Tag: WHO
Air Pollution Kill The Most
Is it Air Pollution or the devastating communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS kill the most people on earth? It is, no doubt,...
Hypertension; Low, Middle Income Countries On Top
People in low and middle-income countries are more prone to high blood pressure or hypertension, which is a medical condition that significantly increases the...
80 Per Cent Fleeing Afghans Are Women and Children
Eighty percent of nearly 250,0000 Afghans forced to flee since the end of May are women and children, even as Taliban forces continued to...
Progress in Safe Drinking Water But World yet at Risk
The world, despite several progresses, is still at risk of being without lifesaving access to safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services, said a...
LIVE LFE: Interventions Save Life
“We cannot – and must not – ignore suicide,” said WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. This is what reflects in the new research...
For 759 Million People, Power Still a Distant Dream
In recent years, the world saw much progress in electricity but 759 million people still live without power with about half of them living...
“The World Needs WHO Now More Than Ever”
For the World Health Organisation, the year 2020 stays as the most challenging as it was for the health systems of many countries. However,...
Long Working Hours Increases Risk of Heart Disease; WHO
The exposure to long working hours (about 55 hours per week) leads to high risk and more deaths from ischemic heart disease and stroke,...
Covid 19 Indian variant in 17 countries
A variant of Covid 19, originated in India and said to cause the second wave in the country in a faster pace, has now...
90 percent countries still report disruptions during Covid 19
Over one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, 90 per cent of the countries are still reporting one or more disruptions to essential health services,...
