African countries to introduce new meningitis vaccine Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:00:00 +0200 4 September 2008 -- Health ministers from the African meningitis belt today committed themselves to introduce a highly promising candidate meningitis vaccine. The vaccine is designed to prevent periodic epidemics of the deadly disease in these countries. African ministers to defend health from environmental harm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:00:00 +0200 29 August 2008 -- Health and environment ministers in Africa have resolved to build a strategic alliance to reduce environmental threats to human health and well-being. Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:00 +0200 28 August 2008 -- A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17 400; in Afghanistan the odds are 1 in 8. These "social determinants of health" have been the focus of a three-year investigation by an eminent group of policy makers, academics, former heads of state and former ministers of health which has presented its findings to the WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. The face of cancer is changing Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200 27 August 2008 -- For public health, the complexity of cancer control has increased enormously following the shift of the disease burden from wealthy to less affluent countries. Cancer causes around 7.9 million deaths worldwide each year. Floods in West Africa raise major health risks Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:30:00 +0200 19 August 2008 -- Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis. International aid is needed since heavy rains could exacerbate health threats for conditions including malaria, diarrhoea and other potentially fatal communicable diseases. WHO launches new HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:15:00 +0200 5 August 2008 -- At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, WHO launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support.
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