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ADDRESS TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF WHO
Address to the Executive Board at its 140th session Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization Geneva, Switzerland 23 January 2017 Mister Chairman, distinguished members of the Executive Board, Excellencies, colleagues in the UN system, ladies and gentlemen, You have an especially heavy
YAWS (PIAN)
Yaws Fact sheet Updated June 2016 Key facts Yaws is a chronic disfiguring and debilitating childhood infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. It is one of the first diseases targeted by WHO and UNICEF for eradication nearly in the 1950s. The disease affects skin, bone
ON FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
16 MAY 2016 | GENEVA | COPENHAGEN - New WHO recommendations aim to help health workers provide better care to the more than 200 million girls and women worldwide living with female genital mutilation. Female genital mutilation (FGM) describes all procedures that involve the partial or
UN MUNDO SIN RENDICIÓN A LAS DROGAS
IGNACIO ARÉCHAGA En la reciente sesión especial sobre drogas celebrada en la ONU, algunos esperaban un cambio radical en el plan de acción de la organización. Hay una sensación de cansancio ante una guerra interminable, que consume recursos y en algunos países va rodeada de situaciones
WORLD MALARIA DAY 2016
On World Malaria Day, a push to eliminate malaria News release 25 APRIL 2016 | GENEVA - A year after the World Health Assembly resolved to eliminate malaria from at least 35 countries by 2030, WHO is releasing a World Malaria Day report that shows this
THE WORLD HEALTH DAY 2016
The World Health Day is being celebrated since 1950 across the world every year on 7th of April under the leadership of World Health Organization to draw the attention of people to a subject of major importance to global health. Various events related to a
WHO: NO TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
WHO joins the world in marking the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation WHO Fact sheet on FGM Classification Types of FGM Prevalence Trends Health consequences 6 Feb 2016: WHO joins organizations and people worldwide to mark this year’s International Day of
EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE UPDATED
Ebola virus disease Fact sheet N°103 Updated January 2016 Key facts Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through
HEALTHY DIET
Fact sheet N°394 Updated September 2015 Key facts A healthy diet helps protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are leading global risks to health.
