Satellite and other new technologies could be deployed to help predict disease outbreaks and give us more time to devise strategies to counteract them, suggests the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which cites examples of how weather information can be used in the battle against deadly pathogens. [Read More]
Urbanization Provides Unprecedented Opportunities to Transition to a Green Economy, Says New Report4/10/2014
Medellin — As Consumers of Over 75% of Natural Resources, Cities Are Uniquely Placed to Contribute to Efficiency and Sustainability.
In this context, a new report launched jointly today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Cities Alliance at the 2014 World Urban Forum finds that the rapid pace of urbanization represents an opportunity to build more sustainable, innovative and equitable towns and cities, and to use the world's natural resources more efficiently. [Read More] The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C, a chronic infection that affects an estimated 130 million to 150 million people, in a bid to help improve access to more effective and safer medicines to those who need them. [Read More]
More than 100 people have died from Ebola in the West African countries Guinea and Liberia, the World Health Organization has said. International aid organizations try to stop the disease from spreading further. [Read More]
Luanda will host on 14-17 April the first meeting of the African Health Ministers, in a joint promotion of the World Health Organization (WHO) and African Union Commission, under the auspices of the Angolan government.
The meeting, to take place under the topic "Let's Turn Africa into a Healthier Continent", will count on the participation of 300 delegates, including health ministers, experts and international partners. [Read More] Abuja — New findings have indicated that out of the 3.1 million Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS, a staggering number, nearly half of that number between 15 and 24 years old, have issues accessing care in facilities, experts have said. This revelation came as the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) said the agency has intensified efforts in creating awareness about the disease, specifically, among youths in the country. [Read More]
The World Health Organization or WHO says the deadly Ebola virus plaguing West Africa is expected to take from two to four months to contain.
A report Tuesday by Reuters said the virus is still spreading in three "hotspots" of Guinea Forestiere, a southeastern region some 900 km (560 miles) from Conakry, a city which has itself reported 20 cases to date, quoting the United Nations agency.[Read More] HIV treatment was introduced after a huge struggle, but this week South Africa celebrated a decade of free antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.
South Africa introduced free ARVs in the public sector in April 2004 ... today South Africa has the biggest treatment programme in the world. [Read More] The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) unveiled today the results of their joint work to develop targets and indicators for a new global development paradigm for sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition. This is a critical piece in the three agencies’ contribution to the ongoing intergovernmental discussions on the post-2015 development agenda, the successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). [Read More]
The First Lady of the Republic has reaffirmed that the Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) remains committed to the global vision of getting to zero discrimination, zero new HIV infection and AIDS related diseases. She noted that their campaign to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to their babies is at a particularly crucial moment. [Read More]
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