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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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Combating infectious diseases in East Asia: securitization and global public goods for health and human security.(PREVENTION, MITIGATION and PREPAREDNESS)
- 2006-03-22
Since the Asia-wide outbreak of the SARS virus in 2003, the threats from infectious diseases have become more severe. No sooner had the region begun to recover from the devastating impact of SARS than news about the rising incidence of avian influenza cases--on almost a daily ...
Are fears of a pandemic exaggerated? Read on
- 2006-01-18
The Turkish government Tuesday reported another case of bird flu in a child, the third this week, bringing to 21 the total number of people infected in that country. The World Health Organization says tests on many other suspected cases have begun. The growing number of human cases, along...
After year of nasty surprises, world braces for more bird flu in 2006
- 2005-12-29
BEIJING AFP — Bird flu cemented itself as one of the world's major health concerns in 2005 with dozens more deaths in Asia and the spread of the virus to Europe, sparking massive vaccination programs and other emergency measures. Although the much-feared threat of a global pandemic that could...
ADB to spend 58 million dollars on avian flu threat in Asia
- 2005-10-22
MANILA AFP — The Asian Development Bank ADB is to spend 58 million dollars on two projects to help combat avian influenza in Asia and the Pacific. The Manila-based bank in a statement its board is already considering a 30 million dollar project for regional communicable disease control in...
Controlling the wave of destruction.(Brief Article)
- 2005-04-05
Apr 05, 2005 (Hospital & Healthcare - ABIX via COMTEX) The devastating tsunami in southern Asia in December 2004 killed over 220,000 people. This tragedy will be compounded many times over if diseases break out in refugee camps and among the survivors. There are ...
Asia: The 'perfect incubator'
- 2005-02-28
Concern is ratcheting up over a lethal bird flu that swept across Asia last year and has infected and killed people, most of them children or young adults. At meetings last week in Vietnam and in interviews here in the USA, health officials say urgent steps are being taken to...
Society Seeks Declaration That Cockfights Spread Bird Flu
- 2005-02-23
WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> The Humane Society of the United States says cockfighting activities are a significant means of transmitting avian influenza in Southeast Asia, and the American group is asking the World Health Organization WHO to identify them as a problem. In a letter sent today to...
WHO warns of growing global avian flu threat
- 2004-09-20
The World Health Organization WHO warned last week that greater efforts will be needed if the world is to head off the threat of an avian influenza pandemic springing from the presence of the avian influenza H5N1 virus in poultry in Asia. "Unless intensive efforts are made, a...
A thirsty world awaits better access to potable water
- 2004-08-26
GENEVA AFP ? 2.6 billion human beings -- over 40 percent of the planet's inhabitants -- lack basic sanitation, and more than one billion people still drink unsafe water, two UN organizations warned. Entitled "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals," their report is a mid-course appraisal of a 25-year plan...
Asia threatened by HIV/AIDS epidemic.(Issues)
- 2004-08-01
Unless preventive measures are enacted, Asia will be the next region threatened by an HIV/AIDS epidemic, health experts warn. Reports and recent studies from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UN AIDS point to Asia as the region with a rising occurrence of...
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