WHO Discusses Disease Response Strategies
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SHANGHAI, China Sept. 14, 2004 - More countries need to enact preventative measures and boost preparedness for a possible renewed outbreak of SARS or avian flu among humans, a top World Health Organization official said Tuesday.
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Infectious diseases are emerging more  quickly and spreading faster around the globe than ever and  becoming increasingly difficult to treat, the World Health  Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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The World Health Organization meeting is being held in response to recent reports of deadly strains of tuberculosis.
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Experts urged governments on Thursday to do more to prepare for a possible influenza pandemic and beef up surveillance on the spread of bird flu in all animals and humans.
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Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, a series of commentaries in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET outline the current and future priorities in the global effort to curb the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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New York (VNA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said an outbreak of disease could crop up in the wake of the Dec. 26 Tsunami, killing as many people as lost their lives in the initial disaster.
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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Thursday for a stepped up fight against "neglected" diseases afflicting 1 billion people, mainly in poor countries.
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World Health Organization (WHO) experts will recommend ways to fight dangers linked to alcohol, including heart and liver disease, road accidents, suicides and sexually-transmitted infections, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
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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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The top World Health Organization (WHO)  influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments  had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a  pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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Less than two weeks ago, Dr. Duane Gubler was walking the streets of Galle in Sri Lanka, heading a World Health Organization team assessing the country&#39;s response to dengue hemorrhagic fever.
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ISLAMABAD: Senatorâs questioned the governmentâs figures on AIDS/HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis A and B, claiming that the World Health Organisation (WHO) provided higher figures for the diseases.
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World leaders meeting on Thursday to  discuss aid efforts for Asia's tsunami-hit countries were  warned the death toll could double to about 300,000 unless  action was taken this week to prevent disease.  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it had  sent emergency treatment to the region for diarrheal diseases  such as cholera and dysentery but while the aid was reaching  many places, access to safe drinking water remained inadequate.
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WHO calls for every country in the world to make plans to deal with an inevitable influenza pandemic that is likely to be triggered by the bird flu virus that hit Asia this year.
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The annual report by UNAIDS - the United Nations organization dealing with AIDS â-nd the World Health Organization (WHO), released ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, shows a troubling rise in the prevalence of AIDS around the world.
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The top World Health Organization (WHO) influenza expert said on Friday drug companies and governments had to speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a pandemic which could kill thousands of people.
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Indonesia will resume sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organization (WHO), but under a new mechanism aimed at ensuring developing nations get access to vaccines, the health minister and the WHO said on Friday.