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WHO Identifies Fake Pharmaceutical Raw Material Supply in Pakistan: DRAP 2024

WHO Identifies Fake Pharmaceutical Raw Materials in Pakistan: A Wake-Up Call for Regulatory Authorities The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently raised alarms regarding the supply of counterfeit pharmaceutical raw materials in Pakistan. This disturbing revelation has prompted the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to take swift action to address the potential risks posed […]

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WHO Declares Monkeypox 1Global Health Emergency Amid Rising Cases in Africa

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the surge in monkeypox (mpox) cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other African countries a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision was announced by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus following the recommendations of an Emergency Committee convened under the […]

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WHO Experts to Decide Whether to End COVID Emergency

Image: WHO A meeting of global health experts has been called to decide whether COVID-19 is still an emergency under the rules defined by the World Health Organization. COVID was first declared an international emergency on Jan. 30, 2020, and since then, in every meeting held after three months the same label was attached to […]

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WHO Advises to Vaccinate More Adults Than Children

More than 6 million children have been vaccinated in Pakistan so far. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the government to focus more on vaccinating adults and the elderly than youngsters. The WHO has issued a statement in collaboration with Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on Immunisation and its Covid-19 Vaccines Working […]