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WhatsApp starts “WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub”

March 20, 2020
WhatsApp
  • “WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub” has been initiated globally by WhatsApp in partnership with the World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, and United Nations Development Programme.
  • The Information Hub targets to provide simple, actionable guidance for health workers, educators, community leaders, nonprofits, local governments and local businesses that depends on WhatsApp for communication.
  • WhatsApp has also declared the donation of $1 million to the International Fact-Checking Network for coronavirus facts alliance.

WHO officially announces COVID-19 as a pandemic

March 12, 2020
Coronavirus

The World Health Organization(WHO) has officially announced COVID-19 as a pandemic as it spread freely to more than 100 countries around the world. A pandemic is declared when a new disease for which people do not have immunity spreads around the world beyond expectations. COVID-19 is a disease caused by the novel coronavirus which started in China.

India to be 77th on Sustainability Index

February 21, 2020
UNESCO

According to the report commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Lancet medical journal and backed by United Nations, India is at 77th position in the Sustainability Index 2020 and 131st on the Flourishing Index 2020.

WHO officially titles Coronavirus disease as “Covid-19”

February 12, 2020
Coronavirus

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially titled the disease caused by the new coronavirus as “Covid-2019”. The new name “Covid-2019” has been derived from the words “corona”, “virus” and “disease”, with 2019, the year in which it came up.

Global risk degree of novel coronavirus increases from moderate to high

January 28, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) has increased the global risk degree of the novel coronavirus strain 2019-nCoV from moderate to high. The total number of 2019-nCoV confirmed cases globally has reached 2,014 including 1,985 in China. Indian Embassy is considering all options which includes evacuation of Indians in Wuhan. Hubei has suspended the services for the application of ordinary passports and exit-entry permits for Chinese persons.

Decision to declare corona virus outbreak ‘An emergency’

January 23, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) is holding a crucial emergency meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the novel coronavirus outbreak in China. The UN body will decide if the outbreak of a new Chinese strain of coronavirus — cousin of the devastating SARS virus — is “a public health emergency of international concern”.

Such a declaration would be significant. It means the WHO thinks immediate and coordinated international action may be needed to contain the infectant, which has caused nine deaths in China and caused hundreds to fall sick across Asia. Cases have been reported in several places outside China, including Japan and the United States. India has already issued a travel warning. Several countries have also started screening travellers from China to detect symptoms of the infection.

2020 designated as “Year of Nurse and Midwife” by WHO

January 4, 2020

The World Health Organization designated the year 2020 as the “Year of Nurse and Midwife” in the honour of 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.

The year is being dedicated to the nursing, midwifery as well as WHO is also a partner of The State of the World’s Midwifery Campaign, to achieve Universal Health Coverage.

The organization is leading the development of “World Nursing Report” that is to be launched in 2020. The report is first of its kind.