Tag Archives: World Health Organisation

Dr. Derek Yach

Ending Smoking in This Generation

Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Derek Yach, the founder, president, and board member of The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. Ira Pastor comments: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that we currently have over 1.1 billion smokers on earth, and that tobacco kills more than 8 million people […]

Dr. Lucica Ditiu, Credit: Stop TB

Dr. Ditiu On The Frontlines of Battling A Forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dr. Lucica Ditiu, Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership, a partnership whose activities focus chiefly on raising awareness about TB and advocating for greater commitment to, and funding for, TB prevention, treatment and research. Tuberculosis Is Caused by a Single Infectious Agent Tuberculosis […]