Fwd: 59th World Health Assembly - brief summary of key issues discussed

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an interesting piece of news on Aids and micronutrients...

 

other than the resolution though, I have not heard of any efforts to

implement this.

 

Kind regards

Sepp

 

 

>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:12:42 +0100

>59th World Health Assembly - brief summary of key issues discussed

> " P.Taylor "

>

>

>The Fifty-ninth World Health Assembly took place in Geneva 22-27 May

>2006. A brief summary of the key issues discussed can be found at

><http://www.who.int/features/2006/wha59/en/index.html>http://www.who.int/featur\

es/2006/wha59/en/index.html

>Two of these seem particularly notable:

>

>Integrating nutrition into the overall response to HIV/AIDS

>

>The World Health Assembly adopted a resolution requesting countries

>to include nutrition an integral part of the overall response to

>HIV/AIDS by identifying nutrition interventions for immediate

>integration into HIV/AIDS programmes. Food and good nutrition are

>immediate and critical needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. The

>Health Assembly also supported WHO to develop a five-year-plan to

>help achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment by 2010.

>

>See report by the Secretariat at

><http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA59/A59_7-en.pdf>http://www.who.int/gb\

/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA59/A59_7-en.pdf

>the key paragraph of which is arguably the following:

>

>Micronutrient deficiencies are a significant problem for people

>living with HIV. However, little

>is known about interactions between micronutrients and physiological

>status or the impact of

>micronutrient status on disease progression. People infected with,

>and affected by, HIV/AIDS need a

>diet that provides the full range of essential micronutrients.

>Current evidence is inconclusive about the

>effect of micronutrient supplementation on transmission and

>progression of HIV in the absence of a

>specific nutritional deficiency. After a scientific review of

>available data, WHO recommended that

>multiple micronutrient supplementation for people living with HIV

>should not exceed one

>recommended daily allowance.

>

>Application of the International Health Regulations

>

>Following the approval last year of a new set of International

>Health Regulations (IHR 2005), this year's World Health Assembly

>agreed to start implementing - on a voluntary basis - some of these

>new rules a year early. The parts that will be implemented

>immediately are those that will help the world to prevent, detect

>and respond to a potential pandemic of human influenza. IHR (2005)

>will enter into force in June 2007.

>

>See report by the Secretariat at

><http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA59/A59_4-en.pdf>http://www.who.int/gb\

/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA59/A59_4-en.pdf

>

>See also Suzanne Harris' excellent report from last year's 58th

>World Health Assembly, at which the new International Health

>Regulations were adopted:

><http://thelawloft.com/politics/07042005-WHO.htm>http://thelawloft.com/politics\

/07042005-WHO.htm

>

>Further details on this year's Assembly can be found at

><http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/wha59/en/index.html>http://www.who.\

int/mediacentre/events/2006/wha59/en/index.html

>

>Paul

 

 

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