Écrit par WHO | 18 Septembre 2017

Governments are making limited progress, so more action is needed to address NCDs and main risk factors to meet global targets to reduce premature deaths

18 September, 2017 – Geneva/New York: Governments must step up efforts to control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to meet globally agreed targets, including preventing the premature deaths of millions of people from these conditions...

Écrit par WHO | 15 Septembre 2017

New York, 14 September 2017 – Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will lead the WHO delegation participating in the high-level segment of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, which starts 18 September in New York: Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet.

WHO will emphasize the importance both of safeguarding the health...

Écrit par WHO | 07 Septembre 2017

More than 1 million doses of Gavi-funded cholera vaccines heading to Sierra Leone after severe flooding and landslides

5 SEPTEMBER 2017 | FREETOWN - Half a million people in Sierra Leone will be able to access the life-saving cholera vaccine within weeks, the country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation announced on Tuesday.

The vaccines will be received from the Gavi-funded global...

Écrit par HO | 07 Septembre 2017

Malaria infections are on the rise in South Sudan, with more than 1.3 million people infected in 2017, and thousands others sick with measles and cholera
Juba, 6 September 2017 – South Sudan’s disease burden is rising rapidly in the midst of a protracted conflict that is causing widespread displacement and a major food crisis.
Malaria season is underway across much of sub-Saharan Africa...