WHO warns of emotional burnout in the wake of Philippine flood
MANILA, 13 November 2009— The World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed concern for the psychological well-being of more than a million people still living in flood waters weeks after three typh ...
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WHO calls for urgent action to improve women's health
GENEVA, 10 November 2009—Societies continue to fail to meet the health needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age, a World Health Organizatio ...
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Global experts to help the Philippines fight disease outbreak
MANILA, 27 October 2009–A team of international experts has arrived in the Philippines to help the Government respond to a large-scale outbreak of the disease leptospirosis, which has followed the tor ...
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WHO to strengthen health response to Philippine flood victims
MANILA, 9 October 2009—The World Health Organization, with support from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), will provide 26 million pesos (about US$464 300) as an emergency heal ...
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WHO backs the DoH over ban on milk products for Ondoy children
MANILA, 2 October 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today applauded the Philippines Department of Health for its efforts to prevent donations of milk products to infants and young children shel ...
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WHO takes on natural disasters on several fronts
MANILA, 2 October 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) is responding on multiple fronts to natural disasters over the past week that hit countries in the Western Pacific Region.
The move follows ...
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WHO to provide US$42 000 for Philippine flood victims
MANILA, 28 September 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) has committed support for the Philippine Government's health response to a tropical storm that flooded vast areas of the northern Philippi ...
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Achieving measles and hepatitis B targets requires redoubling of efforts—WHO
HONG KONG (China), 24 September 2009— The World Health Organization said increased domestic and external funding and stronger political commitment will be the key to achieving the twin goals of elimin ...
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WHO calls for urgent action to prevent the spread of more deadly form of tuberculosis
Hong Kong (China) 24 September 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on Member States in the Western Pacific Region to urgently tackle the threat from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis ...
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Laboratory integration a key to better health interventions—WHO
HONG KONG (China), 24 September 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today said the rise in emerging diseases make it imperative to have an integrated approach to laboratory services.
The move i ...
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Urgent measures needed to address rising HIV epidemic in the Western Pacific
HONG KONG (China), 24 September 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that despite intensified HIV interventions, achievements could be undermined if urgent measures are not taken to a ...
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Broad support needed to fight rising noncommunicable diseases
Hong Kong (China), 24 September 2009— The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that strategies to mobilize support beyond the health sector will be needed to address some of the issues related t ...
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WHO urges countries to stand firm against tobacco manufacturers' wooing tactics
HONG KONG (China), 23 September 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today denounced the tobacco industry's attempts to undermine global efforts to reduce smoking.
While the WHO Framework Convent ...
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New health financing strategy seeks to reduce out-of-pocket health expenses
HONG KONG (China), 23 September 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today urged Member States to prioritize financial plans to ensure broader access to medical services, warning that delays would ...
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The war on malaria faces a daunting array of challenges
HONG KONG (China), 23 September 2009—Calling for urgent containment, the World Health Organization (WHO) today warned that winning the war against malaria may be jeopardized if drug resistance in the ...
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WHO raises alarm over vulnerable populations hard hit by global economic crisis
HONG KONG (China), 22 September 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today called for urgent measures to cushion the ill effects on health caused by the global economic crisis, particularly on vul ...
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WHO has to change the way it works, says the new regional head
HONG KONG (CHINA), 21 September 2009—The new leader of the World Health Organization’s Western Pacific Region today called on the organization to change the way it works or risk becoming irrelevant.
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Conflict, flooding causing suffering in Mindanao
MANILA, 4 September 2009—Battered by conflict and flooding, hundreds of thousands of people in Mindanao have been displaced from their homes and face multiple health risks, including malnutrition, dia ...
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Ministers committed to uphold human right to HIV prevention and care
Madang, Papua New Guinea, 9 July 2009 — Pacific Health Ministers today re-affirmed their commitment — as a human right and a principle of equity — to the goals of preventing HIV transmission and achie ...
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Lifestyle diseases remain a long-term challenge for Pacific Island countries and territories
Madang, Papua New Guinea, 9 July 2009 — A World Health Organization (WHO) survey confirmed that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) linked to poor lifestyles remain the leading causes of death in 15 Pacif ...
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Multisectoral partnership crucial to improve maternal, child and adolescent health
MADANG, Papua New Guinea, 8 July 2009—Policy-makers need to play a more dynamic role if barriers to improving maternal, child and adolescent health in Pacific island countries are to be dismantled. Th ...
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Ministers: Food security a vital issue in the South Pacific
Madang, Papua New Guinea, 7 July 2009 — Pacific Island health ministers have appealed to all sectors of the community to support local food production and to demand access to a healthier range of impo ...
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Act now to counter the effects of climate change, ministers told
Madang, Papua New Guinea, 7 July 2009 — Decisive action has to be taken now to assist Pacific Island countries and territories to cope with the negative effects of climate change, the Secretariat of t ...
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Improving effectiveness of aid high on ministers’ agenda
Madang, Papua New Guinea, 6 July 2009 — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) will report to the Pacific Islands countries’ health ministers meeting at ...
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Global economy impact high on agenda for Pacific health leaders
Madang, Papua New Guinea, 3 July 2009 —The impact on nutrition and the health of reduced household incomes in the global economic downturn is among the important issues to be tackled by Pacific island ...
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Pandemic influenza: The world should stay on its toes, says WHO
MANILA, 12 June 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today reaffirmed that influenza A(H1N1) is a virus of moderate severity which produces mild illness in the majority of cases. On 11 June, WHO r ...
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Child deaths from preventable environmental hazards "can and must be stopped"
BUSAN, MANILA, GENEVA, 10 June 2009—Health and environmental experts from over 60 countries meeting in Busan this week have today unanimously adopted The "Busan Pledge for Action on Children’s Health ...
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WHO: Picture warnings on tobacco products save lives
World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2009
Manila, 28 May 2009 - The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on governments to use graphic pictures on tobacco products to show the frightening physical re ...
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WHO escalates the battle against malaria as a new threat emerges
MANILA, 24 April—World experts have pledged to intensify the battle against malaria amid growing signs that the disease is developing greater resistance to commonly used drugs, endangering efforts to ...
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The world needs disaster-resistant hospitals, says WHO
MANILA, 6 April 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that natural and man-made disasters are increasing worldwide, making it vital that countries invest in building hospitals and h ...
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Better health systems are vital in war on TB, WHO says
MANILA, 23 March 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) today stressed the urgent need for countries to strengthen their national health systems to prevent the further spread of tuberculosis (TB), e ...
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Lack of HIV/AIDS services for men having sex with men imperils Asia, WHO says
Hong Kong (China), 17 February 2009—The World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that the HIV/AIDS epidemic may take a major turn for the worse in Asia unless countries urgently expand access to s ...
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WHO unveils physical activity guidelines for the Pacific region
Suva, Fiji, 4 February 2009—The World Health Organization has launched its Pacific Physical Activity Guidelines to help address the escalating prevalence of noncommunicable diseases in the Pacific reg ...
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Curriculum Vitae of Dr Shin Young-Soo
Dr Shin Young-soo
Nationality: Republic of Korea
Date of Birth: 15 October 1943
Civil Status: married, with a son and two daughters
Office: Department of Health Policy and Management ...
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New leader takes over WHO's Western Pacific Region
MANILA, 2 February 2009 — Dr Shin Young-soo of the Republic of Korea today took over as the new Regional Director of the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region, based in Manila, the Philip ...
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FAO/OIE/WHO joint mission to the Philippines to investigate Ebola Reston virus in pigs
MANILA, 7 January 2009—At the invitation of the Government of the Philippines, experts from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World ...
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