BILLIONS OF PEOPLE STILL BREATHE UNHEALTHY AIR
Almost the entire global population (99 per cent) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits and threatens their health. A record number of over 6,000 cities in 117 countries…
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WHO ESTABLISHES GLOBAL CENTRE FOR TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN INDIA
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of India have signed an agreement to establish the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine. This global knowledge centre for traditional medicine,…
PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO DISRUPT HEALTH SERVICES WORLDWIDE
More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to healthcare costs New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows…
ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF AMR IN INDIA
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have launched a new collaborative project – ‘Priorities for the Environmental Dimension of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in India’,…
320,000 CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS NEWLY INFECTED WITH HIV IN 2019
Approximately every minute and 40 seconds, a child or young person under the age of 20 was newly infected with HIV last year, bringing the total number of children living…
SRI LANKA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE: SAVING LIVES TODAY, PREPARING FOR TOMORROW
The Sri Lanka COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project is supporting the government’s ‘test, track, isolate and treat’ strategy to control the pandemic by providing a steady supply…
UNICEF LAUNCHES GLOBAL #REIMAGINE CAMPAIGN
An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health systems and disrupt routine services, UNICEF have claimed.…