What Long-Term Care Looks Like Around the World – Kaiser Health News
Republish This Story Around the world, wealthy countries are struggling to afford long-term care for rapidly aging populations. Most spend...
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WHO unveils framework for climate resilient and low carbon health systems – World Health Organization (WHO)
Responding to rapidly changing climate, the World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new Operational framework for building climate resilient...
Risk of disease spread soars in Gaza as health facilities, water and sanitation systems disrupted – WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
8 November 2023 – As deaths and injuries in Gaza continue to rise due to intensified hostilities, intense overcrowding and...
Poliomyelitis – World Health Organization (WHO)
In 1988, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio, marking the launch of the...
Seventy countries convene to step up primary health care – World Health Organization (WHO)
One month after world leaders committed to redouble action on universal health coverage (UHC) at the United Nations General Assembly,...
One Health – World Health Organization (WHO)
One Health is an integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and ecosystems. It uses...
How to protect your mental health while keeping tabs on the Israel-Hamas war – CNN
How to protect your mental health while keeping tabs on the Israel-Hamas war CNNsource...
Burns – World Health Organization (WHO)
A burn is an injury to the skin or other organic tissue primarily caused by heat or due to radiation,...
WHO-OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights abuses in mental health care – World Health Organization (WHO)
Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human...
1 in 10 babies worldwide are born early, with major impacts on health and survival – World Health Organization (WHO)
An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early (before 37 full weeks of pregnancy) in 2020 – which is around 1 in 10 of all live births - according to a detailed study published in the Lancet today by authors from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Since prematurity is the leading cause of death in children’s early years, there is an urgent need to strengthen both care for preterm babies as well as prevention efforts...