2.5 billion live with poor sanitation facilities Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:30:00 +0200 17 July 2008 -- More than 2.5 billion people do not have have access to improved sanitation facilities that hygienically separate human waste from the environment. Nearly half of them practise open defecation, says a new report issued today by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation. Health risks add to crisis in Ethiopia Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:40:00 +0200 11 July 2008 -- Worsening malnutrition and the threat of disease outbreaks are compounding Ethiopia's humanitarian crisis. WHO is working with the Government of Ethiopia and health partners to support the 4.6 million people needing urgent emergency food relief nationwide. WHO, IAEA conduct nuclear emergency exercise Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200 11 July 2008 -- WHO completed a two-day emergency radiation exercise today. This test involved a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant in Mexico. It was coordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), together with 74 of its Member States and 9 international organizations. WHO welcomes G8 agreement to annual reviews of commitments to progress in global health Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200 8 July 2008 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the agreement announced today in Japan by G8 leaders and their commitment to full, annual measurements of progress in meeting their pledges to improve global health. New rapid tests for drug-resistant TB for developing countries Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:40:00 +0200 30 June 2008 -- People in low-resource countries who are ill with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) will get a faster diagnosis thanks to two new initiatives unveiled today by WHO, the Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). Test results will be available in two days, compared to the standard two to three months later. New checklist to help make surgery safer Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 25 June 2008 -- With major surgery now occurring at a rate of 234 million procedures per year - one for every 25 people - and studies indicating that a significant percentage result in preventable complications and deaths, WHO today launched a new safety checklist for surgical teams to use in operating theatres, as part of a major drive to make surgery safer around the world.
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