World Health Organisation

World Heart Day: Make healthy heart choices, WHO asks women

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: On the occasion of World Heart Day, WHO is asking women around the globe to make healthy heart choices.

Sep 28, 2015, 21:19 PM IST

Chinese women's average life expectancy increases

Chinese women's average life expectancy grew to 77.4 years in 2010, an increase of 4.1 years over 2000, a white paper issued on Tuesday said.

Sep 22, 2015, 11:25 AM IST

'Pvt sector support lacking in public health schemes'

 Public health programmes are "failing" in India due to the lack of private sector support, a top World Health Organisation (WHO) executive said on Friday while underscoring the "gap" between policy-making and research.

Sep 18, 2015, 21:47 PM IST

WHO calls for focus on neglected tropical diseases

 The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday called for renewed commitments and focused efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases which continue to disable, disfigure and kill people in South-East Asia.

Sep 10, 2015, 22:33 PM IST