Hospitals - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 29, 2024 · Hospitals complement and amplify the effectiveness of many other parts of the health system, providing continuous availability of services for acute and complex conditions. They concentrate scarce resources within well-planned referral networks to respond efficiently to population health needs. They are an essential element of Universal Health ...
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - World Health …
Nov 12, 2021 · Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus. It was first identified at the end of February 2003 during an outbreak that emerged in China and spread to 4 other countries. WHO co-ordinated the international investigation with the assistance of the Global Outbreak Alert and ...
WHO statement on attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital and reported …
Oct 17, 2023 · WHO strongly condemns the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. The hospital was operational, with patients, health and care givers, and internally displaced people sheltering there. Early reports indicate hundreds of fatalities and injuries.The hospital was one of 20 in the north of the Gaza Strip facing evacuation orders from the Israeli …
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London Global Cancer Week – Joint WHO-IAEA-IARC session. 11 November 2024 10:00 – 12:30 GMT. Regions. Africa. Americas. Eastern Mediterranean. Europe. South-East Asia. Western Pacific.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)
Aug 9, 2023 · COVID-19 is a disease caused by a virus. The most common symptoms are fever, chills, and sore throat, but there are a range of others. Most people make a full recovery without needing hospital treatment. People with severe symptoms should seek medical care as soon as possible. Over 760 million cases and 6.9 million deaths have been recorded ...
Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 4, 2024 · Primary health care is a whole-of-society approach to effectively organize and strengthen national health systems to bring services for health and wellbeing closer to communities. It has 3 components: integrated health services to meet people’s health needs throughout their lives. addressing the broader determinants of health through ...
Sepsis - World Health Organization (WHO)
May 3, 2024 · Sepsis is costly; the average hospital-wide cost of sepsis was estimated to be more than US$ 32 000 per patient in high-income countries (3). Overview Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that happens when the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection, causing organ dysfunction (4) .
Healthcare waste - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 24, 2024 · Key facts. Of the total amount of waste generated by healthcare activities, about 85% is general, non-hazardous waste. The remaining 15% is considered hazardous material that may be infectious, toxic, carcinogen, flammable, corrosive, reactive, explosive or radioactive. Every year an estimated 16 billion injections are administered worldwide ...
Diarrhoeal disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 7, 2024 · Diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity in the world, and mostly results from contaminated food and water sources. Worldwide, 780 million individuals lack access to improved drinking-water and 2.5 billion lack improved sanitation. Diarrhoea due to infection is widespread throughout developing countries.
Health financing - World Health Organization (WHO)
May 8, 2024 · Health financing. Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage by improving effective service coverage and financial protection. Today, millions of people do not access services due to the cost. Many others receive poor quality of services even when they pay out-of-pocket.