WHO welcomes global health funding for malaria vaccine
The world ’s first malaria vaccine will be rolled out in pilot projects in sub-Saharan Africa, WHO confirmed today. Funding is now secured for the initial phase of the programme and vaccinations are due to begin in 2018. The vaccine, known as RTS,S, acts againstP. falciparum, the most deadly malaria parasite globally, and the most prevalent in Africa. Advanced clinical trials have shown RTS,S to provide partial protection against malaria in young children. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 17, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: malaria [subject], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO and the World Bank engage in new funding framework agreements
During Ebola outbreak crisis in 2014, WHO and World Bank joined their efforts to support emergency operations in affected countries and others under risk countries. In the absence of legally agreed implementation mechanism, a specific Agreement only restricted to responding to the Ebola Virus Disease was set up to speed up emergency operations and response for a total of US$ 60 million in two years. Drawing from that experience, and given the recurrence of World-Bank financed operations and projects under governments that are implemented by WHO, the two Institutions have engaged in filling the gap by signing these Framewo...
Source: WHO news - November 17, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Note for media [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO condemns massive attacks on five hospitals in Syria
WHO condemns the attacks on five hospitals that took place in Syria on 13-15 November 2016, including three hospitals in Western Rural Aleppo and two hospitals in Idleb. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Statement [doctype], Syrian Arab Republic [country] Source Type: news
Statement of the 11th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: poliomyelitis [subject], polio, poliovirus, polio encephalitis, poliomyelitis [subject], polio, poliovirus, polio encephalitis, Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
Measles jab saves over 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the disease every day
Despite a 79% worldwide decrease in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015, nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day, leading health organizations said in a report. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: measles [subject], pregnancy [subject], antenatal care, prenatal care, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Pregnant women must be able to access the right care at the right time, says WHO
WHO has issued a new series of recommendations to improve quality of antenatal care in order to reduce the risk of stillbirths and pregnancy complications and give women a positive pregnancy experience. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: pregnancy [subject], antenatal care, prenatal care, pregnancy [subject], antenatal care, prenatal care, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO condemns reported attacks using ambulances as weapons targeting civilians in Tikrit and Samarra, Iraq
WHO condemns reported attacks using ambulances to target civilians in Tikrit and Samarra. WHO received reports of suicide bombers driving ambulances, killing more than 20 people and injuring dozens more at a checkpoint in Tikrit and a car park in Samarra. The reported use of medical vehicles as weapons threatens the ability to deliver health care and urgent medical services. When ambulances are suspected as potential security threats, their freedom of movement to care for the sick and injured is at risk of life-threatening delays. Such delays will leave vulnerable people with even less access to life-saving medical care. ...
Source: WHO news - November 6, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Iraq [country], Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO recommends 29 ways to stop surgical infections and avoid superbugs
People preparing for surgery should always have a bath or shower but not be shaved, and antibiotics should only be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, not afterwards, according to new guidelines from WHO that aim to save lives, cut costs and arrest the spread of superbugs. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: surgery [subject], surgical care, essential surgery, emergency surgery, surgery [subject], surgical care, essential surgery, emergency surgery, surgery [subject], surgical care, essential surgery, emergency surgery, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Over 1 million treated with highly effective hepatitis C medicines
The new medicines have a cure rate of over 95%, fewer side effects than previously available therapies, and can completely cure the disease within three months. But at an initial estimated price of some US$85 000 they were unaffordable even in high-income countries. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 27, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e Source Type: news
Cholera update in Yemen
News update: New cases of cholera and cholera-related deaths, 23 October 2016 (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Note for media [doctype], Yemen [country] Source Type: news
Update: Election process for the new WHO Director-General
Curricula vitae and related information is now available for the 6 candidates proposed by Member States of WHO for the position of WHO Director-General. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: governance [subject], Note for media [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO report warns global actions and investments to end tuberculosis epidemic are falling far short
New data published by WHO in its 2016 "Global Tuberculosis Report" show that countries need to move much faster to prevent, detect, and treat the disease if they are to meet global targets. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: tuberculosis [subject], tb, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO and partners call for better working conditions for midwives
WHO and partners are calling for an end to the discrimination, harassment and lack of respect that hinder midwives ’ ability to provide quality care to women and newborns. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: midwifery [subject], obstetric nursing Source Type: news
L ’OMS préconise l’application de mesures au niveau mondial pour réduire la consommation de boissons sucrées
Selon un nouveau rapport de l ’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), la taxation des boissons sucrées permet de faire baisser la consommation de ces produits et de faire reculer le nombre de cas d’obésité, de diabète de type 2 et de carie dentaire. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, diabetes [subject], diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, glucose intolerance, noncommunicable disease [subject], chronic diseases, obesity [subject], overweight, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO urges global action to curtail consumption and health impacts of sugary drinks
11 October 2016 | Geneva – Taxing sugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay, says a new WHO report. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, diabetes [subject], diabetes mellitus, hyperglycaemia, glucose intolerance, noncommunicable disease [subject], chronic diseases, obesity [subject], overweight, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
