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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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WHO condemns genital cutting on women
- 2006-09-24
GENEVA -- The World Health Organization WHO recently called female genital cutting a form of torture that must be stamped out, even if carried out by trained medical personnel. The "medicalization" of ritual genital cutting fails to prevent girls from being permanently scarred, threatening their lives when they give...
A Global Family: The Paradigm Shift That Will Enable Us To Achieve The MDGs Rapidly and Effectively
- 2006-07-01
This brief report reviews the need for a new mindset, that of "a global family," in order to achieve the MDGs in a more rapid way than we have thus far. The article warns for some important issues to be considered in formulating the indicators toward achieving the MDGs, reviews...
'Fuel for life': household energy and health
- 2006-07-01
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION FROM COOKING AND HEATING with solid fuels, including wood, dung and coal on open fires or traditional stoves, is responsible for at least 1.5 million deaths every year worldwide. Such pollution causes acute lower respiratory infections in children under five years of age and chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Disability in the Majority World: the facts
- 2005-11-01
People with disabilities are low on the list of official priorities, especially in the Majority World. There is no accurate data to reflect their lives. International institutions like the United Nations are aiming to change this. Losing count * The World Health Organization WHO estimates that 10% of...
Solving global water crisis 'Moral Imperative', access to water human right, Mikhail Gorbachev tells Sustainable Development Commission on second day of Commission's high-level segment; Focus remains on turning past political commitments into action; page
- 2005-04-22
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 April 2005-UN: Solving global water crisis 'Moral Imperative', access to water human right, Mikhail Gorbachev tells Sustainable Development Commission on second day of Commission's high-level segment; Focus remains on turning past political commitments into action; page 1 of 9C1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ...
Does Abortion Access Protect Women's Health?
- 2004-06-01
Jeanne E. Head, a retired labor and delivery nurse, is vice president for international affairs and UN representative for the National Right to Life Committee. Laura Hussey is a Ph.D. student and research assistant for the National Right to Life Committee. Just as abortion...
Permanent Forum speakers stress need to ensure adequate health care for indigenous peoples, incorporate traditional medicine into health systems.
- 2004-05-20
M2 PRESSWIRE-20 May 2004-UN: Permanent Forum speakers stress need to ensure adequate health care for indigenous peoples, incorporate traditional medicine into health systemsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05192004 Asking what good would come of achieving respect for indigenous peoples' human rights...
Cooking stoves pollute a third of the world's homes. Hugh Warwick breaks the silence of the killer in the kitchen
- 2004-04-01
If you had a magic wand, where would you wave it first? Okay, let's be specific. If your magic wand could help to alleviate the woes of the world--rather than your own bank balance and other imperfections--what would you wave it at? Would the cooking fires of the poorest people...
Malaria in Africa today
- 2004-03-01
Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds and more than I million people annually in Africa. According to the Africa Malaria Report-2003, the disease continues to take its greatest toll on very young children, mostly under the age of five, and pregnant women south of the Sahara. New analyses confirm...
Managing motherhood, managing risk: fertility and danger in West Central Tanzania.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
- 2004-03-01
ALLEN, DENISE ROTH. Managing motherhood, managing risk: fertility and danger in West Central Tanzania. xxii. 303 pp., map, tables, illus., bibliogr. Ann Arbor: Univ. Michigan Press, 2002. [pounds sterling]42.50 cloth Taking the Safe Motherhood Initiative of the World Health Organization WHO as the...
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