Tag: WHO

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 10:18 UTC

  World AIDS Day 2018, “Know your status”, celebrates 30th anniversary

  

  World AIDS Day 2018 will be commemorated on Saturday December first under the global theme “Know your status”. The occasion also celebrates the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, first initiated by WHO in 1988.

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  WHO kicks off global initiative to treat children with cancer

  

  WHO has announced a new effort - the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer - with the aim of reaching at least a 60% survival rate for children with cancer by 2030, thereby saving an additional one million lives. This new target represents a doubling of the global cure rate for children with cancer.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Measles cases hit record high in the European Region

  

  Over 41 000 children and adults in the WHO European Region have been infected with measles in the first 6 months of 2018. The total number for this period far exceeds the 12-month totals reported for every other year this decade.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  WHO and UNICEF issue new guidance to promote breastfeeding in health facilities

  

  WHO and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually.