scholarly journals Mental health profile of Ghana

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. B. Asare
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
African State ◽  
West African ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Profile ◽  
Severe Mental Disorder ◽  
The World ◽  
West African State ◽  
Health Organization

Ghana is a West African state that attained independence from Great Britain in 1957 and became a republican state in 1960. Its population is about 22 million (2004 estimate), distributed in ten regions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 650000 of the population are suffering from severe mental disorder and 2166000 are suffering from moderate to mild mental disorder (see www.who.int/mental_health/policy/country/ghana/en).

A comparison of malarial antigens from human and Aotus monkey blood infected with Plasmodium falciparum

Parasitology ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. M. Wilson ◽  
A. Voller
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Overseas Development

An extract of blood from Aotus monkeys infected with Plasmodium falciparum contained all the clones of malaria precipitins so far identified in human blood.We are grateful to the Medical Research Council and Overseas Development Administration of Great Britain and to the World Health Organization for their financial assistance.

scholarly journals Special Issue: Diagnosis and Management of Addiction and Other Mental Disorders (Dual Disorders)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1307
Author(s):  
Ana Adan ◽  
Marta Torrens
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
World Health ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Dual Disorders ◽  
The World ◽  
Dual Disorder ◽  
Health Organization

The term “dual disorder” (DD) refers to the coexistence or concurrence of at least one substance use disorder (SUD) and another mental disorder in the same person, as the World Health Organization established in its lexicon of alcohol and drug terms [...]

scholarly journals Expansions and Contractions: World-Historical Change And The Western Sudan World-System (1200/1000 B.C. – 1200/1250 A.D.)

2004 ◽  
pp. 723-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray A. Kea
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
African State ◽  
World System ◽  
West African ◽  
Historical Change ◽  
Monetary Integration ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
The World ◽  
West African State

Archaeological evidence from West Africa suggests a process of relatively autochthonous state formation involving unusual forms of urbanization, horse warrior aristocracies, craft status groups and commodified trade networks organized by merchant-scholars. The emergenceof a West African state system played a generative role in the world-historical development of universal rationality in Western Afroeurasia, as well as in the intensification of empire formation and monetary integration in the formative era before the rise of European hegemony.

Culture and Schizophrenia: the DOSMD Challenge

1994 ◽  
Vol 164 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Edgerton ◽  
Alex Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
World Health ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Severe Mental Disorder ◽  
The World ◽  
Developing Societies

The World Health Organization's International Pilot Study on Schizophrenia (IPSS) and subsequent Determinants of Outcomes of Severe Mental Disorder (DOSMD) studies have reported that the course of schizophrenia is more favourable in ‘developing’ than ‘developed’ societies. The 1992 DOSMD study attributes this difference to culture. We review studies concerning the course of schizophrenia and conclude that the evidence for a more favourable course in developing societies is not conclusive. Indeed, a favourable course has also been reported in various industrialised societies. We also raise questions about the findings reported in the recent DOSMD study, including the conclusion that the putatively more favourable course is a product of culture. Finally, we argue that longitudinal, direct observation of patients in their natural environments must be carried out before variations in the course of schizophrenia can be adequately understood.

scholarly journals What we have learnt about the World Health Organization from the Ebola outbreak

2017 ◽  
Vol 372 (1721) ◽  
pp. 20160307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Wenham
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
West African ◽  
World Health ◽  
Leadership Responsibilities ◽  
Global Health Community ◽  
Health Community ◽  
The World ◽  
Emergency Programme ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization's (WHO) reputation became irrefutably damaged during the Ebola outbreak, with a general consensus in the global health community that it fell short of its leadership responsibilities. This commentary offers a brief synopsis of the WHO's role during the outbreak and suggests that the disease outbreak demonstrates the tension that exists between the organization's normative and operational roles in health crises. While the WHO did offer some normative leadership during the Ebola outbreak, as per its constitution, it did not provide an effective operational response, yet nor did it have a mandate to do so. This division between the normative and operational was further highlighted by the discrepancy between what the global community expects the WHO to do in a health emergency, and what it is able to do with its financial and organizational constraints. Finally, the commentary considers the introduction of the WHO Health Emergency Programme, but suggests that this too may suffer from the same structural concerns that need to be addressed if the WHO is to continue in the role the global health community expects it to play, as both a normative and operational leader in global disease control. This article is part of the themed issue ‘The 2013–2016 West African Ebola epidemic: data, decision-making and disease control’.

Erstes Instrument zur standardisierten Erfassung der Teilhabe Behinderter

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (07) ◽  
pp. 526-527
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Menschen Mit Behinderung

Coenen M et al. [Recommendation for the collection and analysis of data on participation and disability from the perspective of the World Health Organization]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2016; 59: 1060–1067 Um eine gleichberechtigte Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft von Menschen mit Behinderung zu ermöglichen, werden zunächst Daten zu vorhandenen Einschränkungen gebraucht. Erst wenn diese detailliert erhoben wurden, können Konzepte zur Beseitigung von Problemen entwickelt werden. Ein standardisiertes Erhebungsinstrument für alle Aspekte der Funktionsfähigkeit fehlte jedoch bisher.

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