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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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How Much Melamine is Too Much Melamine?
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- 2008-12-08
The World Health Organization has tossed its own melamine opinion into the ring. You really shouldn't have melamine at all, it says -- but if you have to have melamine, don't have more than 0.2 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day. It gets harder and...
Purdue Center Takes on North American Battle Against Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
- 2007-12-13
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis has a new challenger, a center in the Purdue Research Park that became the sole North American producer of a potent antibiotic. The drug, Seromycin[R], had been developed earlier by Eli Lilly and Co., which, in turn, gave the park's Chao Center for...
Fake goods hamper manufacturing market health; call for criminalization imminent (Manufacturing Business Technology)
- 2007-05-01
Counterfeit goods trafficking is a global problem that goes far beyond designer handbags and watches. Note the following: 1. The World Health Organization estimates fake pharmaceuticals sold globally top $35 billion--or 10 percent of the world total. 2. The Federal Trade...
Statement By Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on the Grants Awarded by the World Health Organization to Increase Global Manufacturing Capacity to Produce Influenza Vaccines
- 2007-04-24
To: MEDICAL EDITORSTo: MEDICAL EDITORS
Plastic pipe is now proven commodity.(Opinion)
- 2006-10-23
Byline: Matt Griswold Water is our lifeblood, making pipe our lifeline. We turn a nozzle, push a button, lift a lever. And in less than a second, sanitary water is there for us to drink, to wash our clothes, to clean ourselves. ...
Industry push to curb trans fats.
- 2006-10-22
Byline: Matthew Franklin Oct 22, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A new body representing the grocery trade and health organisations will be set up to reduce the use of trans fatty acids in food. The National Collaboration of Trans Fats...
Corporate no-no
- 2006-04-01
The World Health Organization WHO has barred the US-based International Life Sciences Institute ILSI from taking part in 'WHO activities setting microbiological or chemical standards for food and water'. The decision follows warnings from health, environmental and union groups--including the Environmental Working Group and Natural Resources Defence Council--that WHO risked...
WHO Shuts Life Sciences Industry Group Out of Setting Health Standards
- 2006-02-02
GENEVA, Switzerland ENS — --> The World Health Organization WHO has barred a life sciences industry association from participating in setting global standards protecting food and water supplies because its members have a financial stake in the outcome. At a meeting in Geneva that concluded Saturday, the UN health...
International dimensions of obesity and overweight related problems: an economics perspective
- 2005-12-01
Obesity is a growing concern. New World Health Organization WHO figures indicate that obesity is spreading around the world as a "global epidemic." According to the WHO, there are more people suffering from overweight-related problems than malnutrition. Globally, there are more than 1 billion adults who are overweight and at...
Rescue Workers Rush to Help Pakistan's Earthquake Survivors
- 2005-10-12
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan ENS — --> The United Nations Tuesday launched a $272 million flash appeal to help Pakistan recover from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake Saturday morning that damaged large areas across northern Pakistan and caused buildings in Islamabad to collapse. Survivors are increasingly desperate, many injured and isolated in remote...
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