• 22 November 2015

    Career as Regional Adviser, Essential Drugs and other Medicines in WHO - Degree in medicine or pharmacy

    WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

    Post: Regional Adviser, Essential Drugs and other Medicines(EDM)

  • The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) is set to become the first WHO Collaborating Centre for Safety of Medicines and Vaccines in the South-East Asia Region. This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare while addressing the 38th Annual Meeting of Representatives of the National Pharmacovigilance Centres participating in the World Health Organization Programme for International Drug Monitoring, organized by the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) and World Health Organization (WHO).

  • 29 October 2015
    Job as Data Associate in World Health Organization

    WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

    Post: Data Associate

  • 11 October 2015
    Conference on Cancer- Looming Threats and Perils of Wilful Ignorance at PHD Chamber

    Among various diseases, cancer has become a big threat to human beings globally.

    In spite of good advancements in diagnosis and treatment, cancer is still a big threat to our society (Kotnis et al, 2005). This is the second most common disease after cardiovascular disorders for maximum deaths in the world (Jemal et al, 2007).

  • 3 September 2015
    Conference on Pharmacology: R&D for Minimizing ADRs and Role of Pharmacists at PHD Chamber
  • 28 August 2015
    Work as Coordinator (HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Other Communicable Diseases) in WHO

    The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is a scientific nonprofit organization that sets standards for the identity, strength, quality, and purity of medicines, food ingredients, and dietary supplements manufactured, distributed and consumed worldwide. USP’s drug standards are enforceable in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration, and these standards are used in more than 140 countries.

    Post: Senior Director, Research and Development

  • 2 August 2015
    Vacancy for Masters in Pharmacy at WHO - Join as Jr. Public Health Professional

    WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

    Post: Junior Public Health Professional (JPP)

  • Novartis, the world's second largest pharmaceutical company, has announced that its antimalarial medicine Coartem 80/480mg received World Health Organisation (WHO) prequalification, making it the first and only high strength (80/480mg) artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) antimalarial treatment available for public sector procurement. This new dosage strength has the potential to improve malaria management.

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that lindane, an insecticide, widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, can cause cancer and associated to occurrence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a rare kind of cancer. International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC's)  specialist panel classified lindane as "carcinogenic to humans" in its Group 1 category, DDT as "probably carcinogenic to humans" in its Group 2A class, and the herbicide 2,4-D as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" in its Group 2B.

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