World Health Organization (Geneva)
Website: http://www.who.int/
May 30
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Africa: Tobacco - the Leading Preventable Cause of Death
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death in the world. Tobacco control actions will prevent young people from starting to use tobacco, help current tobacco users to quit... Read more »
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Africa: World No Tobacco Day [press release]
On 31st May each year WHO celebrates World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce consumption. Read more »
May 2
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Africa: Global Report: Preterm Birth Rates Highest in sub-Saharan Africa [press release]
Each year, some 15 million babies in the world, more than one in 10 births, are born too early, according to the just released report Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on... Read more »
April 26
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Ghana: Two New Vaccines Introduced [press release]
Ghana today made history as the first African country to simultaneously introduce pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines in its national immunization programme in a bid to fight... Read more »
April 25
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Africa: Malaria - Fact Sheet [document]
Key facts Read more »
April 24
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Africa: Who Launches T3 - Test. Treat. Track Initiative
On World Malaria Day 2012, WHO hails global progress in combating malaria but highlights the need to further reinforce the fight. The Global Malaria Programme's new initiative, T3:... Read more »
March 21
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West Africa: Polio Campaign Expects to Reach 111 Million Children [press release]
Health Ministries, UN agencies and communities are uniting with tens of thousands of volunteer immunizers over four days to go door-to-door and hut to hut for a vaccination... Read more »
October 18, 2011
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Africa: Keynote Address at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2011 Malaria Forum - Optimism and Urgency [document]
Distinguished scientists, colleagues in public health, ladies and gentlemen, Read more »
October 13, 2011
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Africa: WHO Warns of Consequences of Underfunding TB [press release]
WHO reports for the first time that the number of people falling ill with tuberculosis (TB) each year is declining. Read more »
July 22, 2011
July 21, 2011
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Africa: Neglected Tropical Diseases: Dracunculiasis Eradication Campaign
14 June 2011 | Geneva -- From 1 January to 30 April 2011 there have been 376 confirmed cases of dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) in Ethiopia, Chad and Sudan. Read more »
May 18, 2011
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Africa: Bill Gates Speech to the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly [document]
Mr Bill Gates: co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationMr. President, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan, Excellencies, ladies and... Read more »
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Africa: WHO Director-General Reminds Health Officials: Never Forget the People [document]
Address to the Sixty-fourth World Health AssemblyGeneva, Switzerland Read more »
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