September 18, 2023 6:44 PM

WHO calls on China to offer transparency regarding COVID-19 origins

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called on China to offer greater transparency regarding the origins of COVID-19 and expressed readiness to dispatch a second investigative team to examine the matter.   The genesis of the pandemic remains unclear almost four years after the initial cases were reported at Wuhan in China. The international community has been unable to determine with certainty the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The WHO cond...

May 31, 2023 8:13 PM

World No Tobacco Day: WHO representative to India compliments India for reducing tobacco

<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, WHO representative to India Dr Roderico H Ofrin spoke exclusively to Akashwani. He shared insights on how youth are easily targeted as replacement customers by the tobacco industry and complimented India for its firm decisions in reducing tobacco use and banning E-cigarettes.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>''<p st...

May 31, 2023 8:13 PM

World No Tobacco Day: WHO representative to India compliments India for reducing tobacco

<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, WHO representative to India Dr Roderico H Ofrin spoke exclusively to Akashwani. He shared insights on how youth are easily targeted as replacement customers by the tobacco industry and complimented India for its firm decisions in reducing tobacco use and banning E-cigarettes.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>''<p st...