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Conformtment au Rbglement sanitaire international (tel qn'il a kt6 amend6 par les Rkglements additionnels de 1955, 1956 et 1963). Ies crittes suivants sont appliques pour la compilation et la mise B jour de la liste des territoires infect6s: I. Un temtoire ou une circonscription cst port6 sur la liste lorsque I'Organisation a rqu: i) une declaration d'infection, aux termes de I'article 3; ii) notification d'un premier cas de pwte. de cholera, de fievre jaune ou de variol...
Preface L'intCrCt grandissant port6 B la contraception intra-utCrine et h la demande croissante en dispositifs intra-utbrins (DIU ou stkrilets) dans de nombreuses rCgions du monde a conduit I'Organisation mondiale de la SantC B publier en 1983 une brochure intitulke ccLes dispositifs intraute'rins (DIU) et la planificution farniliale>, (OMS, Publication offset No 75). Les progrks dans ce domaine, I'offre et I'utilisation abondantes des nouveaux dispositifs mCdicalisCs, u...
Introduction Country support is central to global efforts to reach the 3 by 5 target of providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) to 3 million people in resource-limited countries by the end of 2005. Achieving the 3 by 5 target will require the concerted efforts of all concerned parties in countries and at the global level. However, countries must take the lead. International partners will need to assist in meeting the resource gap and also in helping to build the necessary...
Les me´ thodes de´mographiques classiques ont e´ te´ utilise´ es pour e´ valuer l’exhaustivite´ des enregistrements de de´ ce` s de femmes adultes et de naissances au cours de l’anne´ e pre´ ce´ dant le recensement
La definicioÂn actual de xenotrasplante comprende la implantacioÂn de ceÂlulas, tejidos u oÂrganos de especies animales no humanas en seres humanos (aunque desde el punto de vista teÂcnico podrõÂa ser al contrario, o entre dos especies cualesquiera). A todas luces, esta cuestioÂn ha fascinado a la humanidad desde tiempos inmemoriales; la prueba es que podemos encontrar ejemplos de esta clase de implantacioÂn de oÂrganos en la mitologõÂa de muchas religiones. Quiza el ca...
Depuis l'isolement et la culture du virus du trachome dans le sac vitellin des aeufs embryonnks, il a CtC prouve qu'il est possible de prCparer avec ce virus des antigknes possCdant certaines propriCtCs communes avec les antigbnes pr6parCs partir des autres virus du groupe lynlphogranulome-psittacose. C'est l'un des caractkres typiques des souches du virus du trachome, isolies rCce~nmendt ans plusieurs pays, qui confirme les afEnitCs entre trachome et groupe lymphogranul...
FOREWORD The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as the first severe and readily transmissible new disease to emerge in the 21st century. Despite rapid progress towards understanding the disease and the transmission of the SARS Co-V, there are still many gaps in our understanding of SARS. It was very clear during the SARS outbreak however, that this virus was easily spread through international air travel and close hosp...
Fluoride is usually determined by means of an ion-selecti~re electrode, which makes it possible to measure the total amount of free and complex-bound fluoride dissolved in water. The method can be used for water containing at least 20 pgllitre (2). For rainwater in which fluoride was present at a concentration of 10 &itre, a detection limit of 1 pgllitre was reported (4).
introduction In India. virtually all outbreaks ol viral hepatitis are considered to be dus to facco-orally transmitted hepatilis nun-A. nun-B virus (I-IEV) (1-3). Outbreaks of viral hepatitis A have also bccn reported occasionally ( I ) . In contrast. although there has becn a sudden increase 1n cases ol v~rahl epatitrs B admitted to hospitals (4, 5), no outbreaks have bee11 rel~orted in the cornrnunilp setllng in Indla. Deputy Dreclor, Nat~onal institute of Communlcabe ...
Introductory stateinent by the Secretariat Election 'of the Chairinan for the Session Adoption of the agenda Specifications of international standards for insecticides and t h e i r forinulations for use against arthropod vectors of di sease Specifications of spraying equipm t suitable f o r different climatic, local. and other con ?Id'tions Developinent of standard spraying equipment on a regional basis for malaria control -s 11Ietho4s of disinsectiaation: (a) of ships;...
[EBZ. R8] The Board discussed the statement presented by the Director-General concerning the programme and budget to be proposed for 1950 and techniques to be used in its presentation.' With the understanding that the proposal concerning scales of assessment and contributions in kind would be further considered at the third session, the Board endorsed the objectives of the Director-General and instructed him to present the budget for 1950 on the basis of these principles.
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BELGIUM-. A national prevalence survey was carried out by the Epidemiology W o n of the Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in 108 hospitals on 28 March 1984. This article is a summary of the general report, which gives the results in more detail'
Building upon activities already undertaken in the area of health economics, the Dircctor- General created a Task Force on Health Economics in November 1993 in order to enhance WHO'S support to Member States.' its goal is to further the use of health economics in the formulation and implementation of health policies, giving priority to countries in greatest need.
SIR-I read with interest the article on female circumcision published in the WHO Chronicle (1). Of course I am in total agreement with the facts cited in this article. The main reason for this letter is to correct the statement that Circumcision proper, known in Muslim countries as sunna (which means traditional), is the mildest but also the rarest form. It involves the removal only of the clitoral prepuce. First, let me clarify that sunna does not mean traditional, as s...
Ce communique contient les inIormations recues par l'Office International d'Hygibne publique en execution de la Convention sanitaire internationale de 1926, directement ou par l'intermediaire des Bureaux suivants, agissant comme Bureaux regionarzx pour I'application de cette Convention: Bureau d'Extreme-Orient de I'Organisation d'hygiene de la Soeiete des Nations, Singapour. Bureau Sanitaire Panambrieain., Washington. Bureau Regional d'lnformations sanita...
Por trastornos musculoesqueléticos se entienden los problemas de salud del aparato locomotor, es decir, de músculos, tendones, esqueleto óseo, cartílagos, ligamentos y nervios. Esto abarca todo tipo de dolencias, desde las molestias leves y pasajeras hasta las lesiones irreversibles y discapacitantes. El presente folleto se centra en los trastornos del aparato locomotor inducidos o agravados por la actividad laboral y por las circunstancias en que ésta se desarrolla. Aun...
3. Situation analysis • Epidemic level and trend and gender data. Burkina Faso is one of the most severely affected countries in Africa, characterized by a generalized epidemic. About 75% of people living with HIV/AIDS are 15–40 years old. Prevalence is high among pregnant women, estimated to be 6% in 2001.
1. introduction 1.1 The development and control of radiation souraes in the United States of America arose over the years as a result of two important observations: (a) the possibility of significant injury to public health which could result from excessive or improper use; and (b) the potential for proteotion and enrichment of the general public welfare through effective application of radioaotive material and radiation products in medioine, researoh, industry, education and comerae.
EXPERT COMMITTEE ON MALARIA Report on the Fourth Session The fourth session of the Expert Committee on 'Malaria took place in Kampala, Uganda, from 11 to 16 December 1950, immediately following the meetings of the Malaria Conference in Equatorial A f r i ~ ah,e~ld under the joint auspices of WHO and of the Commission for Technical Co-operation in -Africa South of the Sahara (CCTA), in accordance with the suggestion expressed at its third se~sion.~