Implementing the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) relies heavily on enforcement. Little is known of the way different enforcement agencies operate, prioritise or network. A questionnaire was sent to representatives of the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) in 36 countries. Tobacco control was given low priority. Almost two third...

In 1981, the World Health Organization (WHO) together with the Fédération Dentaire Internationale (FDI) set global dental health goals for the year 2000 within the global strategy of health for all. In 1999, a team of experts drew up new goals to be achieved by 2020, which aimed to facilitate specific oral health policy development for each country. These goals are more general and have to be a...

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In 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the report of its Commission on Social Determinants of Health--Closing the Gap in a Generation. We describe how the report was initially received, what went into shaping the report during the months of its preparation and what more can be done now to realize the ultimate goal: population-level reduction in inequalities. As we find the Report...

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379 1Project Manager, Department of Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. 2Technical Officer (Legal), WHO Framework Convention Tobacco Control Secretariat, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. 3Regional Adviser, Tobacco Free Initiative, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, Regional Offic...

a Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. b Department of Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Correspondence to Kumanan Rasanathan (e-mail: [email protected]). (Submitted: 30 April 2009 – Revised version received: 22 July 2009 – Accepted: 23 July 2009 – Published o...