World Health Organization, specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1948 to further international cooperation for improved public health conditions. Its tasks include epidemic control, quarantine measures, and drug standardization. Learn m
World Health Organization. 1996 . Water supply and sanitation sector monitoring report: sector status as of 1994 . WHO/EOS/96.15, Geneva, Switzerland.World Health Organization. 1996. Water supply and sani- tation sector monitoring report: sector status as of 1994. WHO/EOS/96.15...
2 C The World Health Organization recently said that it planned to add gaming disorder to its new list of disease classifications, angering the gaming industry but pleasing doctors who hope it may make treatment more easily available.Some US experts said it would make little difference when it ...
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO 2019), one in three people globally (or one-third of the world’s population) does not have access to safe drinking water. Also, regarding inequalities in access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), more than half of the world does not...
Cascading impacts of climate change on child survival and health in Africa Children will bear considerable burdens of climate change, particularly where impacts intersect with pre-existing vulnerabilities. In this Perspective, the authors highlight how climate factors and socio-political stratifiers increas...
It is an inter-governmental organization and works in collaboration with its member states usually through the Ministries of Health. The WHO provides leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, provid...
【题目】The World Health Organization reports a number of people have died of the Ebola virus in central Africa during the last few months. Ebola, also known as Ebola hemorrhagic (出血) fever or Ebola viral disease, is a rare and deadly illness with high death rates in humans and primates...
World Health Organization Task Force on Methods for the Natural Regulation of Fertility The World Health Organization Multinational Study of Breast-feeding and Lactational Amenorrhea: II. factors associated with the length of amenorrhea Fertil Steril, 70 (1998), pp. 461-471 Google Scholar 13 Task Fo...
View article World Health Organization U.C.Ogbu,O.A.Arah, inInternational Encyclopedia of Public Health, 2008 Founding and Mission The WorldHealth Organization(WHO) was established on 7 April 1948 as a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN), and the global authority on health issues. It...