World Health Projects and Programs

                       
                      Many organizations are now making may projects and programs about the promotion of  healthcare around the world. One of these organization is the the World Health Organization. World Health Organization  (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is concerned with the international public health. This organization aims to, firstly, "to address the underlying social and economic determinants of health through policies and programs that enhance health equity and integrate pro-poor, gender-responsive, and human rights-based approaches" and secondly "to promote a healthier environment, intensify primary prevention and influence public policies in all sectors so as to address the root causes of environmental threats to health". Some of the programs or projects of World Health Organization are listed below:

                     

22 October 2014 - A new special supplement of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes is dedicated to INSPIRE, a special initiative for implementation research supported by WHO and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada. While the scientific proof for effective interventions to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission has long been established, there are many barriers seen in countries to fully implement the WHO recommendations. The articles demonstrate how countries have been leading implementation research initiatives to investigate and address major bottlenecks, and to test new approaches to understanding and overcoming barriers to the adoption, adaptation, integration, scale-up, and sustainability of evidence-based interventions to prevent and eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

GARD is a voluntary alliance of national and international organizations, institutions, and agencies committed towards the common goal to reduce the global burden of respiratory diseases. The Global Alliance is part of the global work to prevent and control chronic diseases. Because most of the chronic respiratory diseases are under-diagnosed, under-treated and the access to essential medications in many countries is poor, a global effort to improve the diagnosis and the medical care is needed. The Global Alliance was officially launched on 28 March 2006 in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

The preparatory process leading towards ICN2 was jointly organized by FAO and WHO. FAO and WHO are both helping governments in their national efforts to address malnutrition, which currently affects more than half the world’s population and represents the single biggest contributor to child mortality. One of the major problems encountered in many countries is the lack of policy coherence across sectors -- ranging from trade to agriculture and public health -- to ensure that all people have access to adequate, safe, diversified and nutrient-rich food that contribute to healthy diets.

Through panel discussions and case studies, the participants discussed how INFOSAN activities should be linked to other food safety programs in the region and be bridged with the International Health Regulations (2005). They shared experiences and national solutions between countries on various aspects of food safety. Most importantly, participants worked in small groups and contributed to the development of a new strategic document which will guide regional participation in INFOSAN. Proactive participation of countries in INFOSAN will lead to timelier response to food safety emergencies and protection of public health.

Monitoring of adverse events following immunization (AEFI) is an essential strategy for ensuring the safety of vaccines. This new manual provides guidance on setting-up AEFI surveillance systems with standardized methodologies and tools. It addresses the investigation of AEFI, how to analyze surveillance data, causality assessment and how to respond to serious AEFI, including communication. It also includes a description of the most common vaccine reactions provides references to the most recent references in vaccine pharmacovigilance.The manual is currently being translated in French and Spanish.

Due to the urgency of the Ebola outbreak and the WHO’s scale up of international response in west Africa, WHO is providing technical information on appropriate available essential medical devices which are indispensable for treatment centres, community-based units and other preventive activities, in affected and neighbouring countries.

10 October 2014: Schizophrenia is a severe mental health disorder, affecting more than 21 million people worldwide. People living with schizophrenia, or another severe mental disorder, die on average 10-25 years earlier than the general population. On World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October, WHO is calling attention to steps that can be taken to help people with schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders live longer, healthier lives.

 On 10 April 2014 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on “Improving global road safety”. The resolution was sponsored by the Government of the Russian Federation and co-sponsored by dozens of other countries. Among key decisions, the resolution welcomes the offer of the Government of Brazil to host the Second Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in 2015; encourages the inclusion of road safety in the post-2015 development agenda; invites WHO to continue monitoring progress in the Decade of Action; and requests organization of the Third UN Global Road Safety Week in 2015 on children and road safety.

          Those listed above are some of the programs or projects of World Health Organization in partnership with other organizations also in the world. We should take good care of our health  is very important for us to do things normally without any diseases in your body.

INSIGHT

Ever since we lived in the modern times, many foods, gadgets, etc. are being invented nowadays,  and many diseases are being studied because there are many sickness are experiencing by some people around the world. So as people, we need to take good care of ourselves so that we can do the the things that we want to do and what we have to do in our life for the next years. We have to limit ourselves in many things and we have to make our lives healthy by doing healthy gestures. Like eating healthy food, have a balanced diet, have a proper exercise, etc. and you will live your life healthy and less problem to worry about. 

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