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WHO is a specialized agency of the UNITED NATIONS system, and is the leading technical agency on matters relating to public health, worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been providing technical assistance to the Government of the Peoples? Republic of Bangladesh for the development and strengthening of the country?s public health systems since 1972. WHO defines health "as a state of complete, physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". To realize the objective of attaining the highest possible level of health by all people, WHO has formulated a corporate strategy comprised of seven strategic directions and six core functions, which provide a broad framework for focusing WHO's collaboration with countries. In addition, a six-year Medium-term Strategic Plan based on thirteen strategic objectives (SOs) has been developed for Bangladesh and other SEAR countries.
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A study released by the Geneva-based World Health Organization has noted the key role of faith-based organizations in HIV prevention and care, but says greater collaboration is needed between them and public health agencies
- 2007-03-06
A study released by the Geneva-based World Health Organization has noted the key role of faith-based organizations in HIV prevention and care, but says greater collaboration is needed between them and public health agencies. Such cooperation will be necessary, the WHO said, if progress is to be made toward the...
Humanitarian Agencies Marshal Support for Lebanon
- 2006-07-18
BEIRUT, Lebanon ENS — --> With access to medical care, water, sanitation and other heath necessities in Lebanon severely limited by Israeli attacks, United Nations humanitarian agencies have stepped up preparations for a coordinated, regional response to the crisis, the World Health Organization WHO said today. "Access to health...
UN agencies supporting Government of Indonesia in response to Java quake.
- 2006-06-02
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 June 2006-UN: UN agencies supporting Government of Indonesia in response to Java quakeC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01062006 NEW YORK, OCHA - Six days after the destructive earthquake, which struck Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia, the Government ...
A welcome sight: it is in dealing with humanitarian issues, both chronic and acute, that the United Nations is perhaps at its best.(UNITED NATIONS--HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES)
- 2005-09-01
Humanitarian disasters can occur anywhere, any time. Newspapers around the world continually report on floods, drought, earthquakes, and conflicts that kill and displace people, leaving communities paralyzed. In the midst of such disasters, UN organizations supply food, shelter, medicines, and other support to...
UN agencies bring aid to Central African flood victims
- 2005-08-21
BANGUI AFP — UN agencies have brought emergency relief and medical aid to some 22,500 people left homeless from flooding caused by heavy rains that have battered the Central African capital for the past few weeks. The World Health Organization WTO has provided treatment for about 1,000 cases of...
Angola detects first case of polio since 2001: UN agency
- 2005-07-03
GENEVA AFP — Angola has detected its first case of polio since 2001, when the disease was believed to have been eradicated in the west African country, the World Health Organization WHO said. Angolan health authorities warned the United Nations health agency at the end of June that a...
World water situation "unacceptable," says UN health agency
- 2005-03-21
GENEVA AFP — The head of the World Health Organization said the lack of clean drinking water in much of the world, with its accompanying pandemic of diarrhoeal diseases constituted "an unacceptable situation." WHO Director-General Lee Jong-Wook said an estimated 30,000 people, most of them children, die of such...
UN reports that food borne illnesses on the rise
- 2004-11-08
At least two billion people a year get sick from contaminated food, and the number is growing, according to United Nations (U.N.) health agencies. Illness from food-borne disease, which can lead to death, affects every country of the world, said the World Health Organization WHO and the Food and Agriculture...
Humanitarian agencies respond to health needs of blast victims in Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- 2004-04-30
M2 PRESSWIRE-30 April 2004-UN: Humanitarian agencies respond to health needs of blast victims in Democratic People's Republic of KoreaC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04292004 New York, OCHA -- United Nations humanitarian agencies are stepping up their efforts to meet the health needs...
Rotary chief helps at inoculation event.(Neighbor)(Your news)
- 2004-04-26
Long Grove Rotarian and Barrington resident Prem Advani was one of 176 volunteers who participated in the National Immunization Days campaign in India this past February. In 1985, Rotary launched the PolioPlus program to protect children worldwide from the cruel and fatal consequences of...
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