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  1. WHO Calls For Final Push Against Leprosy
    The Huffington Post logo The Huffington Post 1 hour ago

    Philippines -- The World Health Organization warned Monday that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is not yet over, with more than 5,000 new cases reported yearly in the Western Pacific, where the disease was declared eliminated in 1991. ... Full Article at The Huffington Post

  2. WHO says leprosy still around after being declared eliminated from the Western Pacific region
    Winnipeg Free Press logo Winnipeg Free Press 1 hour ago

    Philippines - The World Health Organization warned Monday that the battle against the age-old scourge of leprosy is not yet over, with more than 5,000 new cases reported yearly in the Western Pacific, where the disease was declared eliminated in 1991. ... Full Article at Winnipeg Free Press

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 hours ago
    (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...

    (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... View Photo »

  4. Whilst waiting for the WHO [World Health Organization] to define this advanced stage of resistance, TDR is a good descriptor
    SOURCE: IRIN UN Humanitarian News 3 weeks ago
  5. Birth rights battle: China vs. Hong Kong
    MSNBC logo MSNBC 2 hours ago

    The public health system in freewheeling capitalist Hong Kong is considered better and safer than it is in its communist neighbor. Maternal mortality ratio statistics collected by organizations like the World Health Organization support Hong Kong’s... Full Article at MSNBC

  6. Ontario Catholic Teachers Union Sounding Alarm over Wi-Fi
    AM640 Toronto logo AM640 Toronto 2 hours ago

    The provincial Catholic teachers’ union which represents 45-thousand educators is warning against teaching in classrooms with wireless internet. The association wants a moratorium on all wi-fi in schools because the World Health Organization feels there... Full Article at AM640 Toronto

  7. The "Rubber Stamp Attack:" Speaking Truth to Power Against the Latest Sweeping Abortion Restrictions in Kansas
    Reproductive Health: Reality Check logo Reproductive Health: Reality Check 2 hours ago

    Angela Lanfranchi, M.D. from The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. She stood in front of the committee and presented a slide show based upon one independent, 25 year old, non-peer reviewed study to refute information by the National Cancer Institute,... Full Article at Reproductive Health: Reality Check

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 hours ago
    Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona speaks during a press briefing by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Manila on February 13 2012. The World Health Organization called for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was...

    Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona speaks during a press briefing by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Manila on February 13 2012. The World Health Organization called for greater efforts to fight leprosy, warning the disfiguring disease was... View Photo »

  9. 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 con...
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 4 weeks ago
  10. The World Health Organization.
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  11. Teachers union issues Wi-Fi warning
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    The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, which represents 45,000 teaches, issued a research paper Monday highlighting some of their concerns surrounding Wi-Fi technology. The union’s call for a moratorium on wireless Internet follows a... Full Article at Canoe

  12. WHO Official for Talk On Sexuality Within Families
    AllAfrica.com logo AllAfrica.com 3 hours ago

    Speaking to Angop about the importance of family planning in youth, the official said that many teenagers do not discuss sexual aspects of reproductive health at home, due to lack of openness and friendship with their parents. According to him, the... Full Article at AllAfrica.com

  13. WHO calls for stepped-up fight against leprosy
    PhysOrg.com logo PhysOrg.com 4 hours ago

    World Health Organization called Monday 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. "We opened the champagne too early," said Shin Young-soo,... Full Article at PhysOrg.com

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  1. (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...
  2. Philippine Health Secretary Enrique Ona speaks during a press briefing by the World Health Organisation (WHO) 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...
  3. World Health Organisation (WHO) regional chairman Shin Young-soo gestures as he speaks during 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...
  4. Vaddi Akhila, 5, who is currently undergoing outpatient cancer treatment at the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, sits over the shoulders of his father during a cancer awareness walk in Hyderabad during World Cancer Day on February 4, 2012. More than 30...
  5. Indian cricketer V.V.S.Laxman (C, obscured) and former All-England badminton champion Pullela Gopichand (2nd R) release pigeons as actor and Chairman of Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute Nandamuri Balakrishna (L) and Director General of Police V. Dinesh...
  6. Indian Medical staff members of Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital and Research Institute participate in a cancer awareness walk in Hyderabad during World Cancer Day on February 4, 2012. More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health...
  7. French First Lady and Global Fund's ambassador, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (2nd L), sit next to Musician Julien Civange (3rdL) and designer Jean-Paul Gaultier (4thL) as she attends the international launch of the 'Born HIV free' campaign by the Global Fund, next to the Executive director of...
  8. French First Lady and Global Fund's ambassador, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (2nd L), sits next to Julien Civange (R) as she attends the international launch of the 'Born HIV free' campaign by the Global Fund, on 19 May, 2010 in Paris. The World Health Organization says more than 33 million...
  9. Pigeons are seen eating on a street in Hong Kong on January 6, 2012. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was 'deeply concerned' about research into whether the H5N1 flu virus could be made more transmissible between humans after mutant strains were produced in labs.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization, which had been an agency of... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. Whilst waiting for the WHO [World Health Organization] to define this advanced stage of resistance, TDR is a good descriptor
    SOURCE: IRIN UN Humanitarian News 3 weeks ago
  2. 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 con...
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 4 weeks ago
  3. 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.
    SOURCE: The Tyee 2 months ago
  4. How do you keep from getting cynical when you know managing an illness is more profitable than curing it or that leaner cuts of meat and organic produce are more expensive than fattier cuts and produce sprayed with chemicals? Nearly one in four children in the United States lives in poverty, and the Wor...
    SOURCE: About.com: Patient Empowerment 2 months ago
  5. However, despite all benefits to our people and economies of our countries, the crop under the umbrella of World Health Organization framework Convention on tobacco control, (WHO-FCTC), in particular articles 9, 10, 17 and 18 is experiencing a number of critics and there is an urgent need for a balance ...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 2 months ago
  6. While oral cancer awareness is on the rise, many people are unaware of some of the more startling trends that are taking place ... Over 625,000 individuals were diagnosed with oral cancer in 2010. Ominously, this marked the fifth straight year in which there has been an increase in the rate of occurrenc...
    SOURCE: iStockAnalyst 2 months ago
  7. Recurring drought, insufficient hygiene and ongoing regional conflict are driving a deadly outbreak of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) across the Horn of Africa, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported
    SOURCE: News-Medical.net 2 months ago
  8. According to World Health Organization, the reliability of assertion of reason behind a suicide is not very good, mainly because there is no psychological autopsy done after the suicide. Going by the reasons that police or family members, statistics like these are bound to go wrong
    SOURCE: Times of India 2 months ago
  9. The World Health Organization has recognized Australia's lead in tobacco control, singling out our plain packaging legislation as an example for the world to follow
    SOURCE: China Post 2 months ago
  10. The problem is growing so that the World Health Organization says that depression will be the second largest health care problem in the world by 2020.
    SOURCE: Ventura County Star 2 months ago
  11. I'm specifically interested in some of the cultural aspects of health programs, international health programs such as those started by the World Health Organization
    SOURCE: Action News 6 ABC 2 months ago
  12. At some point, I really like the idea of taking a leadership role at the World Health Organization
    SOURCE: Action News 6 ABC 2 months ago
  13. Dr. Chan's commitment to improving the lives of children and their mothers is well known ... Through Dr. Chan's leadership, the World Health Organization plays a critical role in providing support and guidance to all countries on how best we can ensure the health and well-being of our children. Canada l...
    SOURCE: Street Insider 2 months ago
  14. HRR1<16 was also associated with known predictors of poor prognosis in IPAH ... Patients with HRR1<16 were more likely to need supplemental oxygen during the 6MW test, be in World Health Organization functional class 4, and have more severe right ventricular dysfunction and pericardial effusion.
    SOURCE: Check Orphan 2 months ago
  15. For nearly two decades, international figures have shown that Ireland has consistently been the safest country in the world for women to give birth in. The most up-to-date figures from the World Health Organization confirmed this again in 2010 ... This is a fact of which many people are not aware, but o...
    SOURCE: Lifenews.com 2 months ago
  16. Several studies indicate that dental decay is coming down just as fast, if not faster, in non-fluoridated industrialized countries as fluoridated ones (Diesendorf, 1986; Colquhoun, 1994; World Health Organization, Online).
    SOURCE: Green Prophet 2 months ago
  17. The World Health Organization claims there are hundreds of millions of chronic disease patents worldwide -- over 75% of our healthcare spending
    SOURCE: Electronics Design, Strategy, News 2 months ago
  18. the launch of a collaboration between four pharmaceutical companies, along with the TB Alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO), which enables information-sharing on TB drug candidates within their respective pipelines
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 2 months ago
  19. Across the globe, 2.4 billion people do not have access to clean sanitation, according to the World Health Organization
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 2 months ago
  20. The meeting will be held in line with the 2011 World Health Organization’s slogan on antibiotic use, which reads ‘anti-microbial resistance and logical use of antibiotics’
    SOURCE: Iran Daily 2 months ago
  21. In 2010 the World Health Organization published a fact sheet that said one in five girls and one in 10 boys suffer some type of childhood sexual abuse
    SOURCE: The Star-Press | Muncie, IN 2 months ago

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