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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for global public health. [2] It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has six regional offices [3] and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states can participate, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the ...
The World Health Report (WHR) is a series of annual reports produced by the World Health Organization (WHO). First published in 1995, the World Health Report is WHO's leading publication. [ 1 ] The reports were published every year from 1995 to 2008, and again in 2010 and 2013.
The World Health Organization has declared that finding where SARS-CoV-2 came from is a priority and that it is "essential for understanding how the pandemic started". [6] In May 2020, the World Health Assembly , which governs the World Health Organization (WHO), passed a motion calling for a "comprehensive, independent and impartial" study ...
The Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) is run by the World Health Organization.An objective for SAGE is to compile comprehensive longitudinal data on the health and well-being of adult populations and the ageing process across different countries, through primary data collection, secondary data analysis and cross-study collaborations.
The U.N. agency is negotiating new rules to shore up the world's defences against future pathogens following the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed nearly 7 million people worldwide.
The WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system is a World Health Organization Blue Book that defines, describes and classifies tumours of the central nervous system (CNS). Currently, as of 2023, clinicians are using the 5th edition, which incorporates recent advances in molecular pathology. [1]
GBD 1990 was "institutionalized" at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the research was "conducted mainly by researchers at Harvard and WHO". [3] In 2000–2002, the 1990 study was updated by WHO to include a more extensive analysis using a framework known as comparative risk factor assessment. [5]
World Health Organization representatives holding joint meeting with Tehran city administrators in March 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a leading organisation involved in the global coordination for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic within the broader United Nations response to the pandemic.