Many of the problems of academic medicine are related to the actual challenges of health-care. Some disciplines have high prestige; these have advantages in education, while the needs of the society may differ to some extent. Introduction of the World Health Organization (WHO) concept on health as well as on functioning and disability into the training of physicians and more training in communi...

During the negotiation of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement), there was clear recognition of the problems that developing countries would face in complying with the SPS Agreement. The agreement included provisions related to technical assistance and special differential treatment for developing countries. Both topics are discussed in the ...

E Broberg ([email protected])1, R Snacken1, C Adlhoch1, J Beauté1, M Galinska2, D Pereyaslov2, C Brown2, P Penttinen1, on behalf of the WHO European Region and the European Influenza Surveillance Network3 1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden 2. World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark 3. The members of t...

A gulf exists between the many potential opportunities to improve health by applying existing research evidence and the current inequalities in health in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region. The gaps between what could be achieved and what has been achieved need to be closed – or at least narrowed. Closing these gaps is a major challenge – and opportunity – as they are numerous. ...

Recent World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines not only advise countries on what treatment to give patients and when, but also how to roll this out in countries. Priya Shetty reports.

David E. Joranson, MSSW Senior Scientist, Director Pain & Policy Studies Group Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care 406 Science Drive, Suite 202 Madison, Wisconsin 53711-1068 tel 1 608 263 7662 fax 1 608 263 0259 [email protected] www.pa...

objective: parental self-efficacy is associated with increasing mental health in children. there is a paucity of research in iran on the role of parental self-efficacy in increasing mental health status of children. in this preliminary study, we studied the effectiveness of the world health organization international child development program (2002) for children aged 3 years and younger in incr...

The evolving domain of international health law encompasses increasingly diverse and complex concerns. Commentators agree that health development in the twenty-first century is likely to expand the use of conventional international law to create a framework for coordination and cooperation among states in an increasingly interdependent world. This article examines the forces and factors behind ...

members of the 67th world health assembly in 2014 were presented with a framework document to guide world health organization (who) engagement with non-state actors, a key part of who reform kick-started in 2011. according to this document, non-state actors include four distinct constituencies: i) nongovernmental organizations (ngos), ii) private sector entities; iii) philanthropic foundations;...