WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: plague [subject], bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, African Region [region], Madagascar [country], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Partners commit to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030
An ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90% by 2030 will be launched tomorrow by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC), a diverse network of more than 50 UN and international agencies, academic institutions, and NGOs that supports countries affected by the disease. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae Source Type: news
New WHO leadership team announced
Dr Tedros, WHO Director-General, announced the senior leadership team. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: administration [subject], European Region [region], Statement [doctype], Switzerland [country] Source Type: news
WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - October 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: plague [subject], bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, African Region [region], Madagascar [country], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Health services must stop leaving older people behind
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: ageing [subject], elderly, older people, geriatric, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO recommends large-scale deworming to improve children ’s health and nutrition
Four species of intestinal worms affect almost a quarter of the world ’s poorest and mostly marginalized people. They disrupt people’s ability to absorb nutrients, and impede the growth and physical development of millions of children. Periodic deworming programmes with a single-tablet treatment can drastically reduce the suffering of those infected and protect th e 1.5 billion people currently estimated to be at risk. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
WHO Statement on Philip Morris funded Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: tobacco [subject], tobacco use, smoking, passive smoking, cigarettes, Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
Worldwide, an estimated 25 million unsafe abortions occur each year
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: reproductive health [subject], reproduction medicine, human reproduction, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms
A report, Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis, launched today by WHO shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under development to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: antimicrobial resistance [subject], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO condemns attacks on hospitals and health workers in Idlib and Hama
Multiple reported attacks on health facilities and personnel today in Syria have killed and injured health workers and disrupted health services for thousands of people. WHO condemns attacks on hospitals and health workers. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, hospitals [subject], Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Statement [doctype], Syrian Arab Republic [country] Source Type: news
WHO launches new NCDs Progress Monitor
Governments must step up efforts to control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to meet globally agreed targets, including preventing the premature deaths of millions of people from these conditions, according to a new WHO report released today. Limited national progress has been made in the fight against NCDs – primarily cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases, cancers and diabetes – which are the world’s biggest killers, and claim the lives of 15 million people aged 30 to 70 years annually. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 18, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, noncommunicable disease [subject], chronic diseases, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations report on world food security and nutrition released today. At the same time, multiple forms of malnutrition are threatening the health of millions worldwide. The increase – 38 million more people than the previous year – is largely due to the proliferation of violent conflicts and climate-related shocks, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2017. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: nutrition [subject], malnutrition, overnutrition, food, food security, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
Half a million people in Sierra Leone will be able to access the life-saving cholera vaccine within weeks, the country ’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation announced on Tuesday. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - September 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, director-general [subject], director-general [subject], African Region [region], Sierra Leone [country] Source Type: news
New vision and strengthened partnership for WHO and China
21 August 2017 | GENEVA – WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concluded a 3-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China paving the way for stronger and more strategic WHO-China collaborations. Outcomes of his visit included a new financial contribution to WHO from China, and strengthened commitmen ts to improve the health of billions of people in the 60 countries in the Belt and Road Initiative. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - August 21, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: director-general [subject], director-general [subject], partnerships [subject], China [country], Western Pacific Region [region] Source Type: news
Director-General leads WHO delegation to the Belt and Road Forum for Health Cooperation
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will lead WHO ’s delegation to theBelt and Road High Level Meeting for Health Cooperation: Towards a Health Silk Road to be held in Beijing, 18 –19 August 2017, as part of his first official visit to the People’s Republic of China since taking office on 1 July 2017. Dr Tedros ’ visit is to establish a new vision for WHO-China strategic partnership for the next 5–7 years. He will meet with high level leadership in the State Council; National Health and Family Planning Commission; Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Commerce; and the Government of China. Topics to b e ...
Source: WHO news - August 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: director-general [subject], China [country], Western Pacific Region [region] Source Type: news
