Tag: WHO
Glasses can change the future of a billion people
By Crispin Maslog MANILA: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed is king, so the saying goes. Of the world’s 7.8 billion people, 2.2 billion have impaired vision. Of […]
South Koreans turn to social media challenges to beat coronavirus blues
SEOUL: When YouTuber Ddulgi uploaded a four-minute video on making dalgona coffee on the global video-sharing platform in mid-February, she did not expect it to turn into a mega-hit garnering […]
Rising digital game exporter, S. Korea at odds with WHO’s adoption of gaming disorder
The fourth-biggest market for digital games in the world and an aspiring leader in the emerging VR technology, South Korea is at odds with the World Health Organization’s recent decision […]
Culture ministry steps up opposition to new definition of gaming addiction by WHO
South Korea’s culture ministry on Monday clarified its objection to the World Health Organization’s move to classify gaming addiction as a disease. A ranking official at the Ministry of Culture, […]
China leads world in prevention, control of infectious diseases: former WHO chief
China has become a global leader in prevention and control of infectious diseases, former director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun said on March 3. Chan, also […]
The World Health Organization on MERS in Korea
The World Health Organization (WHO) is willing to support efforts to contain the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Korea, the UN organization said Sunday. The statement comes after a […]
WHO worries about non-communicable diseases in Pacific region
The World Health Organization(WHO) is worried about non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Pacific region, WHO Western Pacific Regional Director Dr Shin Young-Soo said here Monday. The WHO official expressed the […]