The World Health Organization
The World Health Organization

Author: Yves Beigbeder

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 1998-11-24

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9789041110961

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This work presents the broad lines of the action and evolution of the World Health Organization (WHO). It identifies some of the problems WHO has had to face in the past, and will have to confront in the future. It discusses in detail the historical origins, WHO's objectives and the evolution of its strategy and programmes. It reviews its structures as well as the problems raised by its decentralization. It examines the Organization's action in the field of technical cooperation and looks into several of WHO's more important past and present programmes. In its general conclusion, it attempts to envisage the future of the Organization. The present study is based essentially on the official documentation of the WHO, open and restricted. The strength of this book lies in the personal experience of the main author, a former WHO official, who has orientated the book's research in specific directions and has added some complementary information.

Implementation of the Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000
Implementation of the Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9789241602877

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A global overview of changes in the world health situation as determined through an analysis of data submitted by 151 countries for 1985-1990 is provided in this second evaluation. Focused on a number of well defined indicators of health status and socioeconomic and environmental determinants, the report looks for trends, measures progress, defines problems and suggests programmes for continuing to strengthen health systems and improve the accessibility and quality of care. Emphasis is placed on factors linked to the increased coverage of primary health care, equity in health and sustainability in the national approaches employed.

Encyclopedia of Public Health
Encyclopedia of Public Health

Author: Wilhelm Kirch

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-06-13

Total Pages: 1611

ISBN-13: 1402056133

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The Encyclopedic Reference of Public Health presents the most important definitions, principles and general perspectives of public health, written by experts of the different fields. The work includes more than 2,500 alphabetical entries. Entries comprise review-style articles, detailed essays and short definitions. Numerous figures and tables enhance understanding of this little-understood topic. Solidly structured and inclusive, this two-volume reference is an invaluable tool for clinical scientists and practitioners in academia, health care and industry, as well as students, teachers and interested laypersons.

Global Responses to AIDS
Global Responses to AIDS

Author: Cristiana Bastos

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1999-11-22

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780253335906

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" . . . a coherent and fascinating social analysis of AIDS-related knowledge, examining the social facts of knowledge production and developments interior to communities of science." Medical Humanities Review " . . . a multilayered, composite approach that involves multisited ethnographic research in different spheres of the collective responses to AIDS . . . " —Choice The response to AIDS from various groups in developing knowledge of and about this health crisis is the focus of this revealing work. Rio de Janeiro serves as an observation point for the study of the intersecting worlds of activism, clinical practice, and biomedical research.

The Statesman's Year-Book 1984-85
The Statesman's Year-Book 1984-85

Author: J. Paxton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-15

Total Pages: 1717

ISBN-13: 0230271138

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The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.