three years to the day since the last polio case was diagnosed in india and next month the world health organization is expected to officially declare the country polio free this chart shows the rapid an exponential decline of india polio cases but the monumental achievement didn't come easy besides an incredibly high population density and birth rate poor sanitation and inaccessible to rain in many parts of the country officials had to cope with a large swath of the population refusing to accept polio vaccination for religious beliefs from two thousand and nine to two thousand and eleven nearly two and a half million volunteers medical workers and doctors vaccinated children across the country and gradually eradicated the last few cases of the horrendous disease

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a japanese expert on influenza viruses and a former adviser at the world health organization hitish shi oshitani says medical officials should prepare for an outbreak. >> translator: there's no doubt that this virus has the potential to mutate into a new influenza strain. so we must plan ahead with what measures to take in case the virus became a new flu. >>> anti-government demonstrators in ukraine will find out later in the day if new legislation they have fought against will be scrapped. members of parliament will now decide whether to approve a proposal to appeal some anti-protest laws. the president made the deal with opposition leaders in an effort to end a growing political crisis. nhk world reports. >> reporter: president viktor yanukovych met with three main opposition leaders to try to find a way forward. they agreed to abolish parts of anti-protest laws the president has pushed through nearly two weeks ago. they're trying to stop this. anti-government demonstrations that have all but spun out of control. the arrests started last november. president yanukovych angered ukrainia

in february, 2013, a world health organization report said that radiation from fukushima posed minimal health risk to the general population of japan. but the w.h.o. acknowledged that emergency workers at the plant who inhaled high doses of radioactive iodine face an increased risk of developing thyroid cancer, and that children exposed as infants in areas closest to the power plant have a slightly elevated risk of contracting leukemia, breast, or thyroid cancer in their lifetimes. critics say that the health impacts of fukushima are far from insignificant and will increasingly be evident over time. one of the harshest of these critics is longtime antinuclear activist dr. helen caldicott, a pediatrician and author. she offered a far more dire view of fukushima's health impact soon after the disaster. dr. caldicott, fukushima--is it possible to forecast the health consequences to the japanese people, and on what scale are they likely to materialize? >> well, it's a guess, really, but i have been following it extremely closely every day since the thing started. and i must say that two da

but accord to the world health organization. the basic principle for treatment to be taking medicine for it the second line defected to take stock. the last choice to be entered into confusion paprika leap divorce confusion which might not be good for their help. the good doctor to default to the credit goes to give guidance on patients' health it is likely to have to start reading up on medical knowledge and help. because oftentimes i'll think like that. maybe they're just very probably trained. not enough to get the prize fund of the believers understand the cost of living. today we keep on the street. think of how much it costs are backing me in a foreign country. but the look just that. oh well i guess the key to the made in china could be sold for at least sixteen us dollars it cost a lot more of the vaccine is important. i think sucks but he should be affordable to every household tested in the play of the role every new for me to i went into effect and the fact that i could not be to expand peak maybe a couple years daugh

the restaurant, and there's no question that nicotine is a drug, and if you good ask the world health organization, the surgeon general, the center for disease control, and the heart association, anybody reputable will tell you. >> ray, aren't there a lot of elements in secondhand smoke that are quite dangerous, including a variety of unknown chemicals that are not in e cigarettes? wouldn't that make the secondhand vapor? >> we're talking about smoke and vapor, and as the professor keeps talking, nicotine is a second class stimulant and it's found in many products. but responsible regulation and face-to-face transactions, so we're 100% onboard with doing it logically and responsibly. >> how about child proofing? >> child proofing, we're the first again, professor, as i read up on you and you didn't do any on me, we pushed for child safety packaging and pushed for all of these things, but at the end of the day, the regulatory structure has to assistous that. >> one of the things that you push out there, it says that e cigarettes are safer than actual cigarettes. and what does that mean? it's quite

the world health organization describes health as a state of social, physical, and economic well being. i mean, they take in everything, and they're quite right, that if you don't have economic strength and the necessary wherewithal, you'll probably not do well in the world. you'll probably suffer in various ways. i think certainly people that are the highest risk of poor health are those with poor resources, poor financial resources, poor educational resources, because they may not make good judgments or have access to health care when it's very essential, or when it's crucial in prevention of progression of an illness. david bennett: but for ny people in the world, their demands in terms of health are mu more modest. the people who face hunger, who face the threat of disease constantly, for them, survival is really health. to see the very quiet, subtle way in which communitiescan puly quite remarkable ife have that very broad definition, then everything becomes health. if we look only at certain narrowly defined diseases, we miss somehow the whole interaction that makes up the human

according to the world health organization, diseases related to contaminated water account for almost 8% of all deaths in africa. we're in the kabale district in the remote south of the country, where an invention designed to purify contaminated water is now being tested. a simple solution to a serious problem. >> even the people in town here, who have heard about the jompy boilers, want to have one! like myself, i would like to have one, here and maybe in my village. >> it's the brainchild of scottish plumber and heating engineer, david osborne, who grew up in south africa and has retained a strong affinity to the continent. he built the prototype in his garage. >> i had an idea at 11:00 at night. lying in bed, i had the idea. i drew it, and the following morning at 6:00 a.m., before anyone put their washing out, i lit a fire in my driveway. i put a length of copper tubing into the fire and ran water through it, to prove the initial concept. once i had proved that, it took no more than a month to finalize a design. i booked a flight to kenya, to try it with some locals. >> the jompy

much a growing consensus among scientist especially those funding by national health, the world health organization, the research that doesn't have a particular agenda behind it but it's neutral and objective research about the effects of sugar and added sugar and particularly sugary beverages on human health. one of the newer set of findings, with tremendous amount of scientific consensus is the impact of heavy fructose consumption of sugar. fructose is one form of sugar but a very common form of sugar. it can have anywhere from 45-90 percent from when laboratories produce it. fructose is metabolized in the liver. that is where the difficulties start. the fact that fructose is metabolized in the liver. as christina gets from the health department alluded to. when it is metabolized in

acute vitamin a deficiency usually results in blindness or even death the world health organization estimates that two hundred million children around the world suffer from a lack of vitamin a. since the one nine hundred eighty s. ingle put try case has concentrated his efforts exclusively on rice the staple food of the poor for thirteen years his research produced no visible success. then he teamed up with peter bya a cellular biologist from fribourg together they finally achieved the unthinkable in favor one evening in february of one nine hundred ninety nine peter buyer called me in my laboratory and it was long after dark i was still there and he called me and said turn on your computer i'm going to send a picture and you will like it and of course we were thrilled after all this time to see it not only white light also a few yellow grains of rice because that told us we had finally really done it all tongue because in the arms to us it is your soft. the world's media praised trike is and his colleague for their breakthrough. they were also on by the scientific community. they were even g

the world health organization confirms 648 human cases of the h5n1 bird flu this season. 384 have been fatal. they're working on a vaccine. >>> now to a desperate searchant of virginia. one sailor is missing and two are dead after a navy helicopter crashed in the atlantic ocean. two sailors did survive. one in serious condition. the sea dragon was on a routine training mission when it made an emergency water landing wednesday. the 99 foot craft is capable of speeds of 170 miles per hour. the cause of the crash is under investigation but one official says he has no concern about the helicopter's safety. >>> federal authorities say they busted up a sex trafficking ring freeing sex slaves from a san diego street gang. 24 people have been charged in connection with the alleged prostitution operation that spanned 23 states and 46 cities. prosecutors are calling it modern day slavery. they say bms members branded women with tattoos and even bar codes after luring them over the internet with promises of a lifestyle. >> good news and bad news for the international space station. the first sola

the world health organization sets a maximum limit of 25 of these particles in this space. moreshould not of them over a 24-hour period, but a level of 200 is routinely reached in many chinese cities, with a peak at 800. a seriously hazardous level. key factsntly, some about air quality were kept secret. now, readings from monitoring sites like this, public concern has forced the authorities. this is the center where the measurements are analyzed. officials make sure their own air is kept clean, and there is a purifier. the pollution often gets trapped by the mountains. these are hotspots, including for that small type of pollution. says it should run right along here, showing the severity of the problem. are the authorities doing? first, they are closing down any power stations within the city that burn coal. that is the biggest source of pollution. next, they are trying to limit road traffic. officials say they are confident they can clean it up. world hadties in the huge air problems in the past. but their air is much better now. we have to cope with this problem. some o

the world health organization confirming 648 human cases of the avian flu virus mostly in asia so far this season. over half of the cases were fatal. drug companies are working on a vaccine. >>> now to a search and rescue mission under way off the coast of virginia. one sailor is missing, two dead after a navy helicopter crashed in the atlantic ocean. two sailors survived, one in serious condition. the mh-53e sea dragon wass eon routine training mission when it made an emergency landing. it is capable of speeds of more than 170 miles per hour. cause of the krags crash is und investigation. one official saying he has no concern about the safety of that helicopter. >>> sex slaves saved from a san diego street gang. it spans some 23 states and 46 cities. prosecutors called this modern day slavery saying bms members lured girls and women over the internet with promises of a luxurious lifestyle. when they arrived, they were branded with tattoos and bar codes. more arrests are expected in this case. >>> there is some good news and bad news orbiting the international space station to tell yo

according to the world health organization diseases related to contaminate to hold to account for almost a cent old debts in africa. we in the cabal a district in the remote south of the country with an invention designed to purify contaminated water is now being tested. a simple solution to a serious problem you can go and tell me a while by them and they don't the blue one can hope they can license and got to cut one pm and maybe my is it it's the brainchild of school siege from a competing engine and david knowles old who grew up in south africa and has retained a strong affinity to the consonants he built the present time being his carriage. though what a bitter idea. and it was a limo to the sexy him before they went to the washing and solidify among them a try every minute and then. that's going to call for choosing and to fight iran will go through to choose initial cause it was cool but then that is more than two months to the table i sat in the design team misleading to a bucket to kenya to try it with some locals. the jaunty is ingeniously simple meeting on the pump will filter

the world health organization says that sometimes there are linked to exposure to the waist. local people are increasingly concerned. tomorrow is the government's clean those up soon it was in london soon you'll know them everyday we see people who get sick says this month. we don't know if this is the place of life and all its low as the blue in the of the verses of the nori seaweed our hearts we are destroyed to channel whose chairman is incompatible with us till we move from painted it from its aspiration to something that could bring a change to the situation the mafia whistleblower told authorities about the dangerous dumping years ago to put the information was to cut secret till now the government is considering deploying the onli to help. eleven more and more steady and migrants are entering europe through bulgaria popping across the border with turkey without while they coming and what treatment to these asylum seekers expect in the huge tourist eight deaths reported on and on friday night. from. . us. it soon using the consequence that to you. sometimes that's not e

but remember the fda and the world health organization have both deemed gmo foods as safe. >> reporter: general mills isn't the only company listening to the customer base. supermarket chain whole foods is requiring every supplier to label gmo products by 2018. mexican fast food chain chipotle announced they will soon be gmo-free. o'brien said the campaign is working. >> to go back to the brands and restore the relationship, it means so much. >> reporter: the maker of the little o's appear to be say the following the classic motto. the customer is always right. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> we are back in a moment with a highly unusual voicemail left on somebody's phone this new year's eve. >>> the frozen tundra will be frozen solid on sunday as the green bay packers host the 49ers at lambeau field in the cold. and we mean cold. predicted temperature at game time, 2 degrees with an afterlow before they are done at 18 below. while the home tv viewing experience and hd has never been better or warmer than it is these days. packers fans are different. they believe the game shoul

. >> desomer is with unicef which along with the world health organization, the u.s. centers for disease control and rotary international partnered with the indian government and the multiyear 2 plus billion dollar campaign. he says a few years ago, many impoverished communities resisted the vaccine >> these are communities, which have not benefited from all the progress in india. and they have no roads. you know, water and sanitation. people have developmental issues and they will usually say you can reach us with a drop of vaccine, why can't you reach us with education and health and with water and sanitation? >> reporter: so they were suspicious? >> they were very, i mean quite suspicious >> reporter: suspicion that the vaccine wasn't what was claimed- was particularly high among india's muslim minority mufti mukarram ahmed, imam of the fatehpuri mosque in substantially muslim old delhi, says memories are still vivid of coercive attempts by the government in the 1970's to sterilize people here >> ( translated ): they thought that in the polio medicine they have pla

the world health organization says 530,000 people die each year in india from dehydration caused by diarrhea. unclean water is most often to blame. one indian company has launched a water business to improve the situation. this is a water atm and it works similar to a bank atm. instead of dispensing cash, this dispenses clean drinking water. this man presses some buttons, and instead of cash, out comes water. people with prepaid cards can access clean water around the clock. the company has installed machines at 28 locations serving 5,000 people. >> translator: a liter costs only 1.5 cents. a tenth the price at the market. >> translator: i can get clean water 24 hours a day. i've become healthier since i started drinking it. >> reporter: each water atm is equipped with a tank that hols s 1,000 liters of water. trucks make daily deliveries of groundwater, treated at nearby purification plants. online management systems mean just three people can monitor 200 pieces of equipment, including water atms and treatment facilities. holding down labor costs allows the company to offer safe water at re

the world health organization confirmed 648 human cases of the avian flu mostly in asia so far this season. 384 of them have been fatal. drug companies are working on a vaccine. >>> now to a desperate search and rescue mission off the coast of virginia. one sailor is missing and two are dead after a helicopter crashed. two survived, one is in serious condition. they were on a routine training mission when it made an emergency water landing wednesday. the 99 foot craft is capable of speeds of more than 170 miles per hour. the cause of the crash is under investigation. one official says he has no concern about the helicopter's safety. >>> federal authorities say they have busted up a sex trafficking ring of freeing sex slaves from a san diego street gang. 24 people have been charged in connection with the alleged prostitution operation that spanned 23 states and 46 cities. prosecutors are calling it modern day slavery. they say bms members branded women and girls with tattoos and bar codes after luring them over the internet with promises of a luxurious lifestyle. more arrests are expected.

care and by the world health organization definition of privatisation of health care that's what privatization is only government has lied to the public but let's talk about the economics of health care for a second because it seems to me a and this is a big topic in the united states as well because they're trying to rein in the cost of the health care in the us are there outrageous and people don't care they don't have access to basic health care here in the u.k. you've got up until recently universal health care you have the n.h.s. which is the jewel of the post-war welfare state you could say. but is it true if you look at the economics of health care for a second if you're trying to deliver health care which means a lot of pills a lot of bandages a lot of scalpels a lot of stuff a lot of doctors is the best the government go out into the market and buy stuff on a wholesale basis and then deliver the savings to the health care user in other words. by breaking it up and by having all these competing special groups privatized groups by definition they're going to compete with each other and

paralyze that was an infection in rare cases it can also lead to death according to the world health organization gone to one cases of today were recorded in twenty thirteen compared to fifty eight and twenty pro. last week that the p ricciardi describe the stones bullet only worsen sixty patch well as the melodies and a resort in the world. traces of her year in syria have been linked pakistani change this point in the war torn country last month pakistani politician and expertise to ornament on adding that alabama not doing any justice to humanity is on all the country income trust pakistan and neighboring india recently celebrated three years without any reported cases of cardio recent studies showed a worrying rise in anti semitic attitudes across the european continent from hungary to the united kingdom instance of anti semitism carried out by foreign troops and extremists have grabbed headlines in recent years leading europe's to increasingly fear for their own safety. israeli leaders and us troops have been lobbying hard to get the european union to take action against anti semitism see th

it is twenty five times more than the standards of the world health organization. chinese cities are considered to be the most polluted cities in the world beating leeds among them. some residents of the couple say they are not going to tolerate it evolution is terrible. i recently had a bad cold i caught the black slime and friendly bj and i do not want to stay here any longer local authorities announced their intention to shift to gas central heating. now most of the houses are heeded the call is one of the major causes of small unusually hot weather is set out in south east australia. in sum there is the temperature exceeded forty degree celsius the authorities are afraid that he can cause devastating wildfires. according to bbc two hundred and fifty fires broke out in victoria because of the thunderstorms in mel bourne where the australian open tennis championship takes place several players in one court employee felt sick because of the abnormally hot weather temperatures in the capital of south australia adelaide exceeded forty five degree celsius. thousands

that analysis is backed by the world health organization. but that doesn't mean people on one aide. poetry is contagious of course i'd rather he has taken a very scary especially so with the upcoming used it in person this moment of people die from it. in mainland china more than one hundred people have contracted the disease has killed one and fines of them officials are monitoring the situation carefully. as live poultry markets in the west today areas. that's to stop people taking like chickens with them when they join the masses traveling to family gatherings on the lunar new year this week and spreading the virus throughout the country the un security council has voted unanimously to authorize the deployment of the european union force in the central african apartheid to back out the french and african troops trying to deal with the violent staff tell it's not yet clear which european countries will take part. germany's new defence minister has said she could see her country playing a role there as well as in other places have regions but that's not going down well with everyon

the world health organization says more than forty cases have been confirmed in the first three weeks of this beauty. chow has held the door in a reported two deaths caused by the eight seventy nine dollars both patients died on saturday. neighboring georgian province reported three new age seventy nine cases on sunday. all are included condition and are being treated in hospitals the province has so far confirmed twenty three cases in the poll in told me she of the chinese health officials as the viruses may have been very active systems them up with more than two hundred cases confirmed since march of last year. the wto has also warned that general flu viruses might read more widely with the upcoming holiday travel rush around the chinese new year. east china's huge own problems is among the places most affected by the eight seventy nine virus with twenty six confirmed cases so far the shia are employed in view on earlier toll was more about the mood on the streets of the provincial capital of asia. i'll catch up the bird flu and in some cities up to dump rubbish like it when it see

ministry statistics show the jordanian spend one billion us dollars in tobacco each year the world health organization estimated last year that nearly half of jordan's men smoked tobacco. enforcing the law started moderately in twenty oh nine shopping centers in airports and fast food restaurants philosopher has spoken in hospitals schools cinemas libraries museums government buildings and transport. violators are subject to jail time of up to one month or a fine of up to thirty five us dollars. use i. the he thought the yiddish language has done just come and see the new still a baby you just peel theater until the beef which created a new comedic play in the spirit of jayden into most of which features amongst others. i phones big brother and even mcdonald's any day. whats more the sound of the dish you get into upheaval for thirty years ago takes pride in being a full house every night with people who have been used if you teach a few dishes own you see young people coming in. and in the sky was something which was beautiful and my goal to go to. e these can be out today. read a lot of human and al

world health organization estimates it will replace 20% to 30% of all diet sweeteners world wide.ost currently comes from china. stevia popped up in 1995. in 2008, the agency added stevia to the list recognized as safe. because stevia has only been in u.s. market a few years only a couple hundred acres have been planted across the country. 100 acres were harvested near fresno. the leaves are spread out to dry as soon as harvested. then, shipped overseas for processing. stevia first hopes to grow hundreds of acres here in california. they plan on refining it here, too. >> so what we're doing at stevia first is working to expand stevia leaf production in california creating a more reliable global supply. >> now, stevia hopes to have sweeteners available on shelf later this year. >> things still looking the same. clear skies and look what is moving sort of into our direction. a storm not going to reach us but generating a huge wave heights. 29 feet. some swells going reach bay area friday. high surf. we have a high surf advisory in effect in this area for west and northwest-facing be

the world health organization and california are limiting it to a small amount. if it exceeds the limit a warning label must be shown. two soda products it tested exceed those limits. pepsi one and malta goya. >>> pacific storm is pushing big waves towards california and that means surfers getting ready for mavericks now scheduled for tomorrow. the world's best are going to half moon bay. waves with faces exceeding 40 feet are expected. chopper 5 catching a few waves from the air already today. john ramos spoke to the founder of the mavericks about the predicted swell tomorrow. >> guys are leaving the warm waters of hawaii to come over here and surf this. so yeah, it's a big deal. >>> reporter: it's game off at half moon bay as the town gears up for friday's mavericks surf competition. the 24 best surfers in the world will take on the biggest waves in the west coast. kyle shepherd has surfed for years but is in awe of what these guys can do. >> just to know they are surfing waves four times the height of what i'm comfortable with is amazing. >> reporter: the swel