Annual Summary of Vital Statistics—1973

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 677-681
Author(s):  
Myron E. Wegman
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Data ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Provisional Data ◽  
Significant Factors

National data for this article, as in previous reports,1 are drawn principally from the Monthly Vital Statistics Report,2,3 published by the National Center for Health Statistics. The international data come chiefly from the United Nations Demographic Yearbook4 and the quarterly, Population and Vital Statistics,5 both published by the Statistical Office of the United Nations. These are official government reports, but the provisional data sometimes omit significant factors related to the World Health Organization definition of a live birth and an infant death. In such instances, data from World Health Organization Reports6 or direct communications from ministries of health7 have been substituted.

The Reaction to the Ebola Epidemic within the United Nations Framework: What Next for the World Health Organization?

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 405-424
Author(s):  
Pia Acconci
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Security Council ◽  
International Health ◽  
World Health ◽  
Director General ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization (who) was established in 1946 as a specialized agency of the United Nations (un). Since its establishment, the who has managed outbreaks of infectious diseases from a regulatory, as well as an operational perspective. The adoption of the International Health Regulations (ihrs) has been an important achievement from the former perspective. When the Ebola epidemic intensified in 2014, the who Director General issued temporary recommendations under the ihrs in order to reduce the spread of the disease and minimize cross-border barriers to international trade. The un Secretary General and then the Security Council and the General Assembly have also taken action against the Ebola epidemic. In particular, the Security Council adopted a resolution under Chapter vii of the un Charter, and thus connected the maintenance of the international peace and security to the health and social emergency. After dealing with the role of the who as a guide and coordinator of the reaction to epidemics, this article shows how the action by the Security Council against the Ebola epidemic impacts on the who ‘authority’ for the protection of health.

Annual Summary of Vital Statistics—1976

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 797-804
Author(s):  
Myron E. Wegman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vital Statistics ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
The World ◽  
States Data ◽  
International Data ◽  
Health Organization

Data for this article, as in previous reports,1 are drawn principally from the Monthly Vital Statistics Report,2-5 published by the National Center for Health Statistics. The international data come from the Demographic Yearbook6 and the quarterly Population and Vital Statistics Report,7 both published by the Statistical Office of the United Nations, and the World Health Statistics Report,8 published by the World Health Organization. All the United States data for 1976 are estimates by place of occurrence based upon a 10% sample of material received in state offices between two dates, one month apart, regardless of when the event occurred. Experience has shown that for the country as a whole the estimate is very close to the subsequent final figures.

scholarly journals Contradicción y paradoja en el reporte de felicidad mundial, una mirada objetiva

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl Carpio
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
World Health ◽  
Simple Correlation ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Modelo Lineal

El presente trabajo, presenta un análisis que propone un modelo lineal inverso, mediante correlación simple. Se utilizan las variables, nivel de felicidad de un país, emitido en el Reporte de Felicidad Mundial, de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, y la tasa de suicidios del país emitida por la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Este estudio, es un intento de probar la utilidad del mencionado ranking de felicidad y si se lo puede usar como un referente de la situación emocional de las naciones.AbstractThis work shows an analysis who proposes an inverse linear model by simple correlation. It uses the variables: country ranking of happiness; publish in the World Happiness Report of the United Nations, and the country suicide rate, published by the World Health Organization. This study tries to probe the usefulness of the happiness ranking, and if it´s a good reference about the emotional situation of the nations.

The Needs of Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1063-1063
Author(s):  
MYRON E. WEGMAN
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Nutrition Education ◽  
World Health ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Voluntary Contributions ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Health Organization

This book is a compilation of certain fundamental reports and documents of interest to anyone looking at the needs of children internationally. It is published for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), a fund of the United Nations responsible to the General Assembly and depending for its income on voluntary contributions of governments and individuals. Although the technical responsibility for the programs in areas such as health, nutrition, education, and welfarelies with the respective specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as the World Health Organization and the Food and Africulture Organization, UNICEF has a fundamental role in centralizing and focalizing work for children.

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