Preparing to vaccinate millions against yellow fever
One of Africa's biggest-ever emergency vaccination campaigns starts this week in Democratic Republic of the Congo with the aim to protect millions of people against yellow fever before the rainy season begins in late September. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - August 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject] Source Type: news
Mass vaccination campaign to protect millions against yellow fever in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo
One of the largest vaccination campaigns ever attempted in Africa will start in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo on 16 August 2016 as WHO works to curb a yellow fever outbreak that has killed 464 people and sickened thousands more. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - August 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject] Source Type: news
Questions and answers on HIV and infant feeding
WHO recommends that all mothers living with HIV should receive life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) to support their health and to ensure the wellbeing of their infants. WHO released guidelines in July 2016 advising that, in countries that have opted to promote and support breastfeeding together with ART, mothers living with HIV who are on ART and adherent to therapy should breastfeed exclusively for the first 6 months, and then add complementary feeding until 12 months of age. Breastfeeding with complementary feeding may continue until 24 months of age or beyond. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - August 4, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: breastfeeding [subject], colostrum, hiv/aids [subject], hiv, hiv infections, aids Source Type: news
What is health promotion?
A: Health promotion enables people to increase control over their own health. It covers a wide range of social and environmental interventions that are designed to benefit and protect individual people ’s health and quality of life by addressing and preventing the root causes of ill health, not just focusing on treatment and cure. There are 3 key elements of health promotion: (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - August 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: health promotion [subject], health campaigns, health awareness Source Type: news
Viet Nam breastfeeding campaign normalizes practice, improves rates
If all children 0 –23 months were optimally breastfeed, more than 800 000 children could be saved every year. WHO and UNICEF are leading a global Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative to ensure that rates of exclusive breastfeeding improve to at least 50% by 2025. In Viet Nam an awareness programme has reached more t han 2.3 million mothers t and increased exclusive breastfeeding rates in targeted areas by 62% as a result. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - August 2, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: breastfeeding [subject], colostrum, breastfeeding [subject], colostrum, breastfeeding [subject], colostrum, breastfeeding [subject], colostrum Source Type: news
Mobile labs deliver faster yellow fever test results
Yellow fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The disease is difficult to diagnose because it has similar symptoms as a range of other diseases, such as malaria and dengue. With more than 5000 suspected yellow fever cases and more than 400 deaths reported in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo, getting an accurate diagnosis is critical to saving lives and ending the outbreak. < br/ > < br/ > Reliable and timely lab results are essential for decision-making in almost all aspects of health services, especially during disease outbreaks. Diagnosing yellow fever is challenging....
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, immunization [subject], vaccination, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine quality Source Type: news
Know your hepatitis status – increasing access to testing for a hidden infection.
To help countries build up national hepatitis testing and treatment programmes and to encourage more people globally to get tested, WHO will shortly release new testing guidelines for hepatitis B and C. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, European Region [region], Feature [doctype], Netherlands [country] Source Type: news
What is hepatitis?
Online Q&A on hepatitis: What is hepatitis? (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: cancer [subject], cervical cancer, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, hepatitis [subject], jaundice, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, hepatitis c, hepatitis e, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine q Source Type: news
Hiv/aids
HIV/AIDS: WHO online Q&As about HIV/AIDS (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: antiretroviral therapy [subject], art, arv, antiretrovirals, antiretroviral, arv regimen, hiv drugs, hiv treatment, condom [subject], condom, male condom, female condom, hiv/aids [subject], hiv, hiv infections, aids, hiv/aids [subject], hiv, hiv infection Source Type: news
Preventing violence against children promotes better health
A stolen toy, a child’s lie, a harsh punishment – sometimes physical. Nine-year-old Simamnkele and his care-giver, Nombuyiselo, know the sequence well. “I never used to listen back then,” Simamnkele says. “I was very naughty.” (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: child maltreatment [subject], child abuse, violence [subject], violence prevention Source Type: news
The many challenges to fighting yellow fever in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Yellow Fever vaccination in border areas of Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 11, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine quality, yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], African Region [region], Democratic Republic of the Congo [country Source Type: news
What is malnutrition?
Online Q&As: What is malnutrition? What are the consequences of malnutrition? (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, noncommunicable disease [subject], chronic diseases, nutrition [subject], malnutrition, overnutrition, food, food security, Q & A [doctype] Source Type: news
Right care, right time, right place: how Lithuania transformed cardiology care
Long wait times to see specialists. Poor coordination between family doctors and hospitals. Duplicated tests. And some of the highest rates of heart disease-related death in Europe. They were some of the challenges facing Lithuania 20 years ago, particularly in the country’s eastern region, where mortality from heart disease and stroke was highest, especially among middle-aged men and women outside major cities. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kenya takes steps to save mothers ’ lives, showing why better data matters
In 2013, Kenya ’s Ministry of Health was faced with a debate over the alarming rate of women dying in childbirth: was the cause deep-rooted cultural values, or could lives be saved with policy interventions? < br/ > < br/ > To find the answer, the ministry turned to its health information system. The data clearly showed that more than a third of women were giving birth at home and that many of them weren ’t accessing health facilities because of distance and financial costs.
“We saw that there was a problem with access,” says Dr Nicholas Muraguri, the health ministry’s principal secretary, who is responsible fo...
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Kenya takes steps to save mothers’ lives, showing why better data matters
In 2013, Kenya’s Ministry of Health was faced with a debate over the alarming rate of women dying in childbirth: was the cause deep-rooted cultural values, or could lives be saved with policy interventions? To find the answer, the ministry turned to its health information system. The data clearly showed that more than a third of women were giving birth at home and that many of them weren’t accessing health facilities because of distance and financial costs.
“We saw that there was a problem with access,” says Dr Nicholas Muraguri, the health ministry’s principal secretary, who is responsible for all health servi...
Source: WHO Feature Stories - July 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
