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...

Écrit par WHO | 26 Mai 2016

Currently there is no publicly available source of consolidated information on attacks on health care in emergencies. This report is a first attempt to consolidate and analyse the data that is available from open sources. While the data are not comprehensive, the findings shed light on the severity and frequency of the problem.

Over the two-year period from January 2014 to December 2015...