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You must have recently seen mentions of something called ORS in the news. Do you know what it stands for? And why is it in the news? So, ORS stands for Oral Rehydration Solution and is also referred to as Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT). It is a type of fluid replacement which has sugars and…
Since President Donald Trump’s January 25 executive orders slashing US global aid commitments, the world of development assistance has been thrown into turmoil. It has become a matter of life and death for those on the ground. Take, for example, a leading wellness hub in Uganda, where LGBTQ+ patients (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other…
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America, the leader of the free world, is once again hellbent on abdicating its global leadership responsibilities. Donald Trump is back, and so is his signature foreign policy move—cutting the US off from some key global organisations. He has, just like during his first term, decided that the World Health Organisation (WHO) doesn’t deserve US…
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Las Vegas: President Donald Trump said on Saturday he may consider rejoining the World Health Organization, days after ordering a US exit from the global health agency over what he described as a mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other international health crises. “Maybe we would consider doing it again, I don’t know. Maybe we…
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United Nations: The United States will leave the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, the United Nations said on Thursday, after being formally notified of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of mishandling the pandemic and other international health crises. Trump announced the move on Monday, hours after he…
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Zurich: The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike on Yemen’s main airport carried out by Israel a day earlier during a series of attacks on the Iran-aligned Houthi movement. Speaking after his ordeal at the Sanaa International Airport on Thursday,…
An unknown disease with flu-like symptoms has killed at least 79 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the BBC. The unidentified disease has infected 300 people in DR Congo since November 10, causing flu-like symptoms including fever, headaches, coughing, breathing difficulties and anaemia, the country’s health ministry said. Most of the dead…
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The government has increased the number of medical colleges, Mr Nadda said. (File) New Delhi: The doctor-population ratio is 1:811 in the country which is better than the WHO standard of 1:1000, Union Health Minister J P Nadda informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. As per information provided by the National Medical Commission (NMC), there…
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An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge. | Photo Credit: Dado Ruvic An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for 9 countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other…
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If India’s Health Ministry and the Meghalaya State government have till date refused to reveal all the details of the polio case in a two-year-old boy in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district who was found with symptoms of polio in the first week of August this year, the WHO too has been cagey about making…
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