It has also been successful in helping to reduce cases by 99 % since the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched in 1988, which partnered WHO with Rotary International, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) and the United Nations Children ’ s Fund ( UNICEF ), as well as smaller organizations.

In August 2002, Younes was appointed as WHO ’ s Executive Director in charge of External Relations and Governing Bodies.

Her position included responsibility for relations with WHO ’ s Member States, resource mobilization and WHO ’ s governing bodies.

According to the World Health Organization ( WHO ), more than a million people are killed on the world ’ s roads each year.

By 1964 the America Surgeon ’ s General report on smoking and health included four features that characterize drug habituation according to WHO: 1 ) “ a desire ( but not a compulsion ) to continue taking the drug for the sense of improved well-being which it engenders ”; 2 ) “ little or no tendency to increase the dose ”; 3 ) “ some degree of psychic dependence on the effect of the drug, but absence of physical dependence and hence of an abstinence syndrome ”; 4 )” detrimental effects, if any, primarily on the individual ”.

The WHO has conducted a survey of available data and studies globally to assess the extent of this issue and issued a chapter-length report, called “ Sexual Violence ," as part of the WHO ’ s larger 2002 “ World Report on Violence and Health .” The report states that, globally, one in four women will likely experience sexual violence by an intimate partner and one in three girls report their first sexual experience being forced.

Founded in 1942, it is the largest comprehensive children ’ s hospital in China, as well as the national paediatrics base, paediatric disease prevention, and a treatment center with the collaboration of WHO and UN Children Found.

Founded in 1959, it is the largest specialized obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Beijing, advanced in perinatology and women ’ s reproduction health, and also serves as WHO research and training center for women ’ s health in China.

The ICF classification complements WHO ’ s International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision ( ICD ), which contains information on diagnosis and health condition, but not on functional status.

This theme then becomes the central component of the WHO ’ s tobacco-related agenda for the following year.

In many of its WNTD themes and related publicity-materials, the WHO emphasizes the idea of “ truth .” Theme titles such as “ Tobacco kills, don ’ t be duped ” ( 2000 ) and “ Tobacco: deadly in any form or disguise ” ( 2006 ) indicate a WHO belief that individuals may be misled or confused about the true nature of tobacco ; the rationale for the 2000 and 2008 WNTD themes identify the marketing strategies and “ illusions ” created by the tobacco industry as a primary source of this confusion.

The WHO ’ s WNTD materials present an alternate understanding of the “ facts ” as seen from a global public health perspective.

Part of the WHO ’ s " Strategy to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis " targets hygiene promotion programs in order to alleviate the suffering of affected individuals ( see Prevention Strategies ).

He is a consultant to the WHO where he chaired the technical advisory committee of the Nations for Mental Health Action Program and in December 2002 gave the keynote address to the WHO ’ s first international conference on global mental health research.

In GAVI ’ s first decade, 288 million children have been immunised against lifethreatening diseases including diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis ( whooping cough ), hepatitis B, Hib and yellow fever, and more than five million future deaths have been prevented ( 2010 WHO estimation ).

WHO ’ s Global Strategy on Reproductive Health, adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2004, noted: “ As a preventable cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, unsafe abortion must be dealt with as part of the MDG on improving maternal health and other international development goals and targets.

WHO ’ s Global Strategy on Reproductive Health, adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2004, noted: “ As a preventable cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, unsafe abortion must be dealt with as part of the MDG on improving maternal health and other international development goals and targets.

March 21, 2010 worldwide update by the U. N .' s World Health Organization ( WHO ) states that " 213 countries and overseas territories / communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16, 931 deaths.

According to Senomyx ’ s website, it " received a positive review by the Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, which determined that there were no safety concerns with the use of the Company ’ s savory flavor ingredients in foods.

The latest version came into use in WHO Member States starting in 1994.

The latest lymphoma classification, the 2008 WHO classification, largely abandoned the " Hodgkin " vs. " Non-Hodgkin " grouping.

The latest classification by the WHO ( 2008 ) lists 70 different forms of lymphoma divided in four broad groups.

The WHO Classification, published in 2001 and updated in 2008, is the latest classification of lymphoma and is based upon the foundations laid within the " Revised European-American Lymphoma classification " ( REAL ).

Although a significant degree of uncertainty exists with reference to the diagnosis, WHO report states, " Based on the latest laboratory results, a significant proportion of the samples tested positive for enterovirus 71 ( EV-71 ), which causes hand foot and mouth disease ( HFMD ).

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates that it accounted for 15 % of blindness cases in 1995, but only 3. 6 % in 2002.

The WHO estimates that 100 – 140 million women and girls around the world have experienced the procedure, including 92 million in Africa.

There are about 40, 000 new cases of XDR-TB per year, the WHO estimates.

The WHO estimates that yellow fever causes 200, 000 illnesses and 30, 000 deaths every year in unvaccinated populations ; today nearly 90 % of the infections occur in Africa.

Insufficient data exist, but conservative estimates from the WHO suggest that 90 million cases of Shigellosis are contracted annually, with at least 100, 000 of these resulting in death.

The WHO estimates that 94 percent of these diarrheal cases are preventable through modifications to the environment, including access to safe water.

The WHO estimates that although incidences vary between 2. 6 % and 33 %, the prevalence globally is approximately 10 % of breastfeeding women.

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates that 80 percent of the population of some Asian and African countries presently use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care.

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates that 80 percent of the population of some Asian and African countries presently use herbal medicine for some aspect of primary health care.

In the studies the WHO reviews, daily mercury exposure estimates range from 3 μg / day to 9 μg / day.

The WHO estimates that 2. 7 million deaths are attributable to a diet low in fruit and vegetable every year.

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates that nearly 10 million people die from preventable conditions such as diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, tuberculosis, vaccine-preventable diseases, and complications of childbirth.

The WHO Global Workforce Alliance estimates that there are 1 billion people alive today that will never see a health care professional.

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates that the world faces a shortage of 4. 3 million health professionals required for delivering essential health care services to populations in need ( New England ).

The WHO estimates that each year, 358 000 women die due to complications related to pregnancy and childbirth ; 99 % of these deaths occur within the most disadvantaged population groups living in the poorest countries of the world.

The World Health Organization ( WHO ) estimates a shortage of almost 4. 3 million physicians, midwives, nurses and support workers worldwide .”.

WHO estimates that up to 500, 000 people are on planes at any time.

The addictive properties of the drug nicotine in tobacco are often compared with heroin or cocaine, but tobacco is legal, even though the World Health Organization ( WHO ) in the 2002 World Health Report estimates that in developed countries, 26 % of male deaths and 9 % of female deaths can be attributed to tobacco smoking.