The ERF provides WHO staff with essential guidance on how the Organization manages the assessment, grading and response ...ighlight medbox">to public health events and emergencies with health consequences, in support of Member States and affected communities. The ERF adopts an all-hazards approach and it is therefore applicable in all acute public health events and emergencies.
This version (2024) of the WHO ERF has been developed following extensive consultation across the three levels of the Organization and response experiences over the last five years of emergency response. Key areas have been updated to improve the accountability, predictability, timeliness and effectiveness of WHO’s response to emergencies.
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The content of these guidelines goes beyond the technicalities of medical needs with additional insights into community empowerment, possible access to...pan> welfare and economic opportunities and similar issues. If these are adequately explored, the health and quality of life of people affected and their families would be greatly restored.
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Diabetes mellitus is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Scotland and worldwide, with an increasing prevalence. In 2009 there were around 228,000 people registered as having diabetes in Scotland, an increase of 3.6% from the preceding year. ...This increase relates, in part, to the increasing age of the population, an increase in obesity and also perhaps to increasing survival of those with diabetes.
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COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each other, how we work and communicate, how we move around and travel. Every aspect of our lives has been affected.
Early Childhood Matters is a journal about early childhood.
It looks at specific issues regarding the development
of young children, in particular from a psychosocial
perspective.
It is published twice per year by ...ight medbox">the Bernard
van Leer Foundation. The views expressed in Early Childhood
Matters are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect those of the Bernard van Leer Foundation. Work
featured is not necessarily funded by the Bernard van Leer
Foundation.
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An international field study by African and German theologicans and health workers.
Creating a common approach ro regulation, educational preparation and practice: future direction for nursing & midwifery development in the African Region
The report reflects on the trends, achievements and challenges in global health over the past de...cade during which Dr Margaret Chan has been Director-General of WHO. It discusses the role of WHO in dealing with such issues as the rise of noncommunicable diseases, leaps in life expectancy, and emerging threats like climate change and antimicrobial resistance.
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Experiences and recommendations from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Measures imposed by governments to prevent the spread ...of the disease, including lockdown restrictions, quarantines, physical distancing, and their economic and social consequences, further increase this distress and the risk of mental health problems.
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Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention
International Perspectives and Future Directions
Journal of Social Work in Developing Societies 13
Vol. 2(1): 13-25 , June 2020