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KATHMANDU, Nepal ¦ 13 May 2015 -- The earthquakes and the continuing aftershocks in Nepal highlight the importance of the efforts the Ministry of Health and Population and the World Health Organization have had in place for more than a decade to ensure key hospitals, health facilities and health workers would be ready and able to function well in an emergency or natural disaster.

The...

Généthon, le laboratoire français leader dans le domaine de la thérapie génique, et Selecta Biosciences, une société américaine de biotechnologies, ont annoncé aujourd’hui la signature d’un protocole d’entente pour la recherche et le co-développement d’une technique de thérapie génique à plusieurs doses.

Si, en principe, la thérapie génique est efficace en une...

13 May 2015 / GENEVA – 2015 is the final year for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – goals set by governments in 1990 to guide global efforts to end poverty. This year’s World Health Statistics – published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) – assesses progress towards the health-related goals in each of the 194 countries for which data are...

Suite à l’évaluation de cas publiés de myopathies nécrosantes immuno-médiée chez des patients traités par statines, le Comité pour l’Evaluation des Risques en matière de Pharmacovigilance (PRAC) de l’Agence européenne des médicaments (EMA) recommande de renforcer les informations de sécurité de toutes les spécialités à base d’atorvastatine, fluvastatine,...

Le Groupe de coordination des procédures de reconnaissance mutuelle et décentralisées (CMDh) s’est réuni du 20 au 22 avril 2015 à Londres. Le CMDh est chargé d’examiner toute question relative à une autorisation de mise sur le marché, à la pharmacovigilance ou aux modifications des médicaments autorisés selon la procédure de reconnaissance mutuelle ou la procédure...

Today, 9 May 2015, WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission. Forty-two days have passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on 28 March. The outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia is over.

Interruption of transmission is a monumental achievement for a country that reported the highest number of deaths in the largest, longest, and most complex outbreak...

Dr Margaret Chan
Director-General of the World Health Organization

Opening remarks at a WHO Ebola research and development forum
11 May 2015

Distinguished scientists, representatives of industry, colleagues in public health, ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning and a warm welcome to this high-level meeting. I thank you for your time and expertise.

The Ebola R&D effort has mobilised...

Liberia conducts first polio, measles immunizations since Ebola outbreak.

MONROVIA, May 8 – A week-long campaign to vaccinate more than 600,000 children against polio and measles kicks off today in Liberia, led by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, and supported by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health...

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