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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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Yellow fever in Côte d'Ivoire

  Posted: August 8th, 2008, 3:50am EDT

  Yellow fever

WHO news

• 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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Case of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever imported into the Netherlands from Uganda

  Posted: July 10th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Marburg haemorrhagic fever

WHO news

• 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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Lead intoxication in Senegal

  Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 2:51am EDT

  Lead intoxication

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 43

  Posted: June 19th, 2008, 5:31am EDT

  Avian influenza

• Poliomyelitis in Nigeria and West/Central Africa

  Posted: June 18th, 2008, 4:00am EDT

  Poliomyelitis

WHO news

• 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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza - situation in Bangladesh

  Posted: May 28th, 2008, 5:31am EDT

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• 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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Enterovirus in China – update 2

  Posted: May 21st, 2008, 2:19am EDT

  Enterovirus

• Yellow fever in the Central African Republic

  Posted: May 20th, 2008, 2:19am EDT

  Yellow fever

WHO news

• 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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Enterovirus in China – update

  Posted: May 7th, 2008, 2:19am EDT

  Enterovirus

WHO news

• 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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Enterovirus in China

  Posted: May 1st, 2008, 2:19am EDT

  Enterovirus

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 42

  Posted: April 30th, 2008, 5:31am EDT

  Avian influenza

• Yellow fever in Liberia - update

  Posted: April 25th, 2008, 2:19am EDT

  Yellow fever

WHO news

• 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.

Disease Outbreak News

• Severe Acute Watery Diarrhoea with V. cholerae positive cases in Vietnam

  Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 2:00am EDT

  Severe Acute Watery Diarrhoea with V. cholerae positive cases

• Severe Acute Watery Diarrhoea with V. cholerae positive cases in Viet Nam

  Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 2:00am EDT

  Severe Acute Watery Diarrhoea with V. cholerae positive cases

• Rift Valley fever in Madagascar

  Posted: April 18th, 2008, 11:28am EDT

  Rift Valley fever

• Yellow fever in Liberia

  Posted: April 18th, 2008, 2:19am EDT

  Yellow fever

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 10

  Posted: April 17th, 2008, 4:26am EDT

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 9

  Posted: April 15th, 2008, 4:26am EDT

  Avian influenza

• Dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever in Brazil

  Posted: April 9th, 2008, 10:10pm EDT

  Dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 8

  Posted: April 8th, 2008, 4:26am EDT

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• 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.

• The impact of climate change on human health

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

  7 April 2008 -- In selecting climate change as the theme for this year’s World Health Day, WHO aims to turn the attention of policy-makers to some compelling evidence from the health sector, Director-General Dr Margarent Chan said in a statement.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Pakistan - update 2

  Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 6:31am EDT

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 41

  Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 5:31am EDT

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• WHO welcomes Noguchi awards for service to public health

  Posted: March 27th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT

  28 March 2008 -- WHO welcomes the announcement of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize being awarded to two people for their service to global public health.

• Somalia is again polio-free

  Posted: March 24th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT

  25 March 2008 -- Somalia has not reported a new case in a year and is again polio-free, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative announced today, calling it a 'historic achievement' in public health.

• Poor sanitation threatens public health

  Posted: March 19th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT

  20 March 2008 -- Sixty-two per cent of Africans do not have access to a proper toilet, according to preliminary data on sanitation in Africa released today. About 2.6 billion people around the world have no access to a toilet at home and thus are vulnerable to a range of health risks.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - update 5

  Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:00am EDT

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• Progress in TB diagnosis and control slowing, says new report

  Posted: March 16th, 2008, 7:00pm EDT

  17 March 2008 -- The pace of the progress in controlling the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic slowed slightly in 2006, says the Global tuberculosis control 2008, the annual WHO report on TB, released today.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 7

  Posted: March 11th, 2008, 5:26am EDT

  Avian influenza

• Yellow fever in Paraguay - update 2

  Posted: March 7th, 2008, 6:00am EST

  Yellow fever

WHO news

• Global forum calls for urgent action to resolve health worker crisis

  Posted: March 6th, 2008, 6:00am EST

  6 March 2008 -- The first Global Forum on Human Resources for Health has called for immediate and sustained action to resolve the critical shortage of health workers around the world.

• International Women's Day 2008

  Posted: March 5th, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  6 March 2008 -- Investment in women and girls not only contributes to socioeconomic progress, but is also an investment in health development, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan said in her message for this year's International Women's Day.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 6

  Posted: March 5th, 2008, 8:26am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 5

  Posted: March 4th, 2008, 8:26am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 4

  Posted: February 28th, 2008, 8:26am EST

  Avian influenza

• Yellow fever in Paraguay - update

  Posted: February 28th, 2008, 6:00am EST

  Yellow fever

• Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - update 4

  Posted: February 26th, 2008, 8:00am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in China - update 2

  Posted: February 26th, 2008, 7:27am EST

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• New survey finds highest rates of drug-resistant TB to date

  Posted: February 25th, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  26 February 2008 -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to a new report published today.

Disease Outbreak News

• Meningococcal disease in the African Meningitis Belt

  Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 9:18am EST

  Meningococcal disease

• Avian influenza – situation in China - update

  Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 7:27am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 40

  Posted: February 21st, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - update 3

  Posted: February 21st, 2008, 4:00am EST

  Avian influenza

• End of Ebola outbreak in Uganda

  Posted: February 20th, 2008, 10:36am EST

  Ebola haemorrhagic fever

• Avian influenza – situation in China

  Posted: February 20th, 2008, 7:27am EST

  Avian influenza

• Yellow fever in Paraguay

  Posted: February 20th, 2008, 6:00am EST

  Yellow fever

WHO news

• WHO welcomes US funding for neglected tropical diseases

  Posted: February 19th, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  20 February 2008 -- WHO welcomes United States' initiative to increase funding for the integrated treatment of seven important neglected tropical diseases affecting the poorest of the poor.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - update 2

  Posted: February 15th, 2008, 4:00am EST

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• WHO welcomes UN Secretary-General's new envoy for malaria

  Posted: February 13th, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  14 February 2008 -- WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan today welcomed the appointment of Ray Chambers as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 39

  Posted: February 12th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Yellow fever in Brazil

  Posted: February 7th, 2008, 6:00am EST

  Yellow fever

WHO news

• New report on global tobacco control efforts

  Posted: February 6th, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  7 February 2008 -- WHO today released new data showing that while progress has been made, not a single country fully implements all key tobacco control measures.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 38

  Posted: February 5th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 37

  Posted: February 1st, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• Displaced Kenyans lack critical health care

  Posted: January 31st, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  1 February 2008 -- WHO expresses concern for the health of the people who have fled their homes in the midst of the conflict in Kenya's Rift Valley, and who are now sheltering around Nairobi, Eldoret, Nakuru and Naivasha.

• New task force launched to address health workforce financing

  Posted: January 30th, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  31 January 2008 -- A new international task force was launched today to address how to finance the scaling up of the health workforce in the developing world. The group of experts will focus on helping governments identify their funding needs, finding ways to make more money available and on advising countries how best to spend it.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 36

  Posted: January 30th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 35

  Posted: January 29th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 34

  Posted: January 24th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - update

  Posted: January 24th, 2008, 4:00am EST

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• WHO Executive Board reappoints Dr Mirta Roses Periago as Regional Director for the Americas

  Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  24 January 2008 -- The WHO Executive Board, currently holding its 122nd session in Geneva, has reappointed Dr Mirta Roses Periago as Regional Director for the Americas.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 33

  Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Rift Valley Fever in Sudan - update 5

  Posted: January 22nd, 2008, 3:28am EST

  Rift Valley Fever

WHO news

• WHO statement by the Director-General on the health situation in Gaza

  Posted: January 21st, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  22 January 2008 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the health situation in and around Gaza and the suffering this has caused for civilian populations in the area.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 32

  Posted: January 21st, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• WHO Executive Board opens on optimistic note

  Posted: January 20th, 2008, 6:00pm EST

  21 January 2008 -- The Executive Board of WHO began its twice-yearly session today on an optimistic note with a report from Director-General Dr Margaret Chan highlighting progress in many areas of public health.

Disease Outbreak News

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 31

  Posted: January 18th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 30

  Posted: January 15th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

• Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – update 29

  Posted: January 11th, 2008, 5:31am EST

  Avian influenza

WHO news

• New study estimates 151 000 violent Iraqi deaths since 2003 invasion

  Posted: January 9th, 2008, 5:00pm EST

  9 January 2008 -- A large national household survey conducted by the Iraqi government and WHO estimates that 151 000 Iraqis died from violence between March 2003 and June 2006.