123 result(s) for world health organisation
WHO Opens Centre In Budapest
- 14 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- health & wellness
The World Health Organisation’s Budapest centre was officially opened on Tuesday. The WHO has moved some of its Geneva-based operations to Budapest, including its Collaborating Centre on Human Resources for Health Development.
Hungary Plans To Expand Testing For Hepatitis C
- 28 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Hungarian government wants to expand testing for hepatitis C in the future and intends to ensure quicker treatment for patients, a health-care official said on Tuesday.
Hungary Smoking Rate Down
- 31 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The national smoking rate in Hungary has declined in recent years, but the number of young smokers has grown, the state secretary for health care said. Speaking at a press conference on the occasion of the upcoming World No Tobacco Day, Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs called the law protecting non-smokers one of the “greatest achievements” of the past few years.
Szijjártó: Setting Up WHO Budapest Centre To Boost Hungary-UN Cooperation
- 25 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Setting up a centre for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Budapest will boost cooperation between Hungary and the United Nations, the foreign minister said in parliament. In recent years, the UN has been moving some of its specialised institutions and organisations away from Geneva in order to cut operational costs, Péter Szijjártó told the assembly. As part of this process, the WHO has ...
Hospitals Ready For Zika Virus
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Hospitals in Hungary have made adequate preparations to provide medical treatment to anyone infected with the zika virus, State Medical Office official Ágnes Dánielisz announced on Wednesday. She added that no suspicion of the infection has arisen in Hungary.
Demjan Appoints CEU BS Alumna Borbala Czako To Chair Euro 1 Million Migration Fund
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Demján Group, owned by one of Hungary’s most prominent businessman Sándor Demján, has donated one million euros to establish a migration fund. This fund will support improving conditions for refugee children currently in Hungary or on the borders of the country. It will be used to buy food, clothing, finance domestic travel, healthcare and to produce information material and assist civilians and ...
Hungarian Official Urges Highrisk Groups To Get Hepatitis C Test
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
There are around 70,000 people with the hepatitis C infection in Hungary, 40,000 of whom need medical treatment yet only around 20,000 receive it, a health official said on Tuesday, which is World Hepatitis Day. Many patients are unaware of the actual moment they contracted the virus due to an initial absence of symptoms, Klára Werling, president of the national association of viral hepatitis ...
Hungarian WHO Official Warns Of Epidemic Due To Illegal Migrants
- 26 Jun 2015 9:11 AM
- health & wellness
The mass appearance in Hungary of illegal migrants could be a source of epidemics, the European regional director of the World Health Organisation has said. In an interview to Friday’s Napi Gazdaság daily, Zsuzsanna Jakab said that for a long time the prevalence of infectious diseases in Europe has been low thanks to inoculations against such sicknesses as polio which “in some Middle Eastern ...
Hungary’s President Áder Sums Up Water Talks In S Korea
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opportunities can be found in crises, Hungary’s president said in Gyeongbuk, South Korea, summing up his talks at the 7th World Water Forum that he opened in Daegu the day before. On the forum’s sidelines, János Áder held talks with Benedito Braga, president of the World Water Council, Yvo de Boer, director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of ...
WHO Opens Centre In Budapest
- 14 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- health & wellness
The World Health Organisation’s Budapest centre was officially opened on Tuesday. The WHO has moved some of its Geneva-based operations to Budapest, including its Collaborating Centre on Human Resources for Health Development.
Hungary Plans To Expand Testing For Hepatitis C
- 28 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The Hungarian government wants to expand testing for hepatitis C in the future and intends to ensure quicker treatment for patients, a health-care official said on Tuesday.
Hungary Smoking Rate Down
- 31 May 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The national smoking rate in Hungary has declined in recent years, but the number of young smokers has grown, the state secretary for health care said. Speaking at a press conference on the occasion of the upcoming World No Tobacco Day, Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs called the law protecting non-smokers one of the “greatest achievements” of the past few years.
Szijjártó: Setting Up WHO Budapest Centre To Boost Hungary-UN Cooperation
- 25 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Setting up a centre for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Budapest will boost cooperation between Hungary and the United Nations, the foreign minister said in parliament. In recent years, the UN has been moving some of its specialised institutions and organisations away from Geneva in order to cut operational costs, Péter Szijjártó told the assembly. As part of this process, the WHO has ...
Hospitals Ready For Zika Virus
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Hospitals in Hungary have made adequate preparations to provide medical treatment to anyone infected with the zika virus, State Medical Office official Ágnes Dánielisz announced on Wednesday. She added that no suspicion of the infection has arisen in Hungary.
Demjan Appoints CEU BS Alumna Borbala Czako To Chair Euro 1 Million Migration Fund
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Demján Group, owned by one of Hungary’s most prominent businessman Sándor Demján, has donated one million euros to establish a migration fund. This fund will support improving conditions for refugee children currently in Hungary or on the borders of the country. It will be used to buy food, clothing, finance domestic travel, healthcare and to produce information material and assist civilians and ...
Hungarian Official Urges Highrisk Groups To Get Hepatitis C Test
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
There are around 70,000 people with the hepatitis C infection in Hungary, 40,000 of whom need medical treatment yet only around 20,000 receive it, a health official said on Tuesday, which is World Hepatitis Day. Many patients are unaware of the actual moment they contracted the virus due to an initial absence of symptoms, Klára Werling, president of the national association of viral hepatitis ...
Hungarian WHO Official Warns Of Epidemic Due To Illegal Migrants
- 26 Jun 2015 9:11 AM
- health & wellness
The mass appearance in Hungary of illegal migrants could be a source of epidemics, the European regional director of the World Health Organisation has said. In an interview to Friday’s Napi Gazdaság daily, Zsuzsanna Jakab said that for a long time the prevalence of infectious diseases in Europe has been low thanks to inoculations against such sicknesses as polio which “in some Middle Eastern ...
Hungary’s President Áder Sums Up Water Talks In S Korea
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opportunities can be found in crises, Hungary’s president said in Gyeongbuk, South Korea, summing up his talks at the 7th World Water Forum that he opened in Daegu the day before. On the forum’s sidelines, János Áder held talks with Benedito Braga, president of the World Water Council, Yvo de Boer, director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), and Thomas P. Bostick, Chief of ...