scholarly journals Guest Editorial

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Russell Renhard ◽  
Steve Einfeld
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Guest Editorial ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health Organization

This is the first occasion the Journal has published a special issue on safety and quality in primary health, although of course individual articles on the subject have appeared in its pages. The timing of the issue reflects significant world-wide interest evidenced in a growth of specialist safety and quality-related journals, conferences, World Health Organization programs, as well as policy initiatives by governments all over the world.

scholarly journals The 2016 Vaccine Development Pipeline: A special issue from the World Health Organization Product Development for Vaccine Advisory Committee (PDVAC)

Vaccine ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (26) ◽  
pp. 2863-2864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitte K. Giersing ◽  
Kayvon Modjarrad ◽  
David C. Kaslow ◽  
Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele ◽  
Vasee S. Moorthy
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Pipeline ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals The Year of the Nurse during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-757
Author(s):  
Anna Bartosiewicz ◽  
Kinga Harpula ◽  
Edyta Łuszczki
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
World Health ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Conditions Of Employment

The year 2020 was established by the World Health Organization as The Year of the Nurse and Midwife to emphasize the importance of this profession to the healthcare system. Strange but true, nurses around the world celebrated it by being frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the phrase “Nursing Now” has become more important than ever. The main aim of this article was to draw attention to the fact that 2020 was the Year of the Nurse and Midwife and, indeed, their role in the fight against the pandemic is difficult overlook. Through the use of available scientific databases, documents and scientific publications related to the subject were collected and analyzed. Nurses are able to fulfill their duties as long as they are properly rewarded and provided not only with support but also better terms and conditions of employment. The investment in nurses should also be treated as an investment in the healthcare system.

scholarly journals Twin Mammals and COVID-19: Life and Science of the Suspects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser A. Anjum
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Current Outbreak ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Way

The world is puzzling over the origin of the current outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that is caused by a novel coronavirus-2019 (2019-nCoV). As of 25th March 2020, the World Health Organization has reported 4,14,179 confirmed cases and 18,440 confirmed deaths in total due to COVID-19. To this end, two unique mammals namely bats and pangolins are being investigated for their potential link to COVID-19. However, the evidence so far gathered in this context is far from clear. This paper aimed to: (i) enlighten the major aspects of life of bats and pangolins; (ii) briefly discusses their potential link to COVID-19; and also (iii) to highlight the way forward. The outcomes may contribute to future research on the subject.

An Overview of Primary Health Care

1976 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Fry
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
World Health ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Primary health care has become a focus of interest from the World Health Organization down. The hopes that more emphasis on primary care will lead to less expensive and better care will not be realized unless a more critical analysis of its problems is undertaken and some of its defects and deficiencies put right. Its roles must be better defined and the work shared within a team; training and education must be more related to its needs; and much sharper research is required to decide what is useful and what is useless.

scholarly journals Special Issue: Preterm Birth: Research, Intervention and Developmental Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3169
Author(s):  
Annalisa Guarini ◽  
Miguel Pérez Pereira ◽  
Anneloes van Baar ◽  
Alessandra Sansavini
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Developmental Outcomes ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

As indicated by the World Health Organization, preterm birth is a relevant public health issue, being one of the leading causes of death in children under five years of age [...]

scholarly journals Visualising Primary Health Care: World Health Organization Representations of Community Health Workers, 1970–89

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Medcalf ◽  
João Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Community Health Workers ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

For the World Health Organization (WHO), the 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration marked a move away from the disease-specific and technologically-focused programmes of the 1950s and 1960s towards a reimagined strategy to provide ‘Health for All by the Year 2000’. This new approach was centred on primary health care, a vision based on acceptable methods and appropriate technologies, devised in collaboration with communities and dependent on their full participation. Since 1948, the WHO had used mass communications strategies to publicise its initiatives and shape public attitudes, and the policy shift in the 1970s required a new visual strategy. In this context, community health workers (CHWs) played a central role as key visual identifiers of Health for All. This article examines a period of picturing and public information work on the part of the WHO regarding CHWs. It sets out to understand how the visual politics of the WHO changed to accommodate PHC as a new priority programme from the 1970s onwards. The argument tracks attempts to define CHWs and examines the techniques employed by the WHO during the 1970s and early 1980s to promote the concept to different audiences around the world. It then moves to explore how the process was evaluated, as well as the difficulties in procuring fresh imagery. Finally, the article traces these representations through the 1980s, when community approaches came under sustained pressure from external and internal factors and imagery took on the supplementary role of defending the concept.

scholarly journals Twin Mammals and COVID-19: Life and Science of the Suspects

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser A. Anjum
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Current Outbreak ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Way

The world is puzzling over the origin of the current outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that is caused by a novel coronavirus-2019 (2019-nCoV). As of 26th March 2020, the World Health Organization has reported 46,2,684 confirmed cases and 20,834 confirmed deaths in total due to COVID-19. To this end, two unique mammals namely bats and pangolins are being investigated for their potential link to COVID-19. However, the evidence so far gathered in this context is far from clear. This paper aimed to: (i) enlighten the major aspects of life of bats and pangolins; (ii) briefly discusses their potential link to COVID-19; and also (iii) to highlight the way forward. The outcomes may contribute to future research on the subject.

A Clinical Study on the efficacy of Ashvagandha Ksheerapaka in Stree Vandhyatva w.s.r. to Anovulation

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajani Kagga ◽  
Vishwesh B. N.
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Clinical Study ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Wide ◽  
World Health ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Induction Of Ovulation ◽  
The World ◽  
Fertility Problems ◽  
Health Organization

Fertility is an existential necessity and as such has assumed over whelming importance from time immemorial. However, not all couples who desire a pregnancy will achieve one spontaneously and a proportion of couples will need medical help to resolve underlying fertility problems. Infertility has been recognized as a public health issue world wide by the World Health Organization. Infertility severely affects the couples psychologically, sexually and socially. Anovulation accounts for 25 - 40% of the female infertility. Ayurveda offers several potent combinations in such a condition. The aim of the present paper is to address this problem by studying the efficacy of Ashvagandha Ksheerapaka in the induction of ovulation

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