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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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NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services: 621999
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Controlling Infectious Diseases
- 2006-06-01
The 20th century was a triumph for human health and longevity. An Indian born in 1900 had a life expectancy of 22 years; an American baby born that year could expect to live about 49 years. By century's end life expectancy had soared to unprecedented levels even in many poor...
China reports 70,000 new HIV infections in 2005
- 2006-05-21
BEIJING -- International health organizations warn that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is spreading to Chinas general population, after another 70,000 people contracted the virus last year, bringing the country's total to 650,000. The figures were released in a joint statement by China's Health Ministry, the World Health Organization WHO and...
Avian flu from an occupational health perspective.
- 2005-03-01
ABSTRACT. Although a pandemic scenario necessarily involves a situation in which a large number of people become infected in a nonoccupational setting, past infectious disease events have highlighted the unique role that occupational exposure may play in the emergence of disease in humans. While small-scale poultry...
The AIDS challenge.(Editorials)(US to spend money fighting AIDS, but Bush limits programs' effectiveness)
- 2003-12-22
This World AIDS Day we were greeted by new, more accurate data from the World Health Organization WHO confirming the astonishing scope of the global epidemic: Some 40 million are now infected, with 5 million new infections and 3 million deaths in 2003 alone. AIDS is the...
Epidemic from China is encircling globe - Morbid Mystery Tour
- 2003-03-29
An outbreak of deadly pneumonia that seems to have begun in southern China spread this month to at least two other continents, including North America. Initial tests have given clues to the identity of the pathogen involved in the infection, which health officials have dubbed severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS....
Mysterious pneumonia cases in H.K. jump to 83
- 2003-03-17
HONG KONG, March 17 Kyodo Hong Kong's top health official urged the international community Monday to be ''sensible'' in tackling a mysterious fatal and contagious pneumonia, rather than to create a ''global panic'' of the infection. The appeal from Yeoh Eng-kiong, the territory's secretary for...
Infectious diseases--New and ancient threats to world health
- 1997-07-01
When smallpox was eradicated from the globe in the late 1970s, many health experts assumed that infectious and parasitic diseases IPDs could at long last be conquered. Death rates from infectious and parasitic diseases had declined during the late 19th century and throughout the 20th century thanks to better public...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Duangvadee Sungkhobol | Representative |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| World Health Organization - Bangladesh | Representative | Current |
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