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Au Yémen, les combats qui font rage dans le gouvernorat d’Amran ont plongé de nombreuses familles dans l’incertitude de savoir ce qu’il était advenu de leurs proches portés disparus. Le CICR ravitaille les hôpitaux en fournitures essentielles et met ses services de recherches à la disposition des familles de personnes portées disparues.

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16 JULY 2014¦ GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the decision by the Stop TB Partnership (STBP) Board to move its secretariat’s hosting and administrative arrangements, which have been provided by WHO since the partnership was founded in 2001, to the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). The move will occur early in 2015.

The move will not change the...

Suite aux déclarations d'Arnaud Montebourg, jeudi 10 juillet à Bercy, concernant les professions médicales réglementées, l'association Perspectives Dentaires, regroupant les laboratoires fabriquant en France, rappelle au Ministre de l’Économie que les prothésistes dentaires ne bénéficient ni de statut spécifique ni d'un état de monopôle et lui demandent de reconsidérer son...

Epidemiology and surveillance

The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to closely monitor the evolving Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The current epidemic trend in Sierra Leone and Liberia remains serious, with high numbers of new cases and deaths being reported. Between 8 – 12 July 2014, 79 new cases, and 65 deaths were reported from...

Evolution de l’activité globale
Sur la semaine écoulée, l’activité des associations SOS Médecins concernant les enfants de moins de 15 ans diminue de 10 % (-1 481 visites) alors que celle des personnes de plus de 75 ans progresse de 13 % (+705 consultations). L’activité des adultes de 15-74 ans est stable. Cette évolution de l’activité s’observe principalement...

On 10 July 2014, the National IHR Focal Point for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reported 2 additional laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).



Details of the cases reported are as follows:


A 67-year-old man from Abu Dhabi, UAE who became ill on 17 June and was admitted to a hospital on the same day. On 2 July 2014, the...

11 July 2014 | New York – UN Member States have reaffirmed their commitment to take bold measures to reduce the avoidable burden of noncommunicable diseases. These ailments, including heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes and lung disease kill 38 million people every year, many of them before they reach the age of 70. Most of these largely preventable deaths occur in developing...

The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to monitor the evolution of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. In Guinea, the current epidemic trend shows low activity of community viral transmission, with only 1 confirmed EVD case reported in the last 7 days. This trend is being closely monitored, particularly in communities that had resistance to...

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