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World “dangerously unprepared” for pandemics warns bank chief
WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Wednesday February 11, 2015 – World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says the world is “dangerously unprepared” for future pandemics and lessons need to be learned from the Ebola crisis in West Africa. Speaking at the inaugural Global Futures Lecture at Georgetown University in Washington, Mr Kim said it was vital that governments, aid agencies, corporations and insurance companies work together to…
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Ebola: UN health agency urges better global preparedness against future outbreaks
25 January 2015 – The Ebola outbreak is “clearly” in retreat throughout the affected countries of West Africa but the continuing emergency response shows the need for urgent changes so that “never again should the world be caught by surprise,” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a special meeting on Ebola today. Speaking in Geneva to the…
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WHO wants Caribbean countries to take urgent action in addressing non-communicable diseases
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) –The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging Caribbean countries to take urgent action to meet global targets to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). According to a new WHO report, 16 million people die prematurely annually – before the age of 70 – from heart and lung diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes, “The global community has…
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CARPHA, Public Health England tackle threat of antimicrobial drug resistance
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 10, 2014: “Antimicrobial resistance threatens a return to the pre-antibiotic era when common infections and simple injuries often cause death.” This World Health Organization statement was reinforced by the Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr C. James Hospedales, at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Laboratory Twinning Workshop on Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance in the…
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Ebola survivors’ blood to treat deadly disease
Anastassia Cunningham, Health Coordinator The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the blood of patients who recover from the deadly Ebola virus could be used to treat those still suffering from the disease. Like other infections, infected humans produce antibodies in the blood in an attempt to fight off an Ebola attack. According to scientific theory, those antibodies can…
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