Écrit par WHO | 25 Février 2015

24 February 2015, Freetown - Today, the World Health Organization's Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, wraps up her visit to Sierra Leone, her first to an Ebola affected country.


The 3-day visit, which started on Saturday 21st February 2015, was aimed at gaining a better understanding of the ongoing situation, what progress has been made so far and which areas WHO could...

Écrit par GBI Research | 25 Février 2015

NEW YORK (GBI Research), 24 February 2015 - While drug candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) fail at a much higher rate than the pharmaceutical industry average, the total number of active drugs in the AD treatment pipeline is relatively large at 583, implying a high level of commercial interest, says business intelligence provider GBI Research.

The company’s latest report* states...

Écrit par WHO | 24 Février 2015

19 FEBRUARY 2015 ¦GENEVA/LONDON/ADDIS ABABA – The World Health Organization (WHO) urges affected countries to scale up their investment in tackling 17 neglected tropical diseases in order to improve the health and well-being of more than 1.5 billion people. This investment would represent as little as 0.1% of current domestic expenditure on health in affected low and middle income...

Écrit par WHO | 23 Février 2015

23 FEBRUARY 2015 ¦ GENEVA – Use of the same syringe or needle to give injections to more than one person is driving the spread of a number of deadly infectious diseases worldwide.  Millions of people could be protected from infections acquired through unsafe injections if all healthcare programmes switched to syringes that  cannot be used more than once. For these reasons, the World...