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WHO welcomes global health funding for malaria vaccine

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Écrit par WHO | 17 Novembre 2016

17 November 2016 – The world’s first malaria vaccine will be rolled out in pilot projects in sub-Saharan Africa, WHO confirmed today.  Funding is now secured for the initial phase of the programme and vaccinations are due to begin in 2018.

The vaccine, known as RTS,S, acts against P. falciparum, the most deadly malaria parasite globally, and the most prevalent in Africa. Advanced...

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ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICY RESEARCH (AHPSR) SHOWS HOW PARTICIPATORY LEADERSHIP STRENGTHENS HEALTH SYSTEMS

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Écrit par WHO | 17 Novembre 2016

17 November 2016 I Vancouver – The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) calls for participatory leadership to strengthen health systems. The approach is premised on inclusivity and engages diverse stakeholders at different levels within and outside the health system.

The report, Open Mindsets; Participatory Leadership for Health, was launched at the Fourth Global...

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RÉSULTAT EXCEPTIONNEL EN FRANCE : LE CLUSTER MEDICALPS COMPTE 10 LAURÉATS DU CONCOURS MONDIAL D’INNOVATION

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Écrit par MEDICALPS | 17 Novembre 2016

Pas moins de 13 projets «santé» grenoblois, dont 10 issus de sociétés adhérentes au cluster MEDICALPS, ont été récompensés lors du Concours Mondial d’Innovation. Ces 13 nominations démontrent le terreau exceptionnel de la filière des technologies de la santé de Grenoble-Isère.

Référent du réseau thématique #HealthTech sur French Tech in the Alps, MEDICALPS est...

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Bulletin hebdomadaire de surveillance de la grippe, semaine 45. Saison 2016-2017

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Écrit par SPF | 16 Novembre 2016

altLes points clés

Métropole : faible activité grippale.
Antilles-Guyane : poursuite de l'épidémie grippale en Guadeloupe et Guyane.
A la Réunion : fin de l'épidémie grippale.

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WHO delivers lifesaving medicines and supplies to displaced people in Yei River State, South Sudan

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Écrit par WHO | 16 Novembre 2016

November 2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO) delivered lifesaving supplies to assist thousands of women and children in Yei River State, one of South Sudan’s states most affected by conflict.The lifesaving health supplies will benefit more than 30 000 people living in areas affected by conflict in parts of Logo and Kirkwa in Yei River State for the next three months. The supplies...

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Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015 A pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

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Écrit par WHO | 16 Novembre 2016

According to new research published in the Lancet, the number of people in the world with high blood pressure reached 1.13 billion, nearly doubling since 1975.

The largest ever study of its kind, the research involved the World Health Organization and hundreds of scientists throughout the world, and incorporated blood pressure measurements from nearly 20 million people.

High blood...

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Breakthrough Method For Quantifying Syncytial Knots

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Écrit par Pediatric and Developmental Pathology | 16 Novembre 2016

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology – Identifying potential risk factors that may harm placental development is a primary objective of pregnancy screenings. To help ensure healthy pregnancies and, in turn, healthy newborns, researchers and clinicians continue to develop new and innovative testing methods to monitor fetal development. Successfully identifying syncytial knots (SK) in...

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Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness

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Écrit par WHO | 15 Novembre 2016

15 November 2016 ¦ Geneva ¦ Marrakech – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem1 in Morocco.

Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Transmitted through contact with eye and nose discharge of infected people, particularly young children, it affects populations in 42 countries, and is...

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