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• WHO: stop tobacco industry interference
  30 May 2012 -- On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), WHO is calling on national leaders to be vigilant against the increasingly aggressive attacks by the tobacco industry which undermine policies that protect people from the harms of tobacco. Tobacco kills almost 6 million people every year and is one of the leading preventable causes of illness and death around the world.
• 65th World Health Assembly closes with new global health measures
  26 May 2012 -- The Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly concluded Saturday after adopting 21 resolutions and three decisions on a broad range of health issues. The six days of discussions involved nearly 3000 delegates, including health ministers and senior health officials from amongst the 194 WHO Member States, as well as representatives from civil society and other stakeholders.

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Statements

• Health Metrics Network and World Health Organization welcome birth registration resolution
  23 March 2012
• WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV
  3 February 2012

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Notes for the media

• WHO highlights importance of good hand hygiene for patient safety
  4 May 2012
• World Immunization Week rolls out in more than 180 countries
  23 April 2012

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