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WHO is a specialized agency of the UNITED NATIONS system, and is the leading technical agency on matters relating to public health, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been providing technical assistance to the Government of the Peoples? Republic of Bangladesh for the development and strengthening of the country?s public health systems since 1972. WHO defines health "as a state of complete, physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". To realize the objective of attaining the highest possible level of health by all people, WHO has formulated a corporate strategy comprised of seven strategic directions and six core functions, which provide a broad framework for focusing WHO's collaboration with countries. In addition, a six-year Medium-term Strategic Plan based on thirteen strategic objectives (SOs) has been developed for Bangladesh and other SEAR countries.
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Statement from Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health, on the Observance of World Tuberculosis Day 2008
- 2008-03-24
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Agency for International Development, +1-202-712- 4320 WASHINGTON, March 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following are remarks by Kent Hill, USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health, on the observance of World Tuberculosis Day 2008: Although a cure for Tuberculosis TB has existed for more than half...
Reproductive health in the African region: what has been done to improve the situation?
- 2007-12-01
Africa accounts for about one tenth of the world's population and 20 per cent of global births; yet, nearly half of the mothers who die during pregnancy and childbirth are from this region. The World Health Organization WHO estimates that poor reproductive health accounts for up to 18 per cent...
Measles Deaths in Africa Plunge by 91%
- 2007-11-29
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Hayatee Hasan of WHO, Geneva, Tel.: +41 22 791 2103, hasanh@who.int; or Jessica Malter of UNICEF, New York, Tel.: +1-212- 326-7412, jmalter@unicef.org; or Michael Oko of American Red Cross, Washington DC, Tel.:+ 1-202-303-6820, okom@usa.redcross.org; or Steven Stewart of CDC, Atlanta, Tel.: +1 404-639-8327, znc4@cdc.gov; or Amy DiElsi...
Medoctor, Inc. Partners With WHO
- 2007-06-14
NAPA, Calif. -- Medoctor, Inc., has formed a partnership with the World Health Organization WHO called "Sharing Healthcare Intellectual Property for Development" SHIPD. Other partners are the UK National Health Service and Informa Ltd. WHO announced the partnership at the World Health Assembly in May. The WHO has created...
WHO: Circumcision Reduces Chances of AIDS Transmission.
- 2006-11-29
By IsraelNationalNews.com The World Health Organization is attempting to plan a mass circumcision in Africa to help reduce the spread of the AIDS virus. A research study published more than a year ago showed that circumcised men were 70-percent less likely to...
Hooray for DDT's Life-Saving Comeback
- 2006-10-09
Nightmare for Millions Finally Ending Who says there's never any good news? After more than 30 years and tens of millions dead-mostly children-the World Health Organization WHO has ended its ban on DDT. DDT is the most effective anti-mosquito, anti-malaria pesticide known. But thanks to the worldwide environmental...
UN dedicates $1.7 million from new global emergency fund to Horn of Africa.
- 2006-04-03
M2 PRESSWIRE-3 April 2006-UN: UN dedicates $1.7 million from new global emergency fund to Horn of AfricaC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:31032006 NEW YORK - The United Nations has now granted just over $1.7 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund CERF...
Africa leads measles purge.
- 2006-03-22
Mar 22, 2006 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A World Health Organization vaccination program has reduced the number of global measles deaths by half. The Africa-focused campaign, which vaccinated some...
Slow but promising start for ARVs on the African continent
- 2005-12-07
ABUJA AFP — Half a million Africans living with AIDS have access to antiretroviral treatment, a tiny number given the scale of the pandemic on the world's poorest continent, but experts say while treatment been slow to start, the future looks promising. In 2003 the World Health Organization WHO...
AIDS claims more lives in Africa
- 2005-11-21
JOHANNESBURG AFP — AIDS is keeping Africa in its death grip, claiming 2.4 million lives on the continent in 2005 out of the worldwide death toll of 3.1 million from the epidemic, according to the annual AIDS report. While 480,000 people died of AIDS in Asia, 18,000 in North...
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