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The People’s Republic of China and WHO are the joint-organizers of the Global Conference on Health Promotion in Shanghai on 21-24 November 2016. The Conference is entitled “Promoting health in the Sustainable Development
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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) new air quality model confirms that 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits.
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National Health Education Week is sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and is held during the third full week of October. SOPHE is an independent professional association represented by 4,000 heal
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World Polio Day was established by Rotary International to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis. Use of this inactivated poliovirus vaccine and subsequent
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Since 2014, Stacy Bolyard, a Sales Coordinator for MCN Healthcare, has volunteered her time and passion for running with Achilles International, a non-profit organization that assists athletes with disabilities. The orga
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September is Sepsis Awareness Month and on September 8th and 9th the first World Sepsis Congress was held.
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There are not many of us who have not been affected by suicide. According to the CDC, “Suicide is a serious but preventable public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families and communi
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The United States Breastfeeding Committee officially announced August as National Breastfeeding Month beginning in 2011. That same year, The Office of the Surgeon General released The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to
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With the Zika virus in the news everyday did you know that the mosquito is one of the deadliest animals in the world? Mosquitoes carry and spread diseases that have caused millions of deaths per year; malaria alone cause
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World Hepatitis Day is an opportunity to highlight the global burden of this disease. Viral hepatitis – a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E causes both acute (short-term) and chronic (long
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The CDC has received reports from international healthcare facilities that Candida auris, an emerging multidrug-resistant (MDR) yeast, is causing invasive healthcare-associated infections with high mortality. Some strain
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The World Health Organization released a statement on June 14, 2016 addressing the third meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee. This meeting was convened by the Director-General regarding mi
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Blood connects us all is the theme of this year’s World Blood Donor Day. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) objectives for this campaign include providing a wider public awareness for regular blood donation; inspiring
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An open letter from health experts was sent to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO on May 30, 2016. In this letter a group of health experts voiced their concerns about the Summer Olympics, the Paralympics and Zika
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May 31, 2016 is World No Tobacco Day. Tobacco-related illness is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 1.3 billion adults currently us
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