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WHO moves to contain Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak

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Écrit par WHO | 13 Février 2018

13 February 2018, ABUJA - The World Health Organization is scaling up its response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, which has spread to 17 states and may have infected up to 450 people in less than five weeks.

From the onset of the outbreak, WHO Nigeria deployed staff from the national and state levels to support the Government of Nigeria’s national Lassa fever Emergency...

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Working towards zero tolerance for female genital mutilation in Sudan

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Écrit par WHO | 08 Février 2018

February 2018 - Nine years ago, one community in Sudan decided to follow WHO recommendations and abandon the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Since then, Tuti Island, a community of 21 000 residents located at the juncture where the White Nile and Blue Nile rivers merge, has been held up as a trailblazer in a growing movement to end FGM.

Today, more than 1000 communities in...

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High levels of antibiotic resistance found worldwide, new data shows

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Écrit par WHO | 31 Janvier 2018

29 JANUARY 2018 | BANGKOK - 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...

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Dr Nicolas Albin nommé conseiller médical et scientifique en onco-hématologie à l’ANSM

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Écrit par ANSM | 26 Janvier 2018

Le Docteur Nicolas Albin, oncologue et responsable de l’Institut de Cancérologie Daniel Hollard du Groupe Hospitalier Mutualiste (GHM) de Grenoble, vient d’être nommé conseiller médical et scientifique en onco-hématologie à l’ANSM. Il exercera ses fonctions auprès de la Direction en charge de l’évaluation et de la surveillance des médicaments en oncologie et...

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Brazil launches world’s largest campaign with fractional-dose yellow fever vaccine

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Écrit par WHO | 26 Janvier 2018

Brasilia, January 25, 2018 (PAHO) – Brazil today launched a mass immunization campaign that will deliver fractional doses of yellow fever vaccine to residents of 69 municipalities in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The strategic plan for the campaign was developed with support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It will...

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Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

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Écrit par WHO | 24 Janvier 2018

alt24 January 2018, Abuja - The Government of Nigeria will launch a mass vaccination campaign to prevent the spread of yellow fever on Thursday (January 25) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. More than 25 million people will be vaccinated throughout 2018, in the largest yellow fever vaccination drive in the country’s history.

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WHO airlifts 200 tonnes of health supplies to Yemen

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Écrit par WHO | 18 Janvier 2018

SANA’A, 18 January 2018 — The World Health Organization has delivered 200 tonnes of life-saving medicines and health supplies to Yemen. Four United Nations planes carrying the cargo landed in Sana’a Airport this week.

The shipments include essential medicines, insulin vials, antibiotics, rabies vaccines, intravenous (IV) fluids, and other medical supplies and equipment....

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UN Environment and WHO agree to major collaboration on environmental health risks

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Écrit par WHO | 11 Janvier 2018

10 January 2018 | Nairobi - UN Environment and WHO have agreed a new, wide-ranging collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental health risks that cause an estimated 12.6 million deaths a year.

Today in Nairobi, Mr Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, signed an agreement to step up joint actions to combat air...

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