Mysore/Mysuru: During her presentation on Food Systems for Equitable and Sustainable Health, former World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist and Chairperson of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation Dr. Sowmya Swaminathan underlined the importance of policy, regulations and behaviour change in preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). “One key aspect is the need for nutrition literacy in schools to…
Hopethon in city on May 31 Mysore/Mysuru: Every year, May 31 is observed as ‘World No Tobacco Day’ by World Health Organisation (WHO) and this year, it is being observed with the theme ‘We need food, not tobacco.’ As per Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2019, 267 million Indians consume tobacco in both smokeless (Gutka…
Geneva: It is not yet clear whether the Omicron COVID-19 variant is more transmissible, or causes more severe disease compared to other variants including Delta, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. WHO, on Sunday said that it’s not yet clear whether Omicron is more easily spread from person to person compared to other variants, even…
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO), in a report released on Monday, has cautioned against unregulated use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health system. “Like all new technology, Artificial Intelligence holds enormous potential for improving the health of millions of people around the world, but like all technology it can also be misused and cause…
Moscow: Vaccination and safety measures such as wearing face masks are essential when it comes to fighting the Delta Plus Coronavirus variant, World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Russia, Melita Vujnovic said. “Vaccination plus masks, because just a vaccine is not enough with ‘Delta.’ We need to make an effort over a short period of…
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday called upon countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate the vaccination for COVID-19 in order to prevent another surge. “We need to continuously strengthen our efforts to test, trace and isolate. Societal interventions such as physical distancing, hand hygiene and proper wearing of masks need…
Mysore/Mysuru: Adding one more feather to its cap, the city’s All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) has earned the recognition of World Health Organisation (WHO). AIISH has bagged the Certificate of Membership of World Hearing Forum coming under WHO. With this honour, AIISH has joined the list of a very few Indian Institutions…
World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Mar. 3 as World Hearing Day. The theme of World Hearing Day-2021 is ‘Hearing Care for all! Screen, Rehabilitate, Communicate.’ To mark this occasion, here we publish two articles written by experts covering various facets of hearing, its myths and facts. —Ed The Myths and…
Depression – Let’s Talk Lifestyle By Dr. B.R. Pai Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his latest Mann Ki Baat, highlighting the scourge of depression has given a clarion call for ending its suppression. The call hasn’t come a day sooner. World Health Organisation (WHO) characterising depression as one of the most disabling of disorders, has…
Global rating of India’s public health scenario continues to be at the lower rung of the scale being regularly published by different agencies, including the World Health Organisation. One is at a loss to match the low rating of the land’s performance in healthcare with the other two reported facts namely a) India is on…
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