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World Health Organization (11 C, 181 P) Pages in category "International medical and health organizations" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 295 total.
The World Federation has close ties with the World Health Organization. For many years after its founding, the WFMH was the only NGO of its kind with a close working relationship with UN agencies, particularly the WHO. In recent decades, though, a number of international mental health organizations, often limited to members of particular ...
World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. [1] It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health , a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. [ 2 ]
The world health organization (WHO) [53] teamed up with United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation of Mental Health and are campaigning for World Mental Health Day (10 October). With this campaign WHO is looking to host a global online advocacy event on mental health.
A number of health organizations have warned about the numerous negative health effects of global warming: American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Preventive Medicine; American Medical Association; American Public Health Association; Australian Medical Association in 2004 and in 2008; World Federation of Public Health Associations
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 ...
Chisholm served as president of the World Federation of Mental Health (1957–58). [4] He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a world constitution. [14] [15] As a result, for the first time in human history, a World Constituent Assembly convened to draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation ...
The World Health Assembly meets in the assembly hall of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva (Switzerland). The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 194 member states. It is the world's highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states.