Global Health News

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed Regional Director for World Health Organization South-East Asia, for a second five-year term.

WHO lists top 10 threats to global health in 2019: According to World Health Organization following health problems/ issues are the top 10 major threats to global health in 2019;

Jan 13 2019, Today is the 8th anniversary of the last case of wild poliovirus in World Health Organization South-East Asia Region. The last case of wild polio was seen …

Thailand bans industrially-produced trans fat??: The ban on industrially-produced trans fat enforced on 9 January is an important initiative to beat Non-communicable diseases.

World Health Organization today commended stronger tobacco control measures being adopted by Thailand which has become the first in Asia and the first low and middle-income country to adopt plain …

WHO launched the first WHO Guidelines on Housing and Health Geneva, Switzerland, 27 November 2018 The quality of housing has major implications for people’s health. Poor housing is associated with …

The World Health Organization launched a online portal The KAP for sharing information about NCDs, interaction and inspiration. The Knowledge Action Portal (KAP) is a community-driven platform which is an …

Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 Main findings (Published in The Lancet in November 2018). GBD 2017 provides for the first time an independent estimation of population, for each of …

Bangkok Statement on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2018): 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion was held on 5-7 November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand with major theme …