yeah right joining us now is dr michael ryan he's executive director of the world health organization's health emergencies program thanks for being with us here this morning history that we just saw the work that the world health organization is doing in congo how difficult is it to stop a disease like a boulder that can jump across borders and potentially go much further. is a very difficult disease to stop at the moment particularly in the context of congo where we have a mixture of conflict displacement and a very weak us system so the chances that the disease can amplify and spread even across borders is quite high the chances of global level are reasonably low because the disease does not spread but the airborne route for many other viral pathogens that can do that and you're. attending the world health summit that's taking place here in berlin right now the main focus of that summit this year is climate change what impact this climate change have on the spread of disease. climate and climate variability climate change will impact on the spread of diseases in many many ways a lot o

in the world health organization says the bone epidemic in northeast democratic republic of congo has been confined to a smaller area but one that is remote and rife with rebel groups the number of new boner cases dropped from nearly 138 bill to 51 in mid september there were 14 new infections last week and the executive director of the world health organization's emergency program says there's still a long way to go to completely eradicate the disease. well those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after women make change station thanks so much and. didn't the u.s. trade what used to be let's go say that much. like we bring you the stories and developments the dramatically changing. what's my life as a piracy. counting. on al-jazeera. if one has a passion and you have determination you are going to be vulnerable. to its next and his existence. but once you have focused time you have a dream you lived a dream so long as you have a good cause. let me show you something this is a $1.25 a well i mean if it were by a very small cup of coffee millions of people around t

and fighting a ball and we follow a world health organization team that work in the democratic republic of congo where more than 2000 lives have been lost in the latest outbreak of the disease. matheny howard thanks for joining us we begin in the u.s. state of california where firefighters are battling huge wildfires strong winds have been fanning the flames and a statewide emergency has been declared official say the fire ripping through the northern california wine country has now doubled in size with nearly 200000 people on the evacuation orders and further south another wildfire is threatening homes in the los angeles area. the 405 freeway in los angeles the latest front in the california wildfires early monday morning a new fire broke out here sweeping through the hills. thousands of people were forced to flee as the fire scorched the wealthy west side of the city authorities urged residents to heed the warnings and get out. if you're in the mandatory evacuation zone and you're still there watching this you're an idiot get the hell out it's way too dangerous people that stay behind

when meanest it is joy how taylor vice president of liberia has been in for the world health. madam howard taylor many thanks for your time now we just saw a report of how d.l.c. is struggling to talk a little of liberia has been successful in dealing with the disease how are you working together with affected countries to tackle this epidemic as a result of the. epidemic in liberia civilians reporting system was put in place is a regional one across west africa there is a whole team of medical personnel that have been trained to deal with it. i'm not sure if we've gotten any requests from the d r c but i think the information that was provided during our processes are free to members of the african union know how we tackled the board and how we're able to defeat it amongst the 3 countries that were heavily affected so there's an issue of early detection so villains getting them to the clinics that are necessary and dealing with the disease so it doesn't spread beyond where it is congress' sheneman containment is critical now you're calling for world leaders and politicians to

not gonna say list of help mistah i mean he's here in berlin for the world health summit welcome and thank you for the time so thank you and so what is your government doing to prevent mothers and babies from dying due to lack of health care commented a lot but it last 3 years we've seen tremendous improvement and a lot of things that we do and we are getting better indicate is now. have improved quite a lot but in child kidney infant mortality for example. about 56 years but with c. inclusive of and around 11. every 1000 now we're doing around $46.00 which is close to the future that you are mentioning about now i have told the country significantly over the last 3 is what i've come to realize is that our traditional hospitals were not designed to kill children especially natives units now we have made a policy that is pushing us to the chiefs to be creating these specialized units for infants special you know needs to be taking care of so things are improving we have increased the number of midway's an increasing number of misses even doctors richelieu to ph i mean publishing is si

the country i'm talking about ghana's minister of health mr amin who he's here in berlin for the world health summit welcoming thank you for your time so thank you and so what is your government doing to prevent mothers and babies from dying due to lack of proper health care conventions do you know. what it last 3 years do you seen tremendous improvement in general things that we do and we are getting better indicate is not. improved quite a lot but in child kidney and you found mortality for example. about 56 years but with c. inclusive 111. every 1000 now we're doing around $46.00 which is close to the future value of mention about now i have told you country have significantly over the last 3 is one of country lives is that our traditional hospitals were not designed to kill children especially natives elites now we have made a policy that is pushing off us that it is to be creating these specialized units for infants sufficiently new needs to be taking care of so things are improving we have increased the number of midwives an increasing number of misses even doctors richelieu to peace i

for its for good but it seems that fewer and fewer people are drinking it and the study by the world health organization has recorded a 43 percent drop in alcohol consumption from 2003 to 2016 it has been attributed to a government push to change drinking habits and over the same period russia's life expectancy has also increased dramatically the news will continue here after this train. released on the different strains. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it. to bring you the news and current affairs it's the much. easier. the story today while with iran still barred from entering stadiums for sporting events well more about the battle how some. continue to fight against it what's your take so will souls with us fly twitter. there is a chance i'm certain in. your industry. in iran a football fans death by self-immolation has prompted cause to end a battle women entering stadiums on september the 2nd 29 year olds. set herself on fire in front of a courthouse after learning that she could face prison time following her attempt to enter to ron's zadi s

its vodka but it seems that fear and fear if it's people are drinking it and you study by the world health organization has recorded a 43 percent drop in alcohol consumption from 2003 to 16 it's being attributed to a government push to change drinking habits well those are the headlines the program prison lives continues now. well gamble sorry bishara. but i did them about. their virtual political name a little halter her yanna fresh as a panel as a mother to the ones they know who. have a little money to support on the home and for darkness i use upon them of the hunch that i may lead to her your little. so fell in there from order that will appear on him. fogel to look at dylan i'm sure i had this t.v. than that of a jar of this defeat what would your mom. peleg of our good deal of the act of lord mayor of looking with dead shall appear from birth the problem i had to last saw her as a man not to her mother me i had to look for her but william thought of us or local interests of her. almost unknown to let me have done better the years even though she'd lie at a table shared for claire in

the world health organization says the ebola epidemic in northeast democratic republic of congo has been confined to a small area bought one that is remote and rife with the rebel groups the number of new about this has dropped from nearly 130 back in april to 51 and that september thought there were 14 new infections last week and the executive director of the world health organizations an urgency programs says there's still a long way to go to completely eradicate the disease. we have significantly contain the virus in a much smaller geographic area now we have to kill the virus the problem is it's back in areas that are deeply insecure we've got mining operations in these areas relax of people who live in villages and work in mines most of the time french president about your mcallen has an else that nearly 14000000000 dollars has been raised for the next 3 years to fight aids tuberculosis and malaria well 3000000 people died of the infectious disease last year mostly in sub-saharan africa nicholas holic has more now from senegal the capital dhaka. living with hiv aids contracted the

the world health organization says the bodo epidemic in northeast democratic republic of congo has been confined to a smaller area but one that is remote and rife with militias the number of new a bowl of cases has dropped steadily from nearly 130 back in april to 51 in mid september or 14 new infections last week but dr mike ryan the executive director of the world health organizations emergency programs says there is still a way to go to completely eradicate the disease. of france has pledged almost $14000000000.00 to the global fund to fight aids tuberculosis and malaria $3000000.00 people died of infectious diseases last year mostly in sub-saharan africa nicholas not has more now from senegal capital dakar. living with hiv aids contracted the virus from her parents who both died from it she was on the brink of death with her help to travel thousands of kilometers across west africa from togo to set a goal here people have more chances of survival than anywhere else in the region. explains while she may be sick she feels healthy thanks to the care given to her senegal's government an

sent publicso health experts and maintain collaboration with the world health organization. we are doing and other 18 -- we donate another $18 million to fight malaria. i want to conclude with a quote from president xi jinping. our world is full of hope and challenges. we should not give up our dreams because the reality around us is too complicated. we should not stop pursuing our ideals because they seem out of touch. let us work tirelessly to promote the principles of the u.n. charter and work together to build a committee with a shared future for mankind. thank you. [applause] guest: i thank -- translator: i thank his excellency. premise later today when charlie cook, the founder of the cook report looks ahead to the 2020 elections. he will speak with bill preston in a conversation hosted by the health center. -- can watch that to today that live today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> campaign 2020. watch our live coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your mind. 2020, you weregn unfiltered view of politics. -- you were unfiltered vie

has also sent public health experts and mange close -- maintained close collaboration with the world health organization. china will donate another $18 million to the global fund to fight aids and malaria. mr. president, i want to conclude with a quote from president xi jinping. "we should not give up our dreams just because the reality around us is to public. 80 ,e should not stop -- is too located. we should not stop pursuing our ideals because they seem out of reach. let us work tirelessly to about the u.n. charter and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind." thank you. [applause] language]ng foreign >> i thank his excellency.

the world health organization says the findings undermine sensible eating advice.'s republic of china are taking place in beijing today, but major protests are also expected in hong kong. 15,000 troops filled tiananmen square in central beijing, with the nation's newest military technology on display. tight security is in place in hong kong following four months of demonstrations against chinese rule. president trump's personal lawyer has become the latest target of the democrat—led impeachment investigation. rudy giuliani, the former mayor of new york, has been sent a legal demand for documents relating to ukraine. the investigation is seeking to establish whether mr trump asked ukraine's leader to investigate joe biden, his likely rival in next year's presidential election. the us opera singerjessye norman, who was one of the most renowned sopranos of the 20th century, has died at the age of 7a. a native of augusta, georgia, she was one ofjust a few black singers to reach fame in the opera world. she sang at the presidential inaugurations of ronald reagan and bil

the world health organization has released its 1st world report on vision its aim is to present an overall picture of global i care challenges sun come up with ways to tackle the report found that 2200000000 people have vision impairment or blindness and out of those 1000000000 people are living with conditions that could have been prevented or treated. dr lawson is the world health organization's lead expert on blindness and vision and she joins me now from geneva good to have you with us live on our. or what do you what do these findings tell you about the reasons behind visual impairment globally what these numbers tell us about the vision impairment globally is that the huge 2 factors like the aging population but all those sort of factors like how we use paint our time and our deputies that we do in a regular basis so our leading causes of the increased number of people with the shining pam in what seem to be the main problems for those with vision impairment is it. a genetic issue is it environmental or is it technical. actually all of these issues contribute to vision impairment but

the world health organization. for animal health is warning that no country is immune to the risk of african swine fever asia has struggled to contain the deadly virus which was 1st detected in the world's largest producer china last year it has since spread to vietnam cambodia and the philippines. now you might not have heard of it but today is world savings day it's been marked since 1924 and it's meant to encourage the virtues of saving and thrift for households and governments but is putting your money in the bank such a safe bet anymore for years risk averse germans have led the way as one of the countries where private citizens and companies have put the biggest share of their income in the bank rather than spend it last year households and businesses put more than 18 percent of their disposable income away for a rainy day and that's well above the e.u. average where reason study shows one in 5 people doesn't save anything at all that's the german rate is 3 times that of the us where people only put aside abo

has also sent public health experts and mange close -- maintained close collaboration with the world health organization. china will donate another $18 million to the global fund to fight aids and malaria. mr. president, i want to conclude with a quote from president xi jinping. "we should not give up our dreams just because the reality around us is to public. 80 ,e should not stop -- is too located. we should not stop pursuing our ideals because they seem out of reach. let us work tirelessly to about the u.n. charter and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind." thank you. [applause] language]ng foreign >> i thank his excellency. >> earlier in the week, foreign ministers from israel and saudi arabia address the general assembly. israel katz, the israeli minister leads off with remarks directed primarily to representatives from gulf states about threats posed by iran. [voice of translator] >> i now introduce israel katz, foreign minister of israel. [applause]

capital dhaka are dealing with pollution off a different kind noise pollution for reference the world health organization says humans can tolerate only a maximum of $8.00 to $5.00 decibels for 8 hours over a period of time before hearing damage occurs but residents of dakar a city of 18000000 people regularly have to hear sounds of up to 110 decibels it's a problem one man in talk is determined to meet head on even if it means he takes his message to the streets. in bangladesh is noisy capital. is on a mission to chant down the volume heavy traffic and horns go hand in hand but there are policing makes. noise levels the jack-o. regularly exceed 80 decibel was way beyond safe levels the message of moment always placards and the idiots home knesset sara lee all got on hard such noise could hamper the mental stability of drivers it creates tension in their heads they become anxious because the driver behind them is continuously hurrying them to move when there is nowhere to go but was in the level of a moment campaign his fortune supports and recognition on the streets of jacka he now spends at

in 2015, the world health organization said eating 50 g of processed meat a day, less tha n eating 50es of getting bowel cancer by 18%. surprisingly, perhaps, the current research has come to roughly the same conclusion. in the uk, six out of every 100 people will guard bowel cancer at some point. if we all ate and extra bacon a day, for the rest of our lives, one more person per 100 would get bowel cancer. so cutting out the number of burgers or bacon you eat, it may make very little difference to your personal risk of getting bowel cancer but it could mean preventing thousands of cases per year if you look across the board. they did not look at environmental impact or animal welfare. fergus walsh, bbc news. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast dan walker and louise minchin will have all the day's news, business and sport. that is coming up. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: china is celebrating 70 years since the communist party came to power with a military parade in tiananmen square in the centre of beijing. britain's prime minister boris johnson's propose

are the kind of people i reach out to and this is the gift that keeps giving according to the world health organization nigeria has one of the highest rates of suicide in the wall most of these cases of suicide are caused by depression something fun says she wants to have daily doses of encouragement but who needs a love letter in this busy city elites who progress each day out so big results don't. so it's almost a secret and this is a message for me right even though pressing now it's encouraging because i think. we're talking about suicide mental health specialist dr amy moon says that many nigerians don't know that they are suffering from mental illnesses and professional help is not easy to find we are once like after the 1000000 and. very sad walk around with change it. 2050 or. is really it is the one was because of the poor and up $53.00 having nigeria those practices less than. 50 so if you. define informed says she's doing hobbit however to bring. people food. i want people to feel love. i want people to feel full. and. so regardless of the stall they are facing moments i want. t

he served in the leadership of the world health organization surgery saves lives project and has been elected to the academy of medicine. he lives in the washington, d.c. area and i think there's a tv series based on some of his writings. so, for everyone here we are going to ask about the end of it will be 25 to 30 minutes then we will take questions the last ten to 15 minutes then in the first tent over the books are for sale and in the second tend to b ther will be a book signing immediately following at 11:45. good morning and thank you for joining us. i was so fascinated in reading about the story of the generic drug industry you highlight the challenges with the pharmaceuticals. can you tell us a little bit about what it was like learning about the challenges that they had with oversized frog and a little bit about how you learned about it and if you have any fear in telling a story that was challenging and may be dangerous? >> it's great to be here. thank you for the terrific questions. so, bottle of lies is a corporate crime story and takes readers deep into the overseas plans

to cure will make you even sicker nevertheless the market for counterfeit drugs is growing the world health organization says around $200000000000.00 u.s. dollars worth of fake drugs are sold annually it's the most lucrative trade of illegally copied goods and almost half of the fake and low quality medicines between 20132017 were found in sub-saharan africa the impact has been devastating let's take malaria the w.h.o. report shows substandard all fake anti malaria medicine leads to the deaths of between 64158000 people a year in sub-saharan africa. will brought simons is a gun a in social entrepreneur and founder of pedigree which uses tech to fight counterfeiting let's cross over to him now if you can hear me who's actually producing all these fake drugs 1st of all. thank you again some of these medicines out on this new produced by little factories right here in africa raids by law enforcement agents or factories things could be who are in nigeria and several other countries but the majority of the medicines the figments i mean controversies india and china are the most regular parts of

are the kind of people i reach out to and this is the gift that keeps giving according to the world health organization nigeria has one of the highest rates of suicide in the wall most of these cases of suicide are caused by depression or something fun says she wants to have daily doses of encouragement but who needs a love letter in this busy city a little progress each day adds so to big results doing. so it's almost a secret this is a message for me like weeds grow breasts you know encourage you cause i think. we're talking about suicide mental health specialists dr me move. says that many men jerry and i don't know that they are suffering from mental illnesses and professional help is not easy to find we have once that gap is the 1000000 and. very sad what can we change it maybe by 2050 or. is really it is the one was because of the torrid up 53 have been those practices. it went up 50 so if you're looking for. a really fine unformed says she's doing her bit however to bring help cool sets of people through how no i want people to feel love. i want people to feel hopeful to know that.

host: according to the world health organization, the global population includes around one billion people with disabilities. millions of them rely on wheelchairs. in industriaialized nationons,% of peoeople who neneed a wheelr have one. in emerging nations, the figure is less than 10%. that prevents them from fully participating in everyday life. in 2018, 600,000 children with disabilities in south africa didn't go to school. that will reduce their chances of finding gainful employment when they're older, and increase the likelihood that they'll face discrimination. reporter: when the sun rises over cape town, south africa, people are already harard at wk in a n nearby suburb. the e shonaquip company makes wheelchairs, and many of the people who work here are also wheelchair users. for the owner, shona mcdonald, inclusion is very important. shona: morning, ralph. how are you? ralph: i'm good. yourself? shona: good, good. everything o ok at home? ralph: everything is fine. shona: good. reporter: she developed heher original wheelchaiair model in 1982. shona: i started building equipment fo

the world health 0rganization classifies gaming as an addiction, mental health disorder.we do but how we prevented. the telegraph points out that those in charge of the nhs point the finger at gaming makers and big tech companies like facebook which own instagram and say, you need to do more. is that the right place to point the finger or should we all play a part in this? it's a shared responsibility. the fact is you have companies who are trying to make the game as compelling and expensive as possible. it's not good enough to wait and pick up the pieces when young people suffer those addictions. you look around the world at what is happening. what does the gaming companies say in their defence? they must say that children get out of gaming something good. they are under huge pressure, sometimes some amazing skills can be identified through the best gamers in the world. injapan, you are reminded when you game for a set amount of time, in south korea you cannot game between midnight and 6am. a nanny state, that will stop argument in my home! yes, let the state stepping! a

he was the lead author of the articles introducing a surgical checklist adopted by the world health organization and has publishedded successfully on health care costs, vulnerable populations and quality science. he served in leadership at the world health organization's safe surgery saves lives project and has been elected to the national academy of medicine. he lives here -- he lives in the washington, d.c. area, and i think there's a tv series based on some of his writing. so for everyone here, we're going to ask them some about their book. that's going to be about 25-30 minutes, then we'll take questions. so the last 0-15 minutes. -- 10-15 minutes. then in the first tent over, the books are for sale, and in the second tent over, there'll be a book signing immediately following this at 11:45. so good morning, thank you for joining us. i was so fascinated, katherine, in reading about the story of the generic drug industry as you highlight the challenges with pharmaceuticals. can you tell us a little bit about what it was like learning about the challenges that they have there with oversight, f

finding solutions to protect the most important resource children of water now according to the world health organization each of these 25 to 50 liters of water every day to day care for health and hygiene 3 in 10 people around the world lack safe ready available water at home and organization in delhi is trying something out of the books by converting sewage water into clean portable water can it really work let's take a closer look. at. every morning it is the same battle for voting for the residents of this district of south delhi with no reliable source of it from the party the residents of nothing. even camps have to line up every morning to get water from tankers like this one to their daily needs. it is a frantic scene every day i see people bush and joseph each other to fill their cans ahead of their lives sometimes for trigger. if they panic is almost out what only source some mornings there are so many people you would think there is a fear on everyone is struggling to feel cans not arguments fights even accidents what is one biggest problem we wish they would fix traps in all our

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crisis mode the world health organization meets in manila after news that up to $11000000.00 children are at risk of death or disability. but 1st the white house says turkey will invade northern syria soon and that it's been threatening to do so for a number of months washington released a statement in which it said the united states armed forces will not support or be involved in the operation and having defeated the isis territorial caliph it will no longer be in the immediate area right this at the very latest now from our correspondent in istanbul seen them called the early and sinister this information coming out of washington what is turkey saying about this operation which apparently is imminent. marty actually right before 1000 how does announce the persons present project i presented to us for donald trump had a phone conversation and after that we had a readout from the kurdish presidency saying that they're both leaders actually kenyans talked about the possible military intervention in north korea and they both agreed to meet the cone and the company was placed in washingt

nearly doubled its production to around 500000 a year and its hospital has been recognized by the world health organization. a 5 hour drive south from a scottish man to santa dr drew it runs a community i hospital in moscow 100 district. a team of 3 i talk to and support staff runs this hospital screening more than 300 patients every day and performing nearly 5000 surgeries a year most of them cataract surgeries like that of anglo. it's a model that dr who it says is easily transferable to other developing countries where the initial investment of $2000000.00 over 3 years before the hospital becomes fully sustainable. this area's so short you can only call situation the the window same as same similar to us so double up a system here keeping in mind that we face these obstacles so such a system of eye care can very easily be replicable in other countries with similar challenges. and if his plan succeeds thousands more will get the gift of sight just like angle. well that's it from rewind for this week for more from the series there check out the rewind page on al-jazeera dot com i'm elizabeth

wish the world health organization this as essential medicine this is actual classification so theoretically you ascensions include exemption szell classification so theoretically you ascensions include exemptions that are supposed to facilitate material including the import of that medicine but in practice that are supposed to facilitate the material including the import of that medicine but in practice the dolls are mixed up you must sanctions and egress in the us rhetoric this dolls are mixed up you must sanctions and aggressive u.s. rhetoric has made it incredibly difficult to get banks and companies to carry out transactions has made it incredibly difficult to get banks and companies to carry out transactions are exempted it can be turned loose. and in fact the sanctions and there are exempted it can be turned loose. and in fact the sanctions and there are have created an environment of what we call all the compliance which means that companies and banks have created an environment of what we call all the compliance which means that companies and banks refused to carry out you were legi

of exxon has been approved by european drugs regulators it's a move that's been hailed by the world health organization as a triumph for public health that will save many lives the vaccine is already being used on the emergency guidelines to try to protect people against the spread of a deadly ebola outbreak and democratic republic of congo as you have heard the emergency committee has recommended that the current ebola outbreak continues to pose a publican's emergency of international concern i have accepted that advise saw the publicans emergence of of international concern the starters will be maintained for additional stream and this emergency committee will be reconvene within 3 months is to reassess again. this remains. this outbreak remains a complex and dangerous outbreak but u.n. human rights office has called for the release of a prominent blogger a lawyer and a journalist from an egyptian jail several 1000 people have been in custody since protests against president of the feather l.c.c. began a month ago blogger at the father was released in march after serving a 5 year sentenc

nearly doubled its production to around 500000 a year and its hospital has been recognized by the world health organization. a 5. man to santa dr drew it runs a community i hospital in moscow 100 district. a team of 3 i talk to and support staff runs this hospital screening more than 300 patients every day and performing nearly 5000 surgeries a year most of them cataract surgeries like that of anglo. it's a model that dr who it says is easily johns for 2 other developing countries where the initial investment of $2000000.00 over 3 years before the hospital becomes fully sustainable. this area is for sure. situation the the window same as same. miller to us so double up a system here keeping in mind that we face these cells tickle so such a system of eye care can very easy be replicated in other countries with similar challenges. and if his plan succeeds thousands more will get the gift of sight just like anger. well that's it from rewind for this week for more from the series there check out the rewind page on al-jazeera dot com i'm elizabeth purana from the hotel thank you for joining us on t