Écrit par WHO | 24 Août 2015

GENEVA: 18 AUGUST 2015 - People who delay or refuse vaccines for themselves or their children are presenting a growing challenge for countries seeking to close the immunization gap. Globally, one in 5 children still do not receive routine life-saving immunizations, and an estimated 1.5 million children still die each year of diseases that could be prevented by vaccines that already exist...

Écrit par OMS | 14 Août 2015

14 août 2015 │ Genève – Avant la tenue de la Journée mondiale de l’aide humanitaire, l’OMS appelle l’attention sur les attaques persistantes visant les personnels et les établissements de santé. Pour la seule année 2014, l’OMS a enregistré 372 attaques menées dans 32 pays contre des personnels de santé, lesquelles se sont soldées par 603 décès et 958 traumatismes ;...

Écrit par WHO | 14 Août 2015

14 AUGUST 2015 ¦ GENEVA – Ahead of World Humanitarian Day, WHO is drawing attention to continued attacks on health staff and health facilities. In 2014 alone, WHO received reports of 372 attacks in 32 countries on health workers, resulting in 603 deaths and 958 injuries, while similar incidents have been recorded this year.

“WHO is committed to saving lives and reducing suffering in...

Écrit par WHO | 14 Août 2015

Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General

New York, New York, USA, 13 August 2015

Distinguished members of the Security Council, ladies and gentlemen,

Much has changed since I briefed the Security Council on the Ebola outbreak in September of last year.

The dire situation at that time rallied an unprecedented response by the international community and by individual governments...