SARS outbreak contained worldwide
Today, the World Health Organization is removing Taiwan, China, from the list of areas with recent local transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Taiwan is the last area to be removed
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Update 31 - Coronavirus never before seen in humans is the cause of SARS
Today, the World Health Organization announced that a new pathogen, a member of the coronavirus family never before seen in humans, is the cause of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The speed
End in sight, but flare-ups likely in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Remarks by Dr Ibrahima Socé Fall, World Health Organization Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response Good afternoon. I hope that your busy week was interrupted, like mine, with
Shortage of personal protective equipment endangering health workers worldwide
WHO calls on industry and governments to increase manufacturing by 40 per cent to meet rising global demandThe World Health Organization has warned that severe and mounting disruption to the global su
Global leaders intensify commitment to prevent leading childhood killer - measles
Measles strategy works – Now it must expand to more countriesCape Town Measles Declaration pledges to cut measles deaths by half By 2005, almost half a million children will be saved every year
International spread of disease threatens public health security
More than at any previous time in history, global public health security depends on international cooperation and the willingness of all countries to act effectively in tackling new and emerging threa
WHO calls on malaria-endemic countries to strengthen monitoring of antimalarial drug efficacy
WHO is calling on countries to be increasingly vigilant in monitoring antimalarial drug efficacy in order to allow for early detection of artemisinin resistance.1 This is one among several conclu
Landmark agreement improves global preparedness for influenza pandemics
After a week of negotiations continued through Friday night and into Saturday morning, an open-ended working-group meeting of Member States successfully agreed upon a framework to ensure that in a pan
Dead and injured following attacks on Ebola responders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Two attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have killed 4 workers responding to the Ebola outbreak and injured 5 others. The attacks occurred overnight on a shared living camp in Bia
Health in all policies: the case of air pollution, urban health and sustainability
WHO concluded the successful Health in All Policies (HiAP) Workshop: The case of air pollution, urban health and sustainability. This was the 21st workshop in the Global WHO Training and Capacity Buil
Major milestone for WHO-supported Ebola vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announcement recommending a conditional marketing authorization for the rVSV-ZEBOV-GP vaccine, which has been shown to
Universal Health Coverage Passes Key Global Milestone
The World Health Organization today welcomed a new Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Resolution on achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. The resolution, adopted at the IPU Assembly in Belgr
New Tesla Roadster: Everything We Know
The upcoming Tesla Roadster is a mind-blowing electric car on paper, but will it ever make it to production?
Multilateral agencies launch a joint plan to boost global health goals
Today at the United Nations General Assembly, 12 multilateral agencies launched a joint plan to better support countries over the next 10 years to accelerate progress towards the health-related Sustai
Call for action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol
For the first time, delegations from all 193 Member States of World Health Organization (WHO) reached consensus at the World Health Assembly on a resolution to confront the harmful use of alcohol -- w
Tropical Data: a WHO-led initiative to help national programmes collect and do more with their data
Tropical Data, an initiative led by the World Health Organization, is being launched today. Tropical Data provides an end-to-end epidemiological survey support service – from planning and protoc
WHO launches new report on the global tobacco epidemic
Many governments are making progress in the fight against tobacco, with 5 billion people today living in countries that have introduced smoking bans, graphic warnings on packaging and other effective
World hunger is still not going down after three years and obesity is still growing – UN report
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year, which is the third year of increase in a row. This underscores the immense challenge of ac
WHO highlights devastating global impact of drowning
• Every hour, every day, more than 40 people lose their lives to drowning • 372 000 people drown each year, with those under 5 years at greatest risk News release 17 November 2014 ¦ GENEVA - WHO’
WHO updates personal protective equipment guidelines for Ebola response
As part of WHO’s commitment to safety and protection of healthcare workers and patients from transmission of Ebola virus disease, WHO has conducted a formal review of personal protective equipme
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