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Combat drug resistance, no action today ...no cure tomorrow

We live in an era of medical breakthroughs with new wonder drugs available to treat conditions that a few decades ago, or even a few years ago in the case of HIV/AIDS, would have proved fatal. For World Health Day 2011, WHO will launch a worldwide campaign to safeguard these medicines for future generations. Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread threaten the continued effectiveness of many medicines used today to treat the sick, while at the same time it risks jeopardizing important advances being made against major infectious killers.

After a field visit to Libyan eastern governorates, WHO official stresses that humanitarian efforts are a priority and warns that food and medicine stocks are insufficient for more than a few weeks

Dr Naeema Al-Gasseer, Assistant Regional Director for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean , warned that the medicine and food stocks available in the Libyan Arab Jamihirya are insufficient to cover more than a few weeks, and that concerned parties should act fast to ensure smooth provision of humanitarian assistance to avoid the consequence of lack of crucial items.

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World AIDS Day 2011

Combat drug resistance, no action today ...no cure tomorrow

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After a field visit to Libyan eastern governorates, WHO official stresses that humanitarian efforts are a priority and warns that food and medicine stocks are insufficient for more than a few weeks