Écrit par WHO | 16 Novembre 2015

16 November 2015 ǀ GENEVA – As the World Health Organization (WHO) ramps up its fight against antibiotic resistance, a new multi-country survey shows people are confused about this major threat to public health and do not understand how to prevent it from growing.

Antibiotic resistance happens when bacteria change and become resistant to the antibiotics used to treat the infections...

Écrit par ANSM | 16 Novembre 2015

Lors de sa réunion mensuelle, qui s’est tenue du 3 au 5 novembre 2015 à Londres, le Comité pour l’Evaluation des Risques en matière de Pharmacovigilance (PRAC) de l’Agence européenne des médicaments (EMA) a terminé l’évaluation du risque de survenue de deux syndromes rares à la suite d’une vaccination contre le HPV et poursuivi l’évaluation de l’impact du risque de...

Écrit par WHO | 13 Novembre 2015

12 NOVEMBER 2015 | GENEVA – The number of measles-related deaths has decreased 79% from 546 800 at the beginning of the century to 114 900 in 2014. New data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) for  the Measles & Rubella Initiative, estimates that 17.1 million lives have been saved since 2000, largely due to increased vaccination coverage against this highly contagious viral...

Écrit par WHO | 13 Novembre 2015

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 12 November 2015 – Maternal mortality has fallen by 44% since 1990, United Nations agencies and the World Bank Group reported today.

Maternal deaths around the world dropped from about 532 000 in 1990 to an estimated 303 000 this year, according to the report, the last in a series that has looked at progress under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).  This equates...