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UPDATED:Mon Jan 10 11:48:38 2000

1999 Press Releases in reverse chronological order

United Nations Foundation Grant to Fuel Expansion of WHO's Child and Youth Activities (WHO/99-78)

Future research on smallpox virus recommended (WHO/99-77)

To combat meningitis epidemics and prevent deaths: be prepared (WHO/99-76)

Bill and Melinda Gates and Ted Turner donate US$78 million to accelerate the campaign to eradicate polio by end of 2000 (WHO/99-75)

Orphan drug finds home (WHO/99-74)

Attacking the Attacker: WHO Steps its Fight Against Rheumatic Fever (WHO/99-73)

WHO, UNICEF and Rotary International Launch Emergency Appeal for Polio Vaccine (WHO/99-72)

"Kobe Declaration" Calls for a Halt to the Tobacco Menace Among Women and Children (WHO/99-71)

Elimination of Leprosy in Sight: Global Alliance Created to Reach 2005 Goal (WHO/99-70)

"Young Women's Smoking Crisis" Set to Hit Asia (WHO/99-69)

Director-General Urges Comprehensive Agenda on Disability (WHO/99-68)

WHO Director-General Unveils New Global Strategies for Mental Health (WHO/99-67)

HIV/AIDS has infected 50 million, killed 16 million, since epidemic began (WHO/99-66)

WHO Launches Ground-Breaking Campaign to Counter Tobacco Industry Deception (WHO/99-65)

WHO, Partner Agencies and Industry Launch Unique Venture to Develop Malaria Drugs (WHO/IFPMA)

Cholera, Malaria and Tuberculosis Pose Major Health Threats in East Timor (WHO/99-64)

UN Agencies Issue Joint Statement for Reducing Maternal Mortality (WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/WORLD BANK)

Japanese Government, Pharmaceutical Companies to Join WHO in Effort to Find More Effective Anti-Malarial Drugs (WHO/99-63)

WHO Begins Work on World's First Public Health Treaty (WHO/99-62)

Japanese Nuclear Accident: No Concern for Visitors to the Country (WHO/99-61)

Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of the "Parents of the Next Generation" (WHO/99-60)

WHO Appoints Outside Experts to Review Alleged Tobacco Industry Attempts to "Undermine" UN-Wide Tobacco Control Efforts (WHO/99-59)

Osteoporosis:Health Organizations and Individuals Must Act Now to Avoid an Impending Epidemic (WHO/99-58)

Public Health Activities in Timor Will Stop if No New Money Found (WHO/99-57)

Peace in Sierra Leone Opens Way for Major Polio Eradication Campaign (WHO/99-56)

Pasteur Merieux Connaught Donates 50 Million Doses of Polio Vaccine for War-Torn Countries (WHO/99-55)

WHO Welcomes First Signatory as It Opens Process to Underwrite Good Drug Donation Guidelines (WHO/99-54)

River Blindness: Its Impending Elimination Signals a Landmark in Public/Private Sector Collaboration (WHO/99-53)

No Public Health Threat Outside Japan from Nuclear Incident (WHO/99-52)

WHO Launches Vaccination Campaign to Control Polio Outbreak in Iraq (WHO/99-51)

Millions Walk as WHO Launches a Global Movement for Active Ageing (WHO/99-50)

Experts Decide Content of 2000 "Southern Hemisphere" Influenza Vaccine (WHO/99-49)

East Timor: Get Nurses, Midwives and Doctors to the People Who Need Them (WHO/99-48)

East Timor: As the Arms are Laid Down, Reconstruction of the Health System Must Begin (WHO/99-47)

Vision 2020 Launched in Western Pacific (WHO/99-46)

WHO Calls for Good Drug Donation Practice During Emergencies as It Issues New Guidelines (WHO/99-45)

Turkey: Water and Sanitation, Surveillance Systems Now Key To Disease Control (WHO/99-44)

Polio Vaccination Campaign Reaches over 80% of Children under Five in Warn-Torn D.R. Congo (WHO/99-43)

WHO Warns Against Health Misconceptions in Wake of Turkish Earthquake (WHO/99-42)

Vigilance Needed as First Cases of Epidemic-Prone Diseases Registered in Kosovo (WHO/99-41)

Solar Alert '99 (WHO/99-40)

WHO Finds Heavy Toll from Land Mines in Kosovo (WHO/99-39)

New partners join major offensive to rid the world of polio in 18 months (WHO/99-38)

Reproductive health : The young have a right to know - Dr Brundtland (WHO/99-37)

WHO Director-General urges new thinking on debt relief (WHO/99-36)

Environmental tobacco smoke seriously endangers children's health (WHO/99-35)

Bill and Melinda GATES give $10 million for research (WHO/99-34)

WHO issues "wake-up call" against microbial threats (WHO/99-33)

Environmental action is key to improved health, WHO Director-General says (WHO/99-32)

The Burden of Occupational Illness (WHO/99-31)

Dr A.J.M. Sulainman - Chairman of WHO Executive Board (WHO/99-30)

Reducing the greatest single public health risk - Prominent tobacco control activist wins prize (WHO/99-29)

World Health Assembly gives resounding support to WHO technical programme (WHO/99-WHA18)

World Health Organization sets out to eliminate iodine deficiency disorder (WHO/99-WHA17)

WHO launches project to support "active ageing" (WHO/99-WHA16)

Special fund for polio eradication (WHO/99-WHA15)

World Health Assembly paves way for framework convention on tobacco control, Assembly also approves delay in destruction of smallpox virus, Revised Drug Strategy and support for Roll Back Malaria (WHO/99-WHA14)

WHO to address trade and pharmaceuticals (WHO/99-WHA13)

OCP to be transformed into a multidisease surveillance centre (WHO/99-WHA12)

WHA committee recommends resolution on smallpox virus (WHO/99-WHA11)

Delegates applaud public health solidarity in south Balkans (WHO/99-WHA10)

Structural, policy changes strengthen WHO (WHO/99-WHA9)

Assembly awards recognize public health contributions (WHO/99-WHA8)

Finding the money, hospital investments, HIV/AIDS and priority setting are hot topics at ministerial roundtables (WHO/99-WHA7)

International community calls on WHO Director-General to lead the final assault on polio (WHO/99-WHA6)

South African Anti-Smoking Laws to stay (WHO/99-WHA5)

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen : "Penalty of inaction can be illness and death" (WHO/99-WHA4)

Closer cooperation the way to better health - G. H. Brundtland (WHO/99-WHA3)

South African Health Minister receives WHO health award for work on tobacco control (WHO/99-WHA2)

Abortion in the developing world (WHO/99-28)

52nd World Health Assembly opens in Geneva on 17 May 1999 (WHO/99-WHA1)

Major cardiovascular study shows substantial regional differences (WHO/99-27)

Cigarettes should be regulated like others drugs, says Director-General (WHO/99-26)

Leprosy Elimination Moves a Step Nearer (WHO/99-25)

WHO and the European Commission to Collaborate in the Field of Mental Health (WHO/99-24)

Cigars and Pipes as Lethal as Cigarettes (WHO/99-23)

Kosovo: No Evidence of Infectious Disease Outbreaks in region, but Authorities Must Remain Vigilant (WHO/99-22)

Polio Outbreak in Central Africa (WHO/99-21)

WHO Recognizes Child Abuse as a Major Public Health Problem (WHO/99-20)

World Health Day - Sir Peter Ustinov's Advice to Older Persons: "Speak Louder, Listen More and Say What You Think" (WHO/99-19)

Communicable Diseases are Main Health Threat to Kosovo Refugees (WHO/99-18)

WHO announces landmark in Polio eradication (WHO/99-17)

1999 World TB Day (WHO/99-16)

WHO Says Global Tobacco Control is about Saving Lives, not Profit Lines, and Invites Tobacco Farmers Worldwide to Back its Efforts (WHO/99-15)

"Influenza-Like" Acute Respiratory Infection Behind Deadly Afghan Outbreak (WHO/99-14)

First cervical cancer vaccine - From pipe dream to pipeline (WHO/99-13)

Vision 2020 - The right to sight (WHO/99-12)

50 Years of Influenza Surveillance: Much Still to Do to Stop a Common Killer (WHO/99-11)

Improved public health will save millions of women's lives, WHO says (WHO/99-10)

Help young people make healthy choices in their sexual and reproductive lives, WHO chief says (WHO/99-09)

34 million people protected from river blindness in in west africa success story (WHO/99-08)

WHO Guidelines for the management of hypertension, 1999 (WHO/99-07)

WHO executive board gives green light to framework convention on tobacco control (WHO/99-06)

The world on the brink of eradicating Polio WHO says
(WHO/99-05)

WHO launches partnership with the pharmaceuticals industry to help smokers quit (WHO/99-04)

WHO appoints one new regional Director (WHO/99-03)

The way ahead for WHO (WHO/99-02)

Turn the tables on ill health and poverty, says WHO chief (WHO/99-01)

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