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African countries to introduce new meningitis vaccine

Posted: September 4th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

4 September 2008 -- Health ministers from the African meningitis belt today committed themselves to introduce a highly promising candidate meningitis vaccine. The vaccine is designed to prevent periodic epidemics of the deadly disease in these countries.
African ministers to defend health from environmental harm

Posted: August 29th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

29 August 2008 | LIBREVILLE, GABON -- Health and environment ministers in Africa have resolved to build a strategic alliance to reduce environmental threats to human health and well-being.
Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission

Posted: August 28th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

28 August 2008 | GENEVA -- A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17 400; in Afghanistan the odds are 1 in 8. These "social determinants of health" have been the focus of a three-year investigation by an eminent group of policy makers, academics, former heads of state and former ministers of health which has presented its findings to the WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan.
The face of cancer is changing

Posted: August 26th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

27 August 2008 -- For public health, the complexity of cancer control has increased enormously following the shift of the disease burden from wealthy to less affluent countries. Cancer causes around 7.9 million deaths worldwide each year.
Floods in West Africa raise major health risks

Posted: August 19th, 2008, 3:30am EDT

19 August 2008 -- Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. International aid is needed since heavy rains could exacerbate health threats for conditions including malaria, diarrhoea and other potentially fatal communicable diseases.
WHO launches new HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access

Posted: August 5th, 2008, 11:15am EDT

5 August 2008 -- At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, WHO launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support.
WHO and World Bank join forces for better results from global health investments

Posted: August 5th, 2008, 11:00am EDT

5 August 2008 -- As delegates gather at the International AIDS Conference (3-8 August), WHO and the World Bank address the pressing global debate around health systems and initiatives in specific aspects of health, nutrition and population.
Targeted action on HIV and tuberculosis needed to reach drug users

Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

4 August 2008 -- Mexico City -- Health and criminal justice authorities need to provide targeted services to drug users, especially those who inject drugs, to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. TB is a major cause of death for people living with HIV, but drug users who are HIV-positive face stigma, discrimination and barriers to accessing life-saving treatments.
World breastfeeding week 2008: going for the gold by supporting mothers to breastfeed

Posted: July 31st, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

1 August 2008 -- WHO is pleased to join the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action in celebrating World Breastfeeding Week from 1 to 7 August 2008. This year's theme is "going for the gold by supporting mothers to breastfeed".
UNITAID, UNICEF and WHO announce massive scale-up in fight against HIV in mothers and children

Posted: July 31st, 2008, 10:30am EDT

31 July 2008 -- As the world's leaders and AIDS community gather in Mexico for the biennial global conference on HIV and AIDS, UNITAID, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced an infusion of $50 million aimed at halting mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
WHO welcomes new resources to fight tobacco use

Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 3:00pm EDT

23 July 2008 -- WHO welcomes the announcement from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Bloomberg Philanthropies to inject significant new resources into the global fight against tobacco use.
2.5 billion live with poor sanitation facilities

Posted: July 17th, 2008, 10:30am EDT

17 July 2008 -- More than 2.5 billion people do not have have access to improved sanitation facilities that hygienically separate human waste from the environment. Nearly half of them practise open defecation, says a new report issued today by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation.
Health risks add to crisis in Ethiopia

Posted: July 11th, 2008, 5:40am EDT

11 July 2008 -- Worsening malnutrition and the threat of disease outbreaks are compounding Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis. WHO is working with the Government of Ethiopia and health partners to support the 4.6 million people needing urgent emergency food relief nationwide.
WHO, IAEA conduct nuclear emergency exercise

Posted: July 10th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

11 July 2008 -- WHO completed a two-day emergency radiation exercise today. This test involved a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico. It was coordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), together with 74 of its Member States and 9 international organizations.
WHO welcomes G8 agreement to annual reviews of commitments to progress in global health

Posted: July 7th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

8 July 2008 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the agreement announced today in Japan by G8 leaders and their commitment to full, annual measurements of progress in meeting their pledges to improve global health.
New rapid tests for drug-resistant TB for developing countries

Posted: June 30th, 2008, 5:40am EDT

30 June 2008 -- People in low-resource countries who are ill with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) will get a faster diagnosis thanks to two new initiatives unveiled today by WHO, the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Test results will be available in two days, compared to the standard two to three months later.
New checklist to help make surgery safer

Posted: June 24th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

25 June 2008 -- With major surgery now occurring at a rate of 234 million procedures per year - one for every 25 people - and studies indicating that a significant percentage result in preventable complications and deaths, WHO today launched a new safety checklist for surgical teams to use in operating theatres, as part of a major drive to make surgery safer around the world.
China, UAE make big progress in ensuring safe blood donation

Posted: June 13th, 2008, 6:00am EDT

13 June 2008 -- China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made impressive strides in tackling the risk of contamination from unsafe blood by reaching close to 100% voluntary blood donation, said WHO today.
WHO, partners to visit Sudanese town for restoring health services

Posted: June 12th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

13 June 2008 -- WHO and other UN agencies will tomorrow make the first high-level visit to Abyei in Sudan since last weekend's peace accord. The mission is to plan for the reconstruction of health facilities and other vital infrastructure in the town.
World leaders call for action to reduce TB deaths among HIV-positive people

Posted: June 8th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

9 June 2008 -- Heads of governments, public health and business leaders, heads of UN agencies and activists came together at UN Headquarters today to confront a threat to global health that could undermine investments in life-saving drug treatment for people living with HIV.
3 million now receiving life-saving HIV drugs

Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 6:00am EDT

2 June 2008 -- Nearly 3 million people are now receiving anti-retroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries, according to a new report jointly launched today by WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF.
WHO wants total ban on tobacco advertising

Posted: May 30th, 2008, 4:00am EDT

30 May 2008 - WHO today urged governments to protect the world’s 1.8 billion young people by imposing a ban on all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.
US$ 28 million needed for Myanmar health-care plan

Posted: May 29th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

30 May 2008 -- WHO and its partners in Myanmar have launched a six-month action plan at the cost of US$ 28 million to provide immediate health care for cyclone survivors and to support longer-term efforts to rebuild the country’s ravaged health system.
World Health Assembly sets bold new action for WHO

Posted: May 24th, 2008, 12:00pm EDT

24 May 2008 -- The 61st World Health Assembly, which comprised of a record 2704 participants from 190 nations, today set WHO on a course to tackle longstanding, new and looming threats to global public health.
World Health Assembly opens

Posted: May 19th, 2008, 2:40am EDT

19 May 2008 -- As the 61st World Health Assembly opened today in Geneva, officials from 193 countries began the annual task of reviewing progress and setting new priorities for one of the most powerful tools in global public health, the World Health Organization (WHO).
Noncommunicable diseases now biggest killers

Posted: May 18th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

19 May 2008 -- The global burden of disease is shifting from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases, with chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke now being the chief causes of death globally, according to a new WHO report published today.
Disease outbreak prevention crucial in China earthquake aftermath

Posted: May 16th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

17 May 2008 -- Preventing communicable disease outbreaks is the key public health issue now facing the People's Republic of China in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the country's south-western region on 12 May.
Experts review influenza pandemic preparedness guidance

Posted: May 6th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

7 May 2008 -- Influenza and planning experts from WHO Member States, research institutions and UN agencies are meeting in Geneva this week to review the current WHO pandemic preparedness guidance. The new guidance will be released later this year.
Monitoring AIDS treatment by physical symptoms is effective

Posted: April 24th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

25 April 2008 -- When treatment of AIDS is monitored on the basis of simple physical signs of deteriorating health, the therapies are almost as effective as that relying on the most advanced laboratory analysis, a new study shows.
Climate change will erode foundations of health

Posted: April 6th, 2008, 6:00pm EDT

7 April 2008 -- Impacts of climate change on human health are occurring today and attacking the pillars of public health. They provide a glimpse of the challenges public health will have to confront on a large scale, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan warned today on the occasion of World Health Day.

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