Écrit par WHO | 29 Avril 2015

A drastic shortage in funding is jeopardizing free access to health care services being provided by the World Health Organization and partners in the Central African Republic for horehounds of thousands people.

The WHO Representative to the Central African Republic, Dr Michel Yao, says the humanitarian crisis wracking the country has displaced approximately 200 000 people and put around...

Écrit par WHO | 29 Avril 2015

26 April 2015, New Delhi: The World Health Organization this morning handed over four emergency health kits comprising of medicines and medical supplies and US dollars 175 000 as the first tranche of emergency health funds to meet the immediate health needs of the earthquake affected people in Nepal.

“Within hours of the tragedy, WHO disbursed medical supplies to cover the health...

Écrit par CICR | 29 Avril 2015

Le Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) appelle les gouvernements à prendre sans tarder des mesures pour éliminer toutes les armes nucléaires. L’appel a été lancé alors que s’ouvre à la fin du mois à New York une conférence cruciale, organisée par les Nations Unies, qui se penchera sur les progrès accomplis dans les efforts visant à enrayer la prolifération des...

Écrit par WHO | 23 Avril 2015

23 April 2015 | GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on the global health community to urgently address significant gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Despite dramatic declines in malaria cases and deaths since 2000, more than half a million lives are still lost to this preventable disease each year.

At least three quarters of malaria deaths...