In a historic move, Uganda, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners, has initiated the first-ever clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Sudan species of the Ebola virus. This trial was launched a mere four days after the outbreak was confirmed on January 30, showcasing an extraordinary pace for a randomized vaccine… Read More »
Iraq becomes 18th country recognised by WHO for eliminating Trachoma: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially recognised Iraq as the 18th country to successfully eradicate trachoma as a public health concern. This achievement also marks Iraq as the fifth nation within the WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region to accomplish this milestone. Furthermore, the WHO has… Read More »
WHO To Set Up mRNA Vaccine Hub in Hyderabad: Telangana’s Minister for Information Technology and Industry, KT Rama Rao, said that the World Health Organization will establish an mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) vaccine centre. mRNA is becoming a promising technology to address a growing number of infectious diseases. Minister for IT and Industries KT Rama… Read More »
WHO names Sir Jeremy Farrar as its new chief scientist: WHO has announced that Dr. Jeremy Farrar will take over as its new Chief Scientist. As of right now, Dr. Farrar is the Director of the Wellcome Trust. He will join WHO in the second quarter of 2023.As WHO’s Chief Scientist, Dr Farrar will oversee… Read More »
Monkeypox Disease Name Changed to Mpox by WHO: The World Health Organisation has changed the name of the disease Monkeypox to Mpox, as they receive complaints about the word Monkeypox conjuring up racist tropes and stigmatizing patients. The recommendation comes in the wake of outbreaks in Europe and the United States that began around six months ago. December… Read More »
WHO Releases First-Ever List of Fungal Infection, Flags Global Health Threat: The World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time published a list of fungal infections — “priority pathogens”. The Fungal Priority Pathogen List (FPPL) includes 19 fungi that pose the greatest threat to human health. The UN agency warns that some species are becoming… Read More »
Indian origin, Dr Vivek Murthy is US representative on WHO Executive Board: US President, Joe Biden has nominated Dr Vivek Murthy (45) to serve as America’s representative on the executive board of the World Health Organisation. He will serve in the new position alongside his continued duties as the US Surgeon General. October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz In March… Read More »
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. The former Congo Basin clade (group of variants) in Central Africa as Clade I. The former West African clade as Clade II. The latter consists of two sub-clades, Clade IIa and Clade IIb, of which Clade IIb was the main group of… Read More »
WHO has awarded Resource Centre for Tobacco Control (e-RCTC) of the Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh with Regional Director Special Recognition Award. The centre provides information related to tobacco control in India, including circulars, orders, policies and legislations. RCTC is a joint initiative of PGIMER and UNION-SEA and was… Read More »
Rajasthan becomes the first state to attempt systematize of health accounts to track and monitoring of health expenditures over time and can serve as an important tool for evidence based policy making. This project of Rajasthan will be aid by the WHO India country office by providing technical and financial support for conducting the first round of health accounts. The state government has allocated… Read More »