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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 19:14 UTC

Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)

  • Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

    More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day

    A new WHO report on Air pollution and child health examines the heavy toll of both ambient and household air pollution on the health of the world’s children

    Every day around 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk. Tragically, many of them die: WHO estimates that in 2016, 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air.

  • Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

    WHO-led initiative to reduce the use of alcohol by 10% by 2025

    Alcohol consumption contributes to more than 3 million deaths globally every year and over 5% of the global burden of disease and injury, according to WHO

    The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday released SAFER, a new initiative and technical package outlining five high-impact strategies that can help governments reduce the harmful use of alcohol and related health, social and economic consequences.

  • Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

    World leaders commit to bold targets and urgent action to end TB

    “Today is a landmark in the long war on TB,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization

    World leaders meeting at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly have committed to ensure that 40 million people with tuberculosis (TB) receive the care they need by end 2022. They also agreed to provide 30 million people with preventive treatment to protect them from developing TB.

  • Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 08:37 UTC

    WHO publishes “Coming of Age” on better health for adolescents

    The world has more young people than ever before: of the 7.2 billion people worldwide, over 3bn are younger than 25 years and around 1.2bn 10-19 years

    The World Health Organization has published “Coming of age”, an in-depth online feature to advocate for better health for adolescents. The package includes video, gifs, visuals, and features on a range of topics on adolescent health, spanning mental health, sexuality education, as well as violence against and among youth, which remains a leading cause of adolescent deaths world-wide.

  • Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

    WHO focuses on “Test.Treat.Hepatitis” on World Hepatitis Day

    WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, ”we must accelerate progress to achieve our goal of eliminating hepatitis by 2030”

    The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are calling on countries to urgently increase hepatitis testing and treatment services in order to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.

  • Friday, June 29th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

    World Trade Organization Panel rejects claims concerning tobacco plain packaging in Australia

    In December 2012, Australia was the first country to fully implement tobacco plain packaging (also known as “standardized packaging”)

    A World Trade Organization (WTO) Panel has ruled against complaints brought by several countries concerning Australia’s tobacco packaging law, which implements the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its Guidelines. The panel decided that Australia’s policy on plain packaging is consistent with WTO law.

  • Friday, June 29th 2018 - 08:21 UTC

    The Protocol x Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is live

    FCTC announced that with UK's ratification, the necessary number of Parties to the Protocol has been reached for its enter into force in 90 days.

    On 27 June 2018, the conditions for the entry into force of the first legally binding instrument adopted under the WHO FCTC were met, paving the way to eliminate illicit trade of tobacco products

  • Tuesday, June 19th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

    WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)

    “The ICD is a product that WHO is truly proud of,” says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing this Monday its new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). The ICD is the foundation for identifying health trends and statistics worldwide, and contains around 55 000 unique codes for injuries, diseases and causes of death. It provides a common language that allows health professionals to share health information across the globe.

  • Saturday, June 16th 2018 - 11:12 UTC

    World Health Organization update on suspected polio case in Venezuela

    Final laboratory analysis received on Friday has confirmed that the AFP symptoms are not associated with wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus.

    Following unconfirmed reports on 8 June of suspected polio re-emergence in Venezuela, final laboratory testing has confirmed the cause of the paralysis is not wild poliovirus or vaccine-derived poliovirus, according to a release from WHO.

  • Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

    WHO certifies Paraguay malaria-free

    “Success stories like Paraguay’s show what is possible. If malaria can be eliminated in one country, it can be eliminated in all countries” said Dr Adhanom Ghebreyesus

    The World Health Organization (WHO) certified Paraguay as having eliminated malaria, the first country in the Americas to be granted this status since Cuba in 1973. “It gives me great pleasure today to certify that Paraguay is officially free of malaria,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, in a recorded statement.