Articles tagged with: world health organization (who)
Top UN aid official calls for scaling up of humanitarian efforts in Philippines Several UN agencies have boosted their relief efforts in the Philippines which was ravaged by a tropical storm known locally as Sendong The United Nations relief chief called today on countries and international organizations to scale up humanitarian efforts in the Philippines, […]
UN reports improved access to safe drinking water, but poorest still lagging The internationally stated goal of improving access to safe drinking water across the globe is likely to be achieved well ahead of the 2015 deadline, but large numbers of people in the world’s least developed regions will still not benefit, according to a […]
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Philippines: UN agencies boost relief effort for storm survivors as death toll rises Residents of Mindanao, Philippines, survey damage caused by tropical storm Washi United Nations agencies stepped up relief efforts in the Philippines today to help survivors of tropical storm Washi, which the country’s authorities say has killed nearly 1,000 people and left hundreds […]
Thousands of South Sudanese children to benefit from UN polio vaccine scheme Hundreds of thousands of children are benefiting from a United Nations-backed polio vaccination campaign in a northern state of South Sudan, the world’s newest country.The four-day campaign, which ends tomorrow, is part of a nationwide effort to curb the disease and was launched by the […]
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Boosted global efforts against malaria lead to far fewer deaths – UN Insecticide-treated bed nets are crucial in the fight against malaria. Photo: IRIN/Wendy Stone The expansion of malaria prevention and control measures have resulted in a decline of more than 25 per cent in the number of deaths caused by the disease in the […]
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Three more African countries to roll out new meningitis vaccine, UN says Three more countries in the so-called “meningitis belt” stretching across Africa will this month introduce a new vaccine designed to eliminate a particular strain of the often deadly disease, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad will […]
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UN-backed initiative enlists celebrity help in fight against tuberculosis A new initiative to combat tuberculosis (TB), an illness which claims the lives of over one million people each year, has recruited international celebrities in an effort to maintain awareness towards eradicating the disease, the United Nations health agency announced today. The group of nine celebrities […]
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UN launches plan to accelerate male circumcision for AIDS prevention in Africa From left: UNAIDS chief Michel Sidibé, former president of Botswana, Festus Mogae, Amb. Eric Goosby, US Global AIDS Coordinator The United Nations body tasked with combating the spread of HIV/AIDS and the United States scheme that funds global efforts against the pandemic today launched a […]
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Head of UN health agency outlines reforms to improve efficiency 1 November 2011 The head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today stressed that planned reforms are intended to make the agency more efficient as it strives to “On top of enduring fuel, food, and financial crises, the challenges of climate change, conflicts, […]
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Deadly outbreak of kala-azar disease continues in South Sudan, UN agency says 28 October 2011 At least 720 people have died in South Sudan from a protracted outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease, and the number of deaths could be much higher, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. WHO spokesperson Tarik […]
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