Once-a-week pill for HIV shows promise in animals Human trials of a once-a-week oral pill for HIV could start, after successful tests in pigs, claim US scientists. The slow-release tablet …
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Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year
Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory diseases linked to seasonal flu each year WHO Media centre 14 DECEMBER 2017 | GENEVA – Up to 650 000 deaths annually are …
Health is a fundamental human right (Human Rights Day 2017) Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December – the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in …
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Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate road safety measures
Countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to accelerate road safety measures Media Centre (WHO) SEAR/PR/1672 Phuket, Thailand, 1 December 2017 – Alarmed at the increasing incidence of deaths and injuries in …
New global commitment to end tuberculosis News release: 17 NOVEMBER 2017 | MOSCOW/GENEVA – 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at …
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Substantial decline in global measles deaths, but disease still kills 90 000 per year
Substantial decline in global measles deaths, but disease still kills 90 000 per year Joint news release CDC/GAVI/UNICEF/WHO 26 OCTOBER 2017 | GENEVA/NEW YORK/ATLANTA – In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people …
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7,000 newborns die every day – Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2017
7,000 newborns die every day – Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2017 Over the past 25 years, the world has made significant progress in saving young children’s lives. …
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WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases
WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases WHO to establish high-level commission on noncommunicable diseases WHO statement 10 October 2017 Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health …
Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (GBD 2016) The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is a comprehensive regional and global research program of disease burden that assesses …
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Sri Lanka has been selected to receive dedicated international support on tobacco control
Sri Lanka has been selected to receive dedicated international support on tobacco control Sri Lanka to receive new international support on tobacco control Press release, Colombo, 28 September 2017 Sri …
