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It is an extraordinary achievement for a country where as recently as 1995 there were 32,000 polio cases and young victims could still be seen with misshapen limbs begging at traffic lights throughout the main cities. But officials believe this will...
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She told reporters that the UN World Health Organization (WHO) had confirmed that cholera had spread to the Bas-Congo province in the east, which means that nine of the countrys 11 provinces have been affected by the disease. The UN and other...
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(L to R) World Health Organisation (WHO) regional chairman Shin Young-soo, Kenzo Kiikuni, chairman of the Sasakawa Memorial Health, Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona and Alberto Romualdez president of the Culion Foundation, take part in a press... View Photo »
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Whilst waiting for the WHO [World Health Organization] to define this advanced stage of resistance, TDR is a good descriptor
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Research on Highly Contagious Avian Flu Now Likely to Be Published in a Few Months
Scientific American
That was the unexpected outcome of a meeting convened last week in Geneva, Switzerland, by the World Health Organization (WHO), which also promised to create a more rigorous oversight system for such research. The decision goes against a recommendation...
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Since 1988, a major global polio eradication initiative supported by partners such as the World Health Organization, Rotary, the Gates Foundation, the Center for Disease Control and UNICEF, has reduced polio by 99 %. Since then, some 20 million...
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The following are a few examples adapted from the District of Saanich, B.C. , Global Age-Friendly Cities Project report. To read the full report, go here. You can also go to the World Health Organization’s Global Age-Friendly Cities checklist by...
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Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona speaks during a press briefing by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Manila on February 13 2012. The World Health Organization called for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was... View Photo »
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De World Health Organization (WHO) [4, 5] komt al jaren met alarmerende cijfers over hoge concentraties fijnstofdeeltjes in de lucht die gezondheidsproblemen kunnen veroorzaken. Onze TV commercial is bedoeld om de urgentie van dit probleem op een luchtige, toegankelijke manier te onderstrepen en een con...
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Das/AP/Press Association Images After weeks of debate, two controversial papers describing forms of the H5N1 avian influenza virus capable of transmitting between mammals should be published in full. That was the unexpected outcome of a meeting convened...
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"Health-care professionals are in a privileged position to use their knowledge, influence and authority to help eliminate the practice and ensure the provision of culturally competent care," the society said in a statement. According to the World...
About World Health Organization
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization, which had been an agency of... Full Article
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