scholarly journals The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and Their Consensus Recommendations

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Pittet ◽  
Benedetta Allegranzi ◽  
John Boyce ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World Health ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
International Experts

The World Health Organization's Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care have been issued by WHO Patient Safety on 5 May 2009 on the occasion of the launch of the Save Lives: Clean Your Hands initiative. The Guidelines represent the contribution of more than 100 international experts and provide a comprehensive overview of essential aspects of hand hygiene in health care, evidence- and consensus-based recommendations, and lessons learned from testing their Advanced Draft and related implementation tools.

The World Health Organization hand hygiene observation method

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 827-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Sax ◽  
Benedetta Allegranzi ◽  
Marie-Noëlle Chraïti ◽  
John Boyce ◽  
Elaine Larson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
Health Organization

Panel 2.9: Repair and Recovery of Health Systems

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 428-431
Author(s):  
Bjorn Melgaard ◽  
Maria Cristina Profili ◽  
Peter Heimann ◽  
Aryono Pusponegoro ◽  
Edward O'Rourke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
World Health ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractThis is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.9, Repair and Recovery of Health Systemsof the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04–06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to the repair and recovery of health systems as pertain to the damage created by the Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) needs assessment; (2) coordination; (3) filling gaps; (4) capacity building; (5) what was done well, and what should have been done better; (6) lessons learned; and (7) recommendations. Recommendations included: (1) how to make health systems better prepared for coping with disasters; and (2) how to support preparedness in local communities.

Vaccines for Peace: An Incentive for Developing Countries

1993 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-89
Author(s):  
Graham S. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
World Health ◽  
Natural Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Threats ◽  
Health Organization

The Article in the August, 1992 issue of Politics and the Life Sciences by Erhard Geissler proposing the establishment of an international Vaccines for Peace (VFP) program to undertake research on and production of vaccines against pathogens (and possible toxins) that pose natural health threats is warmly welcomed. VFP is designed to contribute to health care in developing countries and to enhance international cooperation in biotechnology; it would be administered by the World Health Organization (WHO). Such a program would bring real and tangible benefits to developing countries and encourage participation by such countries in the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention signed in 1972.

scholarly journals Pakistan’s Response to COVID-19: Overcoming National and International Hypes to Fight the Pandemic (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashaam Akhtar ◽  
Maham Afridi ◽  
Samar Akhtar ◽  
Hamaad Ahmad ◽  
Sabahat Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Public Health Emergency ◽  
World Health ◽  
High Population ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

UNSTRUCTURED The COVID-19 outbreak started as pneumonia in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The subsequent pandemic was declared as the sixth public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020, by the World Health Organization. Pakistan could be a potential hotspot for COVID-19 owing to its high population of 204.65 million and its struggling health care and economic systems. Pakistan was able to tackle the challenge with relatively mild repercussions. The present analysis has been conducted to highlight the situation of the disease in Pakistan in 2020 and the measures taken by various stakeholders coupled with support from the community to abate the risk of catastrophic spread of the virus.

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