Écrit par WHO | 25 Avril 2016

GENEVA -- A year after the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate malaria from at least 35 countries by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing a World Malaria Day report that shows this goal, though ambitious, is achievable.

In 2015, all countries in the WHO European Region reported, for the first time, zero indigenous cases of malaria, down from 90 000 cases in...

Écrit par WHO | 22 Avril 2016

21 April 2016 -- More than one million children in Libya have been immunized against polio in a 5-day national campaign concluding today. The campaign is the first to be held in Libya since 2014.

Approximately 2000 vaccinators in 600 health facilities around the country participated in the campaign which was conducted by the Ministry of Health's National Centre for Disease Control, with...

Écrit par WHO | 22 Avril 2016

22 April 2016 | Geneva - The process to elect the next Director-General of the WHO is now underway. As of today, Member States can nominate candidates to be the new head of the global public health body, the first step in a rigorous process which will culminate in a final round of voting at the World Health Assembly in May 2017, with the new Director-General taking office on 1 July...

Écrit par IRSN | 22 Avril 2016

Jean-Christophe Niel a été nommé par le Président de la République pour diriger l’IRSN par un décret du 20 avril 2016 publié au Journal Officiel le 22 avril 2016. Conformément à l'article 13 de la Constitution, cette nomination a été approuvée le 23 mars dernier par les commissions de l’aménagement du territoire et du développement durable de l'Assemblée nationale et du...