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“ December 1 is World AIDS Day
The World Health Organization [WHO] sponsors World AIDS Day to bring together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the...

December 1 is World AIDS Day
The World Health Organization [WHO] sponsors World AIDS Day to bring together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic. The day is an opportunity for public and private partners to spread awareness about the status of the pandemic and encourage progress in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in high prevalence countries and around the world.
Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Delivering Remarks at the World AIDS Day Event at Rankin Chapel in Washington, D.C., 12/01/2000

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united-nations:

Take a look at this video on the response of the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to the outbreak of ‪#‎Ebola‬ virus disease in Guinea and neighbouring countries.
Ebola can devastate families and communities, but the infection can be controlled through the use of recommended protective measures in clinics and hospitals, at community gatherings, or at home.
Find out more: http://j.mp/VcLQxi

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Join the daily, live digital conversation starting today until May 23 and talk directly with experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) and others about the greatest health challenges facing our world today >http://bit.ly/1so39VE #SocialGood #WHA67

united-nations:

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) states that antibiotic resistance – when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections – is now a major threat to public health.

“Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill,” says Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s Assistant Director-General for Health Security.

This report starts a global effort led by WHO to address drug resistance.

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Monday is World Tuberculosis Day.

TB is curable, but there are 9 million people a year who get sick with TB and a third of them are “missed” by health systems.

Many of these 3 million people live in the world’s poorest, most vulnerable communities or are among marginalized populations.

Help World Health Organization (WHO) reach the 3 million!

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Launch of the Frontline Healthcare Workers Coalition

Nurse takes blood samples to be sent away for testing in Pretoria, South Africa, Aug. 15, 2005. [AP]

About the Author: Ambassador Eric Goosby serves as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.

Frontline health workers are an essential component of health systems worldwide – without them, there is no access to care for people living with HIV or anyone else. Yet in 2012, the World Health Organization estimates a shortage of at least one million frontline health workers worldwide, with Africa the region in greatest need. PEPFAR, in collaboration with partner countries, is pursuing a number of initiatives to respond.

Our efforts are being reinforced by many actors around the globe. A growing number of health organizations, recognizing the life-saving impact frontline health workers offer, are committed to employing innovative strategies to address the crisis. Tomorrow, 37 of these organizations from the public… more »

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World Health Day Focuses on Public Health Threat Posed by Antimicrobial Drug Resistance →

World Health Day is celebrated on April 7 each year to commemorate the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948 by the United Nations (UN). World Health Day 2011 focuses on educating people of all ages to the dangers of antimicrobial resistance in microorganisms and active steps that can be taken to combat it. In recognition of this day, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said:

“…This year’s theme focuses on combating the steadily growing public health threat posed by antimicrobial drug resistance – a growing problem with implications for both national and global security. Drug resistance also threatens to reverse global health gains by making currently available first-line medicines less effective…

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“No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow” →

By: Robert Sauers of USAID in Afghanistan.

USAID representatives joined the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), members of Parliament, health officials, and the international community on April 6, 2011, to celebrate World Health Day in Kabul. Under the theme “No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow,” the event highlighted the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance and called attention to the need for policymakers, civil-society and patient groups, health practitioners and prescribers, pharmacists and dispensers, as well as the diagnostic and pharmaceutical community, to develop a comprehensive plan to minimize health risks from exposure to microbes…

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Launch of the Frontline Healthcare Workers Coalition

World Health Day Focuses on Public Health Threat Posed by Antimicrobial Drug Resistance →

“No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow” →