World Health Organization News on Daylife

World Health Organization certifies GSK's H1N1 vaccine

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:42:05 GMT

Research Triangle Park, N.C. — GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for use in developing countries.
Source: WRAL

WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:24:31 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization , making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.In a statement issued Tuesday, GlaxoSmithKline PLC said WHO...
Source: Newsday

WHO approves Glaxo's swine flu shot, donor agencies now free to buy vaccine for poor countries

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:21:02 GMT

LONDON - Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline says one of its swine flu vaccines has been certified by the World Health Organization, making it available for donors to buy for developing countries.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

UN Report: Data Shows Progress Needed On HIV Testing And Treatment For Children And Mothers

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:07:21 GMT

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health; Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 01 Dec 2009 - 0:00 PST email to a friend printer friendly view / write opinions rate article National efforts to combat AIDS,...
Source: Medical News Today

December 1 Is World Aids Day

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:01:10 GMT

Topeka, Ks - infoZine - The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988.
Source: Kansas City Infozine

'Better safe than sorry' with swine flu

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:32:05 GMT

Despite media claims that the World Health Organization (WHO) has blown the swine flu threat out of proportion, safety measures should still be taken, RIA Novosti reported citing a Russian medical specialist.
Source: Uz Report

This Day In History

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:04:38 GMT

Today is World AIDS Awareness Day, established as such by the United Nations World Health Organization, so if you weren’t aware of the fact that there is a sexually-transmitted disease called AIDS and it is spread world-wide, you have now been informed.
Source: PAWaterCooler.com

UN issues new guidelines for earlier start to treatment of HIV/AIDS

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:50:21 GMT

On the eve of World AIDS Day, the United Nations issued new recommendations for fighting the pandemic, calling for an earlier start to treatment for adults and adolescents, as well as urging HIV-positive mothers and their infants to take...
Source: Uz Report

Quoted in 'Saudi Ministry promises safe Haj'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:15:27 GMT

said in Zawya.com:

The World Health Organization never issued a warning against the H1N1 virus vaccine. It recommended the vaccine. While more than 70 million people the world over have been vaccinated none of them is known to have shown any negative indications.

Quoted in 'CDC: 'Beginning To See Some Declines In Swine Flu''

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:30 GMT

said in Medical News Today:

Flu activity is widespread in 43 states now, down from 46 last week and 48 two weeks ago. Flu cases also appear to have peaked in the U.K. and parts of Western Europe, but are on the rise in Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, the World Health Organization said. But pandemics occur in waves. In the 1957-58 flu pandemic, one wave peaked in the fall and was followed by a second wave in January

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:20:43 GMT

Cuba's Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer talks to a doctor before a conference held by Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan at Instituto Pedro Kouri in Havana October 26, 2009.

World Health Organization's Swine Flu Vaccine Scam

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:53:37 GMT

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:46:00 GMT

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan delivers a speech during the annual meeting of United Nations Economic and Social Council at UN offices in Geneva.