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Effort targets 200,000 people in three departments considered at high risk
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2 September 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — Haiti launched a cholera vaccination campaign last week that seeks to reach 200,000 people in three departments. The campaign is being led by the Ministry of Health and Population (MSPP) with support from the United…
The
report on "Electronic nicotine delivery systems" (ENDS), of which electronic
cigarettes are the most common prototype, is on the agenda of the 6th
Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (WHO FCTC), being held 13-18 October 2014, in Moscow.
The
report recommends that appropriate government bodies…
The World Health…Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 August 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — Representatives of drug regulatory agencies from 120 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) are in Brazil this week for the 16th International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA), taking place in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 24 to 29.
At the opening session of the…
Intestinal parasites are a
threat to child growth and development. They cause malnutrition, anemia and
other illnesses that lead to absenteeism and poor performance in school. In
Latin America and the Caribbean, 46 million children are at risk. Watch this video
to learn more about parasites from three students who received preventive
treatment as…