State of the world's nursing 2025
<p>Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent
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WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2015
Too few governments levy appropriate levels of tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. They therefore miss out on a proven, low-cost measure to curb demand for tobacco, save lives and generate funds
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Progress on sanitation and drinking water: 2015 update and MDG assessment
Lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water, warn WHO and UNICEF in a report tracking access to drinking water
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State of inequality: reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health
The report looks at the state of inequality in health, answering key questions: according to the latest available data, what is the status of inequality across and within countries? How have levels of
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Tracking universal health coverage: first global monitoring report
This report is the first of its kind to measure health service coverage and financial protection to assess countries’ progress towards universal health coverage. It shows that at least 400 million people
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Worldwide country situation analysis: response to antimicrobial resistance
<p>Over a 2-year period, from 2013 to 2014, WHO undertook an initial “country situation analysis” in order to determine the extent to which effective practices and structures to address antimicrobial
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Global vaccination targets ‘off-track’ warns WHO
<p>GENEVA – Progress towards global vaccination targets for 2015 is far off-track with 1 in 5 children still missing out on routine life-saving immunizations that could avert 1.5 million deaths each
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Ebola Situation Report- 15 April 2015
A total of 37 confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was reported in the week to 12 April, compared with 30 the previous week. Case incidence in Guinea increased to 28, compared with 21 confirmed
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A quality management system that led to Liberia’s success in fighting Ebola
Liberia, where the Ebola outbreak seeing exponential growth in cases last September and treatment centers filled up the day they opened, started to turn back the epidemic when it organized and empowered
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Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014
Urgent government action is needed to meet global targets to reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), and prevent the annual toll of 16 million people dying prematurely – before the age of
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2004 tsunami – 10 years of recovery in photos
<p>Triggered by severe earthquakes off the northwest tip of Indonesia, early on Sunday 26 December 2004, a tsunami brought catastrophe to South-East Asia.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://www.searo.who.int/entity/emergencies/10-years-recovery-from-the-2004-tsunami/2004-tsunami-photostory-1.png"