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Bulletin No. 82, October 2001
"Adjusting to Advances in Knowledge and Technology"
WHO World Health Report 2000
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World Health Organization WHO)
Bulletin No. 72, April 1999
"Leave the Pack behind!"
Message from Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of WHO, for World No-Tobacco Day 1999
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World Health Organization WHO)
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Bulletin No. 72, April 1999
A "Vector Analysis" of the Tobacco Epidemic
Understanding the Tobacco Industry
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World Health Organization WHO)
Eric LeGresley
| The world’s most widespread, serious infection is purposely spread by its vector: the tobacco industry. To reduce the 500 million deaths tobacco industry products are projected to cause amongst those presently alive, public health advocates must study the life patterns of the tobacco industry as earnestly as they would any other disease vector. The investigative tools, however, are different. Rather than a tiny insect, this vector has economic resources rivalling those of many of the world’s largest governments.
Bulletin No. 78, October 2000
A new public/private approach to develop affordable medicines
Medicines for Malaria Venture
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World Health Organization WHO)
Robert G. Ridley
| The infectious disease burden inflicted on the developing world by tropical diseases continues to exact a huge price both in human suffering and in contributing to poverty and underdevelopment. Neither the industry, through the existing market, nor the public sector, through its traditional approaches, can address this problem alone. Mechanisms that enable both industry and the public sector to combine resources and expertise are required to meet this pressing public health need. The recently established Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) is an example of such a new approach.
Bulletin No. 76, April 2000
Active Ageing – issue of World Health Day 1999
Exploding common myths about ageing
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World Health Organization WHO)
Population ageing presents new challenges for many national health systems. From a public health perspective, the biggest challenge will be how to ensure that a maximum number of people maintain or even regain health at older ages.
Bulletin No. 92, April 2004
Cardiovascular diseases - the need to act
A Neglected Global Epidemic
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World Health Organization WHO)
Today, the burden of deaths and disability in developing countries caused by noncommunicable diseases, particularly cardiovascular conditions, outweighs that imposed by long-standing communicable diseases. To tackle this well-recognized "double burden", last year’s World Health Report proposes a "double response" which integrates prevention and control of both communicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases within a comprehensive health care system.
Bulletin No. 102, October 2006
Commençons à espérer - ici et maintenant!
Des partenariats pour améliorer la santé des mères et des enfants: que faisons nous en réalité?
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Enfants du Monde,
World Health Organization WHO)
Annie Portela, Carlo Santarelli
| La santé maternelle et infantile est un des domaines révélant de la manière la plus crue et la plus choquante les inégalités au niveau international. Ces inégalités ne sont pas une fatalité et ne sont pas seulement dues à des différences culturelles ou sociales, mais sont avant tout une des conséquences d’un monde injuste où toutes les femmes, les enfants et les familles ne sont pas égaux face aux déterminants de la santé et à l'accès aux services de santé. Une convergence des efforts et des ressources, dans le cadre de partenariats de différents acteurs et à tous les niveaux pourrait permettre de commencer à inverser la tendance et de commencer à espérer. Même si bien entendu la portée de ces améliorations restera fortement limitée tant que le système international sera basé sur la loi du plus fort, ainsi que sur les intérêts nationaux et ceux des multinationales. Mais commençons ici et maintenant, et voyons ce que notamment les organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) suisses peuvent faire pour promouvoir les partenariats nécessaires en faveur de la santé maternelle et infantile.
Bulletin No. 102, October 2006
Encourage unified and effective approaches
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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World Health Organization WHO)
Francisco Songane
| The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health is a global health partnership launched in September 2005 to accelerate efforts towards achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. The Partnership's aim is to intensify and harmonize national, regional and global action to improve maternal, newborn and child health. It is made up of a broad constituency of more than 80 members representing partner countries, UN and multilateral organizations, non- governmental organizations, bilateral donors, foundations, health professional associations and academic and research institutions. The Partnership joins together the maternal, newborn and child health communities to encourage unified and effective approaches that promise greater progress than in the past.
Bulletin No. 91, December 2003
Experiences in resource allocation in Tanzania, focusing on Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) and Health Basket Fund
Towards Partnership in Health
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Tanzania
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World Health Organization WHO)
Maximillian Mapunda
| This presentation provides an account of the reform measures taken at the national level over the last few years in Tanzania’s health sector. In particular, we will learn about how several major donors in the health sector including SDC have joined hands to work with the Ministry of Health, to jointly support the Tanzania Health Sector Strategic Plan with significant amounts of their development aid. We will learn about the achievements to date of this approach and the expectations for the future.
Bulletin No. 94, October 2004
Gender has a Vital Bearing on Health
Gender at the WHO
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World Health Organization WHO)
The World Health Organization’s Department of Gender and Women’s Health is charged with helping WHO’s various programs and departments undertake the challenge of integrating gender considerations into their work. It is also responsible for researching and disseminating information on neglected topics directly pertaining to women's health, such as gender-based violence against women.
Bulletin No. 71, December 1998
Health for All in the 21st Century - Issues, Priorities, Implementation
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World Health Organization WHO)
Fernando S. Antezana
Bulletin No. 78, October 2000
High Time to Roll Back Malaria!
A turning point has been reached
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World Health Organization WHO)
Malaria is one of humanity’s worst diseases. Each year it kills more than a million people, many of whom need not die. The majority of victims are children under five who die because they are unprotected and are not treated quickly enough to prevent the disease killing them. And yet, this global devastation can be prevented. The world is at a turning point: never before has it had the means to roll back malaria.
Bulletin No. 112, April 2009
How can it be monitored?
Health systems strengthening:
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World Health Organization WHO)
Carla AbouZahr
| Recent increases in funding for health and growing attention to the importance of health systems, are accompanied by demands for better statistics to track health-system performance and ensure accountability. Currently, few low and middle income countries are able to produce data of sufficient quality to permit such regular monitoring. A framework and toolkit to facilitate such monitoring is under development.
Bulletin No. 96, April 2005
Human rights in the context of public health
Integrating Human Rights in Health
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World Health Organization WHO)
Helena Nygren-Krug
| This presentation on health and human rights is structured around, and seeks to answer, the following questions: Why is the World Health Organization addressing human rights? What are the linkages between health and human rights? What is the right to health? What is a human rights-based approach to health? How can a human rights-based approach strengthen WHO's mandate to support governments improve health?
Bulletin No. 95, January 2005
In Gesundheit investieren, um die Armut zu bekämpfen - Armut bekämpfen, um die Gesundheit zu verbessern
Armut und Gesundheit – eine Gebrauchsanleitung…
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Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC),
OECD,
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Wolfgang Bichmann
| Wie kann das Wissen um die Wechselbezüge zwischen Gesundheit, Entwicklung und Armut in der internationalen Gesundheitszusammenarbeit operationalisiert werden? Die DAC Guidelines on Poverty and Health bilden den Versuch, darauf einige konkrete Antworten zu geben.
Bulletin No. 107, February 2008
L'apport de la société civile et des services de santé non-étatiques à la santé publique
Intégration du secteur non-étatique dans le système de santé
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World Health Organization WHO)
Jean Perrot
| La construction entre les organisations non-étatiques, qui fournissent des services de santé, et les ministères de la santé ne demande pas seulement un contrat juridique, mais une stratégie de la contractualisation bien élaborée.
Bulletin No. 85, July 2002
Local capacities to create and adapt information for healthcare workers in developing countries
An information explosion - with little impact?
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World Health Organization WHO)
Neil Pakenham-Walsh
| Despite its massive potential, the current global information explosion has
had surprisingly little impact on access to practical information for frontline
healthcare workers in developing countries, especially those working in primary
care and district hospital settings. Healthcare workers in developing countries
continue to lack access to the basic information they need to learn, to diagnose,
and to save lives.
Bulletin No. 102, October 2006
Make every mother and child count
World Health Report 2005
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World Health Organization WHO)
10.6 million children die before age five, and half a million women die in childbirth. The world health report 2005 called for a new approach to save lives of mothers and children.
Bulletin No. 68, March 1998
Narrowing the Gap
The WHO Essential Drugs Strategy
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World Health Organization WHO)
Modern drugs save lives and improve health. Yet there are millions of people with common, treatable illnesses such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, tuberculosis, and hypertension to whom treatment is not available, who cannot afford treatment, who receive the wrong drug or wrong dose, who fail to take the drug correctly, or who receive a poor quality drug. More than twenty years ago - 21 October 1977 to be precise - the WHO Expert Committee on the Selection of Essential Drugs concluded the meeting that produced the first Model List of Essential Drugs. The small blue booklet that resulted from this meeting, containing the Model List and describing the use of essential drugs, has been one of the most influential WHO documents of the last quarter of the century.
Bulletin No. 92, April 2004
Onchocerciasis - an innovative disease control solution meets a minor hitch
It will take some convincing...
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Uganda
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World Health Organization WHO)
Andy Crump
| Onchocerciasis is the world's second leading infectious cause of blindness. Rarely life-threatening, the disease causes chronic suffering and severe disability. Adding to the problem is the fact that the disease often occurs with epilepsy.
Bulletin No. 111, February 2009
Partners in Practice
Priority Health Concerns and Health Promotion
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World Health Organization WHO)
Gauden Galea
| In 2008, two landmark publications have been published: the Report of the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health and the World Health Report on the renewal of Primary Health Care. What role does health promotion play in this context?
Bulletin No. 80, April 2001
Partnerships with nongovernmental organizations
A Report by the WHO Secretariat
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World Health Organization WHO)
It is increasingly acknowledged that lack of service delivery capacity, especially of human resources, is responsible for the limited coverage of health services in many countries. The reasons behind this are many and complex. One is certainly the poor collaboration of health actors.
Bulletin No. 83, December 2001
Peru set to halve new TB cases every 10 years
A Success Story
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Peru
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WHO
Bulletin No. 115, February 2010
Raising the Priority Accorded to Noncommunicable Diseases in Development Work
WHO´s role in addressing noncommunicable diseases
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World Health Organization WHO)
Janet Voûte
| Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), now account for a large enough share of premature deaths and poverty to merit a concerted and coordinated policy response. WHO responds with an Action Plan and builds up a global network to fight noncommunicable diseases.
Bulletin No. 73, July 1999
Reaffirm the values that underlie reproductive health - as agreed upon in Cairo
5 years after Cairo - 5 questions - 5 personalities
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World Health Organization WHO)
Carla AbouZahr, Paul Van Look
Bulletin No. 78, October 2000
Roll Back Malaria: Inspiring reports
Viet Nam: The Will to Succeed
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World Health Organization WHO)
What sets Viet Nam apart from its neighbours is the country's success in controlling malaria. Health, professionals are firm believers that this success is not unique but rather evidence that any country can implement effective malaria control programmes if there is strong government commitment, good organisation and adequate investments. Control can succeed in spite of adverse environmental settings and serious drug resistance to antimalarials.
Bulletin No. 72, April 1999
Tobacco Free Initiative
World Health Organisation
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World Health Organization WHO)
Bulletin No. 93, June 2004
Up-scaling access to antiretroviral medicines
The 3 by 5 Initiative
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World Health Organization WHO)
Nasiadet Mason, Paulo Teixeira
| ”3 by 5 is a moral-ethical imperative, if we take into account that its achievement is technically feasible.” - Providing access to ART to 3 million people living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries by the end of 2005: What are the biggest challenges? What is the role of NGOs and international institutions?
Bulletin No. 91, December 2003
WHA: Priority setting in the health sector
Ministerial round table at the 1999 WHA
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World Health Organization WHO)
Bulletin No. 82, October 2001
WHO Guidelines for Donations of Health Care Equipment
Donations should benefit the recipient...
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World Health Organization WHO)
S.Yunkap Kwankam
| Many developing countries are increasingly dependent on donor assistance to meet the objectives of their health care systems. Such assistance often includes equipment, and in some countries, nearly 80 Per cent of health care equipment is funded by international donors or foreign governments. However, resources needed to keep this equipment operational (financial, organizational and human) are sometimes not considered. Other problems also plague the donation process. The result is that the donations do not achieve their intended objectives, and could even constitute an added burden to the health care system they are intended to assist.
Bulletin No. 66, September 1997
WHO Programme in Occupational Hygiene
Anticipation and Control of Hazards Arising in and from the Workplace
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World Health Organization WHO)
Berenice I. F. Goelzer
| The ultimate objective of the World Health Organization is "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible standard of health - one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition". As spelled out in WHO's Constitution, "health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". If the goal of Health for All, established by the World Health Organization and its Member States, is to be attained, the health of workers must be protected and promoted.
Bulletin No. 98, October 2005
«…y mettre un peu d’ordre»
Indonésie, janvier 2006 : Evaluation inter-disciplinaire et inter-agencielle d’une catastrophe naturelle majeure
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Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit SHA,
World Health Organization WHO)
Michel Roulet
| Le 26 décembre 2004, un tremblement de terre sous-marin accompagné d’un terrible tsunami ravage la Province d’Aceh (Indonésie), en particulier sa capitale Banda Aceh et sa côte ouest. Les sauveteurs affluent du monde entier et se concentrent à Banda Aceh. Il est cependant impossible pour eux d’atteindre la côte ouest entre Banda Aceh et Meulaboh. Plus de dix jours ont passé depuis la catastrophe et il est grand temps d’intervenir ! Ainsi, une mission d’évaluation est mise sur pied par l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (WHO).
Bulletin No. 121, September 2011
“We need to meet the needs and fulfil the rights of adolescents”
Linking HIV and SRH programmes to adolescent health
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World Health Organization WHO)
Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli
| There are 1.2 billion adolescents (10-19 years) in the world today. This is the largest number of adolescents in the history of mankind. Sexual and Reproductive Health programmes and HIV programmes do not effectively address adolescents.
Bulletin No. 112, April 2009
“… and time is money”
Incentives for medicine distributors in Home-based management of malaria programmes: An overview of TDR experiences
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World Health Organization WHO)
Franco Pagnoni
| Prompt access to effective malaria therapy needs to be greatly improved if the Millennium Development Goal of reducing malaria-related mortality is to be met. To achieve this goal, delivery of antimalarials through community health workers (CHWs) is crucial. However, an important challenge is to maintain motivation and to limit attrition of CHWs. This paper presents different options for incentives for CHWs, based on implementation research projects supported by WHO/TDR.
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Armut macht krank - auf diesen Zusammenhang machen WissenschafterInnen weltweit immer wieder aufmerksam. Im letzten Jahr sorgten auch in der Schweiz eine Studie und eine Tagung von Caritas Schweiz für Aufsehen. Eine Gesundheitspolitik, die sich über den Gesundheitsbereich hinaus orientiert, muss sich deshalb mit Armut und Armutsbekämpfung auseinandersetzen. Und im Gesundheitsbereich selbst stellt sich die Frage nach der Chancengleichheit für Arme und Reiche im Zugang zu Gesundheitsleistungen. Zur Veranschaulichung eine Geschichte.
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Jörg Schaaber
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Aids ist ein Problem der Dritten Welt. Die meisten Infizierten leben in Ländern, in denen eine Behandlung kaum möglich ist. Das liegt vor allem an den enorm hohen Preisen für Medikamente. Die diesjährige Weltgesundheitsversammlung hat nun gegen den Widerstand einiger Industrieländer umfassende Massnahmen beschlossen.
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Edgar Widmer
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Die Weltgesundheitsversammlung bestätigte im Mai 2003 die weltweite Bedeutung der Zusammenarbeit zwischen staatlichen und privaten, nichtgewinnorientierten Anbietern von Gesundheitsleistungen. Dies ist nicht nur in Entwicklungsländern ein Thema.
Weltweite Armutsfalle kann beseitigt werden
Der Weltgesundheitsbericht: Finanzierung von Gesundheitssystemen
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Der Weltgesundheitsbericht: Finanzierung von Gesundheitssystemen
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Martin Leschhorn Strebel
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Einhundert Millionen Menschen verarmen jedes Jahr, weil sie krank werden. Diese Zahl steht im jüngsten Weltgesundheitsbericht, den die WHO im vergangenen November publiziert hat – und der in den Schweizer Medien auf nur wenig Resonanz gestossen ist. Dabei widmet sich der Bericht der Finanzierung von Gesundheitssystemen – einem Thema also, das auch in der Schweiz ganz oben auf der politischen Agenda steht.
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Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda
Despite progress, societies continue to fail women at key times of their lives
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Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age. These are the key findings of the WHO report Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda.
Despite progress, societies continue to fail women at key times of their lives
Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda
Despite progress, societies continue to fail women at key times of their lives
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WHO
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Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age. These are the key findings of the WHO report Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda.
Despite progress, societies continue to fail women at key times of their lives
Integrating mental health into primary health care: a global perspective
A WHO/Wonca report published
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This report presents the justification and advantages of providing mental health services in primary care. It also provides advice on how to implement and scale up primary care for mental health and cites successful examples.
A WHO/Wonca report published
Integrating mental health into primary health care: a global perspective
A WHO/Wonca report published
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This report presents the justification and advantages of providing mental health services in primary care. It also provides advice on how to implement and scale up primary care for mental health and cites successful examples.
A WHO/Wonca report published
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"The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the WHO have issued an information sheet on a Human Rights-Based Approach to Health (HRBA). A human rights-based approach (HRBA) aims to support better and more sustainable development outcomes by analyzing and addressing the inequalities, discriminatory practices (de jure and de facto) and unjust power relations which are often at the heart of development problems."
A long way back towards Health for All
Evolution of Global health policies since the Alma Ata Conference
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"The financial challenge that WHO had to face, gave start to a significant change in the way global health priorities were defined. A crucial shift took place from predominant reliance on the regular budget – drawn from member states' assessed contributions defined on the basis of population size and gross national product – to greatly increased dependence on extrabudgetary funding, i.e “voluntary” ... Evolution of Global health policies since the Alma Ata Conference
A stronger voice of civil society at the World Health Assembly?
MMI will focus joint advocacy on the WHO
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"Many civil society organizations interested in “making WHO work better” (title of a Global Health Watch discussion paper, 2006) were frustrated by the way the World Health Organization limited the role and impact of civil society at this year’s World Health Assembly. But we could have done better ourselves," writes Thomas Schwarz.
MMI will focus joint advocacy on the WHO
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"This paper from the World Health Organization provides background information for the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, launched in March 2005. It recognises that the most powerful causes of disease and health inequalities are the social conditions in which people live and work (known as the social determinants of health). The paper includes a detailed historical survey of past efforts ...
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"About 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and two million girls under the age of 15 give birth every year. Worldwide, one in five girls has given birth by the age of 18. In the poorest regions of the world, this figure rises to over one in three girls. Almost all adolescent births – about 95% – occur in low- and middle-income countries. Within countries, adolescent births are more likely to occur ...
African Parliaments endorse resolution on increased budgetary support to maternal, newborn and child health
"A significant milestone in accelerating progress in Africa towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals"
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"The legislative arm of the African Union, the Pan African Parliament (PAP), has adopted a broad resolution urging speakers of Parliament in the continent to prioritize the implementation of maternal, newborn and child health programs and calls on high-level parliamentary action to accelerate implementation of a plan on policy and budget support to do so."
"A significant milestone in accelerating progress in Africa towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals"
An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems
World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group
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The Lancet
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"Since 2000, the emergence of several large disease-specific global health initiatives (GHIs) has changed the way in which international donors provide assistance for public health. Some critics have claimed that these initiatives burden health systems that are already fragile in countries with few resources, whereas others have asserted that weak health systems prevent progress in meeting disease-specific ... World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group
An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems
World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group
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The Lancet
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"Since 2000, the emergence of several large disease-specific global health initiatives (GHIs) has changed the way in which international donors provide assistance for public health. Some critics have claimed that these initiatives burden health systems that are already fragile in countries with few resources, whereas others have asserted that weak health systems prevent progress in meeting disease-specific ... World Health Organization Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group
Anti-disease funds could be harming health systems
Lives saved in fight against Aids, TB and malaria but donors may lure hospital workers away
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"The vast sums of money ploughed into efforts to fight diseases such as Aids, TB and malaria in the last 10 years have saved many lives but have also sometimes undermined health systems in poor countries, according to a survey by the World Health Organisation and others published today."
Lives saved in fight against Aids, TB and malaria but donors may lure hospital workers away
Anti-disease funds could be harming health systems
Lives saved in fight against Aids, TB and malaria but donors may lure hospital workers away
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"The vast sums of money ploughed into efforts to fight diseases such as Aids, TB and malaria in the last 10 years have saved many lives but have also sometimes undermined health systems in poor countries, according to a survey by the World Health Organisation and others published today."
Lives saved in fight against Aids, TB and malaria but donors may lure hospital workers away
Billions lack access to life-saving surgery
Shall the WHO create a Department of Surgical Care and Anaesthesia?
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"More than two billion people, mostly in low-income countries, lack adequate access to life-saving surgical procedures, which is a potential obstacle to achieving health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)," say specialists in an IRIN Report.
Shall the WHO create a Department of Surgical Care and Anaesthesia?
"Health policy is usually set by politicians and public health officials in consultation with statisticians and epidemiologists. But recent initiatives in Peru and Brazil have pooled the views of the public to create a health agenda that addresses people's needs more closely. The northern coastal region of Lambayeque in Peru held a referendum last November to ask 123 627 voters to rank health issues ...
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There are striking inequities within and between countries in health outcomes, in access to care, and in what people have to pay for care, says the World Health Report 2008 launched today. To steer health systems towards better performance and greater equity, the report calls for a revival of the primary health care approach launched 30 years ago.
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There are striking inequities within and between countries in health outcomes, in access to care, and in what people have to pay for care, says the World Health Report 2008 launched today. To steer health systems towards better performance and greater equity, the report calls for a revival of the primary health care approach launched 30 years ago.
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The civil society workshop on global health governance will be held in the premises of the World Council of Churches (150 route de Ferney, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland), on the weekend before the World Health Assembly.
Closing the gap: Policy into practice on social determinants of health
WHO discussion paper for Rio Conference, 19-21 October 2011
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"The Discussion Paper will inform proceedings at the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health about how countries can implement action on social determinants of health, including the recommendations of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. It does not provide a blueprint, but instead lays out the key components that all countries need to integrate in implementing a social determinants ... WHO discussion paper for Rio Conference, 19-21 October 2011
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WHO invites Member States, health workers, recruiters, employers, academic and research institutions, health professional organizations, relevant subregional, regional and international organizations, whether governmental or nongovernmental, and all persons concerned with the international recruitment of health personnel to contribute to the web-based public hearings on a draft code of practice on ...
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WHO invites Member States, health workers, recruiters, employers, academic and research institutions, health professional organizations, relevant subregional, regional and international organizations, whether governmental or nongovernmental, and all persons concerned with the international recruitment of health personnel to contribute to the web-based public hearings on a draft code of practice on ...
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"Neglected tropical diseases thrive in impoverished settings and impair the lives of at least one billion people. This number can now be significantly reduced according to a report released by WHO today. According to WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan, "Existing interventions, including safe, simple and effective medicines, are having an impact."
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This Position Statement by WHO, UNAIDS and UNFPA provides the basis for condom promotion, documenting why condoms continue to be a critical element in comprehensive and sustainable approaches to HIV prevention and care. Condom use is a critical element in a comprehensive, effective and sustainable approach to HIV prevention and treatment. Prevention is the mainstay of the response to AIDS.
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This Position Statement by WHO, UNAIDS and UNFPA provides the basis for condom promotion, documenting why condoms continue to be a critical element in comprehensive and sustainable approaches to HIV prevention and care. Condom use is a critical element in a comprehensive, effective and sustainable approach to HIV prevention and treatment. Prevention is the mainstay of the response to AIDS.
Correction: Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC)
SCIH Contributes to Advising the WHO on Immunization Practices
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In the last edition of our Newsletter we wrote that "Xavier Bosch-Capblanch has been nominated as a member of the WHO." This is not correct as Xavier Bosch-Capblanch has been nominated as a member of the IPAC. The IPAC supports and advises the WHO Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals with the review and/or formulation of immunization practices, operational standards, ... SCIH Contributes to Advising the WHO on Immunization Practices
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"This book is a collection of analyses of the social determinants of health that impact on specific health conditions. Stemming from the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, promising interventions to improve health equity are presented for the areas of: alcohol-related disorders, cardiovascular diseases, child health and nutrition, diabetes, food safety, maternal health, ...
Exploring health workforce inequalities
Case studies from Ethiopia, Brazil and Mexico
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"Many low- and middle-income countries face acute shortages and maldistribution of skilled health workers, impeding the likelihood of meeting health systems objectives and attaining national and international health and development goals. WHO presents 3 case-studies afrom Ethiopia, Brazil and Mexico, each of which uses different analytical approaches and data sources, with the aim of arriving at a ... Case studies from Ethiopia, Brazil and Mexico
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(Le Temps/20 mai 2010) Mary Robinson, ancienne présidente d'Irlande, et Francis Omaswa, président de l'African Center for Health and Social Transformation, présentent un code de pratique pour le recrutement. (Texte publié sur l'initiative du Réseau Medicus Mundi Suisse.)
First Inter-Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment in Africa
The Health and Environment Linkages Initiative
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WHO
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Health and environment ministers in Africa have resolved to build a strategic alliance to reduce environmental threats to human health and well-being.Following the conclusion of an historic gathering in Gabon, the ministers signed and adopted the Libreville Declaration which commits governments to take measures to stimulate the necessary policy, institutional and investment changes that should be effected ... The Health and Environment Linkages Initiative
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WHO
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"This discussion paper brings together evidence and experience from around the world focusing on making health systems more gender responsive. The paper uses a framework that combines WHO's six building blocks for health systems and the primary health care reforms propounded in the World Health Report 2008 on primary health care. Furthermore, the paper provides examples of what has worked and how, ...
Global forum calls for urgent action to resolve health worker crisis
Immediate and sustained action needed
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WHO
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The first Global Forum on Human Resources for Health called for immediate and sustained action to resolve the critical shortage of health workers around the world, setting out the essential steps that need to be taken over the next decade to turn the crisis around.
Immediate and sustained action needed
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MMI
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Statement by the Medicus Mundi International Network to the 64th session of the World Health Assembly on the future of financing for WHO.
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WHO
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"Each year infectious diseases kill 3.5 million people – mostly the poor and young children who live in low and middle income countries. Research can change this and bring health to many more people. TDR has brought people and institutions together to identify and advocate for the research priorities that will bring new and innovative approaches and products. The result is Global Report for Research ...
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WHO
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"Good health is essential to human welfare and to sustained economic and social development. In this report, the World Health Organization maps out what countries can do to modify their financing systems so they can move more quickly towards this goal - universal coverage - and sustain the gains that have been achieved. The report builds on new research and lessons learnt from country experience. It ...
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The Huffington Post
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"At one of the largest global health conferences since the Alma Ata Conference on Primary Health Care in 1978, health ministers, government health officials and civil society representatives came together in Rio de Janeiro last week to tackle the social determinants of health and the inequities caused by them." Corinna Heineke reports for The Huffington Post.
Hypertension et diabète sont en forte hausse selon les dernières statistiques de l'OMS
L'OMS publie les Statistiques sanitaires mondiales 2012
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OMS
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"Le rapport intitulé Statistiques sanitaires mondiales 2012 publié aujourd’hui met en lumière le problème croissant des maladies non transmissibles."
L'OMS publie les Statistiques sanitaires mondiales 2012
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (IPAC)
SCIH Contributes to Advising the WHO on Immunization Practices
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Swiss TPH
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"Xavier Bosch-Capblanch has been nominated as a member of the IPAC. The IPAC supports and advises the WHO Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals with the review and/or formulation of immunization practices, operational standards, tools and technologies to strengthen and improve the delivery of immunization programmes at country level to realise the Global Immunization ... SCIH Contributes to Advising the WHO on Immunization Practices
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WHO
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This World Health Organisation review examines the implementation of primary health care (PHC) in Africa and identifies strategic interventions that are required to cope with the new challenges facing the health systems in the 21st century. The review addresses PHC policy formation and implementation, the resources that are available for PHC implementation, monitoring and review.
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WHO
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This World Health Organisation review examines the implementation of primary health care (PHC) in Africa and identifies strategic interventions that are required to cope with the new challenges facing the health systems in the 21st century. The review addresses PHC policy formation and implementation, the resources that are available for PHC implementation, monitoring and review.
Improve dialogue with public interest civil society organizations!
MMI statement at Special Session of the WHO Executive Board on WHO reform, 1 November 2011
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MMI
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"The report by the Director General “WHO Reforms for a healthy future”, released by the Secretariat of the World Health Organization on 15th October 2011, is the guiding document for the special session of the Executive Board on the WHO reform taking place from 1st to 3rd November 2011. The Board is invited to discuss the proposals contained in the document, for reviewing them, in most cases endorsing ... MMI statement at Special Session of the WHO Executive Board on WHO reform, 1 November 2011
Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention
Global policy recommendations
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WHO
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"Globally, approximately one half of the population lives in rural areas, but less than 38% of the nurses and less than 25% of the physicians work there. While getting and keeping health workers in rural and remote areas is a challenge for all countries, the situation is worse in the 57 countries that have an absolute shortage of health workers. After a year-long consultative effort, this document ... Global policy recommendations
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WHO
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"The central theme of this issue of the WHO Bulletin: what can governments, the private sector and research institutes do to meet the need for medicines, vaccines and diagnostics in developing countries in the absence of a lucrative market for these products. An editorial describes the challenges that WHO’s Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) faced in ...
International recruitment of health personnel: draft global code of practice
Report of the WHO Secretariat
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WHO
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Updated version of the Code of conducted, like it was discussed at Executive Board Meeting on 9th January 2010.
Report of the WHO Secretariat
International recruitment of health personnel: draft global code of practice
Report of the WHO Secretariat
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WHO
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Updated version of the Code of conducted, like it was discussed at Executive Board Meeting on 9th January 2010.
Report of the WHO Secretariat
Introduction of new-generation pneumococcal vaccine will help save lives
Accelerating routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in developing countries
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WHO
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"In an effort to protect more children against pneumococcal disease ― which causes life-threatening illnesses such as pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis ― the Government of Kenya, with support from WHO and partners, is introducing the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Kenya is the fourth country to include the vaccine into its national immunization programme in the past three months, after Nicaragua, ... Accelerating routine use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines in developing countries
() Kenya, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone
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Some two million people around the world are disabled as a result of leprosy. Multidrug therapy was introduced by WHO in 1982 as the key to eliminating this disfiguring and debilitating disease. In their public health review, Diana N.J. Lockwood & Sujai Suneetha find that this therapy has helped considerably towards eliminating leprosy worldwide but left gaps where the infection has not been adequately ...
Is the WHO Becoming Irrelevant?
Why the world's premier public health organization must change or die
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Foreign Policy
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"The WHO -- for 62 years the world's go-to agency on all public health matters -- is today outmoded, underfunded, and overly politicized. In a world of rapid technological change, travel, and trade, the WHO moves with a bureaucracy's speed.(...)Perhaps what's needed is a move away from the region-centric approach toward a strategy that would allow the WHO to devote more resources to country-level work."
Why the world's premier public health organization must change or die
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OMS
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"Une extension massive des programmes de lutte antipaludique entre 2008 et 2010 a permis de fournir assez de moustiquaires imprégnées d’insecticide pour protéger plus de 578 millions de personnes exposées au risque de paludisme en Afrique subsaharienne. La pulvérisation à effet rémanent à l’intérieur des habitations a également protégé 75 millions de personnes, c’est-à-dire 10% de la population à risque en 2009."
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OMS
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"Une bonne santé est essentielle au bien-être humain et au développement économique et social durable.Dans ce rapport, l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé décrit les mesures que les pays peuvent prendre pour modifier leurs systèmes de financement afin d’atteindre plus rapidement ce but - une couverture universelle - et le maintenir une fois concrétisé.Le rapport se base sur les nouvelles ...
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WHO
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"A lack of managerial capacity at all levels of the health system is increasingly cited as a binding constraint to scaling up services and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Improving service delivery depends on the ways resources and services are managed. MAKER, the new WHO Website for health managers at district level, addresses this challenge. MAKER topic areas include general management, ...
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WHO
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"Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000, and by 33% in the WHO African Region, according to the World Malaria Report 2011, issued today by the World Health Organization. This progress is the result of a significant scaling-up of malaria prevention and control measures in the last decade, including the widespread use of bed nets, better diagnostics and a wider availability ...
Member States gather in Rio de Janeiro for World Conference
Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health
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WHO
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"WHO convened a global conference on 19-21 October 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to build support for the implementation of action on social determinants of health. The conference brought together over 1000 participants representing more than 125 Member States and a diverse group of stakeholders."
Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health
MMS
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Le réseau Medicus Mundi Suisse s'est immiscé dans le débat sur le code de pratique pour le recrutement de personnels de santé de l'OMS et le rôle de l'Office fédéral de la santé publique OFSP. Voilà quelques rapports des médias:
MMS
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Das Netzwerk Medicus Mundi Schweiz hat sich im Januar 2010 in die Debatte um den WHO Kodex zur Rekrutierung von Gesundheitspersonal und die Haltung der Schweiz dazu eingemischt. Einige Medienreaktionen dazu.
Municipalities and health: rights, citizenship, and integrated local management for development
Call: Proposals for presentations
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WHO
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Argentina will be the site of the "First World Fair of Municipalities and Health: Rights, Citizenship and Integrated Local Management for Development", that will be held from 18 to 21 August 2009 in the Coast Salguero Center, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Authorities and experts of the numerous countries will participate in the meeting organized by the Ministry of Health of Argentina, with the support ... Call: Proposals for presentations
Municipalities and health: rights, citizenship, and integrated local management for development
Call: Proposals for presentations
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WHO
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Argentina will be the site of the "First World Fair of Municipalities and Health: Rights, Citizenship and Integrated Local Management for Development", that will be held from 18 to 21 August 2009 in the Coast Salguero Center, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Authorities and experts of the numerous countries will participate in the meeting organized by the Ministry of Health of Argentina, with the support ... Call: Proposals for presentations
Neue Gesundheitsausbildung in Kolumbien
Stärkung von Kinder- und Müttergesundheitsprogrammen
(D) El Salvador, Colombia
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Ende Oktober 2009 haben 22 Verantwortliche für Kinder- und Müttergesundheitsprogramme aus Kolumbien und Salvador die Weiterbildung „Gesundheitsförderung“ an der Universität Antioquia in Medellin (Kolumbien) begonnen. Diese Ausbildung wurde von Enfants du Monde, der Weltgesundheitsorganisation sowie der Panamerikanischen Gesundheitsorganisation konzipiert. Ziel ist, die Teilnehmenden im Gesundheitsansatz ... Stärkung von Kinder- und Müttergesundheitsprogrammen
(D) El Salvador, Colombia
New data highlight increases in hypertension, diabetes incidence
WHO publishes the World Health Statistics 2012
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WHO
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"The World Health Statistics 2012 report, released today, puts the spotlight on the growing problem of the noncommunicable diseases burden."
WHO publishes the World Health Statistics 2012
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WHO
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Noncommunicable diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, cancers, diabetes, respiratory diseases and common injuries account for the vast majority of all global deaths, but because they are not yet included as priorities in the global development agenda, donors and international organizations have yet to pledge support to help developing countries address these leading health problems.
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WHO
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Noncommunicable diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, cancers, diabetes, respiratory diseases and common injuries account for the vast majority of all global deaths, but because they are not yet included as priorities in the global development agenda, donors and international organizations have yet to pledge support to help developing countries address these leading health problems.
New plan to eliminate tuberculosis
Shortfall of US$ 4.2 billion per year for TB care and crucial research must be filled
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WHO
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"Each year about 9 million people contract tuberculosis and almost 2 million people die from it. To step up the fight against the disease, the Stop TB Partnership has released a global action plan for 2011-2015. The plan includes the development and production rapid tests and vaccines, and calls upon the international community for US$ 37 billion for its implementation."
Shortfall of US$ 4.2 billion per year for TB care and crucial research must be filled
New website: Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
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WHO
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"WHO and partners are launching a new web site on results, resources and oversight related to women's and children's health. The site will track progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Accountability Commission and inform the international community about the work of its independent Expert Review Group (iERG). The website will also serve as a global database for the accountability ... Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
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MMI
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Bettina Schwethelm, board member of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland, has written the latest editorial of the MMI Network News: She "recently attended a teleconference of the “Common Interest Group” of the NCD Alliance, a lobby network lead by four international federations representing the four main noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) The teleconference provided an update on the preparations ...
Nouvelle formation en santé en Colombie
Pour les responsables de programmes de santé maternelle et infantile
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Enfants du Monde
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Fin octobre 2009, 22 responsables de programmes de santé maternelle et infantile, provenant de Salvador et de Colombie ont commencé une formation continue en Promotion de la Santé à l’Université d’Antioquia, à Medellin, en Colombie, mise sur pied notamment par Enfants du Monde, l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) et l'Organisation Panaméricaine de la Santé (OPS). Le but est de former ... Pour les responsables de programmes de santé maternelle et infantile
(F) El Salvador, Colombia
Paludisme: la mortalité baisse mais les progrès restent fragiles
Rapport 2011 sur le paludisme dans le monde
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WHO
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"Selon le Rapport 2011 sur le paludisme dans le monde, publié aujourd’hui par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé, les taux de mortalité attribuables au paludisme ont baissé, depuis 2000, de plus de 25% au niveau mondial et de 33% dans la Région africaine de l’OMS. Ces progrès ont été possibles grâce à une extension considérable, depuis dix ans, des mesures visant à combattre et à ... Rapport 2011 sur le paludisme dans le monde
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WHO, 3 October 2005
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"Global action to prevent chronic disease could save the lives of 36 million people who would otherwise be dead by 2015. Faced with the prospect of millions of people dying prematurely and suffering needlessly from heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes, WHO says the global epidemic of chronic disease must be stopped. Contrary to common perception, this largely invisible epidemic is worst in low ...
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HAI, WHO
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In May 2008 Health Action International (HAI) and the World Health Organization (Department of Medicine Policy and Standards) published the 2nd edition of a manual to collect and analyse medicine prices (patient prices and government procurement prices) across sectors and regions in a country, as well as medicine availability, treatment affordability and all price components in the supply chain from ...
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HAI, WHO
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In May 2008 Health Action International (HAI) and the World Health Organization (Department of Medicine Policy and Standards) published the 2nd edition of a manual to collect and analyse medicine prices (patient prices and government procurement prices) across sectors and regions in a country, as well as medicine availability, treatment affordability and all price components in the supply chain from ...
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PHA-exchange
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The Executive Board board of the WHO recommends to the World Health Assembly 2009 the adoption of a resolution, which should strengthen Primary Health Care. The resolution reflects the World Health Report 2008 on Primary Health Care as well as the final report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
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PHA-exchange
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The Executive Board board of the WHO recommends to the World Health Assembly 2009 the adoption of a resolution, which should strengthen Primary Health Care. The resolution reflects the World Health Report 2008 on Primary Health Care as well as the final report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
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WHO
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The WHA welcomes "the world health report 2008,1 published on the thirtieth anniversary of the international conference of Alma-Ata, that identifies four broad policy directions for reducing health inequalities and improving health for all: tackling health inequalities through universal coverage, putting people at the centre of care, integrating health into broader public policy, and providing inclusive leadership for health.
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WHO
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The WHA welcomes "the world health report 2008,1 published on the thirtieth anniversary of the international conference of Alma-Ata, that identifies four broad policy directions for reducing health inequalities and improving health for all: tackling health inequalities through universal coverage, putting people at the centre of care, integrating health into broader public policy, and providing inclusive leadership for health.
Progress report on the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action
Analysis of key health workforce policies
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WHO
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"The Global Health Work Force Alliance is pleased to launch the Progress report on the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action at a special reception at the Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Bangkok, Thailand.The report represents the first attempt to track progress in implementing the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action, and provides a snapshot of the human ... Analysis of key health workforce policies
Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers
Framework for supporting people for mental health in a disaster
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WHO
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"When terrible things happen in our communities, countries and the world, we want to reach out a helping hand to those who are affected. This guide covers psychological first aid which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It is written for people in a position to help others who have experienced an extremely distressing event. It gives ... Framework for supporting people for mental health in a disaster
Public health, innovation and intellectual property
WHO Report of the Expert Working Group on Research and Development Financing
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WHO
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"There is persistent and growing concern that the benefits of the advances in health technology are not reaching the poor. The emphasis of the developed world is naturally on the solution of the problems that affect it predominantly. This is in spite of the evidence of the heavy burden of disease on the poor, which in addition to being one of the more egregious manifestations of inequity, could undoubtedly affect overall global stability."
WHO Report of the Expert Working Group on Research and Development Financing
Public health, innovation and intellectual property
WHO Report of the Expert Working Group on Research and Development Financing
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WHO
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"There is persistent and growing concern that the benefits of the advances in health technology are not reaching the poor. The emphasis of the developed world is naturally on the solution of the problems that affect it predominantly. This is in spite of the evidence of the heavy burden of disease on the poor, which in addition to being one of the more egregious manifestations of inequity, could undoubtedly affect overall global stability."
WHO Report of the Expert Working Group on Research and Development Financing
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WHO
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"A massive scale-up in malaria control programmes between 2008 and 2010 has resulted in the provision of enough insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) to protect more than 578 million people at risk of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Indoor residual spraying has also protected 75 million people, or 10% of the population at risk in 2009. The World malaria report 2010 describes how the drive to provide ...
Rapport mondial sur le handicap
Contribution importante à la mise en oeuvre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées
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OMS
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"Le rapport mondial sur le handicap fournit les meilleures données disponibles sur les moyens qui fonctionnent pour surmonter les obstacles pour accéder aux soins de santé, à la réhabilitation, à l’instruction; à l’emploi et aux services d’appui, et pour créer un environnement favorisant l’épanouissement des personnes handicapées. Il se termine par un ensemble concret d’actions ... Contribution importante à la mise en oeuvre de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées
Reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health
WHA Resolution WHA62.14
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WHO
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The WHA urges Member States:"to tackle the health inequities within and across countries through political commitment on the main principles of “closing the gap in a generation” as a national concern, as is appropriate, and to coordinate and manage intersectoral action for health in order to mainstream health equity in all policies, where appropriate, by using health and health equity impact assessment tools."
WHA Resolution WHA62.14
Reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health
WHA Resolution WHA62.14
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WHO
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The WHA urges Member States:"to tackle the health inequities within and across countries through political commitment on the main principles of “closing the gap in a generation” as a national concern, as is appropriate, and to coordinate and manage intersectoral action for health in order to mainstream health equity in all policies, where appropriate, by using health and health equity impact assessment tools."
WHA Resolution WHA62.14
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The Guardian
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"Scientists who drew up the key World Health Organisation guidelines advising governments to stockpile drugs in the event of a flu pandemic had previously been paid by drug companies which stood to profit, according to a report out today," writes The Guardian.
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WHO
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"Chile: Combined incentives work; Cuba: Calling all doctors; Ghana: Incentives for medical students; Kenya, South Africa & Thailand: Attracting nurses to rural areas; Norway: Dealing with doctor shortages; Ethiopia and Rwanda: Who wants a rural health post?; Nigeria: Pilot insurance plan - Rising to the challenge; Senegal: Solving regional differences; Global: Where have all the nurses gone?; Decentralized ...
Side event: Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel: If adopted, ensuring impact?
Geneva, 18 May 2010
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MMI
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This event will explore the role of various stakeholders in promoting and monitoring compliance with the proposed Code due to be adopted at the 2010 World Health Assembly.
Geneva, 18 May 2010
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WHO
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"The thirteen case studies contained in this publication were commissioned by the research node of the Knowledge Network on Priority Public Health Conditions (PPHC-KN), a WHO-based interdepartmental working group associated with the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.(...)The case studies describe a wealth of experiences with implementing public health programmes that intend to address ...
Social determinants of health report
Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission
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WHO
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A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometres away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17 400; in Afghanistan, the odds are 1 in 8. Biology does not explain any of this. Instead, the differences between - and within ... Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale" reports WHO's Commission
Social Determinants of Smoking in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Results from the World Health Survey
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PLoS one
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"Tobacco smoking is a leading cause of premature death and disability, and over 80% of the world's smokers live in low- or middle-income countries. The objective of this study is to assess demographic and socioeconomic determinants of current smoking in low- and middle-income countries."
Results from the World Health Survey
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The Lancet
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"The launch of the report at the ministerial conference means the beginning of a new push towards universal coverage in the context of both the economic downturn and the continuing rise of health-care expenditure. The overarching message is optimistic and practical—that all countries can take steps to move faster to achieve this goal and maintain their achievements. Many countries are beginning to embrace universal coverage."
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WHO
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Much of the profound inequity in peoples' health within and between countries is socially determined. It arises from the circumstances in which people live and work. The thee-year, high-level Commission on Social Determinants of Health launched on March 17, 2005 will leverage change in policy and institutional practice by turning existing knowledge on social determinants into actionable global, regional and national policy agendas.
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WHO
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One of the major constraints to tackling both the HIV/AIDS pandemic and global access to essential health care services is a serious shortage of health workers. Several countries are already using task shifting to strengthen their health systems and scale up access to HIV/AIDS treatment and care. WHO, together with the US President Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Joint United Nations ...
The Financial Crisis and Global Health
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva
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WHO
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"To address the growing concerns about the potential impact of the financial and economic crisis on global health, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan convened a high-level consultation on 19 January 2009. Participants of the consultation included delegates from Member States, civil society, private sector, international organizations and the media." The WHO published a report on this important issue.
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva
The Financial Crisis and Global Health
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva
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WHO
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"To address the growing concerns about the potential impact of the financial and economic crisis on global health, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan convened a high-level consultation on 19 January 2009. Participants of the consultation included delegates from Member States, civil society, private sector, international organizations and the media." The WHO published a report on this important issue.
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva
The Financial Crisis and Global Health
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva 19 January 2009
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WHO
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To address the growing concerns about the potential impact of the financial and economic crisis on global health, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan convened a high-level consultation on 19 January 2009. Participants of the consultation included delegates from Member States, civil society, private sector, international organizations and the media.
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva 19 January 2009
The Financial Crisis and Global Health
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva 19 January 2009
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WHO
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To address the growing concerns about the potential impact of the financial and economic crisis on global health, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan convened a high-level consultation on 19 January 2009. Participants of the consultation included delegates from Member States, civil society, private sector, international organizations and the media.
Report of a High-Level Consultation World Health Organization, Geneva 19 January 2009
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WHO Bulletin
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"In a globalizing world, public health is no longer confined to national borders. In recent years we have observed an increasing movement of patients across international borders. The full extent of this trend is yet unknown, as data are sparse and anecdotal. If this trend continues, experts are convinced that it will have major implications for public health systems around the globe. Despite the growing ...
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"The World Health Report 2005 says that this year almost 11 million children under five years of age will die from causes that are largely preventable. Among them are 4 million babies who will not survive the first month of life. At the same time, more than half a million women will die in pregnancy, childbirth or soon after. The report says that reducing this toll in line with the Millennium Development ...
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"WHO invites the public to participate in shaping the World Health Report 2006, the theme of which is the health workforce: "In response to World Health Assembly resolution WHA57.19, the Director-General has declared the health workforce to be the theme of the World health report 2006. And for the first time, WHO is offering open consultation on the World health report via the World Wide Web and electronic ...
Top 30 medicines to save mothers and children
Most priority medicines are not available where needed
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WHO
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"WHO's first ever list of priority medicines for maternal and child health recommends to countries which medicines are most important for saving lives. (...) Surveys3 conducted in 14 African countries show that children's medicines are available in only 35% to 50% of public and private centre pharmacies and drug stores."
Most priority medicines are not available where needed
Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition: A survival and development priority
UNICEF/WHO Report
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UNICEF
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"There is an urgent need to accelerate efforts throughout the world to reduce undernutrition, which contributes to more than one third of all deaths in children under age 5. Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition provides information on nutrition strategies, progress made by programmes and current challenges, based on the most recent data available. The report profiles 24 countries where ... UNICEF/WHO Report
Un avenir plus sûr: la sécurité sanitaire mondiale au XXIe siècle
Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2007
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OMS
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"Le Rapport constitue un tournant dans l'histoire de la santé publique et marque ce qui pourrait être un des progrès les plus importants de la sécurité sanitaire de ces 50 dernières années. Il montre comment le monde se trouve de plus en plus exposé au risque de flambées, d'épidémies, d'accidents, de catastrophes naturelles et d'autres urgences sanitaires qui peuvent rapidement menacer la ... Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2007
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MMI
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"There is some shift in health systems thinking, both for the good and the bad. Let me start with the good one: More than 60 years after the adoption of the WHO constitution and more than 30 years after the Alma Ata declaration the right to health as an entitlement that every human on this planet has is back on the political stage. Universal health coverage has become an issue – and the topic of this year’s World Health Report"
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WHO
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"With the majority of human beings now living in cities, good urban health is essential for more and more people. Urban health, the theme of this year's World Health Day, includes both opportunities and threats for health. WHO is highlighting actions to improve urban health in cities around the globe."
User’s Guide to the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel
Understanding the framework for global dialogue and cooperation
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WHO
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"The Code aims to establish and promote voluntary principles and practices for the ethical international recruitment of health personnel and to facilitate the strengthening of health systems. (...) This User’s Guide aims to provide a concise overview of the Code and to help readers understand its content. It explains the context in which it has been developed and teases out its main messages. It ... Understanding the framework for global dialogue and cooperation
Weltweite Armutsfalle kann beseitigt werden
Der Weltgesundheitsbericht: Finanzierung von Gesundheitssystemen
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MMS
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Einhundert Millionen Menschen verarmen jedes Jahr, weil sie krank werden. Diese Zahl steht im jüngsten Weltgesundheitsbericht, den die WHO im vergangenen November publiziert hat – und der in den Schweizer Medien auf nur wenig Resonanz gestossen ist. Dabei widmet sich der Bericht der Finanzierung von Gesundheitssystemen – einem Thema also, das auch in der Schweiz ganz oben auf der politischen Agenda steht.
Der Weltgesundheitsbericht: Finanzierung von Gesundheitssystemen
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PLoS Medicine
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"There is an explosion of interest in universal health coverage with many countries experimenting with and adopting new health financing strategies. The World Health Organization and other concerned agencies need to ensure that countries can receive support along the path to universal coverage if they seek it. All countries, regardless of their stage of development, face the challenge to increase domestic ...
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WHO
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"This month’s cover shows a classic public health poster on tuberculosis, a subject covered by several items in this issue. In an editorial, Suzanne Hill et al. (658) discuss the need for further research into tuberculosis treatment for children. In an interview, Brigitte Gicquel (667–668), from the Pasteur Institute, explains why tuberculosis is such a difficult disease to research and treat. ...
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"The Blue Trunk Library has been developed by the library of the World Health Organization for installation in district health centres in Africa as a means of compensating for the lack of up-to-date medical and health information. The collection, which is organized according to major subjects, contains more than one hundred books on medicine and public health. In order to make it easier to transport ...
WHO Gears Up For Reform Driven By Financial Shortfall
WHO is underfunded according to the Director General
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"The Executive Board session of the World Health Organization ended early on Monday after a week of discussions that settled some issues but left some others for the next governing meeting of the organisation in May, with much to do until then. The WHO is facing a significant gap in its budget and a programme of reforms is brewing."
WHO is underfunded according to the Director General
WHO maps noncommunicable disease trends in all countries
Country profiles on noncommunicable disease trends in 193 countries
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"A new WHO report features information about the noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) situation in 193 countries, as global leaders prepare to meet at the United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases in New York, 19-20 September 2011."
Country profiles on noncommunicable disease trends in 193 countries
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The current reform process of the World Health Organization (WHO) brings crucial questions about international health governance up. Eduardo Missoni* has written a profound analysis of the process for this magazine.
WHO to define information standards for traditional medicine
International Classification of Traditional Medicine
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"WHO will develop, for the first time, a classification of traditional medicine, paving the way for the objective evaluation of its benefits. The International Classification of Traditional Medicine project will assist in creating an evidence base for traditional medicine – producing terminologies and classifications for diagnoses and interventions."
International Classification of Traditional Medicine
WHO's Action Plan
2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
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"Working closely with Member States,WHO has, therefore, developed
this Action Plan to prevent NCDs from occurring and to help the millions who are already affected to cope with these lifelong illnesses. The Action Plan provides Member States,WHO, and the international community with a roadmap to establish and strengthen initiatives for the surveillance, prevention and management of NCDs. Furthermore, ... 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
WHO's Action Plan
2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
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WHO
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"Working closely with Member States,WHO has, therefore, developed
this Action Plan to prevent NCDs from occurring and to help the millions who are already affected to cope with these lifelong illnesses. The Action Plan provides Member States,WHO, and the international community with a roadmap to establish and strengthen initiatives for the surveillance, prevention and management of NCDs. Furthermore, ... 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
Will he be able to evaluate his own funding proposals?
WHO Executive Board accepts appointment of Herrling to Consultative Expert Working Group on R&D
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KEI
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"After several days of negotiations, the 128th WHO Executive Board has accepted the nomination of Paul Herrling to the new WHO Consultative Expert Working Group on R&D Financing, despite the fact that Herrling is an executive of Novartis, and is the author of the IFPMA/Novartis/FRIND proposal and the co-author of the PDP Plus proposal, which will be considered by the CEWG. "
WHO Executive Board accepts appointment of Herrling to Consultative Expert Working Group on R&D
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Qualifiziertes Gesundheitspersonal wandert aus ärmeren Ländern in reiche Länder ab. In ihrem Herkunftsland trägt der Verlust der oft teuer ausgebildeten Fachkraft zur Verschärfung der Gesundheitskrise bei. Die WHO will mit einem „Verhaltenskodex für die internationale Rekrutierung von Gesundheitsfachkräften“ für etwas Ordnung sorgen. Die Schweiz tut sich schwer mit dem Thema. Lesen Sie ...
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"The “Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health” sets out how we can work together to save women and children. The document was developed under the auspices of the United Nations Secretary-General with support and facilitation by The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health. Leaders from government, international organizations, business, academia, philanthropy, health professional ...
World report on disability
Contribution to the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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"The World report on disability is the first of its kind, providing global guidance on implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and giving an extensive picture of the situation of people with disabilities, their needs and unmet needs, and the barriers they face to participating fully in their societies. Successive chapters document data; health; rehabilitation; ... Contribution to the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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"The HINARI program, set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Over 2900 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 113 countries, benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health."
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This new report identifies a priority list of medicines for Europe and the rest of the world, taking into account Europe's ageing population, the increasing burden of non-communicable illnesses in developing countries and diseases which persist in spite of the availability of effective treatments. The report looks at the gaps in research and innovation for these medicines and provides specific policy ...
The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a globalized world 08. 2005
The 6th Global Conference on Health Promotion, August 2005
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"The Bangkok Charter identifies the strategies and commitments that are required to address the determinants of health in a globalized world through health promotion. It affirms that policies and partnerships to empower communities, and to improve health and health equality should be at the centre of global and national development."
The 6th Global Conference on Health Promotion, August 2005
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The Report focuses on bridging of the "know do" gap, the gulf between what we know and what we do in practice, between scientific potential and health realization. The gap exists represents a fundamental and pragmatic knowledge translation challenge that must be addressed to strengthen health systems performance towards achieving the MDG's. (WHO, 2004)