As a matter of fact, China promptly reported the information to relevant countries as well as international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) when Sanlu milk powder products were found contaminated 
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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Bruce Irons (Kauai, Haw) wipes out on a 10ft (3-4 meter) wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti, 30 April 2007 during the Air Tahiti Nui Von Zipper Trials. Irons is considered one of the worlds most fearless surfers and is a specialist in barreling reef breaks like Teahupoo. Irons, brother of three times ASP world champion Andy, threw himself into the biggest waves that thundered across the reef 29 April in preparation for the Billabong Pro that runs from the 4-14 May. Irons will take on Chris Ward (USA) and Trent Munro (Aus) in round one when competition commences. The Billabong Pro is the third event on the Fosters Menos ASP World Tour and features the top 45 surfers in the world and three wildcards. The Billabong Pro takes place at the dangerous left hand breaking waveTeahupoo approximately 2 kmOs out to sea on a shallow reef pass
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Quotes about World Health Organization
As a matter of fact, China promptly reported the information to relevant countries as well as international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) when Sanlu milk powder products were found contaminated
said Qin Gang
We can mobilise the UN warehouse in Osh [city near Uzbek border] where our partners - the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) - have supplies to provide relief aid to earthquake-affected people
said Neal Walker
Quotes from articles mentioning World Health Organization
WHO approval for global supply of a vaccine is a time-consuming process. Even after the WHO accepts an application, it takes at least two years to be approved
was said
in Rediff
The vaccine industry will not have to wait till March. They will be able to submit fresh applications in a matter of two months.
was said
in Rediff
The WHO has given us time till March 2009 to put all the system in place. On our part, we have informed the WHO that we are doubling our efforts and will have the entire system ready by December
was said
in Rediff
If you increase tax, you can earn more revenue from tobacco industry, and at the same time you can reduce consumption, and if consumption is reduced, you get less diseases and you spend less to treat those diseases
was said
in Malaysia Sun
Although it is fantastic to be in a youthful country, we need to protect this very valuable resource from the harmful effects of tobacco
said Anmubani Ramadoss
in Malaysia Sun
We have this very good news, good political support from all countries in the region, they are committed to tobacco control, despite the fact that even in the government, there is some opposition, but as a whole government is committed to tobacco control
was said
in Malaysia Sun
The increased pace of socio economic development of our countries, now acclaimed globally, has brought along with it rapidly increasing burden of non-communicable diseases, like cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, strokes ... Together with tobacco and alcohol, physical inactivity, and unhealthy diet - a concept called junk food - are the common risk factors associated with these diseases. Due to the fact that such diseases are expensive to treat and manage, controlling the risk factors should be preferred strategy in all our countries.
said Anbumani Ramadoss
in Malaysia Sun
Health ministers in this region are very concerned about climate change and its health impact and rightly so ... All the experts tell us the poor will suffer most, and robust health systems based on primary health care that reach the poor are the best protection against the health shocks of extreme weather events.
said Margaret Chan)
in Malaysia Sun
