Écrit par Ministère de la santé | 02 Mars 2015

Depuis plusieurs années, on observe une baisse de la vaccination en France, comme dans l’ensemble des pays européens.

Face à ce constat, le ministère des Affaires sociales, de la Santé et des Droits des femmes s’est doté d’un programme national d’amélioration de la politique vaccinale 2012-2017, qui prévoit notamment la facilitation de l’accès à la vaccination et la...

Écrit par WHO | 27 Février 2015

27 FEBRUARY 2015 ¦ GENEVA – Some 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices, including smartphones, and exposure to damaging levels of sound at noisy entertainment venues such as nightclubs, bars and sporting events, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Hearing loss has potentially devastating...

Écrit par WHO | 27 Février 2015

26 February, 2015 ¦ Geneva – The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) will tomorrow celebrate its 10th anniversary, a milestone marking a decade of action to curb the global tobacco epidemic and promote public health.  

The Convention is the first international treaty negotiated under the WHO’s auspices, and has become one of the fastest endorsed by the United...

Écrit par WHO | 27 Février 2015

Copenhagen, 25 February 2015 - The WHO Regional Office for Europe calls on policy-makers, health care workers and parents immediately to step up vaccination against measles across age groups at risk. This will help to put an end to the outbreaks occurring in countries in the WHO European Region and to prevent similar outbreaks in the future.

Seven countries in the Region have reported 22...