Global Media and International Public Relations

World Health Organization

New WHO report calls for a new and innovative approach to health systems research
-- Urgent need for research to bridge the "know-do" gap --
11-11-2004
Health systems research has the potential to produce dramatic improvements in health worldwide and to meet some of the major development challenges in the new millennium... more
Years of Healthy Life Can Be Increased 5--10 years, WHO Says
“Best Years of a Person’s Life Are Those Lived in Good Health”
10-30-2002
Worldwide, healthy life expectancy can be increased by 5-10 years if governments and individuals make combined efforts against the major health risks in each region... more
Cardiovascular Death and Disability Can Be Reduced
More Than 50 Percent
10-18-2002
More than 50 percent of deaths and disability from heart disease and strokes, which together kill more than 12 million people worldwide each year, can be cut... more
Genome Research Will Save Millions in Developing World
WHO Report Calls for Genetic Medicine Benefits for All
04-30-2002
Genetic research has the potential to lead to major medical advances within 3-5 years against such killer diseases as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, potentially saving millions of lives... more
World Health Organization
Assesses the World's Health Systems
06-20-2000
The World Health Organization has carried out the first ever analysis of the world’s health systems. Using five performance indicators to measure health systems in 191 member states, it finds that... more
WHO Issues New Healthy Life Expectancy Rankings
Japan Number One in New ‘Healthy Life’ System
06-04-2000
Japanese have the longest healthy life expectancy of 74.5 years among 191 countries, versus less than 26 years for the lowest-ranking country of Sierra Leone... more
BLOOD SAFETY…FOR TOO FEW
The overwhelming majority of the world’s population
does not have access to safe blood.
A staggering 80% has access to only 20% of the world’s safe blood.
04-07-2000
Despite all the technological marvels that humanity is experiencing, reliable and safe blood supply is still out of reach for untold millions of people around the world... more
FOUR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
UNITE TO ROLL BACK MALARIA
10-30-1998
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) have joined forces to launch a new campaign to fight malaria... more
Seven Diseases Can be Eliminated Within a Generation
05-20-1998
Seven crippling and sometimes deadly diseases can be eliminated as public health problems or eradicated within a generation... more
The World Health Report 1998
05-10-1998
Life in the 21st century should be healthier and better as well as longer for more people than ever before, the World Health Organization says in a major report... more
Polio Eradication Effort on Target
05-02-1998
Polio, once one of the world’s most feared diseases, is on track for global eradication by the year 2000 in a campaign that has given 1.5 billion vaccinations to children in the developing world this decade... more
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION WARNS OF GROWING "CRISIS OF SUFFERING"
05-04-1997
Cancer, heart disease and other chronic conditions which already kill more than 24 million people a year will impose increasing burdens of suffering and disability on hundreds of millions of others... more
New and Re-emerging Diseases Sweeping the Globe
Many Nations Lack Ability to Control Outbreaks
10-16-1995
A series of new and re-emerging diseases -- such as HIV, Ebola virus, tuberculosis, bubonic plague and yellow fever -- is now threatening the health of the world... more