Foods for Iron Deficiency: The WHO has come up with a number of dietary tips and food recommendations to combat the global problem of iron deficiency.
Aiming to curb consumption of tobacco among the youth at an early stage, the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) has urged its 180 member nations to monitor waterpipe (Indian hookah) ...
World Food Safety Day: According to WHO, 1 in 10 people fall ill every year from eating contaminated food. Here are five easy ways to practice food safety.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Thursday called for replacing solid fuels like coal and wood with cleaner ones like cooking gas and electricity in households in order to check respiratory diseases.Household air pollution is a ...
Asia-Pacific countries face serious challenges from "lifestyle" diseases and ageing populations even as they overcome more traditional illnesses, the World Health Organisation's regional director said Monday.Western Pacific WHO director Shin Young-soo...
Governments around the world should increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products to save lives and generate funds for stronger health services, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) urged southeast Asian nations to strengthen efforts to eliminate malaria across the region by 2030.
One-third of total global deaths caused by food-borne diseases are of children aged under five years, despite the fact that they make up only nine percent of the world's population, says a WHO report.
Giving its first global estimates of preventable foodborne diseases, a WHO report called on governments and industry to improve inspections and control of the food chain from the fields and farmyard to the factory and ...
The WHO on Thursday urged the Southeast Asian nations to intensify efforts to make the Universal Health Coverage a reality.