world health organization advocates for a healthy diet for all: global perspective

The World Health Organization and "health for all".

World Health Organization and global health policy.

T he World Health Organization (WHO) was founded in 1948 as a special agency of the United Nations. The WHO goal is “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health” (WHO, 1999, p.2). To achieve this objective, the main functions of WHO are to direct and coordinate international health work by setting standards and guidelines and to provide technical assistance in cooperat...

World Health Organization global policy for improvement of oral health--World Health Assembly 2007.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Oral Health Programme has worked hard over the past five years to increase the awareness of oral health worldwide as an important component of general health and quality of life. Meanwhile, oral disease is still a major public health problem in high income countries and the burden of oral disease is growing in many low- and middle income countries. In ...

The World Health Organization Global Action Plan for antimicrobial resistance.

Does “Flattening the Curve” Affect Critical Care Services Delivery for COVID-19? A Global Health Perspective

During this coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic, nations are taking bold measures to mitigate the spread of Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in order to avoid the overwhelming its critical care facilities. While these “flattening the curve” initiatives are showing signs of impeding the potential surge in COVID-19 cases, it is not known whet...

Global approaches for a healthy world.

Global approaches for a healthy world Nowadays, every major summit of the world’s leading economies inevitably draws thousands of protesters demonstrating against the negative effects of ‘globalization’. For those protesters, the word ‘global’ has become tainted. Indeed, if globalization means a monotony of culture or a monopoly of ownership of key resources or markets, then it is quite appropr...