World Health Perspective

World Health Organization Perspective on Implementation of International Health Regulations

In 2005, the International Health Regulations were adopted at the 58th World Health Assembly; in June 2007, they were entered into force for most countries. In 2012, the world is approaching a major 5-year milestone in the global commitment to ensure national capacities to identify, investigate, assess, and respond to public health events. In the past 5 years, existing programs have been booste...

Health care costs and financing in world perspective.

Expenditures for health services, as a percentage of national wealth (gross national product, or GNP), have been rising throughout the world. Data to quantify this trend are available for many industrialized countries. The share of health spending derived from governmental sources has also been increasing. Mandatory or social insurance has developed to support health services in 70 nations. Whi...

Integrating the issues of world animal health and world public health into the veterinary curriculum: a Southeast Asian perspective.

The authors analysed the curricula of five veterinary schools in Southeast Asia to determine how successfully they integrate the issues of global animal health and global public health into their programmes. Two schools offer a five-year programme while the remaining three offer a six-year programme. The core courses within the curricula range from 145 to 224 credit hours, in total. In general,...

A Third World Perspective

Physiology: a world perspective.

Physiology is the study of how living organisms function in, and adapt to, their environment. We as physiologists are interested not only in describing a particular cellular process but also in understanding its relevance to more complex regulatory processes that are vital to the organism. The uniqueness of physiology lies in its systematic approach to exploring the mechanisms of life, asking h...