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  1. World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan attends a press conference after she delivered 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, the sole candidate...
  2. A delegate snaps a picture as World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan delivers 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, the sole candidate nominated for...
  3. 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, the sole candidate nominated for...
  4. 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, the sole candidate nominated for...
  5. World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan (L) is congratulated by Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu (2nd R) and Chinese officials after her acceptance speech before World Health Assembly on May 23, 2012 in Geneva. The World Health Organization re-appointed Margaret...
  6. Norwegian Foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store addresses the 65th assembly of the World Health Organization, WHO, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
  7. Princess Lalla Salma, left, wife of Morocco's King Mohammed VI, greets Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization WHO, right, with Professor Therese N'Dri-Yoman, president of the WHO, center, during the 65th WHO assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations...
  8. Princess Lalla Salma, wife of Morocco's King Mohammed VI speaks during the 65th assembly of the World Health Organization, WHO, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
  9. China's Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, WHO, addresses the 65th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 21, 2012.

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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. Nine in 10 U.S. voters say it's important for the United States to support the global health efforts of the U.N.'s World Health Organization, according to a United Nations Foundation/Better World Campaign poll [.pdf] released Thursday
    SOURCE: News-Medical.net 2 weeks ago
  2. These findings show that the World Health Organization's recommendations are feasible in a real-world setting.
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 2 weeks ago
  3. 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
    SOURCE: MMD Newswire 3 weeks ago
  4. For the report, preterm was defined as 37 weeks of completed gestation or less, the standard World Health Organization definition
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 3 weeks ago
  5. Premature birth is the leading cause of death for newborn infants and is on the rise globally, said the report led by the March of Dimes, the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, Save the Children and the World Health Organization
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 3 weeks ago
  6. There are more than 300 organizations that have all said that genetically engineered foods are safe ... Those studies have been approved by agencies like the World Health Organization, the United States Department of Agriculture and the FDA.
    SOURCE: Daily Breeze 3 weeks ago
  7. Lack of enough pharmacists puts Uganda's health sector in a critical position, it remains unfortunate that we have a pharmacist to patients ration of 1:100,000; against the 1:1,000 recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and this escalates the shortage of human capital in pharmaceutical busin...
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 3 weeks ago
  8. To measure the real value of caesarean surgery, Alkire used data from the World Health Organization, starting with the estimated economic benefit from preventing death and injury
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 3 weeks ago
  9. The chlorine levels are well below the WHO (World Health Organization), EU, North American and China standards for drinking water
    SOURCE: The Sun Daily Malaysia 3 weeks ago
  10. The World Health Organization estimates that inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene are responsible for roughly half the malnutrition in the world (Griffiths Page 146)
    SOURCE: OpPapers.com 3 weeks ago
  11. In January, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) reported that, with no registered polio cases over the past year, India - once regarded as the world's epicentre for polio - is on course to becoming free of the disease
    SOURCE: International Business Times 3 weeks ago
  12. I want to complete my PhD in Immunobiology ... I then want to work for either the Centers for Disease Control or the World Health Organization. I feel that I have set myself a path that will lead me to reach this goal.
    SOURCE: University of Maryland Eastern Shore Official Athletic Site 4 weeks ago
  13. It must be done in the context of evidence of sound sanitary standards as established by the World Health Organization ... There is no reason for any consumer to be concerned about the consumption of U.S. beef. Thus, we would expect that Indonesia would quickly reopen its market for U.S. beef products.
    – Ron Kirk SOURCE: The Journal of Commerce 4 weeks ago
  14. In my village, women cook with firewood, and we know from the World Health Organization that the impact of that is 1.3-1.5 million deaths each year - more than malaria
    SOURCE: BBC News 4 weeks ago
  15. The U.S. absolutely respects the right of any country to protect the health of its citizens ... But in the case of restrictions of food products from our market, it must be done in the context of evidence of sound sanitary standards as established by the World Health Organization.
    SOURCE: San Diego Local News 1 4 weeks ago
  16. Scientists have looked at this, the World Health Organization has looked at this, and we’re confident that consumers needn’t be concerned about the safety of milk
    SOURCE: MassLive.com 4 weeks ago
  17. LifeNet™ is the first net which is recognized by the World Health Organization to be effective even after 30 washes – providing more, effective nights of protection.
    SOURCE: PRWeb 4 weeks ago
  18. according to a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the World Health Organization), South East Asian Regional Office, New Delhi, 2001, 80% of gutkha or pan masala with tobacco users are below 40 years of age. It is widely causing pre-oral cancer in the 15-34 age group and below
    SOURCE: Times of India 4 weeks ago
  19. The World Health Organization heralded major gains Tuesday in the fight against malaria, one of the developing world's biggest killers, but warned universal access to treatment remains elusive
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 4 weeks ago
  20. Access to contraception has long been identified as one of four key components of successful programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, and yet it has been neglected because of insufficient resources and separate funding streams ... New World Health Organization guidelines on coupl...
    SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation 4 weeks ago
  21. Kim, winner of the MacArthur Genius fellowship in 2003, showed that the Partners method could scale up when, as an executive at the World Health Organization from 2003 through 2005, he helped vastly expand the number of people in Africa receiving treatment for AIDS. Now he will get a chance to scale up ...
    SOURCE: Mike Hitchen Online 1 month ago
  22. The use of this vaccine in the case of an outbreak has been validated by the World Health Organization
    SOURCE: Doctors Without Borders 1 month ago
  23. Our results suggest that expression of CD2 does not add to that of CD25 in the diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis, and that this should be considered in future revisions of the current World Health Organization phenotypic criterion for systemic mastocytosis
    SOURCE: GenomeWeb 1 month ago
  24. If we don’t act now to combat the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, we risk returning to an era where an infection from something as a simple as a scratch could cause serious complications, or even death. In fact, the World Health Organization has labeled antibiotic resistance as ...
    SOURCE: Virtual Medical Center 1 month ago
  25. Oncology is critical for pharma, as is evidenced by the World Health Organization's projection that an estimated 13.1 million people will die from cancer in 2030, up from the 7.6 million who died in 2008 ... The ability of drug companies to quickly find the most relevant research data and clinical infor...
    – Wendy Hamilton SOURCE: PR Newswire 1 month ago

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