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    October 30
    An oral, single-dose antibiotic has opened up unprecedented opportunities for WHO to eradicate yaws.
    A recent study in Papua New Guinea shows that yaws can be as effectively cured with a single dose of oral azithromycin as with the currently used benzathine penicillin injection.
    “This oral antibiotic makes it easier and more practical for health workers to administer treatment in remote areas where yaws occurs through large-scale treatment campaigns,” said Dr Oriol Mitjà of...
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    Yaws is a neglected tropical disease that affects the skin, bone and cartilage, mainly in children below 15 years.

    Read more about yaws: http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/yaws_azithromycin_2012/en/index.html
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    Photo: An oral, single-dose antibiotic has opened up unprecedented opportunities for WHO to eradicate yaws. A recent study in Papua New Guinea shows that yaws can be as effectively cured with a single dose of oral azithromycin as with the currently used benzathine penicillin injection. “This oral antibiotic makes it easier and more practical for health workers to administer treatment in remote areas where yaws occurs through large-scale treatment campaigns,” said Dr Oriol Mitjà of the Department of Medicine, Lihir Medical Center, Papua New Guinea, and author of the azithromycin study. Yaws is a neglected tropical disease that affects the skin, bone and cartilage, mainly in children below 15 years. Read more about yaws: http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/yaws_azithromycin_2012/en/index.html http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs316/en/index.html Photo: Ghana Health Service/C. Kwakye
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    October 23
    Polio eradication partners around the world are marking World Polio Day on 24 October. Polio was once a disease feared worldwide, striking suddenly and paralysing mainly children for life. There are just three countries which have never stopped transmission of polio. WHO is a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative which has reduced polio by 99% and which aims to reach every last child with polio vaccine to ensure a polio-free world for future generations. Photos and facts: http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/polio/en/ Photo: WHO/Sigrun Roesel
    Photo: Polio eradication partners around the world are marking World Polio Day on 24 October. Polio was once a disease feared worldwide, striking suddenly and paralysing mainly children for life. There are just three countries which have never stopped transmission of polio. WHO is a partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative which has reduced polio by 99% and which aims to reach every last child with polio vaccine to ensure a polio-free world for future generations. Photos and facts: http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/polio/en/ Photo: WHO/Sigrun Roesel
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    October 19
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    Photo: Mekeya is a mother of four from a large rural settlement in north-eastern Ethiopia called Anderkalo. Her children have been able to complete their immunization schedules with a new approach to routine immunization. For her, the public health value of vaccination is clear: “Immunization benefits children and mothers. Children who are immunized are healthier than others.” The new approach, which used “community champions” to reach out to nomadic, pastoral families, nearly quadrupled the number of children vaccinated against measles, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio and other diseases in the rural Afar region in 2010. Read more: http://www.who.int/features/2012/immunization_ethiopia/en/index.html
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  8. World Health Organization (WHO)
    October 18
    Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s top infectious killers of women. In 2011, half a million women died from TB, including 200,000 HIV-positive women (people with HIV have a higher risk of dying from TB).
    Encouraging data in the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2012 shows that scaling up collaborative TB/HIV activities to improve prevention, treatment and care services help saved an estimated 1.3 million lives (between 2005 and 2011).
    Last year, 69% of TB patients were tested for HIV in the African Region (up from just 3% in 2004).
    Expanding access to antiretroviral therapy will have a significant impact on reducing deaths among HIV-positive TB patients in addition to reducing the risk of active TB developing among people who are HIV positive.
    Read more: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/index.html
    Photo: Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s top infectious killers of women. In 2011, half a million women died from TB, including 200,000 HIV-positive women (people with HIV have a higher risk of dying from TB). Encouraging data in the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2012 shows that scaling up collaborative TB/HIV activities to improve prevention, treatment and care services help saved an estimated 1.3 million lives (between 2005 and 2011). Last year, 69% of TB patients were tested for HIV in the African Region (up from just 3% in 2004). Expanding access to antiretroviral therapy will have a significant impact on reducing deaths among HIV-positive TB patients in addition to reducing the risk of active TB developing among people who are HIV positive. Read more: http://www.who.int/tb/publications/global_report/en/index.html
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    October 15
    Welcome to World Health Organization (WHO)!
    On invitation by the Eurovision Academy, which is operated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU Eurovision), eight journalists from Algeria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Macedonia, Romania and Ukraine this month received first-hand insights into global health challenges that need global responses. Contagion: preparing and responding to outbreaks. Rising temperature and fever – the impact of climate change on human health. Saving lives by lifestyle – nutrition between killer and cure.
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    October 12
    The International Day for Disaster Reduction 2012 - 13 October - celebrates the millions of women and girls who make their communities more resilient to disasters.
    Yet, women and girls are also among the most vulnerable when disaster strikes. Eight of the 10 countries with the highest maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in the world are affected by conflict.
    In emergency situations, women and girls often lack access to sexual and reproductive health services.
    These need to be strengthened as part of health emergency and disaster risk management to reduce women’s and girls’ vulnerability to emergencies.
    Read more: http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/preparedness/SRH_policybrief/en/index.html
    Photo: The International Day for Disaster Reduction 2012 - 13 October - celebrates the millions of women and girls who make their communities more resilient to disasters. Yet, women and girls are also among the most vulnerable when disaster strikes. Eight of the 10 countries with the highest maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in the world are affected by conflict. In emergency situations, women and girls often lack access to sexual and reproductive health services. These need to be strengthened as part of health emergency and disaster risk management to reduce women’s and girls’ vulnerability to emergencies. Read more: http://www.who.int/hac/techguidance/preparedness/SRH_policybrief/en/index.html
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    October 10
    Today is World Mental Health Day and WHO is calling for an end to the stigmatization of depression and other mental disorders and for better access to treatment for all people who need it.
    Share your stories with us and others: Did you ever experience depression? How did you cope with it? What was helpful to you?
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