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Type: Organization

Name: World Health Organization

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for World Health Organization

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 Documents

Fukushima’s doses tallied

Via Nature News & Comment: Fukushima’s doses tallied. Excerpt:Few people will develop cancer as a consequence of being exposed to the radioactive material that spewed from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year — and those who do will ... [ Published 1 hour ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Fukushima (Japan), United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effe..., World Health Organization, Vienna

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 Documents

Roundup: Margaret Chan appointed as WHO Director-General for second term

The World Health Assembly (WHA) on Wednesday afternoon appointed Margaret Chan as the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a second term from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2017.The 65th session of the WHO's top decision-making World ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Zecco ]

Entities: World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, appointed, World Health Assembly

First Reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents

United Nations

UN global health agency chief wins 2nd term

Dr. Margaret Chan, who has steered the World Health Organization through crises over bird flu and the respiratory SARS bug, has won a second five-year term as its director-general. ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Corvallis Gazette-Times ]

Entities: Global Health, United Nations, Bird Flu

First Reported 4 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents

Margaret Chan

*WHO chief Chan re-elected for second term

, SPA -- Margaret Chan was confirmed Wednesday for a second term as director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, dpa reported.Following the decision by WHO member states, she will serve another five years until 2017.The Hong Kong-born ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Saudi Press Agency ]

Entities: World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, Geneva

First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents

World Health Organization

Head of UN health agency appointed for second term

Governments around the world have been urged to continue their efforts to improve people's health despite the financial difficulties they are facing.The appeal was made by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Margaret Chan ... [ Published 2 hours ago by United Nations Multimedia ]

Entities: appointed, World Health Organization, United Nations

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 4 Documents

Taiwan calls on WHO to allow observer participation in all meetings

Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to allow Taiwan's participation as an observer in all of its meetings. Chiu made the remarks during a five-minute speech at the World Health Assembly on Wednesday.Chiu's speech ... [ Published 8 hours ago by Radio Taiwan International ]

Entities: World Health Organization, Taiwan, World Health Assembly

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents

From malaria research results to policy

Via IRIN Global: HEALTH: From malaria research results to policy. Click through for the whole report and some important links. Excerpt:No matter how compelling, medical research has historically not guaranteed swift regulatory approval, but researchers ... [ Published 6 hours ago by H5N1 ]

Entities: Malaria, World Health Organization, ENDEMIC, chemoprevention, University of Ghana

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 Documents

WHO: Eight Patients Denied Permit to Leave Gaza Strip

(WAFA) – Eight patients from the Gaza Strip were denied permits during April to leave the sea enclave through Beit Hanoun (Erez) checkpoint with Israel to get medical treatment in Israeli, Palestinian or Jordanian hospitals, the World Health Organization ... [ Published 7 hours ago by Palestine News Agency ]

Entities: World Health Organization, Interrogation, Beit Hanoun (Gaza Strip), Occupied Territory, Shin Bet

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated 22 hours ago - 8 Documents

Counterfeit Anti-Malarial Drugs Increase Fatalities, Boost Parasites' Resistance In Africa And Southeast Asia: Report

Over one-third of the drugs distributed to fight malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia over the last 10 years were either fake or of poor quality, according to a report published by the Lancet medical journal on Tuesday.A man waits for customers ... [ Published May 22 2012 by International Business Times India ]

Entities: Malaria, Counterfeit, Boost, Fake, World Health Organization

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 5 Documents

China calls for universal healthcare

GENEVA - Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu said here on Monday that the international community is obliged to collaborate towards common goals to achieve universal coverage of necessary health services and to overcome present difficulties together.Chen ... [ Published May 22 2012 by CHINAdaily ]

Entities: World Health Organization, China, Health Care

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 5 Documents

US supports Taiwan's greater participation in WHO activities

The United States will continue to support Taiwan's greater participation in World Health Organization (WHO) activities. That's the word from Taiwan's health minister, Chiu Wen-ta, on Monday.Chiu and his American counterpart, Kathleen Sebelius, are in ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Radio Taiwan International ]

Entities: World Health Organization, Kathleen Sebelius, Taiwan

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 2 Documents

WHO chief warns "two danger zones" for world health development

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan warned on Monday that squeezed funds and rise of chronic non-communicable disease were "two danger zones" for the world public health development. "In these difficult financial times, I see ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Individual.com ]

Entities: World Health Organization, Zoning, HIV/AIDS, Diabetes

Quotes

"The future of funding for international health development is uncertain. If we let down our guard, slacken our efforts, problems that are so close to being brought under control will come roaring back" she said

Roundup: Margaret Chan appointed as WHO Director-General for second term [Zecco - 1 hour ago]

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Fukushima’s doses tallied [ Published 1 hour ago by H5N1 ]
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HK cheers Margaret Chan's re-election as WHO chief [ Published 4 hours ago by Zecco ]

Blogs

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Fukushima’s doses tallied [ Published 1 hour ago by H5N1 ] Via Nature News & Comment: Fukushima’s doses tallied. Excerpt:Few people will develop cancer as a consequence of being exposed to the radioactive material that spewed from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last year — and those who do will ...
World Health Organization weighs in on Fukushima [ Published 3 hours ago by Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire ] World Health Organization weighs in on Fukushima by Geoffrey Brumfiel Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a preliminary estimate of the dose received by thepublic as a result of last March’s meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichinuclear ...
A Call to Arms against Neglected Tropical Disea... [ Published 4 hours ago by Biotech Blog ] Copyright © BiotechBlog, partner the Journal of Commercial Biotechnology This paper is a final project from the course I teach at the NIH Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences — TECH 566: Biotechnology Management Rachel Gill In 2012, the World ...
Drumbeat: May 23, 2012 [ Published 5 hours ago by The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... ] Feds lay out plans for new blowout preventer mandates Obama administration officials today outlined their plans for new regulations designed to boost the reliability and power of emergency equipment used as a last line of defense against surging oil ...
World Health Organization weighs in on Fukushima [ Published 5 hours ago by H5N1 ] Thanks to Ed Yong for the link to this report in Nature News Blog: World Health Organization weighs in on Fukushima. Excerpt:Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a preliminary estimate of the dose received by the public as a result of last ...

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VIDEO: Iran tops global road death chart [ Published May 10 2012 by BBC News Video - World ]
India's Elders Strain Economy [ Published Apr 06 2012 by WSJ.com Video - News ]
World Approaches Post-Antibiotic Era [ Published Mar 16 2012 by Sky News - YouTube ]
0ne billion smoke, 50 years after health warnings [ Published Mar 07 2012 by Al Jazeera - YouTube ]
US city moves to combat obesity epidemic [ Published Feb 17 2012 by Al Jazeera - YouTube ]

Press Releases

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Stevia Nutra Corporation Names New President [ Published 3 hours ago by Business Wire ]
€100,000 In Reward Donations for Projects Fundr... [ Published 12 hours ago by Business Wire ]
One million signatures needed to call upon Worl... [ Published May 22 2012 by EON Health & Medicine ]
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One million signatures needed to call upon Worl... [ Published May 22 2012 by EON Consumer ]