World Health Organization

* United Nations agency staff immunised against H1N1 * WHO has long stressed safety of swine flu shots The World Health Organisation, which has been stressing the safety and importance of H1N1 shots, on Monday had its own staff...

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...which will cost more money and time. An estimated 33.4 million people are living with HIV/Aids. The World Health Organization (WHO) wants adults and adolescents to receive anti-retroviral therapy (ART) before their immune system...

In this article: HIV, Patent pool, Zidovudine, Tenofovir, Stavudine, AIDS, and Transmission

...gastroenteritis in infants in Japan, the British drug firm said in a statement on Monday. The Geneva-based World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended in June that oral rotavirus vaccines be included in all national immunisation programmes to...

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Change in AIDS therapy: People who have the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said Monday. The U.N. agency issued new guidelines advising doctors to start...

In this article: Gilad Shalit, Israel, AIDS, Hamas, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Gaza Strip, and H1N1

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday issued revised guidelines for millions of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Here are the major recommendations by the United Nations agency which has 193 member states: *...

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The World Health Organization is sending a representative to the 2010 Winter Olympics to monitor for potential disease outbreaks, and organizers and health experts have taken steps to protect against the H1N1...

In this article: H1N1, Influenza, Vancouver, British Columbia, Absenteeism, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The World Health Organization (WHO) promised on Thursday to donate 9 million H1N1 flu shots to the Philippines, and assured the country the vaccines were safe. At least 1.2 million of the vaccine shots will be made available by the end of...

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...6:00 PST An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS, according to a report released Tuesday in Shanghai by the WHO and UNAIDS that shows "more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs,"...

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...(GSK) has been recalled, the WHO said on Tuesday. "An unusual number of severe allergies to the vaccine have been detected in Canada," World Health Organization spokesman Thomas Abraham told AFP. "The Canadian authorities are conducting...

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* Praises Canadian authorities vaccine surveillance (Refiles to fix typo in second paragraph) The World Health Organisation (WHO) is looking into reports in Britain of the likely spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, the U.N....

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