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Health amid a financial crisis: a complex diagnosis
6 January 2009 -- The global financial crisis could have profound implications for the health spending plans of national governments. Unless countries have safety nets in place, the poor and vulnerable will be the first to suffer, says an article in the WHO Bulletin.
Read the article in the WHO Bulletin

Health services close to collapse in Gaza
7 January 2009 -- The health services in Gaza, already depleted and fragile, will collapse if steps to support and protect them are not taken immediately. WHO has called for immediate improvement in the situation to make humanitarian health services accessible by the local people.
WHO statement on health situation in Gaza



DISEASE OUTBREAKS

Avian influenza – situation in China
7 January 2009

Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam
7 January 2009

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Avian influenza
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International Health Partnership review meeting
4-5 February 2009

14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
8-12 March 2009

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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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World report on child injury prevention
Joint WHO-UNICEF report on the five most important causes of unintentional injury and recommendations for action.

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