WHO launches maternal health campaign
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NAIROBI - The World Health Organization launched a training campaign on Wednesday to help reduce the number of maternal deaths during childbirth in developing countries.
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The biggest polio eradication campaign ever launched in Africa kicked off simultaneously in 23 Sub-Saharan countries Friday, with the goal of immunizing 80 million children under five over the next four days, organizers said.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)and the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) are joining hands to address stigma and discrimination in the context of HIV/AIDS to mark the Human Rights Day on Friday.
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Malawi, where a pregnant mother dies every hour during childbirth, has launched a two million dollar programme to lower the level of maternal deaths by 75 percent.
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The biggest sexual health campaign for 20 years was announced by the Government yesterday as figures showed HIV infections and other sexually transmitted diseases soared to record levels last year.
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The World Health Organization is poised to promote broader use of the pesticide DDT in the battle against malaria.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)  agreed on Thursday to launch a study into ways to counter  alcohol abuse in what could be the opening shot of an  international campaign against excessive drinking.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)said Wednesday that it and its partners are acting to reduce the maternal death toll of half a million women each year.
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Adelaide&#39;s Women&#39;s and Children&#39;s Hospital is launching a campaign to educate mothers about the dangers of drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
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Nigeria's president kicked off a mammoth effort to immunize 80 million children against polio in 23 African countries, described by international health experts as "the single-largest public health campaign" in history to wipe out the disease.
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Health agencies on Thursday called for  tackling cervical cancer which has taken on epidemic  proportions in developing countries from Brazil to India due to  a lack of screening.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says almost 250,000 women, most in developing countries, are dying each year from cervical cancer.
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The World Health Organization launched on Monday its first intergovernmental review of the pharmaceuticals sector to try to find ways of making medicines more easily available to the world's poorest people.
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A leading human rights group has issued a global call to action to challenge violence against women and the failure of governments to prevent it.
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Amnesty International will today launch a campaign against domestic violence in the Caribbean. Radio ads will be played in the Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Grenada, and
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for a new drive to stamp out polio, saying it was probably now or never for ridding the world of the paralyzing disease that attacks mainly children.
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Nairobi - About 80 million children in 23 countries will start receiving vaccinations on Friday in the largest polio immunisation campaign ever in Africa, the World Health Organisation said.