Écrit par WHO | 19 Mars 2016

WHO convened a consultation of its Vector Control Advisory Group (VCAG) on 14-15 March 2016 to review existing tools and 5 potential tools to effectively control the Aedes mosquito populations capable of transmitting Zika virus.

The Group concluded that well-implemented vector control programmes using existing tools are effective in reducing the transmission of Zika virus by Aedes...

Écrit par WHO | 19 Mars 2016

SANA'A, 18 March 2016— The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered an additional 11 tonnes of life-saving medicines and medical supplies to Taiz City, where people remain in serious need of humanitarian aid. This latest shipment includes trauma kits, interagency emergency health kits, diarrhoeal disease kits, and IV fluids. The supplies were received by Al-Thawra, Al-Jumhoori...

Écrit par WHO | 19 Mars 2016

Geneva 18 March 2016: Responding to a request from the Ministry of Health in Cabo Verde, the World Health Organization (WHO) is sending a team to Cabo Verde, with joint participation of experts from WHO AFRO and the Institut Pasteur, Dakar.

Although the number of cases of Zika in Cabo Verde is declining, the Minister of Health announced on 15 March the first case of microcephaly....

Écrit par UNITAID | 19 Mars 2016

GENEVA, 18 March 2016 - UNITAID will invest in increasing access to improved and shorter treatments for drug-resistant tuberculosis; better tuberculosis treatment for children; and preventive therapy for populations at greatest risk of developing active tuberculosis disease.

The three “areas for intervention” in which UNITAID will target investments were endorsed by UNITAID’s Executive...