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WHO urges action against HIV drug resistance threat
20 July 2017 | GENEVA – WHO has detailed an increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs in a new report, warning that this is a growing threat. The 2017 WHO HIV drug resistance report shows that in 6 of the 11 countries surveyed, over 10% of people starting antiretroviral therapy had a strain of HIV resistant to the most widely used medicines. -
WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade
19 July 2017 – The WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. -
Every Woman Every Child
18 July 2017 – WHO Director-General speaks about the Every Woman Every Child movement at the launch of the 2017 Progress Report on the Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health.
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Women, decent jobs, economic growth: an opportunity to recalibrate investments in the global health and social workforce
Jim Campbell, Director, WHO Health Workforce Department
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