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02/24/2015 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging affected countries to scale up their investments in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, to improve the health and well-being of more than 1.5 billion people. This investment would represent as little as 0.1% of current domestic expenditure on health in affected low- and middle-income countries for the period 2015-2030. -
02/10/2015 - More than 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy. To help defeat the disorder, the WHO Programme on Reducing the Epilepsy Treatment Gap seeks to expand the skills of primary care, non-specialist health care providers to diagnose, treat and follow up with people with epilepsy. The Programme engages in health system strengthening, improving the availability of antiepileptic medicines and raising awareness about epilepsy. The Programme is currently being implemented in 4 countries: Ghana, Mozambique, Myanmar and Viet Nam. -
02/03/2015 - As part of the collaboration between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and The Rockefeller Foundation, and with the goal of further improving our services of selective dissemination of information, the new "Portal for the Equity List and Knowledge Network” was launched. This new virtual space, with free and equitable access, serves as the main source of information for the List. It will allow to generate moderated debates and retrieve thematically classified information, which is automatically connected to the Virtual Health Library (managed by BIREME) and the collection of information products published by PAHO/WHO. -
02/02/2015 - Urgent government action is needed to meet global targets to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and prevent the annual toll of 16 million people dying prematurely – before the age of 70 – from heart and lung diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes, according to a new WHO report. -
02/02/2015 - The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this week and next (25 Jan. to 3 Feb.) to discuss global health issues including antimicrobial resistance, the International Health Regulations, adolescent health, and health and the environment, among others. Highlights of the meetings include the special briefing on Ebola by Director-General Margaret Chan at the opening session on 25 Jan., and the appointment of new Directors for WHO's regional offices in Europe and Africa. -
01/29/2015 - A day after the presentation of the ECLAC Social Panorama of 2014 – a document prepared annually by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean - ISAGS welcomed the Social Affairs Officer of the Social Development Division of ECLAC, Ana Sojo. The visit came as part of the face-to-face week of the course Intersectoral Public Policies and Social Determination of Health, the first organized by ISAGS. -
01/21/2015 - The course Intersectoral Public Policies and Social Determination of Health, the first one offered by the Institute, will hold its in-person stage from January 26 to 30. As a part of the program, the Institute receives the Social Affairs Officer at the Social Development Division of ECLAC, Ana Sojo, for the online conference “Social determination of health in Latin America”. The lecture will be broadcasted on Tuesday, 27, at 4pm (GTM-3) at the link anasojo.isags-unasur.org in Spanish, with simultaneous translation to English. -
01/21/2015 - The regions countries advanced toward goals including universal health coverage, expanded access to vaccination, and ensuring that fewer babies are born with HIV. They also confronted major new challenges, including the arrival and spread of the chikungunya virus and the need to prepare for the possible imported cases of Ebola. The year 2014 was marked by progress as well as significant challenges for public health in the Americas. The regions countries advanced toward goals including universal health coverage, expanded access to vaccination, and ensuring that fewer babies are born with HIV. They also confronted major new challenges, including the arrival and spread of the chikungunya virus and the need to prepare for the possible imported cases of Ebola. -
01/14/2015 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened the door to routine immunization of infants in sub-Saharan Africa by approving for use an innovative and affordable vaccine that has all but rid the meningitis belt of a major cause of deadly epidemics. In the four years since its introduction in Africa, MenAfriVac® has had an immediate and dramatic impact in breaking the cycle of meningitis A epidemics, leading the safe, effective technology to be approved by WHO through its prequalification process for use in infants, and paving the way for protecting millions more children at risk of the deadly disease. The announcement was made today by the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP)—a partnership between the global health nonprofit PATH and WHO—and Serum Institute of India Ltd (SIIL), which manufactures the MenAfriVac® vaccine. -
12/16/2014 - Every day, millions of women and girls worldwide experience violence. This abuse takes many forms, including intimate physical and sexual partner violence, female genital mutilation, child and forced marriage, sex trafficking, and rape. The Lancet Series on Violence against women and girls shows that such abuse is preventable.