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Category Archives: WHO/Red Cross

Red Cross in China invites all citizens for blood donation

30-Oct-10

The Red Cross in China invited all the citizens around the country to immediately donate blood because of a severe deficiency that has driven postponements of some surgeries.

The official website of Red Cross in China noted that blood was Continue....

Scientists successful in cloning human virus, WHO experimenting for vaccine

16-Sep-10

Welsh scientists were able to clone a human virus called Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) that gave way for World Health Organization (WHO) to test it for possible vaccine.

HCMV is responsible for weakening the immune system of patients having Continue....

Maternal mortality rate declines by about 34%, WHO says

16-Sep-10

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that there is about 34% decrease in the rate of maternal mortality.

According to the report issued by WHO, the decrease can be measured from year 1990 cases of about 546,000 maternal deaths to Continue....

Polio outbreaks in Middle Africa, WHO reports

09-Sep-10

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that new cases of polio arose in Middle Africa; the disease infects people in Angola and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The situation caused the WHO to call the attention of member Continue....

Anti-AIDS vaginal gel to continue clinical trials, UNAIDS, WHO say

05-Sep-10

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) assented to continue with two clinical testing of tenofovir gel.

After a meeting last week in Johannesburg, South Africa, experts agreed to Continue....