Écrit par WHO | 30 Mai 2016

Based on current assessment, cancelling or changing the location of the 2016 Olympics will not significantly alter the international spread of Zika virus. Brazil is one of almost 60 countries and territories which to-date report continuing transmission of Zika by mosquitoes. People continue to travel between these countries and territories for a variety of reasons. The best way to reduce...

Écrit par Didier Poli | 30 Mai 2016

27 May 2016, GENEVA--Delegates at the World Health Assembly have agreed resolutions and decisions on air pollution, chemicals, the health workforce, childhood obesity, violence, noncommunicable diseases, and the election of the next Director-General.

Air pollution

Delegates welcomed a new road map for responding to the adverse health effects of air pollution. Every year, 4.3 million...

Écrit par WHO | 30 Mai 2016

GENEVA--Delegates at the World Health Assembly today agreed to implement two new health strategies that are closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. One relates to women’s children’s and adolescents’ health; the other to healthy ageing.

Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

Delegates committed to take forward the implementation of...

Écrit par ANSM | 26 Mai 2016

L'ANSM a mis en évidence la persistance d’une utilisation hors du cadre restrictif de l’autorisation de mise sur le marché (AMM) de la nitrofurantoïne, de l’ordre de 60 % des prescriptions. Elle souhaite donc renforcer l’information concernant le bon usage de cet antibiotique dont les indications avaient déjà été restreintes en 2012 du fait d’effets indésirables...