World Health Organization

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Sciences & Technology

Everyone has a part to play in food safety

This WHO World Food Safety Day reminds us that everyone is susceptible to food-borne disease, but we can all help prevent illness with a few simple steps

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Health & Medicine

Promoting health in schools: Old idea, new opportunities

The WHO’s ‘health-promoting schools’ is an old idea, but finding new ways to fully realise its potential for young people globally has never been more urgent

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Politics & Society

The World Health Organization as pandemic police?

While the idea that the World Health Organization could investigate disease in countries like weapons inspectors is interesting, there are clear problems

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Health & Medicine

Many of the world’s women are mistreated during childbirth

New research shows that more than one-third of women in four low and middle-income countries are being mistreated when giving birth in health facilities

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Health & Medicine

Deadly snakebites and saving lives

Risking his life is all in a day’s work for Dr David Williams, the newly appointed chair of the World Health Organization’s specialist Snakebite Group

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Health & Medicine

Nothing plain about plain packaging

If Big Tobacco screams you can be sure something is working and Big Tobacco certainly screams about plain packaging

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Health & Medicine

Fighting against the tide

Chronic illnesses now outrank infectious diseases in the developing world. University of Melbourne researchers are working in India to fight them.

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Health & Medicine

Breastfeeding: The heart of the matter

World’s largest study confirms breastfeeding improves the health and intelligence of children and the wellbeing of their mothers

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Health & Medicine

Eat processed meat – but not every day

Don’t empty your fridge of bacon and other cured meats just yet. You need to be alert, not alarmed

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Health & Medicine

One week to save the world

Students tackle global public health challenges head on in the Emory Global Health Case Competition

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