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QUEZON City, Philippines – The World Health Organization will conduct a re-evaluation regarding the safety of Dengvaxia. This after manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur admitted that Dengvaxia may pose danger to those who did not have dengue before. https://youtu.be/17m1zfeSQyU
By Agence France Presse A global treaty to fight the health impact of tobacco has suffered substantial setbacks in Southeast Asia, home to some of the world’s highest concentrations of smokers, a watchdog group said Monday. The powerful tobacco lobby last year stopped proposed cigarette tax increases in Malaysia and Indonesia, while Vietnam waived all duties on dried tobacco imports from Cambodia, the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance said in a report. “We […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France — Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in five deaths last year were linked to poor diet, researchers said Friday. More than 1.6 million people in poor countries died in 2016 from diarrhea caused by contaminated water and food, while another 2.4 million succumbed to lung infections that mostly could have been prevented or treated. Another […]
by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization’s outgoing chief Margaret Chan defended her legacy Monday, insisting the world had become better prepared to face health emergencies like Ebola on her watch. In her final address to WHO’s member states, Chan acknowledged that mistakes had been made during her decade at the helm, but stressed that while “we falter sometimes, … we never give up.” “The world is better prepared, […]
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP ) – The first Ebola outbreak since the crisis in West Africa that killed 11,300 people has been declared in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday, after the virus caused three deaths in the area. In a television address, Health Minister Oly Ilunga confirmed the cases while urging the population “not to panic”. The country “has taken all necessary measures to respond quickly and efficiently to […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (Reuters) — Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Cancer Institute published on Tuesday (January 10). That cost far outweighs global revenues from tobacco taxes, which the WHO estimated at about $269 billion in 2013-2014. “The report is important in at least two […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A prototype vaccine for Ebola may be “up to 100 percent effective” in protecting against the deadly virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. If all goes well, the vaccine could become available in 2018 under a fast-track approval process, it said. In a major clinical trial, nearly 6,000 people in Guinea were given the test vaccine last year, at the tail end of […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | Monday 10/10/2016 – 19:34 GMT+8 | 259 words The Zika virus is set to spread through Asia, the World Health Organization warned Monday, with hundreds of cases reported in Singapore and two Thai babies diagnosed with Zika-linked microcephaly. The mosquito-borne virus has been detected in 70 countries worldwide including at least 19 countries in the Asia Pacific region, said WHO director for health security and emergencies Li Ailan. A […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – The risk of Zika virus infections at the Olympic Games is both low and manageable, the chief of the World Health Organization said on Friday, a week before the event kicks off in Rio de Janeiro. Nearly half a million people are expected to visit for the Games, many from the United States. Worries about security, the Zika virus and an economic crisis could deter travelers, with just under a third […]
GENEVA Switzerland (AFP) by Nina Larson Legislation against the promotion of breast milk substitutes must be significantly tightened if global efforts to encourage breast feeding are to succeed, a UN report warned Monday. It is widely recognised that breastfeeding carries huge health benefits, but countries’ failure to crack down on the marketing of substitutes means far too many children are still being reared on formula, said the World Health Organization, the UN children’s agency […]
CALI, Colombia (Reuters) – Two cases of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus have been confirmed in Colombia, but there has been no explosion of cases of the birth defect, the health ministry said on Thursday (April 14). Public health officials have been concerned about the possibility of a surge in the rare birth defect, seen in worrisome numbers in Brazil, as the mosquito-borne virus spreads rapidly in Latin America and the Caribbean. More than […]
Nag-babala ang World Health Organization na maaaring lumala ang Zika virus bago pa ito humupa. Sinabi ni ni WHO Director-General Margaret Chan sa kanyang dalawang araw na pagbisita sa Brazil, ang sentro ng Zika outbreak. Aniya, hindi na dapat ikagulat ang mga susunod na Microcephaly reports sa Brazil. Bukod sa Microcephaly, pinag-aaralan din ang posibleng koneksyon ng Zika virus sa guillain-barre, isang disorder na nagpa-pahina ng muscles at sanhi ng paralysis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0QAIRH6-Q
