Cholera count reaches 500 000 in Yemen
The total number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen this year hit the half a million mark on Sunday, and nearly 2000 people have died since the outbreak began to spread rapidly at the end of April. The overall caseload nationwide has declined since early July, particularly in the worst affected areas. But suspected cases of the deadly waterborne disease continue to rage across the country, infecting an estimated 5000 people per day. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - August 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Press release [doctype], Yemen [country] Source Type: news
Statement of the 14th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
The fourteenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the Director General on 3 August 2017 at WHO headquarters with members, advisers and invited member states attending via teleconference. The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV). The Secretariat presented a report of progress for affected IHR States Parties subject to Temporary Recommendations. The following IHR States Parties presented an update on the current situation and ...
Source: WHO news - August 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: poliomyelitis [subject], polio, poliovirus, polio encephalitis, poliomyelitis [subject], polio, poliovirus, polio encephalitis, Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
Babies and mothers worldwide failed by lack of investment in breastfeeding
No country in the world fully meets recommended standards for breastfeeding, according to a new report by UNICEF and WHO in collaboration with the Global Breastfeeding Collective, a new initiative to increase global breastfeeding rates. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - August 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: breastfeeding [subject], colostrum, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Eliminate hepatitis: WHO
New WHO data from 28 countries - representing approximately 70% of the global hepatitis burden - indicate that efforts to eliminate hepatitis are gaining momentum. Published to coincide with World Hepatitis Day, the data reveal that nearly all 28 countries have established high-level national hepatitis elimination committees (with plans and targets in place) and more than half have allocated dedicated funding for hepatitis responses. On World Hepatitis Day, WHO is calling on countries to continue to translate their commitments into increased services to eliminate hepatitis. This week, WHO has also added a new generic trea...
Source: WHO news - July 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 26, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Statement [doctype], Yemen [country] Source Type: news
WHO urges action against HIV drug resistance threat
WHO has detailed an increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs in a new report, warning that this is a growing threat. The 2017 WHO HIV drug resistance report shows that in 6 of the 11 countries surveyed, over 10% of people starting antiretroviral therapy had a strain of HIV resistant to the most widely used medicines. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 20, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: hiv/aids [subject], hiv, hiv infections, aids Source Type: news
WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade
The WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 19, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: tobacco [subject], tobacco use, smoking, passive smoking, cigarettes Source Type: news
WHO estimates cost of reaching global health targets by 2030
The SDG Health Price Tag, published today in The Lancet Global Health, estimates the costs and benefits of progressively expanding health services in order to reach 16 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) health targets in 67 low- and middle-income countries that account for 75% of the world ’s population. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: director-general [subject], director-general [subject], sustainable development goals [subject], sustainable development goals [subject], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
1 in 10 infants worldwide did not receive any vaccinations in 2016
Worldwide, 12.9 million infants, nearly 1 in 10, did not receive any vaccinations in 2016, according to the most recent WHO and UNICEF immunization estimates. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: immunization [subject], vaccination, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation
Some 3 in 10 people worldwide, or 2.1 billion, lack access to safe, readily available water at home, and 6 in 10 people, or 4.5 billion, lack safely managed sanitation, according to a new report by WHO and UNICEF. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: hygiene [subject], disinfection, disinfect, sanitation [subject], water [subject], safe water, wastewater, greywater, clean water Source Type: news
Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, new drugs needed
7 July 2017 – Data from 77 countries show that antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea – a common sexually-transmitted infection – more difficult, and sometimes impossible, to treat. Some countries – particularly high-income ones, where surveillance is best – are finding cases of the infection tha t are untreatable by all known antibiotics. These cases may just be the tip of the iceberg, as gonorrhoea is more common in lower-income countries. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: antimicrobial resistance [subject], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros will lead WHO delegation at the G20 Summit in Hamburg
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, will lead the WHO delegation participating in the G20 Summit taking place on 7 –8 July 2017, in Hamburg, Germany. The 2017 G20 meeting is the first time that the international forum will include a comprehensive health track among its deliberations. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 4, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: director-general [subject], director-general [subject], director-general [subject], policy [subject], universal health coverage [subject], universal health care, universal access, European Region [region], Germany [country], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Dr Tedros takes office as WHO Director-General
1 July 2017 | GENEVA – Today, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus takes office as Director-General of the World Health Organization. The Director-General is WHO's chief technical and administrative officer and oversees the policy for the Organization's international health work. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - July 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: director-general [subject], director-general [subject], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
Joint United Nations statement on ending discrimination in health care settings
The joint UN statement on ending discrimination in health care settings calls for health workers to fulfil their responsibilities, but also to have their rights protected. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - June 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: health systems [subject], Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan on the cholera outbreak in Yemen as suspected cases exceed 200,000
The rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has exceeded 200,000 suspected cases, increasing at an average of 5,000 a day. We are now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - June 24, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, cholera [subject], vibrio cholerae, sanitation [subject], water [subject], safe water, wastewater, greywater, clean water, water [subject], safe water, wastewater, greywater, clean wa Source Type: news
