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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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Bird flu risk still running high in Egypt, Indonesia, WHO says
- 2007-06-27
ROME AFP — The fight against bird flu has improved around the world, but the situation remains critical in Egypt and Indonesia where the risk of the H5N1 virus mutating into a major human threat remains high, the UN health agency said Wednesday. "In the 15 or so countries...
Poor countries hold out for bird vaccine.
- 2007-02-20
Byline: Debora MacKenzie Feb 20, 2007 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Indonesia has refused to send any samples of H5N1 virus to the World Health Organization WHO. David Heymann, who is in charge of pandemic flu at the WHO, says Indonesian officials...
Jakarta Workshop Training Regional Experts to Combat Human Pandemic Influenza.
- 2006-12-01
M2 PRESSWIRE-1 December 2006-ADB: Jakarta Workshop Training Regional Experts to Combat Human Pandemic InfluenzaC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01122006 JAKARTA, INDONESIA - A workshop opened this week in Jakarta to train an international team of experts to develop more effective rapid ...
Indonesia confirms 55th bird flu death
- 2006-10-16
JAKARTA AFP — The death toll in Indonesia from bird flu rose to 55 after officials confirmed that a 27-year-old woman who died last week was infected with the virus. The death is the third to be confirmed in two days in Indonesia, which is grappling with the world's highest...
Indonesia Holds Urgent Avian Influenza Expert Consultation
- 2006-06-21
JAKARTA, Indonesia ENS — --> The continuing avian influenza outbreak in Indonesia, involving both humans and animals, is the focus of a three day international consultation starting today in Jakarta. On June 13, Indonesia's National Committee for Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, known as Komnas FBPI, asked...
Quake victims not at increased bird flu risk: WHO
- 2006-06-04
PUNDONG, Indonesia AFP — Survivors of last week's earthquake in Indonesia are not at any increased risk of contracting bird flu, amid reports of people living in abandoned chicken sheds, the WHO has said. "I don't think the emergency has placed people at closer risk of avian flu," Peter...
UN agencies supporting Government of Indonesia in response to Java quake.
- 2006-06-02
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 2006-UN: UN agencies supporting Government of Indonesia in response to Java quakeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01062006 NEW YORK, OCHA - Six days after the destructive earthquake, which struck Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia, the Government ...
Bird flu risk to Indonesian quake survivors: aid group
- 2006-06-01
JAKARTA AFP — Some quake survivors on Indonesia's Java island have taken shelter in chicken sheds, exposing themselves to the risk of contracting bird flu and other diseases, a British aid group has warned. More than 100 people left homeless by the quake were sheltering in six large poultry...
Indonesia's bird flu toll jumps to 30 with five more deaths
- 2006-05-17
JAKARTA AFP — Indonesia's bird flu toll jumped to 30 after the World Health Organization WHO confirmed five more people had died of the virus in the fourth most populous nation. The WHO said four of the deaths came from a cluster in North Sumatra - a 19 and...
US to host international conference on bird flu
- 2005-10-05
WASHINGTON AFP — The US government will host an international conference this week, bringing together over 65 countries, on the bird flu virus in a bid to streamline an international response to a possible global pandemic, a government spokesman said. Seven people have died of bird flu, or the...
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