WHO published its first investment case, setting out the transformative impacts on global health and sustainable development that a fully-financed WHO could deliver over the next five years.
World Health Organisation is developing Benchmark Documents for practice in Ayurveda, Panckarma and Unani system as part of its global strategy to provide safe, effective and accessible Traditional Medicine to global community. Development of these benchmarks documents is included in the Project Collaboration Agreement (PCA) between WHO and Ministry of AYUSH. WHO Working Group Meetings for three WHO benchmark documents scheduled 17 -19 September, 2018, was inaugurated at Jaipur. The three days programme containing four sessions on each day has been organized by Ministry of AYUSH and coordinated by National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is joining Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal to launch the new "WHO Global action plan on physical activity and health 2018-2030: More active people for a healthier world." Physical inactivity is more than a health challenge: the financial costs are also enormous.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch a pilot project this year to evaluate inexpensive copies of costly drugs for biotechnology cancer to make these drugs more accessible in the poorest countries.
The depression affects 86 million people in the region of Southeast Asia, said WHO, praising India for recently passing the bill on mental health care and called on nations to the quality of mental health services. This year's World Health Day focuses on depression, a persistent ailment, or a loss of interest or pleasure in things usually appreciated.
Lucknow Chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting the addition of the words "spiritual well-being" in the official definition of "health". In a letter to Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO's Director General, the association highlighted the theme of World Health Day-2017 - Depression Let's Talk - as a reason for the demand.
"The current definition of health states that it is a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. But the theme of World Health Day this year being Depression, it is clear that it also belongs to Inner Wellness, "said Dr. PK Gupta, President, IMA Lucknow.
The letter claims that such an addition to the official definition will raise awareness of inner well-being through spiritual means such as yoga, meditation, prayer and others. World Health Day is celebrated every year around the world on 7 April.
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