Press Releases
2001
 WHO
welcomes groundbreaking report (WHO/2001/56) 20 December 2001
WHO
to support new national institutes of health research programme
(WHO/2001/55) 17 December 2001
U.N.
efforts broaden availability of antiretrovirals (WHO/2001/54)
11 December 2001
AIDS
Epidemic faster in Eastern Europe than in rest of world: new
figures (WHO/2001/53) 28 November 2001
WHO
Director-General Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for US$2.5 Billion
in aid for victims of humanitarian crises (WHO/2001/52) 27
November 2001
Success
of Afghanistan reconstruction will be measured in lives saved and
improved (WHO/2001/51) 26 November 2001
Success
of Afghanistan reconstruction will be measured in lives saved and
improved (WHO/2001/51) 26 November 2001
WHO
Director-General urges investment in DPR Korean health sector
(WHO/2001/50) 20 November 2001
Life-saving
TB drugs arrive in DPR Korea during WHO Director-General's visit
(WHO/2001/49) 20 November 2001
WHO
publishes new guidelines to measure health (WHO/2001/48) 15
November 2001
Member
States need to take action against Tobacco Advertising
(WHO/2001/47) 1 November 2001
New
Global Plan to Stop Spread of Tuberculosis (WHO/2001/46) 23
October 2001
West
African States on Verge of Eliminating Polio as Massive
Immunization Campaign Launched (WHO/2001/45) 19 October 2001
World
Health Organization Stresses Need for Continued Public Vigilance
in Responding to Deliberate Infections (WHO/2001/44) 18
October 2001
First
Shipment of Vital Tuberculosis Drugs Arrives in Moldova
(WHO/2001/43) 15 October 2001
The
World Health Report 2001: Mental Disorders affect one in four
people (WHO/2001/42) 28 September 2001
Content
of 2002 "Southern Hemisphere" influenza vaccine decided
(WHO/2001/41) 18 September 2001
WHO
launches urgent appeal for US$2.9 million to tackle yellow fever
epidemic in Abidjan (WHO/2001/40) 5 September 2001
$17
Billion spent researching new drugs in the past five years could
be lost just as quickly without global action (WHO/2001/39) 11
September 2001
12
Million euros needed to study venous thrombosis and air travel
(WHO/2001/38)
17
August 2001
Humanitarian
logistics systems must improve, experts say (WHO/2001/37) 13
August 2001
WHO
Plans New Fight Against Flu (WHO/2001/36) 27 July 2001
Price
of Vital TB Drugs Reduced by as much as 94% through WHO
Partnership (WHO/2001/35) 19 July 2001
WHO
Calls on Private Sector to Provide Affordable Hearing Aids in
Developing World (WHO/2001/34) 11 July 2001
Codex
Alimentarius Commission discusses safety of discusses safety of
genetically modified foods, approves toxin limits and guidelines
for organic livestock farming
(WHO/2001/33)
6 July 2001
WHO
and Top Publishers Announce Breakthrough on Developing Countries'
Access to Leading Biomedical Journals (WHO/2001/32) 9 July
2001
World
Health Leaders Call for Peace to Immunize 16 Million Children
Against Polio (WHO/2001/31) 5 July 2001
FAO/WHO
Call for More International Collaboration to Solve Food Safety and
Quality Problems (WHO/2001/30) 2 July 2001
Developing
Countries to Receive US$17 Million for Tobacco Control Research (WHO/2001/29)
28 June 2001
Joint
WHO/OIE/FAO Consultation on BSE/CJD closes (WHO/2001/28) 14
June 2001
WHO
Urges Countries to Prevent a Tobacco Epidemic among Women and
Girls (WHO/2001/27) 30 May 2001
WHO
and Novartis Join Forces to Combat Drug Resistant Malaria
(WHO/2001/26)
23 May 2001
World
Health Assembly endorses WHO's strategic priorities
(WHA/2001/6) 22 May 2001
54
Countries and Five International Organizations Join in a
World-Wide Exercise in Nuclear Emergency Management
(WHO/2001/25) 21 May 2001
Expert
Body Stresses Need for Urgent Polio Eradication and Funding for
Global Effort (WHA/2001/5) 18 May 2001
Secretary-General
Advances Plans for International Aids and Health Fund (WHA/2001/4)
17 May 2001
$1.5
Billion Needed to Meet TB Control Targets in Highest Burden
Countries (WHA/2001/3) 16 May 2001
Leprosy:
Global Target Attained. Remaining Endemic Countries Pose
Greatest Challenge (WHA/2001/2) 16 May 2001
Protecting
Public Health requires new Tobacco Product Regulation, says WHO
(WHA/2001/1) 15 May 2001
Tobacco
Poses a Major Obstacle to Children's Rights - Report
(WHO/2001/24) 4 May 2001
World
Health Organization and Aventis Announce a Major Initiative to
Step Up Efforts against Sleeping Sickness (WHO/2001/23) 3 May
2001
WHO
makes Recommendations on Depleted Uranium and Health in New
Monograph (WHO/2001/22) 26 April 2001
HIV
causing Tuberculosis cases to Double in Africa (WHO/2001/21)
23 April 2001
WHO/WTO
Workshop on Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs
(WHO/2001/20)
The
United Nations Secretary General to Lead the Fight Against
HIV/AIDS (WHO/2001/19)
As
Burden of Mental Health Disorders Looms Large, Countries Report
Lack of Mental Health Programmes (WHO/2001/18)
Polio
Eradication: Final 1% Poses Greatest Challenge (WHO/2001/17)
UN
Agencies Launch New Plan to Halve Mortality of Measles, a Major
Childhood Killer (WHO/2001/16)
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation Awards $10 Million to Develop New
Diagnostics for Tuberculosis (WHO/2001/15)
World
TB Day 2001: Access to TB Cure a Human Right Imperative
(WHO/2001/14)
WHO
and Stop TB Launch New Initiative to Increase Access to Free TB
Drugs: The Global TB Drug Facility (WHO/2001/13)
World
Water Day - Immediate Solutions for Persistent Problems
(WHO/2001/12)
Scientific
Experts and Airline Industry Call for Further Study of Venous
Thrombosis (WHO/2001/11)
GlaxoSmithKline
and World Health Organization Sign Agreement to Develop a new
Treatment for Malaria (WHO/2001/10)
Uganda
Ebola Outbreak Officially Over (WHO/2001/09)
Alcohol
- number-one killer of young men in Europe (EURO 2/01)
Experts
decide content of 2001-2002 "Northern Hemisphere"
Influenza Vaccine (WHO/2001/08)
China,
Argentina, Senegal and Zimbabwe lead in Global Campaign Against
Epilepsy (WHO/2001/07)
WHO
Opens an Office in Lyon (France) to Help Developing Countries
Detect and Control Epidemics and Emerging Diseases
(WHO/2001/06)
WHO
Appeals for $2 million in "Flash" Funds to Take Forward
Work on Depleted Uranium in Balkans, Iraq (WHO/2001/05)
FAO/WHO:
Amount of Poor-Quality Pesticides Sold in Developing Countries
Alarmingly High (WHO/2001/04)
Global
Health Issues; 107th Session of WHO's Executive Board
(WHO/2001/03)
Fewer Pills Help the Medicine Go Down
for TB Patients - And Combat a Deadly Epidemic (WHO/2001/02)
WHO Launches
Mental Health 2001 Campaign (WHO/2001/01)
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