New checklist to make health estimates more transparent, accurate and reliable
The Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting, or GATHER, is a checklist of 18 best practices that sets the standard for disclosing how health estimates are developed. The GATHER checklist was developed by WHO and researchers from around the world including the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle, and was published today in the Lancet and PLOS Medicine. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 28, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: mortality [subject], death, death rate, adult mortality, child mortality, neonate mortality, fatal outcome, research [subject], health research, statistics [subject], data, health statistics, Feature [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO ’s Health Emergencies Programme begins with experience
Disease outbreaks can occur anywhere, anytime, with consequences that can shatter communities. Emergencies of all kinds – conflict, disasters – can cause lasting damage to people’s health. Today, 130 million people are affected by humanitarian crises across the globe. And they cite health as one of their top concerns. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], European Region [region], Feature [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme begins with experience
Disease outbreaks can occur anywhere, anytime, with consequences that can shatter communities. Emergencies of all kinds – conflict, disasters – can cause lasting damage to people’s health. Today, 130 million people are affected by humanitarian crises across the globe. And they cite health as one of their top concerns. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: disasters [subject], natural disasters, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, yellow fever [subject], European Region [region], Feature [doctype], Ukraine [country] Source Type: news
Treating yellow fever patients in Angola
Angola has reported close to 3000 suspected yellow fever cases. Despite extensive mass vaccination campaigns in several provinces, circulation of the virus persists. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, hospitals [subject], yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], African Region [region], Angola [country], Feature [doctype] Source Type: news
WHO supports the Democratic Republic of the Congo to contain a yellow fever outbreak
Concern is growing about the spread of the disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in border zones and in densely populated Kinshasa, home to more than 10 million people. Kisenso, one of Kinshasa’s 35 health zones, has seen a cluster of suspect and confirmed cases of yellow fever among children living in neighbouring streets. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], African Region [region], Democratic Republic of the Congo [country], Feature [doctype] Source Type: news
A race against time: treating yellow fever patients in Angola
Angola has reported close to 3000 suspected yellow fever cases. Despite extensive mass vaccination campaigns in several provinces, circulation of the virus persists. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, hospitals [subject], yellow fever [subject], yellow fever [subject], African Region [region], Angola [country], Feature [doctype] Source Type: news
New data initiative helps Morocco lift lid on country’s risk factors for noncommunicable diseases
Rabat’s winding streets have long witnessed the bustling of shoppers, merchants and people from many walks of life. Joining the crowds soon will be specially trained health sector sleuths. They will be knocking on doors in this coastal city and throughout Morocco in teams of 4, armed with electronic tablets, asking household residents for signs of the main risk factors of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: health surveys [subject], health care surveys, Eastern Mediterranean Region [region], Morocco [country] Source Type: news
What is WHO's role in mass gatherings?
A mass gathering is a planned or spontaneous event where the number of people attending is sufficient to strain the planning and response resources of the community or country hosting the event. The Olympic Games are an example of a mass gathering. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 21, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: cancer [subject], cervical cancer, food safety [subject], food poisoning, pesticide [subject], insecticides, fungicides, risk assessment [subject], zika Source Type: news
What are the International Health Regulations and Emergency Committees?
The International Health Regulations aim is to help the international community prevent and respond to acute public health risks that have the potential to cross borders and threaten people worldwide. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, infectious disease [subject], communicable diseases, international health regulations [subject], ihr, international health regulations [subject], ihr, public health surveillanc Source Type: news
What are the International Health Regulations?
The International Health Regulations aim is to help the international community prevent and respond to acute public health risks that have the potential to cross borders and threaten people worldwide. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 20, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, infectious disease [subject], communicable diseases, international health regulations [subject], ihr, international health regulations [subject], ihr, public health surveillanc Source Type: news
Yellow fever global vaccine stockpile in emergencies
In 2016, almost 15 million doses of Yellow fever vaccine had been distributed for emergency vaccination campaigns in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, immunization [subject], vaccination, vaccines [subject], vaccine, vaccine safety, vaccine quality Source Type: news
International Health Regulations and Emergency Committees
The International Health Regulations, or IHR (2005), represent an agreement between 196 WHO Member States and Parties to work together for global health security. Through the IHR, countries have agreed to build their capacities to detect, assess and report public health risks and emergencies that can have devastating impacts on human health and economies. The Emergency Committee is made up of international experts to provide technical advice to the WHO Director-General. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 13, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: communicable disease [subject], infectious diseases, dengue [subject], dengue haemhorragic fever, dengue fever, dengue virus, emergencies [subject], emergency preparedness, crises, emergency preparedness, infectious disease [subject], communicable disease Source Type: news
10 facts on blood transfusion
Facts about blood donation, blood transfusion safety. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 8, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: blood safety [subject], safe blood, blood transfusion [subject], blood transfusions, blood transfusion safety, Feature [doctype] Source Type: news
10 facts on yaws eradication
Yaws is a chronic infectious disease that is closely linked to poverty. It is eradicable as humans are the only hosts. A global campaign using benzathine penicillin injection reduced 95% of global cases in the late 1960s. However, abandonment of programmes and weak surveillance led to resurgence in many countries, prompting WHO to re-start control programmes in 2007. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - June 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: neglected tropical disease [subject], neglected tropical disease [subject], poverty [subject], tropical disease [subject], tropical disease [subject], Feature [doctype], India [country], South-East Asia Region [region] Source Type: news
What is guinea worm? Is it a real worm?
Q: What is guinea worm? Is it a real worm? A: Guinea worm is, in fact, a real worm. It is a large nematode, Dracunculus medinensis, which is ingested through drinking contaminated water. The condition is known as dracunculiasis or guinea-worm disease. The worm eventually causes a debilitating and painful infection that begins with a blister, normally on the leg. Around the time of its eruption, the person may experience itching, fever, swelling, severe pain and a burning sensation. (Source: WHO Feature Stories)
Source: WHO Feature Stories - May 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: dracunculiasis [subject], dracunculus medinensis, guinea-worm disease, tropical disease [subject], tropical disease [subject], water [subject], safe water, wastewater, greywater, clean water, African Region [region], Guinea [country], Q & A [doctype] Source Type: news
