Margaret Chan

                   

The dual burden of being overweight and undernourished

nwsource.com
8 hrs ago
        

By ADAM DREWNOWSKI GUEST COLUMNIST We have been told -- all too often -- that rising obesity rates in the U.S. are the result of a toxic food environment. All evidence suggests that obesity is the toxic consequence of a failing...

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Smokers brace for grim warnings

iol.co.za
yesterday
        

Smokers will soon be confronted with grim pictures of people with cancer and rotten teeth when they buy their cigarettes, according to Health Minister Barbara Hogan. Opening the World Health Organisation's (WHO) meeting on...

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WHO Promotes Chinese Model for Integrating Traditional Medicine

voanews.com
yesterday
        

WHO Chinese Medicine report - Watch (WM) The World Health Organization says traditional medicines are an effective treatment for modern illnesses and should be integrated into primary health care. The head of the WHO says...

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Global Health Leaders Urge Continued Aid During Financial Turmoil

usmission.gov
17-Nov-2008
        

By Cheryl Pellerin Staff Writer Washington — Less than a month after officials from countries around the world traveled to Washington to attend the October 21 White House Summit on International Development, another group of...

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Global Health Leaders Urge Continued Aid During Financial Turmoil

america.gov
15-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Less than a month after officials from countries around the world met in Washington for the White House Summit on International Development, another group of leaders is meeting to discuss financial turmoil that could derail...

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India to launch injectible polio vaccine

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13-Nov-2008
        

New Delhi, Nov 12 - India will soon introduce an injectible polio vaccine - in the nine troubled districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, considered to be the hotbed of polio in the country, to check the spread of the epidemic.

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India to launch injectible polio vaccine

newstrackindia.com
12-Nov-2008 8 related
        

New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) India will soon introduce an injectible polio vaccine (IPV) in the nine troubled districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, considered to be the hotbed of polio in the country, to check the spread of the...

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Dr. Margaret Chan calls for higher investment in health

un.org
12-Nov-2008
        

In this period of economic downturn, it is essential to increase investment in health and the social sector, says WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan. She called on the international community to learn from the debt crisis...

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Financial crisis threatens push to boost global health, says top UN official

un.org
12-Nov-2008 28 related
        

The current financial turmoil, exposing the high level of interdependence among countries, could threaten to derail the momentum towards improving global health, the head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO)...

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Impact of the global financial and economic crisis on health

who.int
11-Nov-2008 2 related
        

12 November 2008 -- WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan has called on all governments and political leaders to maintain their efforts to strengthen and improve the performance of their health systems and to protect the health...

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