Tag: WHO
WHO: Systemic use of Corticosteroids for COVID-19 treatment recommended
Monitoring Desk
World Health Organization (WHO) has published guidance for clinicians and health care decision-makers on the use of corticosteroids in patients with COVID-19.
"We recommend...
Environment : International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on...
Monitoring Desk
The very first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies will be observed across the globe on September 7 to raise public...
COVID-19: WHO recommends intermittent lockdown in Pakistan
By Muhammad Luqman
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that Pakistan should impose an "intermittent lockdown" to curb the spread of Covid-19, noting that...
WHO to help Pakistan impart training to health workers
By Muhammad Luqman
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Health Services Academy of the National Command and Operation Center and the World...
Smokers are more likely to develop severe disease with COVID-19: WHO
Monitoring Desk
Tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year. More than 7 million of these deaths are from direct tobacco use and...
Pakistan’s coronavirus cases can rise to 200,000 by mid July, warns...
By Muhammad Luqman
World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan can rise to an estimated 200,000 by mid-July...
COVID-19: Mitigating its impacts on food trade and markets
Business Desk
Millions of people around the world depend on international trade for their food security and livelihoods. As countries move to enact measures aiming...
More than 140,000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide
Health Desk
Worldwide more than 140,000 people died from measles in 2018, according to new estimates from the World...
Sanitation workers in developing countries exposed to host of diseases: WHO...
World Desk
Millions of sanitation workers in the developing world ,
mainly in South Asian countries...
Mosquito sterilization offers new opportunity to control dengue: WHO Report
World Desk
A technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes using radiation
will soon be tested as part...