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Highlights
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Survey: Global Strategy on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property
Stakeholders including civil society, charitable foundations, research institutions, and academia are encouraged to participate in an assessment of the "Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property", in order to document achievements and make recommendations on the way forward.
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Two years free from wild polio in Nigeria
July 2016 -- The 24th of July marks 2 years with no cases of wild poliovirus in Nigeria – a milestone for the polio eradication programme. Innovation has underpinned this progress, including novel strategies and the incredible commitment of tens of thousands of health workers.
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Tropical Data helps countries collect and leverage data
July 2016 − A new WHO initiative called Tropical Data provides an end-to-end epidemiological survey support service, covering planning and protocol development, training, data processing, and application of the survey outputs. The initiative will initially focus on supporting trachoma prevalence surveys.
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Antibiotics needed for maternal and congenital syphilis
July 2016 – New evidence shows that shortages of benzathine penicillin are prevalent in countries with high numbers of pregnant women and infants who are infected with syphilis. Shortages of this antibiotic may lead to a lack of treatment for pregnant women, and ultimately to adverse birth and health outcomes.
Disease outbreak news
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Rift Valley fever in China
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
25 July 2016 -
Human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus – China
22 July 2016 -
Enterohaemorrhagic Escherischia coli – United Kingdom
20 July 2016
Emergency reform
WHO reform has 3 aims: programmatic reform, governance reform, and managerial reform.
Zika virus and complications
After a spike in cases of microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with Zika virus, WHO declared a public health emergency.
Commentaries
Stories from countries
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Viet Nam breastfeeding campaign normalizes practice, improves rates
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Mobile labs deliver faster yellow fever test results
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Know your hepatitis status – increasing access to testing for a hidden infection.
25 July 2016 -
Preventing violence against children promotes better health
12 July 2016
Events
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World Breastfeeding Week
1−7 August 2016
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UN high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance
21 September 2016
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World Rabies Day
28 September 2016
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9th Global Conference on Health Promotion
21–24 November 2016
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World AIDS Day
1 December 2016