Écrit par WHO | 06 Mai 2014

GENEVA / NEW YORK | 6 May 2014 – New United Nations* data show a 45% reduction in maternal deaths since 1990. An estimated 289 000 women died in 2013 due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth, down from 523 000 in 1990.

Another World Health Organization (WHO) study, also published today in The Lancet Global Health, adds new knowledge about why these women are dying. Global...

Écrit par ANSM | 06 Mai 2014

Les implants mammaires font partie des dispositifs médicaux implantables faisant l’objet d’une surveillance particulière par l’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (ANSM). C’est dans ce cadre, que l’ANSM publie un rapport sur les implants mammaires en silicone en France. Ce rapport synthétise les données de vigilance ainsi que celles issues...

Écrit par WHO | 05 Mai 2014

The Emergency Committee convened by the Director-General under the International Health Regulations (2005) [IHR (2005)] was held by teleconference on Monday 28 April 2014 from 13:30 to 17:30 Geneva time (CET) and on Tuesday 29 April 2014 from 13:30 to 19:00 Geneva time (CET).

Members of the Emergency Committee and expert advisors to the Committee met on both days of the meeting[1]. ...

Écrit par WHO | 05 Mai 2014

GENEVA ¦ 2 May 2014 -- On Hand Hygiene Day (5 May), the World Health Organization (WHO) urges health workers to practice good hand hygiene when caring for patients, to protect them from contracting infections in health  facilities. Initial results from a new WHO global survey confirm that these infections are often resistant to the antibiotics used to treat them [AB1] ....