The Australian designed cochlear device has been implanted in nearly 200,000 patients worldwide, revolutionising sound perception for the profoundly deaf.
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Global deaths from swine flu (the H1N1 virus) have risen by more than 1,000 in a week, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). More than 7,800 people...
New Zealand has agreed to contribute NZ$420,000 to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to assist distribution of the swine flu vaccine to the Asia-Pacific region.
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Representatives from the global travel and tourism industry have united to support MassiveGood, a global health initiative created by the Millennium Foundation...
The world is doing well to reduce poverty but the global recession is still a threat to Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to the United Nations.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called the swine flu pandemic “unstoppable” with almost 100,000 confirmed cases of the A(H1N1) virus and 429...
The latest World Health Organisation (WHO) report on swine flu indicates that 94,512 cases of the A(H1N1) virus have been confirmed worldwide, with 429 deaths attributed...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday released figures showing that confirmed cases of swine flu have reached 70,893 worldwide, with 311 deaths recorded...
The World Health Organisation has upgraded swine flu to global pandemic status, lifting the A(H1N1) virus to phase six on the alert level.
Swine flu is the first...
With more than 27,000 confirmed cases of swine flu in 74 countries, the A(H1N1) virus is set to be declared an official global pandemic by the World Health Organisation...
