Sentences with phrase «global public health emergency»

By February 2016, the World Health Organization had declared the epidemic a global public health emergency, based largely on the virus» newly - established link to microcephaly and other major birth defects in babies born to infected mothers.

The WHO's declaration of a global public health emergency is the third ever made under international regulations enacted in 2007; the first came in 2009 during the H1N1 influenza epidemic and the second in May, warning of the potential for international spread of the polio virus.

«The consequences of resistance spreading further into India and Africa could be grave if drug resistance is not tackled from a global public health emergency perspective.»

Joon said as a result of this over the years, ECOSOC had been conveying special meetings to address global public health emergencies and promote a coordinated strategic response.

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The Zika virus has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, a rare designation indicating that a coordinated global response is nhealth emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, a rare designation indicating that a coordinated global response is nHealth Organization, a rare designation indicating that a coordinated global response is needed.

Dye, director of strategy in the Office of the Director General at the World Health Organization, said in his 12 February plenary address at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting that the Ebola crisis demonstrated where global teamwork succeeded and failed during the emergency — in an era where WHO's share of international public health funding has decHealth Organization, said in his 12 February plenary address at the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting that the Ebola crisis demonstrated where global teamwork succeeded and failed during the emergency — in an era where WHO's share of international public health funding has dechealth funding has declined.

The virus remains unchecked because of the lack of a global effort to implement emergency public - health measures

The outspoken head of the Mahidol group, Nicholas White, has urged the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, a designation reserved for the most serious outbreaks that pose a global threat.

«Racial - ethnic minorities suffer more strokes and worse stroke outcomes than White Americans and they often show up later to an emergency room to seek critical treatments,» said Bernadette Boden - Albala, M.P.H., Dr.PH., lead author and professor of public health, dentistry and neurology and associate dean of program development, at Global Institute of Public Health at New York Univepublic health, dentistry and neurology and associate dean of program development, at Global Institute of Public Health at New York Univehealth, dentistry and neurology and associate dean of program development, at Global Institute of Public Health at New York UnivePublic Health at New York UniveHealth at New York University.

If the panel had said yes to an emergency declaration, however, it also faced the risk of losing public trust if MERS failed to become a serious global health problem, he notes.

The second thing we did, and I'm really pleased to tell you that as awful as this has been for the countries involved, and it has been and remains awful when it happens, we invested specifically in the nearby countries: Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, to make sure it didn't go further and create a global emergency that just the scope of which would overwhelm all of our public health efforts.

Sima Sharara, from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, and Souha Kanj, from the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon, briefly describe the devastating effects of the conflict on the Syrian healthcare system and focus on the increasing number of cases of poliomyelitis, measles, and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the region, which they say is nothing short of a regional, and arguably global, public health emergency.

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The audience for this dictionary includes medical professionals working in multilingual environments; global health professionals in tourist areas; professionals in public health, humanitarian medicine, emergency disaster management, rescue teams and above all, frequent travellers disposed to any kind of danger or health risk and therefore in the need of medical assistance while in some foreign speaking country.

Dr. Ross Donaldson is the Director of the Emergency Medicine Global Health Program at the Harbor - UCLA Medical Center and holds appointments in the UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health.

WHO's job will be made harder by the growing threat and worsening impacts of climate change For nearly seven decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) has served as the international authority on issues in global health, working continuously to combat disease, promote public health, and support countries and communities who have been struck by natural disasters and other health emergeHealth Organization (WHO) has served as the international authority on issues in global health, working continuously to combat disease, promote public health, and support countries and communities who have been struck by natural disasters and other health emergehealth, working continuously to combat disease, promote public health, and support countries and communities who have been struck by natural disasters and other health emergehealth, and support countries and communities who have been struck by natural disasters and other health emergehealth emergencies.