Improving the lives of people with disability – the role of data
Gloria Cer ón knows disability is an important issue all over the world, particularly in her own country of Chile. But through a WHO-backed initiative, she and her colleagues at Chile ’s National Disability Service have developed up-to-date information on disability in her Latin American nation, and are using this to strengthen services for people who need them. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - December 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: disabilities [subject], physically disabled, mentally disabled, disabled persons, people with disabilities, Chile [country], Press release [doctype], Region of the Americas [region] Source Type: news
United Nations leaders call on the Saudi-led coalition to fully lift blockade of Yemeni Red Sea ports
The partial lifting of the blockade of Yemen ’s Red Sea ports by the Saudi-led coalition in recent days is allowing humanitarian organizations to resume the provision of life-saving assistance to people in desperate need. Given the massive scale of Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, however, all this does is slow the collapse towards a massive h umanitarian tragedy costing millions of lives. It does not prevent it. Without the urgent resumption of commercial imports, especially food, fuel and medicines, millions of children, women and men risk mass hunger, disease and death. Ongoing commercial import restrictions have led t...
Source: WHO news - December 2, 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
World AIDS Day 2017
Statement by Dr Tedros for World AIDS Day, 1 December 2017 (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - December 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: director-general [subject], hiv/aids [subject], hiv, hiv infections, aids, Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
Global response to malaria at crossroads
- WHO report shows gains are levelling off (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: malaria [subject], malaria [subject], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
1 in 10 medical products in developing countries is substandard or falsified
An estimated 1 in 10 medical products circulating in low- and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, according to new research from WHO. This means that people are taking medicines that fail to treat or prevent disease. Not only is this a waste of money for individuals and health systems that purchase these products, but substandard or falsified medical products can cause serious illness or even death. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 28, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: medicines [subject], pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug, pharmaceutical preparations, pharmacology, drug therapy, psychotropic drugs, pharmaceutical products, medicines [subject], pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug, pharmaceutical preparations, Source Type: news
WHO delivers medicines as diphtheria spreads in Yemen
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: diphtheria [subject], corynebacterium diphtheria, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Press release [doctype], Yemen [country] Source Type: news
Madagascar ’s plague epidemic is slowing, but we must sustain the response
Madagascar ’s unprecedented outbreak of pneumonic plague is slowing down but the response must be sustained, WHO cautioned on Monday (November 27). “The worst of the outbreak is over, but we must stand ready to detect and respond to new infections until the end of the plague season in April 2018,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 27, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: plague [subject], bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, African Region [region], Madagascar [country] Source Type: news
New global commitment to end tuberculosis
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 17, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: tuberculosis [subject], tb, tuberculosis [subject], tb, Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – lives of millions are at risk
UN leaders appeal for immediate lifting of humanitarian blockade in Yemen – tens of thousands of lives at imminent risk (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 16, 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
Statement of the 15th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
IHR Emergency Committee statement on polio, 14 November 2017 (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: poliomyelitis [subject], polio, poliovirus, polio encephalitis, Afghanistan [country], Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director of the Global Fund
WHO welcomes appointment of new Executive Director to the Global Fund (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 14, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
Launch of special initiative to address climate change impact on health in Small Island Developing States
(Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: climate change [subject], climate change [subject], climate change [subject], global warming, global environmental change, climate, climate change [subject], global warming, global environmental change, climate, environmental health [subject], healthy env Source Type: news
WHO warns that more people will die if ports in Yemen do not reopen to humanitarian aid
9 November, 2017 – For the fourth consecutive day, the World Health Organization’s operations in Yemen have been severely hampered due to the closure of all land, sea and air ports. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Statement [doctype], Yemen [country] Source Type: news
Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance
Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to preserve their effectiveness (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: antimicrobial resistance [subject], Press release [doctype] Source Type: news
New WHO leadership agrees comprehensive transformation of the Organization
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General and the directors of WHO ’s six regional offices have launched a new plan to transform the Organization over the coming 24 months. The transformation is designed to enable WHO to achieve ambitious new goals outlined in the draft 13th Global Programme of Work to be discussed in a special session of WHO ’s Governing Body on 22-23 November. (Source: WHO news)
Source: WHO news - November 3, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: director-general [subject], director-general [subject], partnerships [subject], universal health coverage [subject], universal health care, universal access, Statement [doctype] Source Type: news
