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Access to medicines
MEDICINES ACCOUNT FOR A MAJOR PROPORTION of health costs, especially in the developing world, where it is estimated that one third of the...
UN Chronicle, 09/01/06 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
'Fuel for life': household energy and health
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FROM COOKING AND HEATING with solid fuels, including wood, dung and coal on open fires or traditional stoves, is responsible...
UN Chronicle, 07/01/06 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
2006 Ad
THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2006: Working together for health was launched on 7 April to coincide with World Health Day. It contains an assessment of...
UN Chronicle, 03/01/06 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
WHO report 2005: TB linked to HIV at alarming levels in Africa
The battle against tuberculosis (TB) is being successfully fought in most areas of the world, but in Africa the disease has reached alarming...
UN Chronicle, 06/01/05 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
The Atlas of heart disease and stroke
Cardiovascular disease now ranks as the leading cause of death, resulting in one third of all deaths globally. The Atlas of Heart Disease and...
UN Chronicle, 03/01/05 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
Cambodia reaches key target against parasites
The Partners for Parasite Control was launched and a measurable global target was set after resolution 54.19 was endorsed by every Member State at...
UN Chronicle, 09/01/04 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
Striving for the global eradication of poliomyelitis
When Ministers of health and representatives from the six remaining polio-endemic countries, namely Afghanistan, Egypt, India, the Niger, Nigeria...
UN Chronicle, 09/01/04 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
Vitamin and mineral deficiency: a global progress report
In an effort to create a higher level of awareness by politicians, the press and the public of the scale and severity of vitamin and mineral...
UN Chronicle, 09/01/04 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
World report on road traffic injury prevention
Injuries from road crashes kill 1.2 million people every year and injure or disable as many as 50 million more. The World report on road traffic...
UN Chronicle, 06/01/04 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication -
Persons with disabilities
The Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with...
UN Chronicle, 06/01/04 by Erika Reinhardt · More from publication
