Hantavirus, Ebola crises: WHO kicks off 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva amid global health concernsWHO 79th World Health Assembly: World Health Organization member states meet in Geneva. Deadly hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks are major con...
18 May, 2026, 11.43 AM IST
Antarctica's tourism boom raises concerns about contamination and diseaseSoaring tourism to Antarctica, driven by climate change fears, raises concerns about contamination and damage to the fragile ecosystem. A r...
07 May, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
WHO members adopt a 'pandemic agreement' born out of the disjointed global COVID responseWHO member countries have approved a pandemic agreement aimed at improving global prevention, preparedness, and response efforts. The treat...
20 May, 2025, 02.05 PM IST
Donald Trump signs order to withdraw US from WHO over COVID-19 response & financial issuesPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the WHO, citing mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and financial...
21 Jan, 2025, 10.25 AM IST
India lacks openness in talks with WHO on many key policies: ActivistsOver 300 civil society and public health activists have expressed concerns in an open letter to the President of India about the lack of tr...
10 Nov, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
How World Health Organization could fight future pandemicsHEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/WHO (EXPLAINER, PIX)EXPLAINER-How the World Health Organization could fight future pandemics
23 May, 2023, 11.53 AM IST
All countries 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, says IFRCThe world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)...
30 Jan, 2023, 04.43 PM IST
World Health Organization calls for treaty to shield against next pandemicWHO member states reached a consensus Sunday on kick-starting the process towards a pandemic treaty. The draft decision was secured after c...
29 Nov, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
WHO Chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemicsThe draft makes no reference to the word “treaty” but, among other things, calls for the creation of an “intergovernmental negotiating body...
29 Nov, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
WHO members eye pandemic preparation, as new variant emergesIn the wake of diplomatic wrangling, a draft resolution at the special World Health Assembly stops short of calling for work toward specifi...
29 Nov, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Countries convene for pandemic treaty talksThe three-day meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva comes with the planet still besieged by Covid-19, nearly two years o...
27 Nov, 2021, 06.38 PM IST
WHO chief expects collaboration of China, others on virus origins follow-upSpeaking at a Geneva-based event on trade and COVID-19, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he hoped that the next ph...
28 Sep, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
Global leaders push for pandemic treatyLeaders from 25 countries, the EU and the World Health Organisation (WHO) sought to get the ground rules down in writing to streamline and ...
31 Mar, 2021, 08.44 AM IST
World leaders call for international pandemic treatyWorld Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and leaders, including Boris Johnson of Britain, Mario Draghi of Ital...
30 Mar, 2021, 02.45 PM IST
Parliamentary panel underscores need for government to formulate laws to counter bio-terrorismThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in its report "The Outbreak of Pandemic COVID-19 And its Management", underlined the need o...
22 Nov, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
Indus Water Treaty meeting: India suggests video conference, Pakistan insists on talks at Attari borderIn a letter last week, the Indus Commissioner of India told his Pakistani counterpart that it is not conducive to hold the meeting at the A...
09 Aug, 2020, 06.31 PM IST
Ensure strict compliance of treaty on banning biological weapons: IndiaIn a statement, India said the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the need for international cooperation, including institution...
27 Mar, 2020, 10.05 PM IST