Écrit par WHO | 13 Juin 2016

On 14 June 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene the 3rd meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on Zika and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations.

The Committee will consider whether the Zika virus and related complications still constitute a Public Health Emergency of International...

Écrit par WHO | 13 Juin 2016

Despite security challenges, WHO continues to reach people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas in Syria with health humanitarian assistance. These sites include Duma, Syria, where impediments to proper water and sanitation services have resulted in poor living, hygiene and sanitation conditions, as well as a lack of access to emergency and chronic disease medications and medical supplies....

Écrit par WHO | 13 Juin 2016

13 JUNE, GENEVA – Voluntary, unpaid blood donations must be increased rapidly in more than half the world’s countries in order to ensure a reliable supply of safe blood for patients whose lives depend on it, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on World Blood Donor Day.

This year, the theme of World Blood Donor Day is “Blood connects us all”, highlighting the common bond that...

Écrit par ANSM | 10 Juin 2016

Truvada est une association à dose fixe de deux inhibiteurs de la transcriptase inverse du VIH, l’emtricitabine et le ténofovir disoproxil fumarate.

L’ANSM a établi le 25 novembre 2015 une RTU de Truvada dans la prophylaxie Pré-Exposition (PrEP) au VIH en tant qu’outil additionnel d’une stratégie de prévention diversifiée[1] de la transmission du VIH chez les personnes...