Over 700 000 people vaccinated against cholera in Cox’s Bazar
Oct 20, 2017, at 09:35 pm
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Oct 20 (IBNS): More than 700 000 people over the age of one year have been administered oral cholera vaccine in the first phase of a campaign here to protect the newly arrived Rohingya population and their host communities against the deadly diarrheal disease.
UN invited to monitor and assist fresh evacuation efforts under way in war-ravaged Aleppo
Dec 16, 2016, at 03:02 pm
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News): The United Nations was on Thursday invited to monitor and assist in the renewed effort to evacuate sick and wounded civilians and opposition fighters from the remaining rebel-held areas of Syria’s war-ravaged city of Aleppo, a senior UN humanitarian envoy announced on Thursday.
Aug 31, 2016, at 03:57 am
New York, Aug 30 (Just Earth News): The United Nations health agency has issued new guidelines for the treatment of three common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) – chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis – in response to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.
UN health agency takes steps to help improve data on stillbirths, maternal and neonatal deaths
Aug 17, 2016, at 01:22 pm
New York, Aug 17 (Just Earth News): Most stillbirths and neonatal deaths are preventable with quality health care during pregnancy and childbirth, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) stressed on Tuesday as it launched three new publications to help countries address and strengthen their classification, review, and investigation processes on these deaths, which are unrecorded or underreported.
Aug 12, 2016, at 01:33 pm
New York, Aug 12 (Just Earth News): After two children were paralyzed by polio in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, the first cases of wild poliovirus in more than two years, the United Nations health agency on Thursday stressed the need to prioritize immunization of children in hard-to-reach areas such as the Lake Chad region, spanning several countries and often affected by conflict.
Yaws and maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminated from India – UN health agency
Jul 15, 2016, at 12:05 pm
New York, July 15 (Just Earth News): The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the elimination of yaws, and maternal and neonatal tetanus, to India and hailed its public health achievements as examples to other countries.
May 24, 2016, at 01:28 pm
New York, May 24 (Just Earth News): Health holds a prominent and central role that benefits the entire sustainable development agenda, because the ultimate objective of all development activities is to sustain human lives in good health, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, calling for greater efforts to combat the major challenges of antimicrobial resistance, the world drug problem and the high costs of non-communicable diseases on the road to strengthening health system.
Zika: UN health agency launches database on worldwide virus research
Apr 16, 2016, at 01:44 pm
New York, Apr 16 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a new Zika Research Projects List, a database that lists and categorizes all scientific studies on the Zika virus worldwide.
WHO and partners appeal for $2.2 billion with humanitarian health needs at ‘all-time high’
Apr 06, 2016, at 01:03 pm
New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Ongoing turmoil in Syria and the impact of drought in Ethiopia are among the diverse and pressing crises cited by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) as the agency and its partners appealed for some $2.2 billion to provide lifesaving health services to more than 79 million people in more than 30 countries facing protracted emergencies this year.
WHO convenes emergency meeting to address 'dramatic' spread of Zika virus
Jan 29, 2016, at 02:45 pm
New York, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called an emergency meeting for Monday on the "dramatic" rise in Zika virus infection – strongly suspected of causing birth malformations – warning that its "explosive" spread could eventually infect up to four million people before it is brought under control.
WHO urges vigilance in South-East Asia after case of MERS confirmed in Thailand
Jan 25, 2016, at 02:15 pm
New York, Jan 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations health agency cautioned South-East Asia States on Monday to remain vigilant against the continuing risks of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) after Thailand confirmed the sometimes fatal disease in a traveller, its second case in seven months.
Twenty countries in the Americas reporting cases of Zika virus: WHO
Jan 23, 2016, at 02:19 pm
New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Twenty countries in the Americas and about 10 in Africa, Asia and the Pacific have reported cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus infection according to information delivered on Friday by the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
West Africa set to be declared free of Ebola virus transmission, Ban calls for vigilance
Jan 14, 2016, at 03:25 pm
New York, Jan 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS): On the eve of West Africa being declared free of Ebola virus transmission, top United Nations officials on Wednesday highlighted the "extraordinary" global cooperation mustered to tackle an epidemic that killed over 11,300 people, at the same time calling for vigilance against future flare-ups.
New report signals progress towards malaria elimination: WHO
Dec 10, 2015, at 03:08 pm
New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The world is making "significant progress" toward malaria elimination with prevention and treatment efforts saving more than 660 million lives and $900 million in case management costs since 2001, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported.
Affordable vaccine brings Africa near elimination of meningitis A: WHO
Nov 11, 2015, at 02:24 pm
New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Scientists have found that 90 per cent of individuals vaccinated with a meningitis A vaccine costing less than 50 cents a dose had protective antibodies in their system 5 years later, bringing Africa close to elimination of the 'highly feared' disease on the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday.
WHO scales up coordination for effects of El Niño expected worldwide
Nov 07, 2015, at 03:32 pm
New York, Nov 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Deeply concerned about potential deaths, illness, malnutrition and psychosocial effects brought by the ongoing El Niño phenomenon, the strongest in nearly two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) is ramping up its efforts with regional offices and partners to guide countries on El Niño preparedness and timely response to curb its health risks.
Cholera spreading in Iraq, suspected case reported in Syria: WHO
Oct 28, 2015, at 02:46 pm
New York, Oct 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it would start vaccine treatments for cholera beginning this weekend to prevent further outbreaks in Iraq, where the disease has now been confirmed in 15 out of 18 governorates, while the agency also reported a suspected case was also found in northern Syria.
UN health agency report cites measures to reduce risks from climate pollutants
Oct 23, 2015, at 01:52 pm
New York, Oct 23 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday spotlighted the need to reduce short-lived climate pollutants like black carbon, ozone, methane and carbon dioxide that contribute to climate change and lead to more than 7 million deaths linked to air pollution each year.
Ebola virus persists in body fluids of survivors for months: WHO
Oct 16, 2015, at 01:02 pm
New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): The Ebola virus can persist in the eye, semen, the placenta, breast milk and central nervous system of survivors of the disease for as long as 9 and a half months, according to a new study supported by the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO warns Ebola outbreak in West Africa has 'a very nasty sting in its tail'
Sep 10, 2015, at 02:12 pm
New York, Sep 10 (IBNS):The United Nations health agency's special envoy on Ebola response on Tuesday said the outbreak in West Africa has a "very nasty sting in its tail," but projected that the goal of zero transmission in the human population remains "very possible within 2015."
WHO kicks-off campaign honouring world’s health workers
Aug 15, 2015, at 02:47 pm
New York, Aug 15 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to launch a campaign aimed at honouring the sacrifices and efforts of thousands of international health workers deployed to the frontlines of the world’s most pressing crises, the United Nations agency has announced.