Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya visits Safdarjung Hospital, informally interacts with faculty and staff to seek their frank feedback on hospital improvement measures
Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare visited Safdarjung Hospital today and had an informal interactive session with Heads of Departments and Staff of Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir Medical College. He spent more than 2.5 hours with the heads of various departments, nurses, heads of security and sanitation services and listened […]
Statement on Omicron sublineage BA.2
As part of its on-going work to track variants, WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) met yesterday to discuss the latest evidence on the Omicron variant of concern, including its sublineages BA.1 and BA.2. Based on available data of transmission, severity, reinfection, diagnostics, therapeutics and impacts of vaccines, the group reinforced that […]
New WHO/ILO guide urges greater safeguards to protect health workers
The joint publication encourages countries to strengthen the protection of health workers by improving the management of occupational health and safety at national, sub-national and health facility levels. GENEVA–The World Health Organization (WHO) and The International Labour Organization (ILO) have published a new guide on developing and implementing stronger occupational health and safety programmes for […]
WHO announces first technology recipients of MRNA Vaccine hub with strong support from african and european partners
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia to establish mRNA vaccine production Geneva/Brussels, 18 February 2022 -- At the European Union - African Union summit in Brussels today WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced the first six countries that will receive the technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines on the African continent. Egypt, […]
WHO Africa News Release: Malawi declares polio outbreak
Brazzaville/Lilongwe – The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe. This is the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years. Africa was declared free of indigenous wild polio in August 2020 […]
EIB to pledge €500 million under partnership launched by WHO, EIB with the support of the EU for stronger and more resilient health systems in Africa
We as the heads of our respective institutions the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), in close cooperation with the European Commission (EC) and the African Union, are delighted to announce a strong partnership aimed at mobilizing one billion euro of investment to support countries in closing the health funding gap, […]
New two-year data for Roche’s Vabysmo and Susvimo reinforce potential to maintain vision with fewer treatments for people with two leading causes of vision loss
In the YOSEMITE and RHINE studies in diabetic macular edema, at least 60% of eligible Vabysmo patients could extend treatment to every four months at two years, compared to 50% at year one Almost 80% of eligible Vabysmo patients could extend treatment to every three months or longer in both studies In the Archway study […]
South Africa’s mRNA hub progress is foundation for self-reliance
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of he World Health Organization (WHO), Buti Manamela, Deputy Dr Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of South Africa, Dr Joe Phaahla, Minister of Health of South Africa and Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy of Belgium today visit a number of public and […]
WHO’s new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) comes into effect
The World Health Organization (WHO) Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) has now come into effect, with the latest update going online today. The ICD provides a common language that allows health professionals to share standardized information across the world. It is the foundation for identifying health trends and statistics worldwide, containing […]
Disease Outbreak News (DON) - Measles in Afghanistan
SHARP RISE IN MEASLES CASES IN AFGHANISTAN Measles is endemic in Afghanistan. Following periods of lower transmission in 2019 and 2020, measles cases have been increasing in all provinces since the end of July 2021, with the highest weekly toll observed so far occurring over the last four weeks. The number of cases and deaths […]
