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New York: Toddlers should spend no more than 60 minutes passively watching a screen every day, while babies under 12 months should have none, to ensure that they grow up fit and well, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, as part of a campaign to tackle the global obesity crisis. more
Measles in Europe: infection rates highest in a decade, says UN health agency

New York Feb 8 (IBNS): Although more children than ever before are being vaccinated against measles across Europe, overall infection rates are the highest in a decade, and a three-fold in ...

Keyhole surgery returns to war-shattered Mosul as WHO prioritizes medical improvements

New York: In the wake of more than four years of intense conflict in Iraq to dislodge the terrorist group ISIL, the rehabilitation of the health system and improvements to lifesaving medi ...

Uzbekistan wins its long fight against malaria, as global rates continue to rise

New York: Uzbekistan’s success in becoming recognized as a malaria-free country by the World Health Organization (WHO), is an “extraordinary outcome,” said the Executive ...

UN health agency launches action plan as global malaria cases rise

New York, Targets to reduce global rates of infections and deaths from malaria are not being met, says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2018 World malaria report, released on M ...

WHO supports Zimbabwe with 1.4 million vaccinations to beat cholera outbreak

New York, The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Zimbabwe’s efforts to begin vaccinating 1.4 million people against a new deadly outbreak of cholera, beginning on Wednesd ...

Tobacco control measures are working, but too slowly in less-developed countries: WHO

New York,  “Great progress” has been made in tackling tobacco consumption and saving lives but more needs to be done to challenge the industry’s attempts to “ ...

Ebola-hit DRC faces ‘perfect storm’ as uptick in violence halts WHO operation

New York, A "perfect storm" of active conflict and traumatized communities in Ebola-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could enable the deadly dise ...

Alcohol abuse kills three million people a year, most of them men – WHO report

New York,: More one in 20 deaths in 2016 – 3 million people, mostly men – were caused by harmful use of alcohol, according a report released on Friday by the World Health Orga ...

800,000 people commit suicide every year: WHO

New York,   Every year, close to 800,000 people commit suicide, the second leading cause of death amongst people aged 15-29 in 2016.