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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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Asia faces trillion dollar TB-fighting bill
- 2007-12-15
WASHINGTON AFP — Eleven Asian nations facing the biggest threat from tuberculosis risk being saddled with a whopping trillion dollar economic burden over the next 10 years if they do not beef up their anti-TB strategy, a landmark study shows. Led by China and India, the countries are already...
OneWorld Health's First Approved Drug Added to WHO Essential Medicines List
- 2007-05-22
Paromomycin IM Injection Treatment for Deadly Kala-Azar Approved by Expert Committee SAN FRANCISCO & NEW DELHI, India -- The Institute for OneWorld Health, a US-based non-profit pharmaceutical company, today announced that its first approved drug product, Paromomycin IM Injection, was designated by the World Health Organization WHO for inclusion...
India revealed.(Focus: Doing Business in India)
- 2007-04-30
It's big, complicated, contentious and, yes, crawling with people. Here's an illustrated guide to the subcontinent, from economics to social problems to the geographies where Chicago companies are making their marks. All data from the most recent year available, 1999-2007. Sources:...
World Health Agency Says Disasters of 2005 Not Entirely Natural
- 2006-01-10
GENEVA, Switzerland ENS — --> The high death toll in 2005 from tsunamis, hurricanes, typhoons, mudslides, earthquakes, volcanoes, locusts and pandemics can not be blamed entirely on natural disaster, the United Nations health agency said in a year end statement. Human activities such as deforestation and emission of greenhouse gases...
MedTech Products Ltd. Issues Revised June 15 Press Release.
- 2005-07-07
CHENNAI, India and SEATTLE, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- - MedTech Products Ltd. Introduces the Feminine Condom in Europe MedTech Products Ltd. today issued a revised press release restating the formal approval processes currently underway by various public health institutions of its currently...
Cell firms refute reports on health hazards caused by mobile phones.(Wireless)(Cellular Operators Association of India; World Health Organization)(Brief Article)
- 2005-01-01
Cellular firms have refuted media reports which say that of use of mobiles has adverse effects on children. The Cellular Operators Association of India COAI, an association of GSM-based cell firms, has said that the media article that carried this report is full of contradictions and...
Rotary chief helps at inoculation event.(Neighbor)(Your news)
- 2004-04-26
Long Grove Rotarian and Barrington resident Prem Advani was one of 176 volunteers who participated in the National Immunization Days campaign in India this past February. In 1985, Rotary launched the PolioPlus program to protect children worldwide from the cruel and fatal consequences of...
Impact of international financing of public health services in India
- 2002-09-01
Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation Impact of International Financing of Public Health Services in India1 TO IMPROVE THE quality of life of people is very important objective of economic development. The strength of the nation depends upon strength of its people. Improvement in the public health status of the population has...
A geographical prespective on HIV/AIDS in India.
- 2002-01-01
The twin plagues of HIV and AIDS certainly count among the least tractable epidemiological disasters facing today's world. Initially diagnosed in developed countries, the epidemic of HIV/AIDS was first tracked among populations of homosexual and bisexual males. But as it reached developing countries the epidemic spread increasingly through heterosexual contact,...
Poverty and Mental Health. (THE FRONT).
- 2001-10-01
BANGALORE, INDIA -- Health experts are sending out an international alert that mental health problems are dramatically increasing worldwide, with the World Health Organization WHO warning that depression is set to become the main cause of disability by 2020. WHO has focused this year's...
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