Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)

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

  World Health Organization update on suspected polio case in Venezuela

  

  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

  

  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.

• Thursday, May 31st 2018 - 20:16 UTC

  World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco and Heart Disease

  

  Tobacco use has declined markedly since 2000, according to a new WHO report, but the reduction is insufficient to meet globally agreed targets aimed at protecting people from death and suffering from cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

• Friday, May 18th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Ebola outbreak in Congo's jungle and in urban area of a 1.2m city

  

  One new case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Wangata, one of the three health zones of Mbandaka, a city of nearly 1.2 million people in Equateur Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. United Nations troops are stationed in the area as part of the peacekeeping effort.

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 07:59 UTC

  WHO marks 70th birthday: “Universal health coverage, everyone, everywhere”

  

  On 7 April, World Health Day, the World Health Organization marks its 70th anniversary. Over the past 7 decades, WHO has spearheaded efforts to rid the world of killer diseases like smallpox and to fight against deadly habits like tobacco use.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Widespread antibiotic resistance to bacterial infections confirmed in WHO global testing

  

  WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries. WHO’s new Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) reveals widespread occurrence of antibiotic resistance among 500 000 people with suspected bacterial infections across 22 countries.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  WHO confirms Dr. Carissa Etienne second term as regional director for Americas

  

  The WHO Executive Board, currently holding its 142nd session in Geneva, has appointed Dr Carissa Etienne for a second term as WHO Regional Director for Americas.

• Tuesday, December 26th 2017 - 09:37 UTC

  UNICEF has new Executive Director, Henrietta H. Fore

  

  UNICEF welcomed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ announcement that Henrietta H. Fore will succeed Anthony Lake as UNICEF Executive Director when his term ends on 31 December 2017.

• Monday, December 18th 2017 - 13:47 UTC

  Half of the world population without health services, says WHO/World Bank report

  

  At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and WHO. And each year, large numbers of households are being pushed into poverty because they must pay for health care out of their own pockets.

• Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 10:58 UTC

  Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year

  

  Up to 650 000 deaths annually are associated with respiratory diseases from seasonal influenza, according to new estimates by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC), the World Health Organization and global health partners.