Health care

Prevention of postoperative infections

WHO has developed a new series of recommendations that will help save lives after surgery, as well as reduce hospital costs and reduce the threatening spread of antibacterial resistance in the world.

23 November 2016, 09:00

Tuberculosis remains the main danger

WHO is concerned that the actions taken to eliminate the tuberculosis epidemic are not as effective as they should have been. According to new data, governments should improve preventive measures, methods of detection and treatment of the disease.

04 November 2016, 09:00

WHO has developed new recommendations for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases

WHO has developed new recommendations for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, this measure is caused by the growing threat of antibacterial resistance.

14 September 2016, 09:00

Scales of deaths of parturient women and newborns are underestimated

For every pregnant woman, a potential danger, both for herself and her future child, is represented by childbirth.

26 August 2016, 09:00

In Europe, people have become less likely to die from heart disease

At Oxford University, a team of researchers found that in more than 10 European countries, the main cause of death is cancer, and not cardiovascular disease, as it was before.

23 August 2016, 10:45

Hepatitis kills more people than tuberculosis or HIV

Scientists suggest that a new threat to the life of all mankind can become hepatitis virus type. A new study, conducted by specialists from the London Imperial College and the University of Washington, found that more people die of viral hepatitis every year than from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

14 July 2016, 14:30

The United States sent a new drug to Kazakhstan to treat tuberculosis

A large number of tuberculosis patients represent an epidemiological threat to others, so the United States decided to provide as a charitable aid a new effective drug for the treatment of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis.

02 June 2016, 10:10

WHO: doctors should be prepared for complications after operations that damage female genitalia

WHO has developed a set of recommendations for health professionals that will help improve the quality of medical care for millions of women, girls and girls who have undergone difficult non-medical operations on the genitals.

26 May 2016, 10:15

Europe is 100% free from malaria

On April 25, World Malaria Day was celebrated and on the eve of the holiday WHO announced that in Europe malaria is completely eliminated.

19 May 2016, 11:00

The development of personalized medicine is ready to help more than 1 million volunteers

The Administration of the President of the United States in conjunction with the Institute of Health announced the launch of new programs, the goal of which is precision medicine. One of the programs will involve 1 million volunteers (it is planned to collect the required number of participants in 3 years).

05 April 2016, 09:00

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