U.N. health agency launches pharmaceutical review Reuters via Yahoo! News
The World Health Organization launched on Monday its first intergovernmental review of the pharmaceutical sector to try to find ways of making medicine more easily available to the world's poorest people.
U.N. health agency launches pharmaceuticals review Reuters via Yahoo! News
The World Health Organization launched on Monday its first intergovernmental review of the pharmaceuticals sector to try to find ways of making medicines more easily available to the world's poorest people.
Thai Health Ministry To Issue Compulsory License For Merck's HIV/AIDS Drug Efavirenz Medical News Today
Thailand's Ministry Of Public Health on Wednesday announced plans to issue a compulsory license to produce a lower-cost version of Merck's antiretroviral drug Efavirenz, Reuters reports. World Trade Organization regulations allow governments to declare a "national emergency" and issue compulsory licenses without consulting the foreign patent owner. [click link for full article]
WHO calls for more access to vaccines in developing nations AFP via Yahoo! News
The World Health Organization has called for more access to vaccines for life-threatening diseases such as yellow fever, influenza and hepatitis B in developing nations.
A gift that keeps on giving: Electronic health records Houston Chronicle
About 2.5 million workers and their dependents would have access to their health records through their computer. The information, compiled by an independent, nonprofit organization, will be stored in a database that only the employee is supposed to be able to access.
When to use bird flu vaccine a "tricky issue" Reuters via Yahoo! News
A vaccine against the killer H5N1 bird flu virus could be licensed for human use in a year, but when to use it is becoming a "tricky issue," a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday.
HEALTH 'Super strains' of multidrug-resistant TB detected in Japan Japan Today
TOKYO — A survey of inpatients at tubersis treatment centers in Japan in 2002 found 17, or 0.5%, were infected with "super strains" of multidrug-resistant TB which the World Health Organization has issued warnings about, the Research Institute of Tubersis said Tuesday.
Local Man Reflects on World AIDS Day WBOC 16
LEWES - Thousands paused around the globe to mark World AIDS Day. The World Health Organization estimates AIDS and HIV have killed 25 million people and infected almost 40 million. Cases of AIDS and HIV are on the rise worldwide, infecting 4 million new people each year.
Five big firms to promote electronic health files MSNBC
Five of the nation's largest employers plan to soon give their workers a unique health care benefit — their very own electronic medical record that they can take when they travel, change jobs or see a new doctor.
All-Female Medical Team Ministers Healing and Hope in Bomb-Laden Lebanon; HCJB World Radio Celebrates 75th Anniversary Christian News Wire
NOTE: HCJB World Radio, the world’s first missions broadcasting organization, aired its first program on Dec. 25, 1931 – 75 years ago.

U.N. health agency launches pharmaceutical review Reuters via Yahoo! News
The World Health Organization launched on Monday its first intergovernmental review of the pharmaceutical sector to try to find ways of making medicine more easily available to the world's poorest people.
U.N. health agency launches pharmaceuticals review Reuters via Yahoo! News
The World Health Organization launched on Monday its first intergovernmental review of the pharmaceuticals sector to try to find ways of making medicines more easily available to the world's poorest people.
Thai Health Ministry To Issue Compulsory License For Merck's HIV/AIDS Drug Efavirenz Medical News Today
Thailand's Ministry Of Public Health on Wednesday announced plans to issue a compulsory license to produce a lower-cost version of Merck's antiretroviral drug Efavirenz, Reuters reports. World Trade Organization regulations allow governments to declare a "national emergency" and issue compulsory licenses without consulting the foreign patent owner. [click link for full article]
WHO calls for more access to vaccines in developing nations AFP via Yahoo! News
The World Health Organization has called for more access to vaccines for life-threatening diseases such as yellow fever, influenza and hepatitis B in developing nations.
A gift that keeps on giving: Electronic health records Houston Chronicle
About 2.5 million workers and their dependents would have access to their health records through their computer. The information, compiled by an independent, nonprofit organization, will be stored in a database that only the employee is supposed to be able to access.
When to use bird flu vaccine a "tricky issue" Reuters via Yahoo! News
A vaccine against the killer H5N1 bird flu virus could be licensed for human use in a year, but when to use it is becoming a "tricky issue," a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday.
HEALTH 'Super strains' of multidrug-resistant TB detected in Japan Japan Today
TOKYO — A survey of inpatients at tubersis treatment centers in Japan in 2002 found 17, or 0.5%, were infected with "super strains" of multidrug-resistant TB which the World Health Organization has issued warnings about, the Research Institute of Tubersis said Tuesday.
Local Man Reflects on World AIDS Day WBOC 16
LEWES - Thousands paused around the globe to mark World AIDS Day. The World Health Organization estimates AIDS and HIV have killed 25 million people and infected almost 40 million. Cases of AIDS and HIV are on the rise worldwide, infecting 4 million new people each year.
Five big firms to promote electronic health files MSNBC
Five of the nation's largest employers plan to soon give their workers a unique health care benefit — their very own electronic medical record that they can take when they travel, change jobs or see a new doctor.
All-Female Medical Team Ministers Healing and Hope in Bomb-Laden Lebanon; HCJB World Radio Celebrates 75th Anniversary Christian News Wire
NOTE: HCJB World Radio, the world’s first missions broadcasting organization, aired its first program on Dec. 25, 1931 – 75 years ago.health+organization+world: world health organization jobs , world health organization report , world health organization jobs , world health organization report , health+organization+world