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- Alternative meaning: Organisation (band).
An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. The word itself is derived from the Greek word ὄργανον (organon) meaning tool. The term is used in both daily and scientific English in multiple ways.
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New drug being tested in Africa for river blindness
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:00 -0000
1 July 2009 -- The clinical trial of a drug that could eliminate river blindness is being launched in three African countries. Also known as onchocerciasis, this disease is one of the leading infectious causes of blindness across Africa.
Working relationship between the Russian Federation and WHO strengthened
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0000
26 June 2009 -- Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO, today met Mr Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, during an official visit to the country. The visit has seen the strengthening of the working relationship between the Russian Federation and WHO.
Call to protect hospitals, schools from impact of disasters
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:00:00 -0000
18 June 2009 -- WHO and UNICEF today called on governments to strengthen risk reduction measures so that health and education systems are able to cope with disasters.
WHO welcomes sanofi-aventis's donation of vaccine
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:15:00 -0000
17 June 2009 -- WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan has welcomed the announcement by sanofi-aventis to donate 100 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic H1N1 2009 virus.
Pedestrians, cyclists among main road traffic crash victims
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:00:00 -0000
15 June 2009 -- The first global assessment of road safety finds that almost half of the estimated 1.27 million people who die in road traffic crashes every year are pedestrians, motorcyclists and cyclists. While progress has been made towards protecting people in cars, the needs of these vulnerable groups of road users are not being met.
Greater equity in health should be a progress indicator
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:00:00 -0000
15 June 2009 -- Greater equity in the health status of populations, within and between countries, should be regarded as a key measure of how we are making progress, said WHO Director-eneral Dr Margaret Chan today, speaking at the UN Headquarters in New York.
ANR: Youth and Tobacco - Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights information on youth and tobacco; tobacco industry recruiting of youth; clean indoor air as a youth protection strategy; tobacco industry prevention programs; and research on effectiveness of restricting youth access to tobacco.
Meta Description: [ Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) works to pass legislation at all levels of government to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke and protect youth from tobacco addiction. The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation (ANRF), ANR's educational arm, promotes smoking prevention and education ab... ]
Changing the Environment to Help Kids Grow up Tobacco-Free - Children do not simply 'choose' to smoke. They are greatly influenced by their environment, which is greatly influenced by public policies. Children are much more likely to smoke if they are surrounded by attractive tobacco advertising and promotion; if their favorite sport is sponsored by a tobacco company; if their film idols smoke in the movies; if they see people smoking all around them; and if tobacco products are cheap and readily available to them.
FDA - Children and Tobacco - Children and Tobacco: The Food and Drug Administration finds that nicotine in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco is a drug. and that these products are drug delivery devices.
Florida SWAT - Tools and tactics for fighting Big Tobacco, ways to make a difference.
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Full Court Press - A Tucson, Arizona program dedicated to reducing teen smoking. Provides sections on research, advertising, smokefree air, tobacco industry manipulation, and how to report smoking violations in your area.
Guymon SWAT - Students Working Against Tobacco in Guymon, Oklahoma, belongs to a statewide organization to help educate youth on the deceit of Big Tobacco Lies. SWAT is not against the smoker!
JEL-Iowa - State program run by Iowa teens to oppose tobacco industry efforts to promote tobacco products to the state's teens. Counteradvertising, graphic images of tobacco disease, TV ads, information on tobacco addiction and quitting.
Meta Description: [ Just Eliminate Lies: A swarm of Iowa teens fighting the tobacco industry's corrupt efforts to manipulate them into using their addictive, deadly product. ]
Kick Butts Generation - Tobacco prevention and tobacco control for Delaware youth.
Meta Description: [ Promoting the prevention and control of tobacco use among Delaware youth. We are a generation of Delaware youth committed to fighting big tobacco. ]
Kids Against Tobacco Smoke - Facts and games to help kids stop smoking. Learn about cancer, nicotine and the effect of smoke and join the Kids Against Tobacco Smoking campaign.
Meta Description: [ Facts and games to help kids stop smoking. Learn about cancer, nicotine and the effect of smoke and join the Kids Against Tobacco Smoking campaign. ]
New Jersey REBEL - Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies. We are telling Big Tobacco, we're not for sale
Nicotine Free Kids - Online web community for teenagers including information on smoking and tobacco. Sponsored by PICS, Inc., and features ads of their quit-smoking products.
Meta Description: [ NicotineFreeKids. An online web community where teenagers can find links
to everywhere they want to be on the web, as well as information on smoking and tobacco. This fully interactive
site offers categorized links for sports, music, chat, celebrity links, and much more!
ODAIS (Office of Drug Abuse Intervention Studies) - Conducts prevention and cessation research, predominantly with youth. Developed and researched the ALA's new smoking cessation program for youth, Not On Tobacco.
PartnerSWAT - Many resources for the SWAT organization. Our cause is to help teenagers realize that tobacco companies are targeting teens and we are fighting them.
Reality Check - New York youth-led anti-tobacco movement that encourages youth to fight the marketing tactics of the tobacco industry.
Meta Description: [ Entire site - Check out the reality of the tobacco industry and why it spends so much money on you and your friends.
Money - Find out how much the tobacco industry spends on you.
Casualties - Find out why the tobacco industry has to spend so much on you.
Target - Find out all the different wa... ]
Saratoga County Reality Check - Movement made up of teens from every county in New York State who want to tell the tobacco industry that if they think they can keep targeting New York teens without any resistance, they need a Reality Check.
standonline.org - Provides an online community where you can have fun, interact, and take a stand with others against Big Tobacco.
Meta Description: [ stand is our chance to fight back. It's an act, a thought, a moment, a movement. It's our way of saying that we're not going to sit back while tobacco is everywhere we look. Doing what you believe in means standing up and speaking out! That's why we want you to join standonline because this sit... ]
Teenz247 - Smoke-free hangout offers games, message boards, local news for teens, and articles to help teenagers in making smart decisions about drugs, smoking, and alcohol.
Meta Description: [ Teenz247 Provides Exciting, Virtual Smoke-Free Hangout Winnebago County's newest teen venue will stay open around the clock, seven days a week. There is no dress code or cover charge and never any standing in line. Join us for free and play games, visit the message boards and talk to local teens,... ]
Tobacco Free Kids - Campaign attempting to protect children from tobacco addiction by raising awareness of its use.
Meta Description: [ Working to expose Big Tobacco's lies, the Campaign reveals the truth aboutthe deadly effects of smoking, tobacco's corporate public relations campaigns to convince the public that it is a reformed industry, and the advertising and marketing tactics tobacco companies use to entice youth as their n... ]
WHO: Tobacco Use by Children - WHO factsheet. Tobacco has been called a pediatric disease because almost all smokers start smoking, and become addicted to nicotine, while children. A rundown by WHO on how the tobacco industry views young smokers, how tobacco affects children both firsthand and secondhand, and why kids smoke: to be like adults.
Youth Anti-Tobacco Collaborative - Working to reach teens with information about tobacco use, tobacco industry lies, tobacco marketing, and services to help them quit smoking or stay tobacco-free.
Meta Description: [ www.notbuyinit.org is working to reach teens with information about tobacco use, tobacco industry lies, tobacco marketing, and services to help them quit smoking or stay tobacco-free. ]
youthtobacco.com - Tobacco intervention and cessation programs for youth.
Meta Description: [ community intervention, community interventions, tools to help youth, prevention, intervention, cessation, smoking, tobacco, tap, teg, tapteg, smoking cessation for youth, youth smoking cessation, teenage tobacco cessation, youth tobacco cessation, tobacco intervention, alcohol and drug preventio... ]
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