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NZ Joins Growing List of WHO Internationally Classified EMTs
Wednesday, 22 November 2017, 8:37 am | UN World Health Organization
Canberra, 21 November 2017 — This week the WHO Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Secretariat held a ceremony to recognize the international classification of the New Zealand Medical Assistant Team (NZMAT)—adding to the global number of self-sufficient teams ... More >>
Immunization can save a million and a half more lives
Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 12:01 pm | UN World Health Organization
Immunization can save a million and a half more lives in WHO’s Western Pacific Region MANILA, 24 April 2017 — Despite the proven effectiveness of vaccines and the tens of millions of lives they have saved, an estimated 400 000 people die needlessly ... More >>
Ending malaria: A priority in the Western Pacific
Saturday, 23 April 2016, 1:46 pm | UN World Health Organization
Ending malaria: A priority in the Western Pacific Region MANILA, 22 April 2016 – On World Malaria Day (25 April), the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific Region calls on governments and partners to accelerate malaria control and ... More >>
Countries vow to tackle antimicrobial resistance together
Saturday, 16 April 2016, 7:42 pm | UN World Health Organization
Asia Pacific countries vow to tackle antimicrobial resistance together TOKYO/MANILA, 16 April 2016 – Countries in the Asia Pacific region today pledged to collaborate to combat the increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance which transcends borders ... More >>
Economic regulation needed to reverse obesity epidemic
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 11:01 am | UN World Health Organization
Geneva, 3 February 2014. Governments could slow – and even reverse – the growing epidemic of obesity by taking measures to counter fast food consumption, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization today. More >>
‘Strategic Use’ Of HIV Medicines Could Help End Transmission
Friday, 20 July 2012, 3:49 pm | UN World Health Organization
GENEVA / WASHINGTON D.C.¦ 18 July 2012 – More strategic use of antiretroviral HIV medications can significantly reduce the transmission of the virus according to World Health Organization (WHO) proposals that will be presented at the XIX International ... More >>
WHO Launches “blue ribbon” Campaign to Inform About Tobacco
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 4:04 pm | UN World Health Organization
WHO News Release WHO launches “blue ribbon” campaign to inform about tobacco smoke’s harms SINGAPORE, 26 March 2012 – At the triennial World Conference on Tobacco or Health, participants wore blue ribbons in solidarity with the millions ... More >>
Newborn Deaths and Global Child Deaths - WHO Estimates
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 2:28 pm | UN World Health Organization
Newborn Deaths Decrease But Account for Higher Share of Global Child Deaths. The World Health Organization and Save the Children release most comprehensive newborn death estimates to date and call for more action to reduce newborn mortality More >>
WHO to enhance immunization drive
Monday, 25 April 2011, 2:31 pm | UN World Health Organization
WHO Press Release WHO to enhance immunization drive MANILA , 25 April 2011 —The World Health Organization (WHO) is stepping up efforts to ensure that more people in the Western Pacific Region, especially children and women, are protected from ... More >>
WHO Calls For Action to Improve Women's Health
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 10:19 am | UN World Health Organization
GENEVA, 10 November 2009-Societies continue to fail to meet the health needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age, a World Health Organization (WHO) report has found. Launching the report, entitled ... More >>
UN Backs Project That Delivers Medicines in Crises
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 1:44 pm | UN World Health Organization
The ability to safely deliver medicines during humanitarian crises around the world is just as crucial as being able to procure them, and a new United Nations-backed initiative has been launched to deal with improving that essential supply chain.“Searing ... More >>
Five Health Risks Hold Key to Longer Life
Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 11:05 am | UN World Health Organization
Addressing five critical risk factors – underweight childhood, unsafe sex, alcohol use, lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure – could add almost five years to global life expectancy, according to a new United Nations ... More >>
