Topic: World Health Organisation
ICMR recalls statement that said WHO’s Solidarity Trial plans to continue testing remdesivir
Remdesivir, along with HCQ, lopinavir and interferon, have shown no benefits on Covid patients in WHO's multi-national Solidarity Trial.
Ex-health secy Preeti Sudan, who led Covid war, now on global panel for pandemic preparedness
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response will submit its report in May 2021. Members of the panel will work remotely, without remuneration.
Need stricter meat industry rules to prevent another Covid — 100 doctors write to Harsh Vardhan
The letter, by doctors who are part of a WHO initiative, seeks a ban on wet markets and closure of slaughterhouses that do not follow FSSAI guidelines.
Aerosol transmission can’t be ruled out, but droplets still biggest risk, says new WHO brief
WHO has issued a new 10-page brief on Covid transmission after over 200 scientists wrote an open letter asking for revision of airborne transmission advisories.
US starts one-year clock to quit World Health Organization
In May, Trump had announced that US would leave the body because of 'undue deference to China' and failure to provide accurate information about Covid.
Not sure if HCQ works but adverse effects don’t seem to be a problem, say Indian doctors
The anti-malarial drug HCQ was left out of the WHO Solidarity trial and the USFDA emergency use list this week. Doctors in India say they don’t see any major side-effects from its use.
WHO says Covid transmission through asymptomatic patients ‘very rare’, experts disagree
Detailed contact-tracing of symptomatic individuals would be more effective in reducing transmission of the disease, WHO expert said.
China’s virus vaccine will be global public good, says Xi Jinping at WHO meet
Among the dozens of vaccine projects under way worldwide, China has five candidates already in human trials. More will enter such tests next month.
What it means for Covid to never go away and become endemic — like HIV, malaria, measles
The WHO has warned that the SARS-CoV-2 virus will not disappear and Covid-19 might become endemic, regularly occurring in humans.
People living longer and healthier lives but Covid threatens to disrupt that: WHO report
The 2020 World Health Statistics Report says approximately 1 billion people would spend 10 per cent of their household budgets on health care in 2020.
Five reasons that are stopping Ganga from becoming clean
The bureaucracy is capable enough to prove to the govt that Ganga has been completely cleaned. But that, we know, would be far from truth.
Revival in demand & business activity push Indian economy’s animal spirits up in September
Economists attributed the recovery to pent-up demand after a strict lockdown imposed in March hit the consumption of goods and services.
Defence
The 3 foundational agreements with US and what they mean for India’s military growth
Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement, the last of the key foundational agreements between India & US, was signed Tuesday. LEMOA was signed in 2016 and COMCASA in 2018.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.