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• To save lives, WHO rushes medical supplies to drought-ridden Ethiopia
  23 December 2002
• China to study links between Sustainable Development and Investment in Health
  18 December 2002
• New International Coalition aims to expand Global access to HIV/AIDS treatment
  12 December 2002
• WHO study reveals harsh realities for older persons caring for orphans and people living with AIDS
  11 December 2002
• River blindness campaign ends West Africans return to fertile farmlands
  4 December 2002
• WHO-NTI establish a Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund
  2 December 2002
• Water for health enshrined as a human right
  27 November 2002
• Impact of AIDS worsens African famine
  26 November 2002
• WHO urges Governments to take action to reduce violence against women
  22 November 2002
• 70,000 Strong aerobics Session to highlight Health Benefits of physical Activity and gain entry in Guinness Book of Records
  21 November 2002
• Low investment in immunization and vaccines threatens Global Health
  20 November 2002
• West Africa launches final assault on polio - 60 million African children to be vaccinated
  12 November 2002
• 10 million Euros needed now to prepare for deadly new strain of Meningitis in Africa
  5 November 2002
• Years of healthy life can be increased 5-10 years, WHO says
  30 October 2002
• Cardiovascular Death and Disability can be reduced more than 50 percent
  17 October 2002
• WHO Atlas maps Global Tobacco epidemic
  15 October 2002
• More Global commitment needed to monitor Safety and Quality of medicines
  14 October 2002
• Countries meet in Geneva to craft tobacco treaty
  11 October 2002
• Dr Brundtland to launch a strategy to address crisis in nursing and midwifery services
  10 October 2002
• World Sight Day: 10 October
  10 October 2002
• Public Health Services need urgent help to combat humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa, World Health Organization tells donors
  6 October 2002
• Need to boost funding for TB control in worst affected countries
  4 October 2002
• First ever Global Report on Violence and Health released
  3 October 2002
• Decoding of malaria genomes opens new era public health
  1 October 2002
• Timor-Leste joins WHO
  1 October 2002
• Active ageing: Moving Hearts for Health
  27 September 2002
• Urgent call for action on meningitis in Africa
  27 September 2002
• WHO urges an increase in influenza vaccination
  26 September 2002
• WHO prepares to tackle emerging crisis in African meningitis area
  17 September 2002
• WHO releases first global reference guide on safe and effective use of essential medicines
  4 September 2002
• Support rolls in for WHO's new "Healthy Environments for Children" Initiative
  4 September 2002
• Brundtland starts new movement to address environmental crisis affecting children's health
  1 September 2002
• Election in 2003 of WHO Director-General
  23 August 2002
• WTO agreements and Public Health – a joint study by the WHO and the WTO secretariat
  22 August 2002
• Health conditions aggravate Southern Africa famine
  4 August 2002
• Illicit tobacco trade contributes to global disease burden
  29 July 2002
• New who publication explores important links between health and human rights, an area drawing increased attention
  23 July 2002
• Helping people reduce their risks of skin cancer and cataract
  22 July 2002
• World Health Organization releases draft tobacco treaty text ahead of October negotiations
  15 July 2002
• 3 million HIV/AIDS sufferers could receive anti-retroviral therapy by 2005
  8 July 2002
• Scaling up interventions could prevent 29 million new hiv infections among adults by 2010
  3 July 2002
• Major UN Study Finds Alarming Lack of Knowledge About HIV/AIDS Among Young People
  2 July 2002
• Major UN Study Finds Alarming Lack of Knowledge About HIV/AIDS Among Young People
  2 July 2002
• Afghanistan: WHO appeals for US$ 1.2 million to tackle largest single epidemic of disfiguring disease
  28 June 2002
• Nonoxynol-9 ineffective in preventing HIV infection
  28 June 2002
• New Cancer Report offers hope for Patients and Communities
  28 June 2002
• Afghanistan: WHO appeals for US$ 1.2 million to tackle largest single epidemic of disfiguring disease
  28 June 2002
• Beginning of Construction work on new WHO/UNAIDS building
  28 June 2002
• OPEC Fund joins as Partners in Fight against HIV/AIDS
  27 June 2002
• Additional Research on Acrylamide in Food essential, Scientists declare
  27 June 2002
• New Survey gives Poor Countries Information on more affordable AIDS Drugs
  26 June 2002
• Europe achieves historical milestone as Region is declared polio polio-free
  21 June 2002
• WHO launches Project to prevent Blindness in Children
  18 June 2002
• Stepping up Action in Countries: Top health and Finance Officials meet Partners on improving Health of the Poor
  17 June 2002
• New therapy for "Black fever" is 95% effective
  17 June 2002
• Global Alliance between The European Commission and WHO to fight against Communicable Diseases, Tobacco and other Health Threats
  6 June 2002
• Inexpensive drug prevents fatal convulsions in pregnant women, study finds
  31 May 2002
• Volleyball joins the international movement to play it clean and kick tobacco out of sports
  30 May 2002
• African AIDS Vaccine Programme needs US$ 233 million
  30 May 2002
• FIFA Bags Top Health Award - World Cup to be Tobacco Free
  23 May 2002
• WHO launches the first global strategy on traditional and alternative medicine
  16 May 2002
• WHO launches study of venous thrombosis and air travel
  14 May 2002
• Preventing death and disability due to injuries is both an economic imperative and a health priority
  14 May 2002
• Fifty-Fifth World Health Assembly opens today - Strong momentum created on public health must intensify and expand
  10 May 2002
• New Research shows workplace violence threatens health services
  10 May 2002
• Pollution-related diseases kill millions of children a year
  9 May 2002
• New formula for oral rehydration salts will save millions of lives
  8 May 2002
• Future strategies to be elaborated in order to tackle one of the world's most disfiguring diseases
  2 May 2002
• Genome research can save millions in developing world
  30 April 2002
• WHO to hold urgent expert consultation on acrylamide in food after findings of Swedish National Food Administration
  26 April 2002
• WHO urges countries to act on new anti-resistance malaria medicines
  25 April 2002
• Mental Health: New WHO country data show resources fall short of needs
  23 April 2002
• We can beat AIDS, TB and Malaria, UN agencies says
  22 April 2002
• WHO takes major steps do make HIV treatment accessible
  22 April 2002
• A New Standard for Health and Disability
  17 April 2002
• Polio pushed to lowest levels in history - But experts warn opportunity to stamp out disease must be grasped now due to unstable global situation
  16 April 2002
• Improving international food standards work - FAO and WHO launch independent evaluation with call for public comment
  16 April 2002
• Healthy ageing is vital for development
  9 April 2002
• Physical inactivity a leading cause of disease and disability, warns WHO
  4 April 2002
• Unfinished business: Global push to save 11 million children
  12 March 2002