WHO concerned about MERS virus

The WHO’s Emergency Committee for MERS-CoV has raised concerns about the sharp surge in the number of ‘Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus’(MERS-CoV) cases since March 2014. The sharp increase has been seen particularly in Saudi Arabia and in the United ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2014

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

April 7: World Health Day

World Health Day was celebrated all over the world on April 7, 2014. Theme for 2014 was “Vector-Borne Diseases (VBDs)”. The campaign for World Health Day this year is ‘small bite: big threat’. Mosquitoes, flies, ticks and bugs may be a ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2014

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

“Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020”-Launched by WHO-India to protect Vulnerable Rhinos

WHO-India launched Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020 programme to protect and increase the population of the one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). IVR 2020 is a partnership among the Government of Assam, the International Rhino Foundation, the World Wide Fund for Nature, ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014

WHO declared South-East Asia region polio-free

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared South-East Asia region as polio-free region. The certification is being hailed as a historic milestone in the global fight to eradicate the deadly virus. It came after, when WHO certified India officially polio-free after ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014

Category: International / World Current Affairs

WHO: Air pollution top environmental health risk

As per the new estimate of World Health Organization (WHO), Air pollution is the world’s single largest environmental health risk that caused 7 million deaths in 2012, 80% of which were from heart attacks and stroke. Excerpts of the UN ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2014

WHO: Peshawar world's 'largest reservoir' of polio

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Pakistan’s troubled north-western city of Peshawar as the world’s “largest reservoir” of endemic polio and has called for urgent action to boost vaccination. As per the latest genomic results of the Regional Reference ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2014

Category: Places in News Current Affairs