BACKGROUND Heat-waves present severe dangers to populations' health. Due to climate change, an increase in the frequency and intensity of heat-waves is to be expected. Public health measures to prevent negative health effects have been developed in several member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region over the past decade. METHODS This study presents the first comprehen...

Sir, Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Leprae. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines elimination as less than 1 case/10,000 population. In 2000, WHO declared the elimination of leprosy as a global public health problem when the global prevalence of leprosy fell below the defined level. Unfortunately, the incidence of leprosy as indicated by the number of new ...

1. Murray CJL, Lopez AD. Global health statistics: a compendium of incidence, prevalence and mortality estimates for over 200 conditions. Cambridge: Harvard School of Public Health on behalf of the World Health Organization and the World Bank, 1996. 2. Marder SR. Integrating pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2000; 102 (Suppl. 407): 87–90. 3. Bur...

This Summary Report was prepared for Agenda item 13.3 for the meeting of the World Health Assembly convened at the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 20 May 2005. It was in part, prepared from the Reports generaged by the Conference, Health Actions in Relation to Crises and Disasters, convened by the WHO in Phuket, Thailand, 04-06 May 2005.

Two days after the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS released the final version of their Guidance on Provider-initiated Testing and Counselling in Health Facilities (""he Guidelines"), OSI's Public Health Program issued an updated version of its paper on Increasing Access to HIV Testing and Counseling While Respecting Human Rights. Since then, as Ralf Jürgens reports, the paper has ser...

This article provides a brief critical examination of a 2002 report jointly issued by the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization on WTO law and public health. The author argues that the report is in many respects misleading as to the content of WTO law, as interpreted by the Appellate Body of the WTO, its final court. In particular, the WHO/WTO report systematically understa...

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Uruguay is hosting the WHO Global Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) this month, from 18-20 October. Tabaré Vázquez, the President of Uruguay, tells the Bulletin of the World Health Organization about his country's efforts to prevent and fight NCDs and why countries should step up the global response.

Protecting patients from harm is one of the most important things health professionals can do for their patients. However, an estimated 1 in 10 patients are harmed while receiving hospital care in high-income countries,1 and studies suggest that the rates of harm are higher in lowand middleincome countries.2 The World Health Organization (WHO) describes safety as a key dimension of quality heal...