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UPDATED:Tue Jan 23 17:29:08 2001

2000: Note for the Press

Team to Investigate Depleted Uranium and other Toxic Substances in Kosovo (Note 2001-01)

WHO's Recommendation Concerns Maximum Tolerable Daily Intake of Dioxins, not Salmon (ST 2001-01)

Nursing and Midwifery Services Facing Crisis, Experts Say (Note 2000-17)

International Day of Disabled Persons: 3 December. Is there Equality of Opportunities for People with Disabilities? A recent WHO report sums up the situation (Note 2000-16)

DDT use in Malaria Prevention and Control (Note 2000-15)

World Aids Day: 1 December 2000 - Condoms Should be Used More Often as a Means of Family Planning, Especially where the AIDS Epidemic is Raging (ST 2000-12)

World Aids Day: 1 December 2000 - Statement by Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General, World Health Organization, for World Aids Day: A Call on Men to Make a Difference in HIV/AIDS (ST 2000-11)

Web-Based Environmental Sanitation Network Launched (Note 2000-14)

Dot.Health (ST 2000-10)

Largest Initiative to Eradicate Polio in West and Central Africa Expands to 19 Countries (MA 2000-12)

WHO Statement on the Stern Magazine Article on Blood Safety (ST 2000-9)

WHO Position Statement on Recall of Evans/Medeva Polio Vaccine in UK (ST 2000-08)

The Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN) is Organizing its Annual Meeting in Cairo (Egypt) (Note 2000-13)

WHO Appeals for Funds to Control Ebola Outbreak (Note 2000-12)

BAT and Philip Morris Presentations to WHO Scientific Committee do not Constitute an Endorsement of any of their Products, nor should it Reflect a Partnership, Collaboration or Dialogue (ST 2000-07)

WHO Director-General's Response to the Tobacco Hearings (ST 2000-06)

17 African countries to launch major synchronized polio immunization campaign (MA 2000-11)

Match Point against Polio at SWISSCOM CHALLENGE (World's No. 1 Martina Hingis and Rotary International to Announce Donations for Polio Eradication) (MA 2000-10)

WHO Statement on Massive Effort (ST 2000-05)

The Global Advocacy Forum for the Massive Effort Against Diseases of Poverty (MA 2000-09)

The Global Embrace - Older People Lead the Walk Around the World on 1 October 2000 (MA 2000-08)

Vaccinators Battle Rain and Mud to Control Yellow Fever Outbreak in Liberia (Note 2000-11)

Statement on an Hypothesis Concerning the Origin of HIV and an Early, Experimental Polio Vaccine (ST 2000-04)

WHO and European Commission agree common Points in Health Research Agenda (ST 2000-01)

African Olympic Athletes Support Roll Back Malaria (Note 2000-10)

WHO's First Public Hearings on Tobacco Control Expected to be Lively (MA 2000-04)

Dr James Tulloch receives an award in London for his services to child health (Note 2000-09)

Public Hearings on Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Geneva, 12-13 October 2000 (NOTE 2000-08)

WHO briefing addresses close links between public health and trade (NOTE-2000-WHA02)

The 53rd WHA elects its officials (NOTE-2000-WHA01)

Gates foundation to announce donation for Guinea Worm eradication (Note 2000-07)

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