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Health Minister Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim (C) receives WHO’s award to the Maldives for the successful eradication of measles from the country. PHOTO/HEALTH MINISTRY World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday presented the Maldives an award for successfully eliminating measles from the country. The Maldives received the award at WHO’s Seventieth Session of the Regional Committee for […]
Indian Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan addresses an event in Mumbai on May 12, 2017, held to announce him as World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia. PHOTO/AFP Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was to take part in the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s seventieth session of the Regional Committee for South-East Asia […]
The delegates taking part in the Seventieth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, 2017. PHOTO / HEALTH MINISTRY World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Seventieth Session of the Regional Committee for South-East Asia commenced in Paradise Island Resort on Wednesday. Top health-officials from 11 countries in the South-East Asian region, along with officials from WHO, […]
Indian Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan addresses an event in Mumbai on May 12, 2017, held to announce him as World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia. PHOTO/AFP Opposition lawmaker of Galolhu South constituency, Ahmed Mahloof, on Monday requested Bollywood’s celebrity actor Amitabh Bachchan to boycott his upcoming trip to the Maldives […]