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Global Health Statistics: A Compendium of Incidence, Prevalence and Mortality Estimates for Over 200 Conditions (GBD 1990 volume 2) 1990: 1996: Harvard School of Public Health [49] Global Burden of Disease: A comprehensive assessment of mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020 (GBD 1990 ...
BMJ Global Health is a peer-reviewed medical journal which publishes research articles and reviews about global health issues. The journal was established in 2016 [1] and is published by the BMJ Publishing Group. [2] As of 2024, its editor-in-chief is Mark G. Shrime. [3]
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 are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the ...
Pandemic prevention is the organization and management of preventive measures against pandemics. Those include measures to reduce causes of new infectious diseases and measures to prevent outbreaks and epidemics from becoming pandemics. It is not to be mistaken for pandemic preparedness or mitigation (e.g. against COVID-19) which largely seek to mitigate the magnitude of negative effects of ...
Many of the drivers of climate change, energy production, transportation, and pollution, can decrease the overall air quality in the UAE. In the U.S., dust is the main contributor to deteriorating air quality as in all UAE cities, Annual mean PM2.5 levels were significantly higher than the global mean (WHO, 2024).
Global Change Biology is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the interface between biological systems and all aspects of environmental change that affect a substantial part of the globe [1] including climate change, global warming, land use change, invasive species, urbanization, wildfire, and greenhouse gases.
World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as other related organizations. In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day.
Center of Health Financing and Decentralisation (Indonesian: Pusat Kebijakan Pembiayaan dan Desentralisasi Kesehatan) Center of Global Health and Health Technology Policy (Indonesian: Pusat Kebijakan Kesehatan Global dan Teknologi Kesehatan) Special Advisor on Health Economics (Indonesian: Staf Ahli Bidang Ekonomi Kesehatan)