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WHO to recognise accomplishments in malariaThe World Health Organisation (WHO) will recognise significant accomplishments in preventing and controlling malaria, including in high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa, tomorrow on World Malaria Day. It will also highlight More… |
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Most countries ‘lacking in cancer care services’More than half of all countries worldwide are struggling to prevent cancer and provide treatment and chronic care to cancer patients, warned a recent World Health Organisation (WHO) survey for World Cancer Day. This means, current More… |
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Global malaria battle stalls as financing gets tightGlobal funding for the fight against malaria has stalled in the past two years, threatening to reverse what the World Health Organisation (WHO) says are "remarkable recent gains" in the battle to control one of the world's leading More… |
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Virus not spreading easily between people: WHOA new and potentially fatal virus from the same family as SARS which was discovered in a patient in London last week appears not to spread easily from person to person, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In an updat More… |
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Insurance ‘key to universal health services’Prepaid health financing mechanisms, such as health insurance, are a key route to universal coverage, said an author of a major health services study commissioned by the World health Organisation (WHO). “Many countries remain unce More… |
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Bahrain invites UN to probe abuse chargeBahrain has invited the United Nations to investigate allegations of human rights abuse during the military takeover of a hospital in March, the Acting Health Minister said. Dr Fatima Al Balooshi said she proposed that the World Health Org More… |
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WHO warns of chronic diseases enormityChronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes have reached global epidemic proportions and now cause more deaths than all other diseases combined, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. In its first worldwide re More… |
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Major push ‘could end malaria deaths by 2015’The world could stop malaria deaths by 2015 if massive investment is made to ramp up control measures, including wider use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. Progress has been made ov More… |
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Top WHO honour for ManamaManama has been included in the 1000Cities-1000Lives Campaign launched by World Health Organisation. The global honour is credited to the 'Health Capital' programme initiated by Manama Charity Fund. 'The WHO Cairo-based More… |
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WHO raps Bahrain schools delayBahrain's decision to delay the reopening of schools to ward off swine flu has been criticised by global experts. But the country's overall strategy to combat the H1N1 virus was praised by the World Health Organisation. More… |
