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TopicWorld Health Organisation

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.

On Camera

Women are missing from Chinese politics. CCP is a boys’ club

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists.

Karnataka, Telangana, TN, Maharashtra power 40% of services output, pan-India growth uneven—NITI Aayog

Report on India's services sector examines state-level dynamics, maps disparities and suggests ways to tap into the sector’s potential.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.