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This is more than the estimates issued by the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan or the government's nuclear safety agency, the news agency said. The utility said the release of radioactive material after March dropped sharply. The latest figures from... Full Article at CNN
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Chinese Medicine will have standard translations for each term to improve the spread of its theory and benefit more people around the world. A local university researcher is leading the translation team for the World Health Organization's International... Full Article at Shanghai Daily
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World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan is congratulated by a delegate after her acceptance speech before the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2012 in Geneva. The World Health Organization re-appointed Margaret Chan as its chief,... View Photo »
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ACT UP has had a seat at the table in informing and molding public health policy in every Presidential Administration, with the United Nations and with the World Health Organization
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"Religious leaders have been very actively mobilised," she told a news briefing held during the annual ministerial meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO). Some 22 top Islamic scholars from around the world have signed an endorsement of the... Full Article at Reuters Africa
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World Health Organization (WHO) today rolled out plans to tackle the world’s final pockets of polio. Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan are the only three countries to have never interrupted spread of polio virus and, therefore, stand in the way of the... Full Article at Nature.com
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Weak public health systems, armed conflicts and corruption have hurt vaccination efforts. Now leading public health officials have proposed an emergency plan of action to get things back on track.. "Polio eradication is at a tipping point," says a... Full Article at NPR
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World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan stands in front of the WHO sign after her acceptance speech before the World Health Assembly on May 23, 2012 in Geneva. The World Health Organization re-appointed Margaret Chan as its chief,... View Photo »
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For the report, preterm was defined as 37 weeks of completed gestation or less, the standard World Health Organization definition
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Still, recent research suggests that malaria is responsible for more than 1 million deaths each year, mostly babies and children in Africa—a finding that challenges the World Health Organization’s estimate of approximately 650,000 deaths from malaria... Full Article at The Nonprofit Quarterly
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Polio Remains Endemic in Nigeria, Pakistan And Afghanistan: Health Officials
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Moreover, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), gaps in funding and insufficient immunization programs raises the threat of polio transmission in many countries. GPEI is affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO). Bruce... Full Article at International Business Times
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World Health Organization is, one sense, like the weather. People complain about it but don’t do anything about it. As the nations of the world attend the World Health Assembly in Geneva this week, the World Health Organization is in a budget crisis and... Full Article at Humanosphere
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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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