Notes for the media 2004

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• Update on antimalarial drug supply
  22 December 2004
• Global pattern of blindness changes with success in tackling infectious disease and as population ages
  16 December 2004
• New public health magazine by Israeli and Palestinian health professionals addresses the health situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
  14 December 2004
• Increased benefits found from wider use of anti-parasite drugs
  2 December 2004
• Hetero Drugs Ltd withdraws antiretrovirals from WHO prequalification list for further review
  19 November 2004
• Skilled attendants vital to saving lives of mothers and newborns
  15 November 2004
• Domestic ducks could pose a new avian influenza threat, international agencies warn
  12 November 2004
• "Make every mother and child count"
  29 October 2004
• World Health Organization, other UN agencies, build on momentum of World Health Day to improve global road safety
  1 October 2004
• Great expectations
  30 September 2004
• Children are facing high risks from pesticide poisoning
  24 September 2004
• The key to achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals is progress in the health-related goals through investment in poor people's health
  9 September 2004
• "5 A Day" Symposium to encourage increased fruit and vegetable consumption in Asia-Pacific
  6 August 2004
• Kano, Nigeria, informs WHO of the intention to resume polio immunization campaigns
  30 June 2004
• Codex urged to speed up work and increase participation by developing countries
  28 June 2004
• WHO world mental health surveys find mental disorders are widespread, disabling and often go untreated
  2 June 2004
• World Health Assembly set to tackle key health issues
  14 May 2004
• World Health Organization welcomes Canada's landmark contribution to the global 3 by 5 AIDS treatment initiative
  11 May 2004
• 57th World Health Assembly guidelines and information for media
  11 May 2004
• WHO/CDC expert consultation agrees on best indicators to assess iron deficiency, a major cause of anaemia
  7 May 2004
• International consultation aims to identify, minimize impact of diseases transmitted from animals to humans
  30 April 2004
• Polio reported in Botswana
  14 April 2004
• Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health holds its first meeting in Geneva
  8 April 2004
• Promoting rational use of medicines saves lives and money, WHO experts say
  29 March 2004
• World Health Organization to host influenza pandemic preparedness meeting
  12 March 2004
• World Health Organization announces “River of Life” photo competition
  10 March 2004
• World Health Organization and scientific journal editors vow to help galvanize mental health research in developing countries
  9 March 2004
• Combating gender inequality crucial in fight against HIV/AIDS says WHO
  5 March 2004
• Polio reported in Côte d’Ivoire
  25 February 2004
• Medicinal plants – guidelines to promote patient safety and plant conservation for a US$ 60 billion industry
  10 February 2004
• Polio continues to spread in central and west Africa
  27 January 2004
• WHO Executive Board agrees to forward Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health to May World Health Assembly
  22 January 2004

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