Sunday, May 25, 2025

Topic: WHO

Tamil Nadu govt doctors call on WHO to address critical staffing gaps, pay disparities

The Legal Coordination Committee for Government Doctors (LCC) in Tamil Nadu has formally appealed to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to intervene in addressing persistent staffing shortages and significant salary disparities faced by government doctors in the state.

Pregnancy ‘clouded by fear’ in Gaza: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has marked World Health Day with a statement on the struggle of 55,000 pregnant women in Gaza, where “pregnancy is clouded by fear” due to ongoing violence of Israeli occupation, displacement and lack of medical access.

World Health Organization regrets announcement after Trump orders US to leave UN body

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) expressed regret over the United States' announcement of its intent to withdraw from the organization. On day one...

Gaza genocide: WHO chief says conditions at Kamal Adwan ‘appalling’, calls ‘for this hell to stop’

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says a team from the UN health agency and its partners reached Kamal Adwan Hospital two days ago, “amid hostilities and explosions in the vicinity of the hospital during the mission.”

WHO chief says attacks on healthcare a ‘new normal’ in wars and conflicts

From Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine to conflicts in Afghanistan, Haiti, Myanmar and Sudan, attacking healthcare centres has become a new worrying trend, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Over 22,500 Gazans face life-changing injuries, thousands require long-term rehabilitation: WHO

As of 23 July, about 22,500 people who have been injured by Israel's genocidal war on Gaza – a quarter of all MoH-reported injuries...