Priority Research Areas on COVID-19
COVID-19 (novel-corona-virus) is declared as pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). It has spread to more than 150+ countries globally. Therefore, leading health experts from […]
‘COVID-19’- Official Name of Novel Coronavirus Disease
WHO has officially named Novel Coronavirus Disease as ‘COVID-19’. According to World Health Organization, Novel Coronavirus (2019-CoV) is now officially named as ‘COVID-19’. In a […]
WHO Declares Novel Corona Virus as Global Emergency/PHEIC
WHO Meeting Declared Novel Corona Virus as Global Emergency: The WHO Director-General declared that the outbreak of 2019-nCoV constitutes a PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of […]
Updated WHO advice for international traffic in relation to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV
This is an update to the WHO advice in relation to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus nCoV, published by WHO on 10 January 2020. Since […]
Global Tobacco Use Trend- WHO
Number of males using tobacco globally on the decline, showing that government-led control efforts work to save lives, protect health, beat tobacco According to a […]
‘Alcohol Related Deaths are Increasing in United States’- National Institutes of Health
Consumption of alcohol is increasing globally. In the United States, alcohol related deaths are increasing as reported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) on January […]