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WHO's patient safety curriculum guide for health educators
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 3:41 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific today launched a patient safety curriculum guide for health educators to help stem the millions of deaths that occur globally each year from unsafe patient care and practices. More >>
Putting food safety on the table
Saturday, 15 October 2011, 1:25 pm | World Health Organisation
WHO PRESS RELEASE Putting food safety on the table Manila, 14 October 2011 —The Member States of the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region has adopted a far-reaching strategy to ensure the safety of the food we put on our tables. The ... More >>
Containment efforts to combat anti-malaria drug resistance
Friday, 14 October 2011, 11:54 am | World Health Organisation
Containment efforts are being intensified in the Mekong area to prevent the spread of malaria parasites that are resistant to artemisinin, the most potent treatment for the disease. More >>
WHO calls for political commitment to tackle mental health
Friday, 14 October 2011, 11:36 am | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) today called for stronger political commitment to address mental health problems, including increasing investments for mental health. More >>
WHO reviews state of preventable diseases in Western Pacific
Friday, 14 October 2011, 11:35 am | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization's governing body in the Western Pacific today reviewed how the Region is faring with regard to three dangerous infectious diseases: measles, hepatitis B and polio. More >>
WHO discusses safe and effective use of traditional medicine
Friday, 14 October 2011, 11:33 am | World Health Organisation
Countries in the Western Pacific Region today endorsed the World Health Organization's Regional Strategy for Traditional Medicine (2011-2020). The strategy, the result of an extensive consultation process since 2009, provides guidance for Member States, ... More >>
WHO calls on coordinated action against dengue
Friday, 14 October 2011, 11:31 am | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) today urged countries to take more committed and coordinated action against dengue. The Regional Committee for the Western Pacific Region, WHO's governing body meeting in Manila, reviewed the anti-dengue efforts ... More >>
WHO calls for action to combat antimicrobial drug resistance
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 10:45 am | World Health Organisation
Amid threats that antibiotics and other essential medicines may lose their power to cure disease, countries in the Western Pacific Region today pledged to support the World Health Organization (WHO) in its efforts to fight drug resistance. More >>
WHO increases momentum to fight noncommunicable diseases
Thursday, 13 October 2011, 10:42 am | World Health Organisation
Countries in the Western Pacific Region, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, today vowed to scale up effective noncommunicable disease prevention and control programmes that should result in concrete progress over the next five years. More >>
WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific to review WHO
Saturday, 8 October 2011, 3:24 pm | World Health Organisation
WHO Press Release WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific to review WHO's work Manila, Philippines, 7 October 2011— The epidemic of noncommunicable diseases will be a major focus of the World Health Organization's Regional Committee for the ... More >>
Plan to Reduce Malaria and Prevent its Reintroduction
Saturday, 1 October 2011, 4:54 pm | World Health Organisation
PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.paho.org WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION www.who.int News and Public Information News Release Countries of the Americas Adopt Plan to Reduce Malaria and Prevent its Reintroduction Washington, D.C., 30 September 2011 ... More >>
Call for more action to reduce newborn mortality
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 9:41 am | World Health Organisation
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 raises the alarm over nutrition threat
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 3:03 pm | World Health Organisation
Alarmed by millions of children dying or falling prey to diseases due to malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that failure to address the issue is having an impact beyond health and is causing dire social ... More >>
WHO raises the alarm over nutrition threat
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 1:57 pm | World Health Organisation
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 9 August, 2011 —Alarmed by millions of children dying or falling prey to diseases due to malnutrition in Asia and the Pacific, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that failure to address the issue is having an impact beyond health ... More >>
WHO vows to knock down hepatitis B
Wednesday, 27 July 2011, 3:04 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) today pledged to focus on nine countries in the Western Pacific Region facing significant challenges in meeting a 2012 target to reduce hepatitis B infection rates among children. More >>
Countries should show the horror effects of smoking: WHO
Friday, 8 July 2011, 4:19 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries in the Western Pacific Region to make a greater effort to have graphic health warnings placed on cigarette packs to convince smokers to quit and to discourage young people from taking up the habit. More >>
IARC: RF Electromagnetic Fields Possibly Carcinogenic
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 4:11 pm | World Health Organisation
The WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B), based on an increased risk for glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, associated with wireless ... More >>
WHO Calls for Tougher Laws on Smoking
Thursday, 26 May 2011, 4:56 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on governments to pass and enforce national laws that will prevent premature deaths from tobacco–related diseases. More >>
Governments need to get tougher on road safety, says WHO
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 1:38 pm | World Health Organisation
The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on governments to come to grips with the problem of traffic accidents as the number of people killed or injured on roads continues to climb, particularly in developing countries. More >>
Health Experts Warn of “Untreatable Infections”
Friday, 8 April 2011, 10:24 am | World Health Organisation
PAHO/WHO calls for action to curb dangerous growth of antimicrobial resistance More >>
