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15 December 201 - WHO is saddened by the death of Dr Halfdan T. Mahler on 14 December 2016. Dr Mahler served as Director-General of WHO from 1973-1988.

As WHO's third Director-General, Dr Mahler will be remembered as a champion for primary care. He played a key leadership role shaping the 1978 Alma Ata Declaration that defined the Health for All by the Year 2000 strategy. Under his leadership...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Researchers have outlined for the first time a key mechanism by which low-dose aspirin may inhibit cancer cell proliferation and metastasis.

Aspirin reduces the ability of blood platelets to raise the levels of a particular protein that can support malignant cells and allow them to survive and spread, scientists say.

It has long been known that low-dose, or...

Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 December 2016 - Over one million refugees and migrants arrived in Europe by sea in 2015. 2016 has become the deadliest year ever for these travellers, with over 4700 people found dead or missing at sea so far. Sudden and large influxes of refugees and migrants can disrupt entire health systems in countries of transit and destination, if these are not adequately...

Le centre hospitalier du Belvédère, connu pour sa maternité la plus importante de la région Normandie, s'apprête à déménager ses activités obstétricales et chirurgicales dans un nouveau bâtiment, construit en un temps record. Les travaux ayant démarré en février 2016, moins d'un an a été nécessaire pour mener à bien ce qui constitue la première phase de la restructuration...

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Début de l'épidémie de grippe en Bretagne et en Ile de France.
Franche augmentation des indicateurs de la grippe en métropole.
Virus A(H3N2) toujours majoritaire .

14 December 2016 | GENEVA - One third of more than 700 health facilities in Borno State, north-eastern Nigeria, have been completely destroyed, according to a report released today by WHO. Of those facilities remaining, one third are not functioning at all.

"High insecurity, difficult terrain and lack of health workers, medicines, equipment and basic amenities such as safe water are...

13 December 2016 – Conditions in Aleppo continue to deteriorate as thousands of people flee violence. The World Health Organization, alongside UN and other partners, is working to provide care in the midst of conflict and to assist internally displaced people (IDPs). The Organization strongly urges all parties to the conflict in Syria to abide by international humanitarian law and protect...

A la suite à l'épisode de pollution aux particules qui a noyé pendant 10 jours la moitié nord-est de la France, et qui se poursuit en région Rhône-Alpes, plusieurs hôpitaux déclarent des augmentations de fréquentation de plus de 30% dans les pathologies concernées. Même si cet accroissement n'a pas été enregistré dans tous les lieux de soin, de nombreuses études...

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