This article looks at the inequalities of medical care around the world and the efforts of the World Health Organization to address the issue. A world torn by gross health inequalities is in serious trouble. The global health community can do much to reduce suffering and death among vulnerable ...
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization has position papers on virtually every health issue, and its opinion i...
The appropriate role of innovation and intellectual property (IP) in global public health is a controversial issue. Discussion is one-sided, with potential benefits advocated by industry in stark contrast to condemnation by certain civil society players. WHO's Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual...
The two leaders agreed that universal health coverage should be promoted, with Turk underlining that universal access to health care is a human rights, not a political issue. "It has to influence the budgetary decisions that states make," he said. Turk and Tedros proposed building on the curre...
She went on to point out that, in spite of the accomplishments made in TB prevention and treatment, the disease remains a global public health issue, posing a serious threat to public health, and COVID-19 has further complicated anti-TB efforts. ...
Now an “established and ongoing health issue,” the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, a title it has held since January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO)announcedon May 5. ...
clinical treatment as commonly conceptualized by practicing professionals. The aim of this commentary is to summarize such suggestions to bring out this new concept of care as proposed by WHO, and to stimulate a re-thinking of the role and identity of mental health professionals at a global ...
根据最新研究,全球1/3的男性已经感染了HPV[1]。 男性感染HPV存在普遍性这项发表在the Lancet Global Health 的新研究显示: 在全球15岁以上的男性中,约 1/3 感染了至少一种HPV型别,1/5 感染了一种或多种高风险或致癌性的HPV型别[2]。 研究指出男性经常携带HPV,并强调了将男性纳入控制HPV感染和降低HPV相关...
Wang Yue, dean of the School of Health Humanities, Peking University People may have to live with virus for a long time Although the pandemic, as an issue, is getting less and less attention of the international community, its negative impacts on global public health and people's socioeconomi...
WHO's global action plan on the public health response to dementia (GAPD) approved by the World Health Assembly in May 2017 when fully implemented should make a tangible difference to the lives of people affected by dementia since it identifies seven priority actions areas, sets out parallel ta...