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This channel provides the five most recent WHO news articles.
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New data highlight increases in hypertension, diabetes incidence
16 May 2012 -- One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure ? a condition that causes around half of all deaths from stroke and heart disease, according to the World health statistics 2012 report released today. One in 10 adults has diabetes.
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WHO highlights importance of good hand hygiene for patient safety
4 May 2012 ? On Hand Hygiene Day (5 May), more than 15 000 health-care facilities from 156 countries are participating in the WHO Save Lives: Clean Your Hands Initiative by committing to improve patient safety by practicing better hand hygiene
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15 Million babies born too soon
2 May 2012 -- Over one million of preterm babies die shortly after birth and countless others suffer some type of lifelong physical, neurological, or educational disability. An estimated 75% of preterm babies who die could survive without expensive care if a few proven and inexpensive treatments and preventions were available worldwide.
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World Malaria Day 2012
24 April 2012 -- On the eve of World Malaria Day 2012, WHO hails global progress in combating malaria but highlights the need to further reinforce the fight. WHO?s new initiative, T3: Test, Treat, Track, urges malaria-endemic countries and donors to move towards universal access to diagnostic testing and antimalarial treatment, and to build robust malaria surveillance systems.
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Global partners launch new plan to control and eliminate measles and rubella
24 April 2012 -- Announcing a new global strategy aimed at reducing measles deaths and congenital rubella syndrome to zero. The announcement comes with the publication of new data using a state-of-the-art methodology showing that efforts to reduce measles deaths have resulted in a 74% reduction in global measles deaths, from 2000 to 2010.
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World Immunization Week rolls out in more than 180 countries
23 April 2012 ? The first World Immunization Week is being held from 21 to 28 April 2012 with activities in over 180 countries. The theme of the week, ?Protect your world: Get vaccinated?, aims to reinforce the importance of immunization and encourage people everywhere to vaccinate themselves and their children against serious diseases.
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Dementia cases set to triple by 2050 but still largely ignored
11 April 2012 -- Worldwide, nearly 35.6 million people live with dementia which affects people in all countries. More than half (58%) live in low- and middle-income countries. A new WHO report, Dementia: a public health priority, recommends improving early diagnosis; raising public awareness about the disease and reducing stigma; and providing better care and more support to caregivers.
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