Smoke ’em out
Tobacco use is a global epidemic that kills six million people annually. Approximately one person dies every six seconds due to tobacco, accounting for one in 10 adult deaths.
Tobacco use is a global epidemic that kills six million people annually. Approximately one person dies every six seconds due to tobacco, accounting for one in 10 adult deaths.
According to the data shared by World Health Organisation (WHO), even before the pandemic, one in eight people was identified with a mental disorder.
The World Health Organisation had declared the products of the Soneput-based firm contaminated and substandard.
The majority of the current confirmed cases of monkeypox are male and most of these cases occur among of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
“We thank the World Health Organization for rightly conferring the award on the most deserving ASHA workers,” the ASHA federation said.
On Technical Advisory Group recommendation, the variant has been declared as a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The WHO's Technical Advisory Group in a meeting on Tuesday agreed to conduct the final risk assessment after receiving additional data from the manufacturer.
WHO'sSAGE recommended that such people should receive a third dose of a vaccine as they are "less likely to respond adequately to vaccination following a standard primary vaccine series and are at high risk of severe Covid-19 disease",
The World Health Organization (WHO) also announced an initiative to vaccinate 70 per cent of the population by mid-2022, through prioritizing vaccine delivery to low-income countries, particularly those in Africa.
The development is a possible sign that the North is easing one of the world’s strictest pandemic border closures to receive outside help.
