Recent gains in the fight against malaria could be reversed because funding has stalled, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Its latest World Malaria Report says 1.1 million lives were saved in the past decade but that the expansion in funding from 2004-09 halted in 2010-12. Less than half of the $5.1bn (£3.1bn) needed… Continue reading WHO Says Progress in Malaria Threatened by Funding
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Hepatitis Taking a Toll in Millions, WHO
Medical experts are calling for global action to tackle the viruses that cause the liver disease hepatitis. The first worldwide estimates in drug users show 10 million have hepatitis C while 1.3 million have hepatitis B. Writing in the Lancet, experts say only a fraction of those who could benefit are receiving antiviral drugs. Only… Continue reading Hepatitis Taking a Toll in Millions, WHO
Mobiles ‘May Cause Brain Cancer’, WHO
The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency says mobile phones are “possibly carcinogenic”.
Africa: Experts Seek WHO Nod for Postpartum Haemorrhage Drug
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) -March 17, 2011 Dakar (Senegal) — A drug many health experts say can drastically cut postpartum haemorrhage – the leading cause of maternal deaths in the developing world – will be in the spotlight this month during the World Health Organization’s (WHO) biennial review of its model list of… Continue reading Africa: Experts Seek WHO Nod for Postpartum Haemorrhage Drug
Where is Female Genital Mutilation Practiced and What Efforts are Underway to Eradicate it?
The campaign to eliminate FGM is a delicate one: it does not work by condemning the practice since that will eventually alienate the women who have gone through the procedure. Rather, a successful approach is the one that embraces the entire community – chiefs, religious leaders, and the local government in a mutually respectful conversation focusing on health consequences of the procedure and emphasizing the human right issue of the tradition.