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    WHO Director-General thanks PM Modi for warm welcome, hails BRICS 2026 health commitments

    New Delhi: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the warm welcome at the 2026 BRICS summit in New Delhi and lauded the bloc’s commitments to strengthening global health cooperation and delivering “Health For All”, as outlined in the New Delhi Declaration. In a.

    WHO refutes Trump’s claim linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism

    Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claims that vaccines and the use of paracetamol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy are linked to autism in children. Speaking at a press briefing in Geneva, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic clarified that existing scientific evidence does not support a causal relationship between paracetamol use during.

    Myanmar Prepares to Combat Acute Diarrhoea Outbreak amid Rainy Season

    Yangon: Myanmar’s Ministry of Health has been implementing preventive measures to prevent the outbreak of acute diarrhoea during the rainy season, state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) reported on Thursday. The health ministry also issued a statement outlining several preventive measures against acute diarrhoea, the report said. These included washing hands before and after preparing.

    30 lives lost by drowining ever hour globally: WHO

    New Delhi, Dec 14: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday called on countries in the South-East Asia region to strengthen measures to prevent drowning, which disproportionately affects children and the vulnerable population. According to the first global status report of WHO, the South East Asia region reported 83,000 drowning fatalities in 2021, which accounts.

    Evacuation of patients impossible without endangering lives: WHO

    International desk: The office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Palestinian territory said on Monday it was impossible to safely evacuate patients from Gaza hospitals amid the ongoing hostilities despite the urgent need to do so. WHO reiterates that evacuation of patients from hospitals is impossible without endangering patients’ lives, the organisation wrote.