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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 ...
World Health Organization. hdl: 10665/44053. ISBN 978-92-4-154765-9. The selection and use of essential medicines. Twentieth report of the WHO Expert Committee 2015 (including 19th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and 5th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children). Geneva: World Health Organization. 2015. hdl: 10665/189763.
The World Health Organization expressed support for a future pandemic treaty to address the problems exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 164 ] [ 165 ] On 12 March 2021, the World Health Organization authorized the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S for emergency use.
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.
World Health Organization (2017). The selection and use of essential medicines: report of the WHO Expert Committee, 2017 (including the 20th WHO Model List of Essential Medicines and the 6th Model List of Essential Medicines for Children). Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl: 10665/259481. ISBN 978-92-4-121015-7. ISSN 0512-3054. WHO ...
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 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 health agency said malnutrition in the hardest-hit region had weakened the local population's immunity, leaving them more vulnerable to the disease. ... according to the World Health Organization.