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The Global status report on road safety 2013 shows that 1.24 million people died in 2010 on the world’s roads. However, only 28 countries, covering 7% of the world’s population, have comprehensive road safety laws on all five key risk factors: drinking and driving, speeding, motorcycle helmets, seat-belts, and child restraints.
Find out about work being done to prevent this in this new World Health Organization (WHO) report launched today in Geneva.
A significant slowdown in global funding of anti-malaria campaigns threatens to roll back impressive gains made against the preventable mosquito-borne disease over the last decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week it released the World Malaria Report 2012.
Just over half the 15 million people who need antiretroviral treatment for HIV are getting the medicines they need. One key to increasing access to treatment, is to scale up voluntary testing and counseling, so that people who need treatment, know they need it.
Watch this video and join UNAIDS in recognizing the millions of people who give their energy to achieving an AIDS-free generation. The next 1,000 days will be critical to meet 2015 global HIV targets. It’s time to deliver country by country, city by city.
World Heart Day
World Heart Day
World Heart Day is celebrated every last Saturday of September. In partnership with WHO, the World Heart Federation organizes awareness events in more than 100 countries - including health checks, organized walks, runs and fitness sessions, public talks, stage shows, scientific forums, exhibitions, concerts, carnivals and sports tournaments.
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Rapid responses to emergencies and disasters saves lives as shown in this important video featuring humanitarian professionals at work from our World Health Organization colleagues.
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on 14 June every year. This year’s theme is “Every blood donor is a hero.”
Did you know? Half a litre of donated blood can help save as many as three people’s lives. Join “everyday heroes” – fire fighters, police, rescue workers – and give blood.
Contact your nearest blood centre, blood bank, hospital, clinic.
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Thursday is World No Tobacco Day which in 2012 focuses on exposing and countering the tobacco industry’s brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine global tobacco control efforts.
Six ways the tobacco industry derails or weakens strong tobacco control policies
Over 180 countries across the world are participating in the first-ever World Immunization Week.
The WHO-led initiative, which takes place from 21-28 April 2012, aims to raise awareness and encourage people everywhere to protect themselves and their families against vaccine-preventable diseases. It is also a time to focus on the fact that in this rapidly globalizing world, disease outbreaks can affect communities everywhere.
Wednesday, 25 April, is World Malaria Day, which this year marks a decisive juncture in the history of malaria control. Whether the malaria map will keep shrinking, as it has in the past decade, or be reclaimed by the malaria parasites, depends, to a great extent, on the resources that will be invested in control efforts over the next years.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon video message:
Last year we mourned the fact that one child died every 45 seconds from this disease. This year, we have managed to slow the clock. It remains a monumental tragedy that one child dies every minute from malaria, but we can draw some hope from the many lives saved through international interventions.
When older people thrive — we all benefit!
This year’s World Health Day (Saturday, 7 April) focuses on healthy ageing. Take a look at more images challenging stereotypes older people often face.
