Posted Wed, May 16, 2012 at 09:33AM on WHO news
16 May 2012 -- One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure a condition that causes around half of all deaths from stroke and heart disease, according to the World health statistics 2012 report released today. One in 10 adults has diabetes. [ read more… ]
Posted Fri, May 04, 2012 at 02:00PM on WHO news
4 May 2012 On Hand Hygiene Day (5 May), more than 15 000 health-care facilities from 156 countries are participating in the WHO Save Lives: Clean Your Hands Initiative by committing to improve patient safety by practicing better hand hygiene [ read more… ]
Posted Wed, May 02, 2012 at 05:50PM on WHO news
2 May 2012 -- Over one million of preterm babies die shortly after birth and countless others suffer some type of lifelong physical, neurological, or educational disability. An estimated 75% of preterm babies who die could survive without expensive care if a few proven and inexpensive treatments and [ read more… ]
Posted Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 06:01AM on WHO news
24 April 2012 -- On the eve of World Malaria Day 2012, WHO hails global progress in combating… [ read more… ]
Posted Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 02:00PM on WHO news
23 April 2012 The first World Immunization Week is being held from 21 to 28 April 2012 with a… [ read more… ]
Posted Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 02:00PM on WHO news
5 April 2012 -- New sources of funding are needed to encourage health research specifically f… [ read more… ]
Posted Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 10:59AM on WHO news
03 April 2012 -- In the next few years, for the first time, there will be more people in the … [ read more… ]
Posted Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:00AM on WHO news
23 March 2012 -- Reports of tuberculosis (TB) cases with severe patterns of drug resistance a… [ read more… ]
Posted Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:59AM on WHO news
21 March 2012 -- Tuberculosis (TB) is often undiagnosed in children under 15 years old becaus… [ read more… ]
Posted Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 12:59AM on WHO news
6 March 2012 -- The United Nations Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of halving the pr… [ read more… ]
Posted Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 12:00PM on WHO news
2 March 2012 -- An estimated 910 000 lives were saved globally over six years by improving co… [ read more… ]
Posted Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 01:00PM on WHO news
16 February 2012 -- WHO has concluded that women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV can s… [ read more… ]
Posted Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 12:00PM on WHO news
18 January 2012 -- Dr Margaret Chan was nominated today by the WHOs Executive Board for a sec… [ read more… ]
Posted Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:01AM on WHO news
24 April 2012 -- Announcing a new global strategy aimed at reducing measles deaths and congen… [ read more… ]
Posted Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 09:45AM on WHO news
11 April 2012 -- Worldwide, nearly 35.6 million people live with dementia which affects peopl… [ read more… ]
Posted Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 10:00AM on WHO news
4 March 2012 -- By agreeing to the protocol, governments have reiterated their commitment to … [ read more… ]
Posted Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:00AM on WHO news
23 March 2012 -- A new United Nations Human Rights Council resolution advocates the universal… [ read more… ]
Posted Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:59AM on WHO news
22 March 2012 -- WHO Director-General Margaret Chan today urged the world to stand shoulder t… [ read more… ]
Posted Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 11:00AM on WHO news
8 March 2012 -- A new book, The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance - Options for act… [ read more… ]
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A new UK study finds that babies born early, even by just a few weeks, tend to have higher ri… [ read more… ]
Posted Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:00PM on WHO news
17 February 2012 -- Public health and influenza experts reached consensus on two urgent issue… [ read more… ]
Posted Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 10:00AM on WHO news
3 February 2012 -- Current WHO guidelines call on health service providers to remind patients… [ read more… ]
Posted Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 05:00PM on WHO news
17 January 2012 -- Dr Ala Alwan will take up his appointment as the Regional Director of WHO'… [ read more… ]
