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Public hearing on ways of reducing harmful use of alcohol
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200
2 October 2008 -- WHO invites all parties with an interest in reducing the harmful use of alcohol to share their views in a web-based public hearing being organized between 3 and 31 October.
Vigilance needed to ensure safe infant food
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0200
26 September 2008 – WHO and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization are urging affected countries to ensure safe feeding of millions of infants following the ongoing melamine-contaminated milk crisis in China.
Accelerating efforts to save the lives of women and newborns
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200
25 September 2008 -- Today, as world leaders gather for the High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we jointly pledge to intensify our support to countries to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5: “To improve maternal health” – the MDG showing the least progress.
Marketers of electronic cigarettes should halt unproved therapy claims
Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0200
19 September 2008 -- Contrary to what some marketers of the electronic cigarette imply in their advertisements, the World Health Organization does not consider it to be a legitimate therapy for smokers trying to quit.
Progress made in malaria control, yet burden is enormous
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:00:00 +0200
18 September 2008 -– The global burden of malaria remains enormous, but access to malaria control interventions increased sharply between 2004 and 2006, says a new report released today.
US$ 4.2-million health response launched for Haiti
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0200
12 September 2008 -- WHO and its partners urgently need US$ 4.2 million to provide health care for the 800 000 people - including children and pregnant women - affected by successive tropical storms in Haiti.
