Health experts urge govt to increase allocation in budget to fight NCDs
Shawdesh Desk: Public health experts on Saturday called for increased allocation in the health sector in the upcoming FY 2024-25 national budget as budgetary allocation to combat non-communicable diseases remains ReadMore
Realising right to health for all means ensuring accessible health facilities for all: Saima
Shawdesh desk: Regional director of WHO South-East Asia Region, Saima Wazed, has said to fulfill the right to health, both health services and the underlying determinants should be available, accessible, ReadMore
Multi drug therapy can cure leprosy disease: health experts
Shawdesh Desk: Health experts said the leprosy also known as Hansen’s disease can be cured if the infected person takes multi-drug therapy in line with the physicians’ suggestions as it ReadMore
Saima Wazed urges all to stand against tobacco, vaping
Shawdesh Desk: In a decisive call to nations within its South-East Asia Region, the World Health Organisation is emphasising the urgent need to escalate actions against the consumption of tobacco ReadMore
Brazil launches vaccination campaign against dengue
Shawdesh desk: Brazil had launched its vaccination campaign against dengue fever in the Federal District, targeting 521 municipalities nationwide identified as priorities, said the country’s health ministry. Brazil becomes the ReadMore
WHO chief ‘very concerned’ by Gaza infectious disease threat
Shawdesh desk: World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday he was “very concerned” about the growing threat of infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip. “As people continue to ReadMore
Dengue spike fuels concerns of public health threat in previously untouched countries: WHO
Shawdesh desk: This year’s surprising spike in dengue infections globally represents a potentially high public health threat, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday (22 Dec). The warning ReadMore
COP28: Tackling health impacts of climate change in the spotlight
Shawdesh desk: Delegates at COP28 in Dubai have called for stronger and more resilient global health systems, which are indispensable to protecting populations from the negative impacts of climate change ReadMore
