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6 February 2020, Geneva - WHO is convening a global research and innovation forum to mobilize international action in response to the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

"Harnessing the power of science is critical for bringing this outbreak under control," said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “There are questions we need answers to, and tools we need developed as...

The WHO Executive Board, currently holding its 146th session in Geneva, has re-appointed Dr Matshidiso Moeti for a second term as WHO Regional Director for Africa and Dr Hans Kluge as Regional Director for Europe in his first term.

Re-election of the Regional Director for Africa

“I am greatly honoured to have been appointed to serve a second term as the WHO Regional Director for...

Chair, Excellencies, distinguished members of the Executive Board, dear colleagues and friends,

First of all, I would like to say good morning and welcome once again.

Thank you for your moving tributes to our late friend and colleague, Dr Pete Salama, and for all those we have lost in the past year.

It’s clear from what you have said that he enjoyed as much trust and respect from...

GENEVA, 4 February 2020----The World Health Organization (WHO) today spells out the need to step up cancer services in low and middle-income countries. WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. The greatest increase (an estimated 81%) in new cases will occur in low- and middle-income countries, where survival...

The second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV in the People’s Republic of China, with exportations to other countries, took place on Thursday, 30 January 2020, from 13:30 to 18:35 Geneva time (CEST). The Committee’s role is to give advice to...

Afin de sécuriser l’utilisation des vasoconstricteurs par voie orale, à la demande de l’ANSM une fiche d’aide à la dispensation pour les pharmaciens ainsi qu’un document d’information pour les patients seront disponibles d’ici quelques semaines en pharmacie.
Après avoir sollicité l’ensemble des parties prenantes, l’ANSM a élaboré ces documents afin de renforcer...

semaine 04 (du 20 au 26 janvier 2020), l’activité totale aux urgences et dans le réseau SOS Médecins est toujours en hausse chez les enfants.

Durant la semaine écoulée, on retient la poursuite de la hausse des recours pour les pathologies respiratoires, notamment chez les enfants, en particulier pour grippe/syndrome grippal.
A noter au sujet de la grippe, à l’exception de la...

alt190 consultations pour syndrome grippal pour 100 000 habitants (IC95% : [173-207] (Sentinelles)
11,3% des consultations de SOS Médecins pour syndrome grippal
5 514 passages aux urgences pour syndrome grippal dont 460 hospitalisations (Oscour®)

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