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Efforts must be intensified to control Zimbabwe cholera outbreak New web site with information on WHO programmes and health issues in Viet Nam. Available in English and Vietnamese. Joint WHO-UNICEF report on the five most important causes of ... [... more]
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Counterfeit medicines
Revised 14 November 2006 This fact sheet is being updated. Ms Liz Finney - Communications Officer Telephone: +41 22 791 1866 Fact sheet N°275 WHO/Geneva Telephone: +41 22 791 2222 [... more]
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The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER)
The Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) serves as an essential instrument for the rapid and accurate dissemination of epidemiological information on cases and outbreaks of diseases under the International Health Regulations and on other ... [... more]
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Are there beneficial effects of UV radiation?
The sun's rays provide warmth and light that enhance your general feeling of well-being and stimulate blood circulation. Some UV radiation is essential to the body as it stimulates the production of vitamin D. Vitamin D has an important function ... [... more]
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Positive PCR
Researchers in several countries are working towards developing fast and accurate laboratory diagnostic tests for the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). However, until standardized reagents for virus and antibodies detection are available and methods ... [... more]
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Yaws: A forgotten disease
Yaws is a chronic infection that affects mainly the skin, bone and cartilage. The disease occurs mainly in poor communities in warm, humid, tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America. The causative organism is a bacterium called Treponema ... [... more]
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Leishmaniasis: background information
Although cutaneous leishmaniasis can be traced back many hundreds of years, one of the first and most important clinical descriptions was made in 1756 by Alexander Russell following an examination of a Turkish patient. The disease, then commonly ... [... more]
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OMS / Pian
El pian es una infección crónica que afecta principalmente a la piel, huesos y cartílagos. La enfermedad aparece sobre todo en comunidades pobres de zonas tropicales, cálidas y húmedas, de África, Asia y Am& [... more]
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Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR)
Any infectious agents or toxic chemical could in theory be engineered for deliberate use as a weapon. Experts in this field believe that smallpox, anthrax, botulism and plague are the pathogens most likely to be used. However, most if not all ... [... more]
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Diphtheria
Toxoid as DTP, DT or Td - at least three primary doses given by the intramuscular route Immunization surveillance, assessment and monitoring Monitoring immunization systems and safety Assessing diseases burden and immunization impact Vaccine ... [... more]
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Medicamentos falsificados
La falsificación de medicamentos es parte del fenómeno más amplio de la difusión de fármacos que incumplen las normas establecidas en materia de seguridad, calidad y eficacia. En las etiquetas de esos medicamentos se [... more]
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Marburg haemorrhagic fever
Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Viewed under electron microscopy, the viruses show particles shaped like elongated filaments, ... [... more]
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