Écrit par WHO | 18 Juin 2016

GENEVA - 17 June 2016: The yellow fever vaccine given as one fifth of the regular dose could be used to control an outbreak in case of vaccine shortages.

Experts agreed with this proposal at a meeting convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider potential shortages in yellow fever vaccine due to the outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Écrit par WHO | 18 Juin 2016

17 June 2016 – The World Health Organization (WHO)/the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and partners have set out their strategic response to Zika which will place a greater focus on preventing and managing medical complications caused by Zika virus infection. To date, US$121.9 million are necessary to effectively implement the Zika Strategic Response Plan, July 2016 to December...

Écrit par WHO | 16 Juin 2016

Baghdad, 16 June 2016: WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ala Alwan arrived in Baghdad today to review firsthand WHO’s response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Fallujah city, where more than 42 000 Iraqis have been displaced since the beginning of the military operations in the city in May 2016. Tens of thousands of besieged and displaced men, women, children...

Écrit par Genticel | 15 Juin 2016

Genticel (Euronext Paris & Bruxelles : FR00011790542 - GTCL), société française de biotechnologie, qui développe des immunothérapies innovantes pour prévenir les cancers induits par le virus du papillome humain (HPV), annonce aujourd'hui sa participation au congrès EUROGIN 2016 (European Research Organisation on Genital Infection and Neoplasia) au centre de conventions de...