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Les notYcatlons prescrltss par la lc3gtslatlon sunitalre lnternatlonale en vlpusur, conosrnnut lea mesures qunrantenalres, les vacclnntIous et anlres sujets, SOnt publldes duns le Reiavd Epid.4mioiogique Hebdomadabe telles qu'ellos sont rogues des Gouvernemonts : auenn eommentaire us les aecompagne, meme lorsqu'elles ssmblent d6passer les dlspositlons de eette ldglslatlon. Dons ee dernier cas, le Gouvernement Intdress6 est evert1 des divergences eonstntdes ; tontefols. l...
HEALTH PROMOTION FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIDS Report of an Iacercouncry Workshop
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This has been .the .mo$.t, d $ f f f ~ $ t.* a; for ~ i e % - ~ asmin ce 1954, due to the internal political s3.ngg&+, inter-denminatipnal strife and the massLve infiltration of South met-Pam by net-Minh .and Red Chinese mares, bringing vith Ghetu such modern and heavy equipment as recoiless guns. . , Ws situat.ion could not but affect the health and weuare services provided by the Govexnmen$. It i s admixable that despite a l l the above difficulties, there have been some notable advances.
L'anthropomktrie a CtC largement, et avec succks, appliquCe h 1'Cvaluation du risque nutritionnel et du risque pour la santC, en particulier chez l'enfant. Les publications rCcentes ont precis6 l'interprktation des indicateurs anthropomCtriques dans certains cadres opCrationnels ( I ) , mais peu de choses ont CtC publikes sur d'autres applications justifiees de l'anthropornktrie. L'usage qui en est fait a des rCpercussions ma1 connues sur le choix des indicateurs et l'in...
Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 1993-1 994 season Between October 1991 and September 1992, influenza A viruses predominated and both the H3N2 and HlNl subtypes circulated. Influenza A(H3N2) was generally the more common influenza subtype, although the HlNl subtype was more frequently reported in Japan and New Zealand.' While many counrries reported influenza B, the number of isolates was small. Influenza activity, October 1992-febrwty 1...
Advances in the study of protective immunity have follox,ed the use of h.I.4Bs for the ~dentification of pure plasmodia1 antigens. Immunity to P, herghei sporozoites has been shown, by means of a MA0 that conferred immunity on passive transfer, to be mediated by a single surface protein; theMAB is being used to isolate this antigen. A correlation has been shown between the in vivo neutralization of the sporomite by theMAB andits ability to prevent sporozoite invasion ofc...
Evaluation of certain food additives. Some food colours, thickening agents, smoke condensates, and certain other substances. Nineteenth report of the Joint FAOIWHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. 1975. 23 p. (Wld Hlth Org. techn. Rep. Ser. No. 576) [E, F, S]
Le Royaume du Souaziland est un des plus petits pays africains tant par sa population que par sa superficie. I1 est situt dans la partie sudest du continent entre 25 et 27 de latitude sud et 29 et 31 de longitude est. I1 a une superficie de 17 364 Km2 mesurant 145 km en sa partie la plus large et 193 km du nord au sud. Le pays posdde quatre rtgions topographiques difftrentes (Annexe 1). La pluviomttrie varie en fonction des zones tcologiques et la plus grande partie des ...
Les notinentions prcserites par In Ibgislatiou sanitake Internationale en vlgueur, concernant les mesures quarantenaires, 10s vaccinations et autres sujets, sont publi6os dans 10 Reievd Eplddrnioioglque Hebdomadaire tdlos qu'elles sont repnes des Gouvernements ; aueun commontdre ne les nccompagne, m6me lorsqu'elles semblont ddpnssor les dispositions de eette Idgisiation. Dans co dornicr ens, lo Gouvernomont lntCess6 est avert1 des dlvergences constat6es ; toutelois les a...
Foreword During the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy, Viet Nam has engaged in health reform. A major aspect of this reform is Vietnam Health Insurance (VHI), a government agency that was established in 1992 to help protect the population against the cost implications of health risks. Recently, the Government publicly acknowledged the importance of VHI as an important instrument of poverty reduction, by pledging to contribute to the funding of the p...
INTRODUCTION An Intercountry Consultative Meeting on Surveillance and Control of Meningococal Meningitis was held at Kathmandu, Nepal, from 18 to 20 October 1989. The objectives of the meeting were: (1) To follow up the implementation of the recommendations of the meet in^ held in 1986; (2) To review the situation in SEAR conntries; ( 3 ) To improve guidelines for epidemiological surveillance and formulate new guidelines to suit the changed trend in the disease prevalenc...
In the past two years, the sense of common purpose in the worldwide struggle against HIV/AIDS has intensified. More than at any other time in the short history of the epidemic, the need to translate local and national examples of success into a global movement has become manifest. The political momentum to tackle AIDS has grown. Public opinion in many countries has been mobilized by the media, nongovernmental organizations, activists, doctors, economists, and people livi...
The Fifty-sixth World Health Assembly, Recalling resolutions WHA48.7, WHA48.13, WHA54.14, and WHA55.16, which respond to the need to ensure global health security at a time when the threat of infectious diseases is resurging; Taking into account also the existence of new risks and threats to health arising from the potential deliberate use of agents for terrorism purposes; Recognizing the part played by animals in the transmission and pathogenesis of some diseases which ...
Although the possible relationship between peptic ulcer and atherosclerosis merits investigation in view of the fact that both conditions are influenced by environmental and, at least in the case of peptic ulcer, psychogenic factors, no studies of this relationship seem to have been published and there have only occasionally been reports dealing with the problem from a clinical point of view.
Introduction The disparities in health between rich and poor populations are, in a significant measure, attributable to a lack of access to drugs and vaccines as well as to differences in the geographical distributions of certain disease agents and sanitation. Historically, drugs and vaccines have become available through an informal division of responsibilities between public entities and private companies, all undertaking activities in accordance with their mandates or...
Health services institutions and units visited by project staff for orientation fast-finding and data colleetion purposes are listed in Annex I
I should like to add my welcome to those you have already received on the occasion of this WHO Vaccine Research Overview meeting here in Montreux. I am especially pleased that the meeting has been organized in collaboration with UNAIDS. As one of the co-sponsors of UNAIDS, WHO is committed to find solutions to the ever growing HIV/ AIDS pandemic. This meeting is important. The expectations for future achievements feed on the successes of the past. Vaccines have proven th...
WHA31.55 La 31a Asamblea Mundial de la Salud, Consciente de que las madres y 10s niiios son grupos particularmente vulnerables que tienen necesidades especiales de salud y estin expuestos a grandes riesgos; Preocupada por la magnitud y la gravedad de 10s problemas de salud de la madres y 10s niiios, principalmente por la relacion que guardan con la interamion entre malnutrici6n e infeciones, combinada con factores ambientales adversos y con deficiencias de 10s sewicios s...
Responsibilities to be retained at national level during HSR Regardless of the type of HSR in a country a number of functions need to be retained at national level. These normally include the following: • Policy setting, standards and guidelines for EPI: These include norms and standards for infrastructure, new vaccines, safe immunization and waste management. • Regulation: Legislation and regulation of the different stakeholders. • Strategic planning of EPI: Development...