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• in Lifestyle
  Universal Flu Vaccine In Development
  Universal flu vaccine in development which will be one-time administration. Current vaccines must be taken annually to account for variation.
  by vicfizzlebottom / on Oct 24, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Promising Experimental Vaccine Reduces Malaria in African Children by Half
  Vaccine Reduces Malaria in African Children by Half.
  by vicfizzlebottom / on Oct 19, 2011
• in Technorati Women
  Is Diabetes Here to Stay?
  Is it any surprise that Diabetes has doubled since 1980?
  by tabithap / on Jun 28, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “world health organization”

 

• Countries aim to cut quarter of premature deaths

  
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  GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says its members are poised to agree to a target of cutting a quarter of premature deaths from chronic diseases by 2025....
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• Countries poised to agree goal of cutting premature deaths from chronic diseases by a quarter

  
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  The World Health Organization says its members are poised to agree to a target of cutting a quarter of premature deaths from chronic diseases by 2025. It is the first time that countries will set a concrete global goal for reducing premature deaths from cardiovascular and lung diseases, diabetes and ...
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• WHO Ignores Link Between Growing Incidence of Preterm Birth and Abortion

  
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  C-FAM : The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released an important new study looking at the growing and harmful medical phenomenon of “pre-term birth.”
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• Outlook Not Looking Good for "Conversion Therapy"

  
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  Job prospects are not looking good if you make your living doing pseudotherapy to try and change a person’s sexual orientation. read more
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• Meningococcal disease: situation in the African Meningitis Belt (WHO, May 24 2012, edited)

  
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  [Source: World Health Organization, full page: ( LINK ). Edited.] Meningococcal disease: situation in the African Meningitis Belt 24 May 2012 From 1 January to 17 April 2012 (epidemiologic week 17), outbreaks of meningococcal disease have been reported in 42 districts in 10 of the 14 countries of the ...
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• WHO expected to declare polio global health emergency

  
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  GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Health Organization is expected to declare polio a global health emergency as the World Health Assembly convenes in Geneva this week. Bruce Aylward, director of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at the WHO, said  Thursday 24 May that “Over the last 24 months ...
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• Emergency plan to beat polio

  
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  The World Health Organization is expected launch an emergency action plan to eradicate polio after outbreaks in areas previously said to be free of the disease.
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• A smoke-free country? New Zealand, intent on snuffing out habit, raising taxes 40 pct by 2016

  
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  There are smoke-free bars, smoke-free parks, even smoke-free college campuses. But a smoke-free country? New Zealands government on Thursday squeezed smokers more than ever by announcing a 40 percent hike in tobacco taxes over the next four years. Prices there are already among the highest in the world, ...
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• Insecticide Resistance Weakens Fight Against Malaria

  
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  The mosquitoes carrying malaria in India and Africa have become resistant to insecticides there by putting number of individuals and their lives at elevated threat and endangering the efforts of eradication, says the health experts. While the present prevention measure like the mosquito nets cured with insecticide and ...
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• UN says Fukushima radiation doses below norms

  
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  A year after Japans nuclear accident at Fukushima, the World Health Organization says several areas near the plant had radiation above cancer-causing levels but most of the nation did not. read more
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• Despite uncounted deaths maternal mortality data shows large improvements

  
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  WNN Breaking (WNN) UNITED NATIONS, New York: Every two minutes, a woman dies of pregnancy-related complications, the four most common causes being: severe bleeding after childbirth, infections, high blood pressure during pregnancy, and unsafe abortion. Ninety-nine per cent of maternal deaths occur in developing ...
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• Preliminary Dose Estimation from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (WHO, May 23 2012, edited)

  
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  [Source: World Health Organization, full page: ( LINK ). Edited.] Preliminary Dose Estimation from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Authors : WHO Publication details Number of pages : 120 Publication date : 2012 Languages : English ISBN : 9789241593662 ...
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• Bulk of Fukushima radiation did not pose cancer risk

  
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  While several areas near Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant had radiation above cancer-causing levels following the tsunami that caused a meltdown at the facility, most of the country did not, a new World Health Organization report says.
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• UN says most Fukushima radiation doses below norms

  
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  GENEVA (AP) -- A year after Japans nuclear accident at Fukushima, the World Health Organization says several areas near the plant had radiation above cancer-causing levels but most of the nation did not....
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• The cheapest and most effective way to purify your water? Leave it in the sun.

  
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  The cheapest and easiest way to disinfect water? Sunlight. Just leave a clear glass or plastic bottle out in the sun for six hours. SODIS, or solar water disinfection, is an age-old method touted by the World Health Organization for areas where access to clean water is limited. UV rays in the sunlight tear apart the ...
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• [Switzerland] World Health Organization (WHO) Internship Programme

  
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    [Switzerland] World Health Organization (WHO) Internship Programme World Health Organization (WHO) Internship Programme Overview We are a diverse workforce of some 8,500 people representing more than 150 nationalities working in 147 countries. We have six regional offices and a ...
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• Annals of Cycling – 58

  
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  An occasional update on items from the Velo-city. ___________________________________________________________________ . RISK TAKING (NOT JUST) ON WALL STREET The Wall Street Journal reports: A study of first-time bicycle-helmet users published in the American Journal of Public Health found men who wore ...
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• Influenza at the human-animal interface - Summary and assessment as of 7 May 2012 (WHO, May 22 2012, edited)

  
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  [Source: World Health Organization, full PDF document: ( LINK ). Edited.] Influenza at the human-animal interface - Summary and assessment as of 7 May 2012   Human infections with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus and associated animal health events From 2003 through 07 May 2012, 603 laboratory-confirmed ...
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• Drop in for World Blood Donor Day Photo

  
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  Organizers of a UCF event hope you can drop in for World Blood Donor Day on June 14. “Drop” is the key word, as everyone who shows up will be asked to be in a photo after the group forms the shape of a giant drop of blood. A photo taken from above will be sent to the World Health Organization, which sponsors ...
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• TWO Applauds Pan American Health Organization’s Condemnation of “Ex-Gay” Therapy

  
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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 21, 2012 Contact:  Wayne Besen, Executive Director Phone:  917-691-5118 E-mail:  wbesen@truthwinsout.org  PAHO’s Declaration that Conversion Therapy Violates Human Rights is Significant Milestone, Says TWO BURLINGTON, Vt  – Truth Wins Out applauded the Pan ...
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