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Reproductive Health, 2023 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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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 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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The World Health Organization and Anaesthesia [PDF]
Anaesthesia, 2007 Summary The World Health Organization has been involved in a wide range of global healthcare initiatives for many years. Recently an initiative ‘ Safe Surgery Saves Lives’ has been launched to improve the safety of surgery throughout the world.
M N, Cherian, A F, Merry, I H, Wilson
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Supporting countries to achieve their malaria elimination goals: the WHO E-2020 initiative
Malaria Journal, 2021 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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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 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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The World Health Organization and Occupational Health [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1951 Survey of Work by WHO To deal with special problems, the United Nations have organized several specialized agencies such as FAO for food and agricultural problems, UNESCO for education, and WHO as the specia lized agency responsible for health problems.
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Achievements and challenges for the use of killed oral cholera vaccines in the global stockpile era
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017 Cholera remains an important but neglected public health threat, affecting the health of the poorest populations and imposing substantial costs on public health systems.
Sachin N. Desai +6 more
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Evaluation of the electronic Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN) system in Somalia, 2017–2020
Conflict and Health, 2022 Background In 2008, Somalia introduced an electronic based Early Warning Alert and Response Network (EWARN) for real time detection and response to alerts of epidemic prone diseases in a country experiencing a complex humanitarian situation.
Mutaawe Lubogo +12 more
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Surveillance of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world: an updated analysis, 2007-2010
Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationOBJECTIVE: To present a global update of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and explore trends in 1994-2010. METHODS: Data on drug resistance among new and previously treated TB patients, as reported by countries to the World Health Organization, were ...
Matteo Zignol +6 more
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