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The Nature of the World Health Organization [PDF]
Henry Van Zile Hyde
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World Health Organization [PDF]
The World Health Organization, situated in Geneva, Switzerland, since its establishment on 7 April 1948, is working for the betterment of health and sanitary conditions across the globe through its six regional offices spanning the different continents.
Cherian, Varghese+4 more
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Background The World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO Labour Care Guide (LCG) in 2020 to support the implementation of its 2018 recommendations on intrapartum care.
World Health Organization Labour Care Guide Research Prioritization Group
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Background In response to the increase in vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, and many other African countries from 2017 to 2019, concentrated efforts are needed to improve the effectiveness of vaccination campaigns. Frontline polio
Ahmed Hamani+8 more
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global problem and there were an estimated 4.95 million deaths associated with bacterial AMR worldwide in 2019.
Isabel Frost+4 more
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Supporting countries to achieve their malaria elimination goals: the WHO E-2020 initiative
Background Malaria causes more than 200 million cases of illness and 400,000 deaths each year across 90 countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) set a goal for 35 countries to eliminate malaria by 2030, with an intermediate milestone of 10 ...
Kim A. Lindblade+5 more
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Reforming the World Health Organization
IN DECEMBER 2010, JACK CHOW, 1 THE FORMER WORLD Health Organization (WHO) assistant directorgeneral, asked, “Is the WHO becoming irrelevant?” A month later, the WHO’s executive board considered the agency’s future within global health governance. After a yearlong consultation with member states on its financing, Director-General Margaret Chan called ...
Sridhar, Devi, Gostin, Lawrence O.
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The objective of this article is to present specific resources developed by the World Health Organization on equity, gender and human rights in order to support Member States in operationalizing their commitment to leave no one behind in the health ...
Gerardo Zamora+6 more
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