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April 4, 2010

News – World Health Day 2010 & WHO

Category: Communications,Education,Environment,Health,InfraGard,News,United Nations,Urban – Tags: parcour, WHO – Administrator 2:29 am

I don`t always eat well or launch myself over urban landscapes, but when I do, I choose WHO… stay healthy my friends.

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November 11, 2009

Report – WHO and cellular phones for disasters and social media

Category: Communications,Mobile,Report,United Nations – Tags: China, Health, pandemic, Sichuan, WHO – Administrator 11:43 am

Use of mobile phones in an emergency reporting system for infectious disease surveillance after the Sichuan earthquake in China

Risk and outbreak communication: lessons from alternative paradigms

What social media offers to health professionals and citizens

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November 7, 2009

News – Nov 2-5, 2009 – UN WHO Director General and Fifth Global Meeting of Country Offices

Category: Communications,Government,Health,News,United Nations – Tags: EMS, GAR, Geneva, GOARN, H1N1, IHR, pandemic, WHO – Administrator 12:21 pm

In the wake of the global H1N1 pandemic, this global meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO – OMS) in Geneva was very informative.

Overview – http://www.who.int/countryfocus/fifthglobalhwcomeeting/en/index.html

Video press conference by the WHO Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan – June 11, 2009

Overview of WHO Global Alert and Response (GAR) and Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network (GOARN)

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