Notes for the media 2005
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WHO includes additional antiretroviral products in list of prequalified medicines
14 December 2005 -
Prequalification update
1 December 2005 -
UNAIDS, WHO and UNFPA endorse European Union statement on the need to scale up HIV prevention
30 November 2005 -
United Nations General Assembly adopts key resolution on road safety
31 October 2005 -
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19 October 2005 -
WHO framework convention on tobacco control: deadline approaches
14 October 2005 -
New WHO mental health atlas shows global mental health resources remain inadequate
7 October 2005 -
New Assistant Directors-General at WHO
28 September 2005 -
Prequalification update
19 August 2005 -
WHO: "learning by doing" is key to achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
25 July 2005 -
Codex commission adopts more than 20 food standards
12 July 2005 -
WHO Director-General appoints new members to Commission on Social Determinants of Health
4 July 2005 -
WHO launches project to minimize risks of radon
21 June 2005 -
Glaring inequalities for people with mental disorders addressed in new WHO effort
20 June 2005 -
WHO joins United Nations call for concerted action to achieve the Millennium Development Goals
10 June 2005 -
WHO and FAO to consult consumer associations from 25 countries on how to promote their involvement in food safety
7 June 2005 -
World Blood Donor Day 2005
24 May 2005 -
WHO establishing smallpox vaccine reserve
20 May 2005 -
World Health Assembly to take important decisions affecting public health
13 May 2005 -
Professor Lincoln Chen appointed as Special Envoy for World Health Organization
11 May 2005 -
Websites providing information on vaccine safety recognized for complying with good information practices
10 May 2005 -
Six million doses of vaccine shipped to Yemen for emergency polio outbreak response
10 May 2005 -
Animal to human transplantation — future potential, present risk
2 May 2005 -
The World Health Organization recommends that no person under 18 should use a sunbed
17 March 2005 -
Acrylamide levels in food should be reduced because of public health concern says UN expert committee
2 March 2005 -
WHO recommends influenza vaccine composition for Northern Hemisphere 2005-2006 influenza season
10 February 2005 -
HIV vaccine global partners strengthen collaboration to speed up progress
7 February 2005 -
Gates Foundation funds new polio vaccine to accelerate eradication efforts
27 January 2005 -
WHO Executive Board appoints two Regional Directors
18 January 2005 -
WHO Director-General travels to Indonesia and Sri Lanka
3 January 2005
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