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WHO60 photo exhibition 60 years of public health Floods in western Africa Health after the floods

EPA/Rungroj Yongrit The ban on smoking is being extended to air-conditioned and public places in Thailand on 17 February 2008.

Space technology: a new frontier for public health
5 February 2008 -- Satellite technologies are a natural ally in public health emergencies for tracking the extent of disease outbreaks and natural disasters. This article in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization explains why they have only become really useful over the past 10 years.
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