26 February 2010 — Cost-effective measures set out in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control could prevent 5.5 million deaths within a decade.
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Organizer: AMCHP – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Share/Save As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths. Share/Save As of 28 February 2010, worldwide more than 213 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16455 deaths. Share/Save MADRID ¦ 3 MARCH 2010 — The World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Spanish Government, which currently holds the rotating European Union presidency, are opening a Global Consultation on Migrant Health in Madrid today. Millions of migrants face multiple health risks, including poor access to health care, poverty and exploitation during [...] 4 March 2010 — Over 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in an example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic. Share/Save The IMF, at the forefront in recommending the policy response to the global economic crisis, has entered the debate about how macroeconomic policy should be adjusted in the future, drawing lessons from the worst global recession in 60 years. Share/Save As the crisis slowly recedes, the IMF has started to reassess the conduct of macroeconomic policy. The Fund has just published a paper, “Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy,” part of a series of policy papers prepared by IMF staff reassessing the macroeconomic and financial policy framework in the wake of the devastating crisis. Several of the papers will [...] Geneva, Switzerland – Greater efforts are needed beyond Copenhagen to tackle the complex issue of environmental and climate-induced migration, says the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as it marks International Migrants Day today. Share/Save Trade Policy Review: El Salvador — Liberalization has moved forward but El Salvador’s fiscal privileges still distort economic incentives, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the country’s trade policies and practices published on 10 February 2010. Share/Save |
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