Multi-country monkeypox outbreak in non-endemic countries
Since 13 May 2022, monkeypox has been reported to WHO from 23 Member States that are not endemic for monkeypox virus, across four WHO regions. Epidemiological investigations are ongoing. The vast majority of reported cases so far have no established travel links to an endemic area and have presented through primary care or sexual health […]
Busting Myths of Vaccination
Government of India has been supporting the efforts of States and UTs for effective management of COVID patients in vaccination, under the ‘Whole of Government” approach since January this year. COVID being a Pandemic with worldwide impact, there has been a global high demand of vaccines with limited number of manufacturers with limited manufacturing capacity […]
New pivotal data demonstrate clinical benefit of Roche’s glofitamab, a potential first-in-class bispecific antibody for people with aggressive lymphoma
Data to be presented for the first time at ASCO and EHA 2022 show glofitamab induces high and durable complete response rates in people with heavily pre-treated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma Glofitamab has the potential to offer a readily available, fixed-duration CD20xCD3 bispecific antibody treatment approach for people with aggressive lymphoma Glofitamab is part of […]
Roche develops unique PCR tests to detect the monkeypox virus
Roche and its subsidiary TIB Molbiol have developed three different LightMix® Modular Virus kits for the detection of the monkeypox virus Multiple clusters of monkeypox virus have been reported in non-endemic countries, and the World Health Organization (WHO) expects more cases will be identified as surveillance expands Use of these new research test kits assess […]
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addresses Sessions on ‘Unlocking the Power of Digital Health’ and ‘Closing the Vaccines Gap’ at World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, Davos
In a historic address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos at Congress Centre, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya exhorted India's commitment to strengthen the Digital Health System and in closing the vaccine gap. Underscoring the need to strengthen Equitable Vaccine Manufacturing Collaborative […]
Roche’s Polivy combination approved by European Commission for people with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
First new treatment option in more than 20 years to show a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival is approved for people with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) Approval is based on pivotal data from the phase III POLARIX study, where Polivy plus R-CHP significantly improved progression-free survival with comparable safety versus the […]
Data at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting highlight Roche’s continued commitment to innovation in oncology and personalised healthcare
Pivotal data on glofitamab, a potential first-in-class CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody, in heavily pre-treated patients with aggressive lymphoma, will be presented as part of our industry-leading haematology portfolio Further studies exploring broad genomic testing to support informed treatment decisions for patients and advance cancer care approaches will be presented Basel, 24 May 2022 - […]
National Health Authority announces revamped ABHA mobile application to manage health records under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
The National Health Authority (NHA) under its flagship scheme of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) announced the launch of a revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) mobile application. The ABHA app, previously known as NDHM Health Records app is available for download from the Google Play Store and already has over 4 lakh downloads. The […]
World Health Assembly agrees historic decision to sustainably finance WHO
Today, at the 75th World Health Assembly, Member States agreed to adopt a landmark decision to improve the World Health Organization’s financing model. The decision adopted, in full, the recommendations of a Sustainable Financing Working Group made up of WHO’s Member States, which was set up in January 2021 and chaired by Björn Kümmel, from […]
WHO Director-General's Opening Address at the 75th World Health Assembly
I want to start today by looking back, to where we have been over the past five years. The WHO Results Report for 2020-21 provides a detailed and interactive presentation of our work over the past two years against each of the “triple billion” targets. I commend it to you. Progress isn’t always fast or […]
