Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The World Health Organization recommends routine vaccinations for measles at 9 months, but a new study published on bmj.com finds that an additional vaccination given at 4.5 months may also reduce measles outbreaks in developing countries.
Red Star Entertainment Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well not them personally, but the two billionaires are using some of their funds to stop people around the world from smoking. The World Health Organization estimated that tobacco could kill as mach as one billion people in the 21st century, most of them living in the poor and middle-income countries. In an effort to cut back that number, Bloomberg's foundation plans to donate $250 million over four...
Intellectual Property Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Itaru Nitta, Green Intellectual Property Project, Geneva, Switzerland In its Assembly 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property to squarely steer the global R&D [research and development] and IP policy toward maladies afflicting impoverished nations. Subsequent ...
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Donald G. McNeil, Jr in the New York Times: Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they would spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco...
Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Outbreaks of measles in developing countries may be reduced by vaccinating infants at 4.5 months of age as well as at the World Health Organization's recommended routine vaccination at 9 months, according to a study published on BMJ.com today.
DTS (Free subscription) | yesterday
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), dependent on the United Nations, have established a global minimum nutritional recommendations for pregnant women. In fact, pregnancy is a state of health for which women have been endowed by nature, especially diet should not be changed, provided that it is appropriate for the age, height, frame size and type of physical...
PerezHilton.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Billionaires Bill Gates and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they would pool their resources and dedicate $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking. That's the way to do it! Put your money where your mouth is! The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco will kill up to a [...]
World Health Organization (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
23 July 2008 -- WHO welcomes the announcement from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Bloomberg Philanthropies to inject significant new resources into the global fight against tobacco use.
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
By DONALD G. MCNEIL JR NYT Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday that they will spend $500 million to stop people around the world from smoking. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco will kill up to a billion people in the 21st century, most of them in poor and middle-income countries. In an effort to cut that number, Mr. Bloomberg’s foundation plans to commit...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Source: IRIN Doctors in Iraq have welcomed the return of World Health Organization (WHO) international staff to the country in June, after an absence of five years. Foreign WHO staff were withdrawn after the August 2003 attack on UN headquarters in Baghdad which killed 22 people, including UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. Over 100 others were injured.
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The World Health Organization says it will help the government of Burma rebuild and re-equip health facilities, which had been destroyed and damaged by Cyclone Nargis, the worst storm to hit the cou...
Scientific American (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
In a dramatic call to action in April, United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon--backed by the African Union, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation, ExxonMobil, the World Bank, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, among other key international organizations and businesses--set a timetable for comprehensive malaria control in Africa by the end of 2010....
The Temas Blog (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Last month the World Health Organization (WHO) released, without much fanfare, Safer Water, Better Health, its estimate of how many deaths or how much "disease burden" can be attributed to deficiencies in water, sanitation and hygiene (WSH). Access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation is key to improving health conditions in developing countries. Water-related diseases [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
According to Al-Qabas newspaper (July 20, 2008), a recently released survey by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health, in association with the World Health Organization, shows that 15% of the Kuwaitis are suffering from diabetes. This rate was estimated at 16.3% among men and 14.5% among women.
Time (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis
