World Health Organization
(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 briefing in Manila on February 13 2012. The World Health Organization called for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was defying efforts to wipe it out across many countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Whilst waiting for the WHO [World Health Organization] to define this advanced stage of resistance, TDR is a good descriptor
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 concrete oplossing te bieden.
There is peer-reviewed scientific evidence that exposure to chrysotile asbestos respecting the province’s industrial exposure standard of one fibre per cubic centimetre poses no health risk. That is the norm at the mine today and by the World Health Organization today.More quotes »
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Studies of altered bird flu strains on hold
panel of experts convened by the World Health Organization has decided to extend a moratorium on research using laboratory-modified -- and potentially dangerous -- strains of bird flu.The 22-member panel also announced that two controversial papers on the Read more »
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2 cancer drugs latest to hit black market
Center in New Hyde Park.Counterfeit, stolen and smuggled medicines are a $75 billion global enterprise, according to the World Health Organization , which estimates that one in every four medications sold worldwide is from a questionable source. These drugs Read more »
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India marks milestone in fight against polio
Pakistan , Afghanistan and Nigeria on that list."This is a game changer in a huge way," said Bruce Aylward, head of the World Health Organization 's global polio campaign.The achievement gives a major morale boost to health advocates and donors who had begun Read more »
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Coming soon: vaccines made in China
the globe. In the past, new vaccine developments had usually been won by the United States and Europe. Then in March, the World Health Organization announced that China's drug safety authority meets international standards for vaccine regulation. But more Read more »
Around the web
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Program to champion rights of nonsmokers
BEIJING - The Red Cross Society of China launched a three-year Create a Smoke-Free Environment Program on Wednesday. The program, seed-funded with $9 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is expected to urge the Chinese government to more e 2/22/12 from SINA English Read more »
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How to reduce your risk of diabetes
Diabetes is a huge problem in the United States today, and one that I don't believe is taken seriously enough. According to statistics by the International Diabetes Federation, 552 million people – that’s one in 10 adults – will have diabetes by 2030. If 2/22/12 from FOX News Read more »
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Global Polio Eradication Gets Major Boost
India recently celebrated a year of being polio-free. This is a remarkable achievement in a country that until recently was recognized as the world’s epicenter of polio. India’s momentous accomplishment is boosting prospects of polio becoming only the se 2/22/12 from Voice of America Read more »
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India at the end of a long battle against polio
LONDON - There has not been a single recorded new case of polio in India since last January and if that remains the case for the rest of the year the World Health Organization will officially declare the country to be free of the disease. It is an extrao from Today Online Read more »
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Health highlights: Feb. 17, 2012
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: A decision on whether controversial research into H5N1 bird flu virus mutations should be published has been delayed by the World Health Organization. from WCAX Read more »
