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In the Western Pacific Region the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative of UNICEF and WHO, launched in 1992, has helped to establish and strengthen practices that promote breast-feeding.
INTRODUCCION Desde la 6ltima reunion del Grupo Cientifico de la OMS de Investigaciones sobre el Tracoma, celebrada en 1963, se han obtenido nuevos datos sobre las relaciones existentes entre el tracoma (Tr) y la conjuntivitis de inclusiones (CI) y entre 10s agentes Tr-CI y 10s restantes miembros del grupo psitacosis-linfogranuloma-tracoma (PLT). El perfeccionamiento de 10s mCtodos de diagn6stico de laboratorio ha facilitado el estudio de 10s diversos tipos de infecciones...
L'exposition constante de la flore bactkrienne de l'homme et des animaux aux antihjotiques a entrain& la selection de micro-organismes antibior&sistants et leur large dissemination dans la population humaine; de plus, le transfert de genes de la resistance entre souches bacteriennes a elargi la gamme des micro-organismes resistants. Cette exposition est due a I'emploi des antibiotiques en mkdecine humaine et vetkinaire pour le traitement et la prhention des infections, d...
Acknowledgments The author would like to ackowledge the assistance OF Laurie Chestnut of RCGfl-Iagler Bailly Inc., several reviewers who have provided constructive comments during various phases of development ofthis report, Gunnar Eskeland of the World Bank, Tord Kjellstrism and Carlos Corvalin of the World Health Organization, and Kirk Smith of the University of California at Berkeley. A portion ofthe report was undertaken while the author was a Resident Scholar at the...
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Filariasis is a disease that has interested Japanese workers for many years, as the large number of works on this subject published in Japanese medical periodicals before 1957 bears witness (Sasa, Hayashi & Sato, 1958). Before the Second World War, no successful attempts at the regional control of endemic filariasis in Japan had been made, but in 1952 a systematic and co-operative research programme was undertaken by Japanese scientists. This work was aided from the star...
Dr Nakajima: Women are considered as exemplars and educators in families and in societies and, as such, their behaviour is of special importance. Unfortunately, they are becoming the targets of tobacco publicity. WHO must therefore use all its moral authority to prevent this plague of the 20th century from hitting women as hard as it has hit men. Every one of us has a duty to do all we can to ensure that the worldwide rate of smoking decreases for both men and women. Non...
Antecedentes Los brotes epidémicos son inevitables y a menudo impredecibles. El entorno que rodea a un brote es único en la salud pública. A menudo los brotes se caracterizan por la incert i d u m b re, la confusión y la sensación de urgencia. La comunicación, en general a través de los medios de difusión, es otra característica del entorn o del brote. Lamentablemente, abundan los ejemplos de comunicación frustrada que han retrasado el control de los brotes, han minado l...
The merits of non-pharniacolog~cal approacho In the management of hypertension have been c o n s i d c ~ e d in nu~nerous revie\*s, nleta-analyszs, and repolts (1, 2). The W-orld Hypculension League also recently p u h l ~ s h e dc onsensus slatemsnls on three aspecls of [his subject - rveiylit c o n t r o l ( j ) , physical a c t i v i l g (4). and cnoderation of alcohol c o n s u m p t i o ~ i (5). A l t h o u g h consensus on a l l aspcas of non-pharmacological interv...
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La OMS empezó a formular estrategias de cooperación con los países en 1999, aplicando el criterio del aprendizaje mediante la práctica. Las estrategias fueron descritas en dos informes sobre la mejora de las actividades de la OMS a nivel de país, presentados por el Consejo Ejecutivo de la OMS en enero de 20001 y 20032. La mayoría de los países en que está presente la OMS cuentan actualmente con un documento ECP. Se ha adquirido mucha experiencia, que podría utilizarse pa...
At the time when preliminary investigations with penicillin were in progress, supplies of the drug were limited and very little could be allotted for the treatment of yaws. As a result, schedules were based on a total dosage of 300,000 to 600,000 units of aqueous penicillin. It was soon learned that although all patients with early yaws who received this relatively small amount of penicillin were rapidly rendered non-infectious, relapses occurred. Some investigators were...
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BELGIUM. - Tetanus has been a notifiable disease in Belgium since 1951 and, although a general downward trend in the disease has been reported during the years 1954-1964, this trend has mclined to be less significant in the ensuing years. In 1970, there were 16 cases (seven deaths) reported, 18 in 1971 (seven deaths),l and in 1972, 19 cases occurred, eight of which were fatal. This represents a mortality rate of 45 %, which has remained the same for the last five years. ...
11 existe mairrteriant, depuls l a parution de llouvrage Comparative Atherosclerosis Qtabli par 3. C. Roberts & R. Strauss (Herper & Rowe, New York), une blbliographie dc l a plupaxt des principales btudes comparies sur 11ath rose qui ant kt& publiees Jusqulau d&but Be 1964. Le Service de la S a d 6 publique vet4rinaire de OMS se propose de tenir & jow l a bibliographic du sujet fn faisant paraftre Be temps 21 autre des suppl8ments. On trouvera ci-Joint un exemplaire de...
Malaria has long been recognized as an important health hazard to travellers who have come from affected areas. Also, the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum has greatly enhanced both the occurrence and the seriousness of malaria in nonimmune individuals. Provided medical practitioners are reasonably well aware of this risk, the possibility of malaria is unlikely to be missed in the great majority of affected travellers. It is therefo...
Seven Hong Kong variant strains were compared for their capacity to produce haemagglutinin (HA). From the results of 9 serial egg passages made at 33°C and 36C, the AZ/Aichi/2/68 strain war found suitable as the vaccine production strain for the 196849 monovalent inmnza vaccine manufactured in the United States of America. Results of initial expcrim~ntsc omparinp the HA production hy 2 Hone Kone varinnt recombinants and bb rhe A2IAichi1.2 . 68 strain showed no rssential ...
Notifications rwues aux tetmes du R&glement sanitaire international wncernant les circonscriptions infectkes ou les temtoires oh la prdsence de mnladies quarantenaires a 6t6 signalee (voir page 9). rn = Cuconscriptions ou temtoires notifies aux termes de I'article 3 il la date donnb. Autres temtoires oh la pdsence de maladies quarantenaires a dtd notifib aux termes des articles 4.5 et 9 a): A = pendant la ;hiode indiquke sow le nom de chaque maladie; B - antdrieuremeut i...
1. Introduction Objectives of report To highlight the need for and relevance of an economic perspective in the assessment of mental health systems in WHO Member States and in planning and implementing action for their strengthening. To provide a summary of results from mental health economic analyses undertaken both at the level of WHO regions and Member States, including key messages for strengthening of mental health systems. Target audience Health planners, policy-mak...