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WHO Collaborating Centre for pharmacovigilance launched at IPC Ghaziabad
expressbpd
November 01, 2017
National Strategic Plan for Scale up of Pharmacovigilance in India and Pharmacovigilance Guidelines for Stakeholders were also launched
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WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border
biospectrumasia
October 24, 2017
Marburg virus disease is a rare disease with a high mortality rate for which there is no specific treatment
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WHO supports the immunization of people against yellow fever in Nigeria
biospectrumasia
October 18, 2017
The ten-day campaign was started on Friday, 13 October 2017, and mobilizes more than 200 health workers and volunteers. It targets residents aged 9 months to 45 years old
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WHO launches new NCDs progress monitor
biospectrumasia
September 29, 2017
The Progress Monitor provides data on 19 indicators in all of WHO’s 194 Member States.
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Antibiotic development is inadequate to meet global resistance threat, WHO warns
pharmafile
September 21, 2017
WHO has released a report indicating that worldwide development of new antibiotics is not keeping pace with the rising prevalence of antimicrobial resistance, with the risk that we may face an inability to meet growing demand.
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The world is running out of antibiotics: WHO confirms
biospectrumasia
September 21, 2017
Most of the drugs currently in the clinical pipeline are modifications of existing classes of antibiotics and are only short-term solutions
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WHO urges member nations to step up efforts against diseases
biospectrumasia
September 12, 2017
The WHO emphazised on leveraging collective strengths through greater inter-country cooperation
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Maldives host Seventieth Regional Committee session of WHO South-East Asia
biospectrumasia
September 11, 2017
Building health systems resilient to climate change, improving access to essential medicines for all and intensifying efforts to end tuberculosis are among key issues discussed at a meeting
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WHO partners with MRF to work on meningitis
biospectrumasia
August 03, 2017
WHO representatives will be putting meningitis high on the global agenda and coordinating progress in five areas.
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WHO prequalifies first generic Hepatitis C medicine & first HIV self-test
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July 25, 2017
It means that the product can now be procured by the UN and financing agencies such as UNITAID, which now includes co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C in the portfolio of diseases it covers