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  2. List of WHO regions - Wikipedia

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    This list is derived from World Health Statistics 2011, issued under the auspices of the United Nations by the World Health Organization. You can find the latest WHO statistical reports here. The 2017 Annex listing countries by region can be found here.

  3. World Health Organization - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean - Wikipedia

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    Alexandria former WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean building, Sanitary council establishment marble plate 1831. The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean aims to work with local governments, specialized agencies, partners and other stakeholders in the field of public health to develop health policies and strengthen national health systems.

  5. HealthMap - Wikipedia

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    HealthMap is used both as an early detection system and supports situational awareness by providing current, highly local information about outbreaks, even from areas relatively invisible to traditional global public health efforts. Currently, HealthMap monitors information sources in English, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, French, Portuguese, and ...

  6. The head of the World Health Organization is caught in ...

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    World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has revealed he was inside an airport in the capital of Yemen when Israeli forces launched a deadly strike.

  7. Health in Laos - Wikipedia

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    Public spending on healthcare is low compared with neighbouring countries. Still, progress has been made since Laos joined the World Health Organization in 1950: [2] life expectancy at birth rose to 66 years by 2015; malaria deaths and tuberculosis prevalence have plunged; and the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has declined by 75 percent. [3 ...

  8. Global Burden of Disease Study - Wikipedia

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    The Global Burden of Disease Study began in 1990 as a single World Bank–commissioned [3] study that quantified the health effects of more than 100 diseases and injuries for eight regions of the world, giving estimates of morbidity and mortality by age, sex, and region.

  9. Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network - Wikipedia

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    The Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) is a network composed of numerous technical and public health institutions, laboratories, NGOs, and other organizations that work to observe and respond to threatening epidemics. [1] GOARN works closely with and under the World Health Organization (WHO), which is one of its most notable ...