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The World Health Organization (WHO) report, State of the World's Nursing, estimates there was a global shortage of 5.9 million nurses in 2018, a slight improvement from the 6.6 million shortage in 2016. The report has been published on World Health Day, an annual event organized by WHO, which this year is focused on supporting nurses and ...
World Health Organization (WHO) The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established in 1948 with the objective of the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in its constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely ...
Listen to the article. Healthcare innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented scale, particularly in the digital sphere, the World Health Organization says. Advances such as artificial intelligence and gene editing are transforming the way diseases are detected and treated. Here are 5 innovations that are pushing boundaries in healthcare.
Image: World Economic Forum. These are the main challenges on the list. 1. Elevating health in the climate debate. The climate crisis poses one of the biggest threats to both the planet and the health of the people who live on it. Emissions kill around 7 million people each year, and are responsible for more than a quarter of deaths from ...
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It was inagurated following the second world war on 7 April 1948 – a date now celebrated as World Health Day. The organization grew out the International Sanitary Conferences, which convened between 1851 and 1938 to combat diseases such as cholera, yellow fever and ...
The World Health Organization's biggest donor, the US, has halted funding. UN chief said now is "not the time" to cut funds. US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would halt funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, while his administration reviews the WHO's response to the global crisis.
While the world is still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic, many other common causes of early death are in retreat – including HIV/Aids and tuberculosis. In its latest report, "Leading causes of death and disability," the World Health Organization (WHO) has examined data from 2000-2019 to track trends in life-limiting and life-shortening ...
WHO updates its mask guidance for health workers and the general population. The World Health Organization (WHO) shared new guidance regarding mask wearing at today's coronavirus briefing for health workers and the general public based on a review of evolving evidence. WHO officials stressed that the new advice is an update to previous guidance ...
In their recent blueprint for research on priority diseases that could cause this pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) added a new potential threat: Disease X. "Disease X" stands for the unknown. The rest of the diseases on that list are already-known conditions. These include hemorrhagic fevers like Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever ...
The Healthcare Industry Community plays a crucial role in advancing healthcare equity, patient centric care, and improved healthcare outcomes across the globe. By bringing together top executives from the sector, the community is the hub for transformational industry dialogue among peers, facilitating the exchange of ideas, best practices, and cutting-edge insights. Members of the Healthcare ...