Hospitals, infrastructure focus of World Health Day
In Pakistan's most-affected areas during the 2005 earthquake, 49 percent of health facilities were destroyed. A woman receives medical care outside a hospital in Muzaffarabad after the earthquake....
View ArticleWHO declares H1N1 influenza pandemic
Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization announced today that the influenza pandemic alert has been raised from from phase 5 to phase 6, meaning that “the world is now at the...
View ArticleWHO: Half of road deaths are non-motorists
Almost half of the folks killed in traffic accidents annually are cyclists, pedestrians or motorcyclists, according to the World Health Organization’s first status report on global road safety. Photo...
View ArticleAHCJ has resources for World Tuberculosis Day
In honor of World Tuberculosis Day, an awareness day organized by the Stop TB Partnership, here’s a roundup of the latest in TB as well as some handy background information. AHCJ New York City Metro...
View ArticleA world of vaccine requirements in one database
The country that requires its citizens to be vaccinated with the highest number of distinct antigens (Italy, 26) just happens to completely surround one of the countries that requires the fewest (San...
View ArticleClearing the air on a WHO study
Last week, I encountered yet another example of why it’s so important to always read the whole study — not just the press release. In this case, it was actually a report, not a study. A press release...
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