U.N. Health Body Warns Against 'Kitchen Killer'
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Some 1.6 million people, mainly small  children, die each year from a "kitchen killer" -- disease  brought on by inhaling smoke from cooking stoves and indoor  fires, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
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SHANGHAI: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a global outbreak of avian influenza unless greater efforts are made to fight the disease in countries already affected
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Diarrhoea cases were reported to be rapidly increasing yesterday in the tsunami disaster zone and the United Nations warned that there could be only 48 hours to prevent the major outbreak of waterborne diseases.
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Thick acrid smoke rising from stoves and fires inside homes causes around 1.6m deaths a year in developing countries, say experts.
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New York (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against a possible transmission of bird flu from human to human. The organisation is studying the case of a Thai woman allegedly contracting H5N1 virus from her sick daughter.
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A senior World Health Organization official warned Monday a deadly pandemic of avian flu could easily and quickly kill as many as 100 million people worldwide.
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The World Health Organization issued new guidelines on Tuesday on preventing contamination of drinking water supplies and resultant illnesses.
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To make matters worse in South Asia, the disaster zone is now being threatened with outbreaks of disease. The World Health Organization is warning that if fresh water and medicine
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Up to 100 million people around the world could be killed in a pandemic of human influenza, a World Health Organization official warned Monday.
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors are at risk from killer diseases, such as cholera, despite stepped up international aid, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday.
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The World Health Organization is warning that AIDS and HIV in Asia could spread to the general public unless immediate measures are taken.
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New rules to help the United Nations contain public health emergencies took effect on Friday, requiring countries to disclose potential threats from disease, chemical agents, radioactive materials and contaminated food.
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Thai researchers have urged people in  Southeast Asia to stop eating raw freshwater fish because they  risk becoming infected with a parasitic worm that may  predispose them to developing liver cancer.
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The World Health Organization is warning Asian nations that its current struggle with bird flu could lead to the next deadly human flu pandemic across the globe.
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Warnings could be introduced after analysis confirms high levels of bacteria and viruses.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.