Global Health Governance
Thématique
Global Health Governance
Over time, an impressive international health center has developed in Geneva, to the point that the city is called the world capital of public health. Around the World Health Organization (WHO), the flagship actor of the United Nations system, gravitate a multitude of NGOs, think tanks, platforms, foundations, public-private funds as well as the university hospitals. This physical gathering in the same place of the actors concerned by the theme of health facilitated multiple interactions constructive while contributing to the dynamism of exchanges with the rest of the world.
Global Health Governance
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WHO’s mission is to work for health around the world, to bring all people to the highest level of health.
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The risks associated with obesity are many, it can cause diabetes, heart disease or hypertension.
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Epidemics of cholera (which according to the WHO is an acute diarrhea infection caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated by a bacterium) affected Europe between 1830 and 1847; which paved the way for cooperation between countries in health matters.
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A. Paré made great advances in amputation techniques thanks to his new technique of ligation of the artery instead of burning with a hot iron.
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Thanks to his discovery in the field of bacteriology, A. Fleming significantly changed the medical and surgical practice of infections and marked the beginning of the era of antibiotics.
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GOARN’s mission is the rapid identification, verification and communication of threats aimed at a coordinated response between several partners to provide effective and timely medical assistance.
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Doctors without borders, or MSF’s goal is to provide humanitarian assistance by providing medical relief in several countries around the world, including some in war situations.
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The disease is named after the Ebola River near Yambuku (a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo) where the disease first appeared in 1976.
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The Regulations are an initiative of several countries to establish an effective global surveillance instrument for the transmission of infectious diseases between countries.
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This support for women and children can result in assistance with childbirth or access to vaccines.
Themes
Key documents
Travailler en classe (Dossier 4) : La gouvernance mondiale de la santé
Dossier 4 : Déclaration d’Alma-Ata (1978)
Dossier 4 : Charte d’Ottawa
Dossier 4 : La Convention-cadre de l’OMS pour la lutte antitabac (2003)
Dossier 4 : Le règlement sanitaire international (1986)
Dossier 4 : L’accessibilité des antirétroviraux (ARV) pour traiter le sida
Dossier 4 : La lutte contre l’onchocercose en Afrique de l’Ouest
Dossier 4 : Il est temps de joindre le geste à la parole
Dossier 4 : La gouvernance mondiale de la santé
Travailler en classe (Dossier 4) : La gouvernance mondiale de la santé
Dossier 4 : Déclaration d’Alma-Ata (1978)
Dossier 4 : Charte d’Ottawa
Dossier 4 : La Convention-cadre de l’OMS pour la lutte antitabac (2003)
Dossier 4 : Le règlement sanitaire international (1986)
Dossier 4 : L’accessibilité des antirétroviraux (ARV) pour traiter le sida
Dossier 4 : La lutte contre l’onchocercose en Afrique de l’Ouest
Dossier 4 : Il est temps de joindre le geste à la parole
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