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• Survivors of Bam earthquake urgently require public health supplies and medicines
  31 December 2003
• Half a million patients suffering from tuberculosis to get free life-saving medicines
  19 December 2003
• Urgent work needed to rebuild health care systems
  18 December 2003
• SARS case in laboratory worker in Taiwan, China
  17 December 2003
• The Health Academy
  11 December 2003
• New book demonstrates how climate change impacts on health
  11 December 2003
• World Health Organization and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005
  1 December 2003
• WHO adds new fixed dose combinations to its list of quality products for AIDS treatment
  1 December 2003
• Global AIDS epidemic shows no sign of abating; highest number of HIV infections and deaths ever
  25 November 2003
• Thiamine deficient infant formula
  21 November 2003
• US$ 341 million needed for health of 45 million people in crises
  19 November 2003
• Diabetes cases could double in developing countries in next 30 years
  14 November 2003
• World Health Organization steps up action against substandard and counterfeit medicines
  11 November 2003
• WHO and FAO announce global initiative to promote consumption of fruit and vegetables
  11 November 2003
• Global search for SARS vaccine gains momentum
  5 November 2003
• Health and Finance Ministers to address need for worldwide increase in health investment
  29 October 2003
• Musculoskeletal conditions affect millions
  27 October 2003
• The price of better health in Iraq: an extra US$ 14 per person per year
  23 October 2003
• Mass immunization campaign launched to protect 15 million children from polio, as outbreak in Nigeria spreads across West Africa
  22 October 2003
• Global Polio Eradication Initiative welcomes the Organization of the Islamic Conference decision to step up effort to eradicate polio
  20 October 2003
• Maternal deaths disproportionately high in developing countries
  20 October 2003
• Global leaders intensify commitment to prevent leading childhood killer - measles
  17 October 2003
• Drownings and injury could be spared through new WHO risk protection plan
  16 October 2003
• TB workforce crisis a major obstacle to treatment success
  10 October 2003
• Up to 45 million blind people globally - and growing
  9 October 2003
• WHO publishes results of largest-ever global collaboration on heart disease
  26 September 2003
• UNICEF, WHO, and Acumen Fund announce introduction in Africa of new technology to fight malaria
  26 September 2003
• Inadequate plumbing systems likely contributed to SARS transmission
  26 September 2003
• New, affordable vaccine stops meningitis now
  WHO appeals for funds
  25 September 2003
• Leading global institutions come together to address rising death toll on the world's roads
  24 September 2003
• World Health Organization says failure to deliver AIDS medicines is a global health emergency
  22 September 2003
• Children suffer most from the effects of ozone depletion
  16 September 2003
• WHO Director-General calls for “urgent treatment” for people with AIDS in Africa
  1 September 2003
• Access to health services should be possible right across Angola
  29 August 2003
• Joint mission on SARS animal reservoir and necessary next steps
  21 August 2003
• Joint WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization and Chinese government mission on SARS animal reservoir and possible transmission to Humans
  20 August 2003
• IARC Monographs Programme finds betel-quid and areca-nut chewing carcinogenic to humans
  7 August 2003
• Young girls using tobacco almost as much as boys in many regions of the world
  7 August 2003
• WHO calls on governments to include smoking cessation in tobacco control strategies
  6 August 2003
• New WHO Director-General urges countries to sign Tobacco Convention
  4 August 2003
• Global Cancer Alliance calls on Cancer Control community to put words into action and save millions of lives
  4 August 2003
• New WHO Director-General steps up global polio eradication effort as Polio threatens other countries
  31 July 2003
• New WHO Director-General steps up global polio eradication effort as Polio threatens other countries
  29 July 2003
• LEE Jong-wook Takes Office as WHO Director-General
  21 July 2003
• WHO calls for widespread free access to anti-TB drugs for people living with HIV
  15 July 2003
• Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts more than 50 new food standards
  9 July 2003
• SARS outbreak contained worldwide
  5 July 2003
• WHO calls for urgent injection of supplies and funds to combat mounting health crisis in Liberia
  4 July 2003
• Failure to take prescribed medicine for chronic diseases is a massive, world-wide problem
  1 July 2003
• UN Food and Trade Standards Commission opens meeting to adopt new standards for some foods and revise others
  30 June 2003
• Urgent call to improve survival of millions of children
  27 June 2003
• New initiative to research and develop drugs for the world’s most neglected diseases
  25 June 2003
• WHO meets with food, beverage and producer Associations on diet and chronic diseases
  17 June 2003
• Twenty-eight countries and the European Community sign tobacco treaty at first opportunity
  16 June 2003
• New global alliance brings food fortification to world’s poor
  12 June 2003
• WHO and ILO launch "guidelines for workplace TB control activities", bringing new hope to millions in the workforce
  12 June 2003
• WHO recommends close disease surveillance in flood affected areas in Sri Lanka
  4 June 2003
• Concerted global action is the only answer to rising cancer deaths
  3 June 2003
• Global Polio Eradication partners applaud Rotary’s new
  US$ 88 557 000 pledge to world’s largest public health initiative
  3 June 2003
• WHO honors Brazilian Foreign Minister for leadership in Tobacco Control
  3 June 2003
• No place for tobacco on the big screen nor on the catwalk
  29 May 2003
• Key step forward on International Health Rules
  28 May 2003
• Global move to scale up response to violence
  28 May 2003
• Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses
  26 May 2003
• World Health Organization changes Hong Kong, Guangdong travel recommendations
  23 May 2003
• World Health Organization announces new public-private initiative on disease surveillance and response
  22 May 2003
• US$30 million research effort to develop new tests for deadly infectious diseases
  22 May 2003
• Dr Jong-Wook Lee elected as Director-General of the World Health Organization
  21 May 2003
• World Health Assembly adopts historic Tobacco Control Pact
  21 May 2003
• New WHO surveillance tool captures key country risk factors to bring global chronic disease epidemic under control
  14 May 2003
• Changing epidemiology of Polio prompts tactical shift in world’s largest public health initiative
  13 May 2003
• New publications show injuries kill more than five million people a year
  12 May 2003
• WHO DG Brundtland begins dialogue with Food Industry on Diet and Chronic Diseases
  9 May 2003
• European Commission and WHO - a healthy partnership continues and strengthens collaboration
  6 May 2003
• A simple but ambitious plan: $20 million to jump start the Iraqi Health System
  2 May 2003
• WHO launches partnership of European, Israeli and Palestinian cities
  30 April 2003
• WHO welcomes ASEAN unity against SARS
  29 April 2003
• Viet Nam SARS-Free
  28 April 2003
• Malaria is alive and well and killing more than 3000 African children every day
  25 April 2003
• FAO/WHO launch expert report on diet, nutrition and prevention of chronic diseases
  23 April 2003
• Coronavirus never before seen in humans is the cause of SARS
  16 April 2003
• WHO Director-General calls India ‘number 1’ polio eradication priority
  7 April 2003
• WHO calls for urgent and concerted international action to prevent 5 million children’s deaths annually from environmental hazards
  7 April 2003
• Global cancer rates could increase by 50% to 15 million by 2020
  3 April 2003
• SARS outbreak
  WHO investigation team moves to Guangdong China
  New travel advice announced
  2 April 2003
• Iraq needs $325 million for emergency health care, says World Health Organization
  29 March 2003
• WHO reports 10 million TB patients successfully treated under “DOTS” 10 years after declaring TB a Global Emergency
  24 March 2003
• WHO releases new tool to boost access to quality medicines and detect counterfeits
  19 March 2003
• World Health Organization issues emergency travel advisory
  15 March 2003
• WHO issues a global alert about cases of atypical pneumonia
  12 March 2003
• WHO/FAO release independent Expert Report on diet and chronic disease
  3 March 2003
• Agreement reached on global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
  1 March 2003
• Feeding hope: nutrition plays key role in HIV/AIDS care
  25 February 2003
• HIV vaccine trial results are an important step forward in developing an effective vaccine, say WHO and UNAIDS
  24 February 2003
• One case of “bird flu” confirmed in Hong Kong – investigation ongoing
  19 February 2003
• WHO launches annual Move for Health day as global initiative to promote benefits of physical activity
  17 February 2003
• Countries meet to finalize landmark agreement on International Tobacco Control
  14 February 2003
• Outbreaks in Africa underscore the urgency for increased global influenza surveillance and pandemic planning
  14 February 2003
• FAO, WHO launch $40 million trust fund to help poor countries participate in Codex Alimentarius
  14 February 2003
• WHO and FIA join efforts for road safety
  11 February 2003
• WHO releases action plan to safeguard health in war-stricken West Africa
  7 February 2003
• Leprosy: urgent need to end stigma and isolation
  6 February 2003
• Partnership moves in record time to provide vaccine against meningitis as epidemic emerges in Africa
  6 February 2003
• India launches largest ever campaign to tackle polio epidemic
  5 February 2003
• WHO to meet beverage company representatives to discuss health-related alcohol issues
  31 January 2003
• Eight questions consumers should ask on the threat of mad cow disease
  30 January 2003
• Dr Jong-Wook Lee nominated to be WHO Director-General
  28 January 2003
• Forty new countries given low cost access to health journals
  17 January 2003
• WHO presents draft text ahead of final round of Negotiations on the Tobacco Convention
  15 January 2003
• Symposium aims to expand 5 a day initiative to boost fruit and vegetable consumption
  10 January 2003