Écrit par WHO | 29 Septembre 2017

29 September 2017, Geneva: Periodic deworming programmes with a single-tablet treatment can drastically reduce the suffering of those infected with parasitic intestinal worms and protect the 1.5 billion people currently estimated to be at risk.

Four main species [1] of intestinal worms (also known as soil-transmitted helminths) affect almost a quarter of the world’s poorest and mostly...

Écrit par WHO | 29 Septembre 2017

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, 29 September 2017 – The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision will release 900,000 doses of the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) from the global stockpile to prevent the spread of cholera among recently arrived vulnerable populations and host communities in areas around Cox’s Bazar.

The Government of Bangladesh made the request to the ICG on 27...

Écrit par mySMARTcab | 28 Septembre 2017

Le «Pôle Santé » du Parquet de Marseille indique avoir « ouvert une enquête préliminaire suite au changement dans la composition du Levothyrox®».

Il s’agit de la première phase d’une enquête policière qui pourra déboucher sur la désignation d’un juge d’instruction, le classement sans suite ou le renvoi directement devant le Tribunal correctionnel des personnes contre...

Écrit par WHO | 28 Septembre 2017

Cholera is a disease that continues to affect 2.9 million people each year across 40 countries, many of which are in Africa. While clean drinking water and advanced sanitation systems have made Europe and North America cholera-free for decades, more than 2 billion people remain without access to safe water and sanitation. Cholera continues to disproportionately affect the poorest and most...