World Health Organization (June 2022) - World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all - executive summary

Title:

Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO

 

Published:

World Health Organization, 17 June 2022

https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240050860

 

From the report overview: 

 Mental health is critically important to everyone, everywhere. All over the world, mental health needs are high but responses are insufficient and inadequate. The World mental health report: transforming mental health for all is designed to inspire and inform better mental health for everyone everywhere. Drawing on the latest evidence available, showcasing examples of good practice from around the world, and voicing people’s lived experience, it highlights why and where change is most needed and how it can best be achieved. It calls on all stakeholders to work together to deepen the value and commitment given to mental health, reshape the environments that influence mental health, and strengthen the systems that care for mental health.

REPORT - WHO/ILO: Almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year

Title:

WHO/ILO: Almost 2 million people die from work-related causes each year

 

Published:

World Health Organization (WHO), 17 September 2021

https://www.who.int/news/item/16-09-2021-who-ilo-almost-2-million-people-die-from-work-related-causes-each-year

 

From the article:

Work-related diseases and injuries were responsible for the deaths of 1.9 million people in 2016, according to the first joint estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Labour Organization (ILO).  

 

According to the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, 2000-2016: Global Monitoring Report, the majority of work-related deaths were due to respiratory and cardiovascular disease.

Ivermectin. Une scientifique de l’OMS risque la peine de mort - Ivermectin. WHO scientist faces death penalty [L'Observateur, June 2021]

Titre:

Ivermectin. Une scientifique de l’OMS risque la peine de mort

Ivermectin. WHO scientist faces death penalty

 

Par:

Hakim Arif

 

Publié:

L'Observateur, 27 juin 2021

https://lobservateur.info/article/100414/covid-19/ivermectin-une-scientifique-de-loms-risque-la-peine-de-mort

 

Extrait de l'article: 

L’Inde pourrait être le premier pays à poursuivre en justice un scientifique de l’OMS pour avoir déconseillé l’Ivermectine contre Covid-19. L’association du barreau de l’Inde a entamé une procédure.  

India could be the first country to sue a WHO scientist for advising against Ivermectin against Covid-19. The Indian Bar Association has initiated proceedings.

 

Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds [BBC News, May 2021]

Title:

Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds

 

Published:

BBC News, 17 May 2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57139434

 

From the article:

Long working hours are killing hundreds of thousands of people a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  

 

The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016 from stroke and heart disease due to long hours.  

 

The report found that people living in South East Asia and the Western Pacific region were the most affected.

 

GUINEA - New Ebola outbreak declared in Guinea [World Health Organization (WHO), 14 February 2021]

Title:

New Ebola outbreak declared in Guinea

 

Published:

World Health Organization (WHO), 14 February 2021

https://www.afro.who.int/news/new-ebola-outbreak-declared-guinea

 

From the article:

* Health authorities in Guinea today declared an outbreak of Ebola in the rural community of Gouéké in N’Zerekore prefecture after three Ebola cases were confirmed by the national laboratory, marking the first time the disease has been reported in the country since an outbreak ended in 2016.

 

* With the epicentre of the current outbreak in a border area, WHO is already working with health authorities in Liberia and Sierra Leone to beef up community surveillance of cases in their border districts as well as strengthening their capacity to test for cases and conduct surveillance in health facilities. WHO is reaching out to Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and other countries at risk in the sub-region.

WHO Opposes COVID-19 ‘Vaccine Passports’ Idea [Schengenvisainfo, 19 January 2021]

Title:

WHO Opposes COVID-19 ‘Vaccine Passports’ Idea

 

Published:

Schengenvisainfo, 19 January 2021

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/who-opposes-covid-19-vaccine-passports-idea/

 

From the article:

While many countries are planning to implement “vaccination passports” to facilitate the movement faster, the Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization Committee (WHO) has stressed that the impact of vaccines on reducing transmission is not yet known and current vaccine availability is too limited, urging countries to refrain from imposing such requirements.

Covid: WHO team investigating virus origins denied entry to China [BBC News, 6 January 2021]

Title:

Covid: WHO team investigating virus origins denied entry to China

 

Published:

BBC News, 6 January 2021

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55555466

 

From the article:

A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of Covid-19 in the city of Wuhan has been denied entry to China.

As The World Focuses on Coronavirus Another Devastating Health Threat Is Brewing

Title:

As The World Focuses on Coronavirus Another Devastating Health Threat Is Brewing

Author:

Thor Benson, Business Insider

Published:

Science Alert, 5 October 2020

https://www.sciencealert.com/as-the-world-focuses-on-coronavirus-another-devastating-health-threat-is-brewing

From the article:

According to the CDC, nearly 3 million Americans per year contract an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection. Of those, roughly 35,000 die.

Globally, approximately 700,000 die from these infections every year. The World Health Organisation projects that, at current rates, around 10 million people could die from antibiotic-resistant infections annually by 2050.

World Health Organization - WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal

Title:
WHO says COVID-19 pandemic is 'one big wave', not seasonal

Published:
WKZO, 28 July 2020 
https://wkzo.com/news/articles/2020/jul/28/who-says-covid-19-pandemic-is-one-big-wave-not-seasonal/1043747/

From the article:
The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, saying that this virus did not behave like influenza that tended to follow seasonal trends.

More than 200 scientists dispute WHO theory on Covid-19 transmission - Covid-19 can be spread by aerosol

Title:
More than 200 scientists dispute WHO theory on Covid-19 transmission

Published:
The Brussels Times, 6 July 2020
https://www.brusselstimes.com/news-contents/world/120072/more-than-200-scientists-dispute-who-theory-on-covid-19-transmission/

From the article:
More than 230 scientists from 32 different countries have signed an open letter to the World Health Organisation (WHO) disputing the official view on how the coronavirus Covid-19 can be spread by aerosol.

World Health Organization (WHO) Report (June 2020): Guidance on Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Nutrition and Health

Title:
Guidance on Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Nutrition and Health

Published:
World Health Organization (WHO), 5 June 2020
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/guidance-mainstreaming-biodiversity-for-nutrition-and-health

From the overview:
This report aims to support countries in the necessary transition toward healthier, more sustainable diets by integrating biodiversity in food-based interventions to support nutrition and health.

Healthy people should wear masks only if caring for coronavirus patients, WHO says [New York Post, 28 May 2020]

Title:
Healthy people should wear masks only if caring for coronavirus patients, WHO says

Author:
Louis Casiano

Published:
New York Post, 28 May 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/05/28/healthy-people-should-wear-masks-only-if-caring-for-coronavirus-patients-who-says/

From the article:
"The World Health Organization is recommending healthy people, including those who don’t exhibit COVID-19 symptoms, only wear masks when taking care of someone infected with the contagion, a sharp contrast from the advice given by American public health officials who recommend everyone wear a mask in public."

Articles by World Health Organization (WHO) on the wearing of face masks:
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/when-and-how-to-use-masks

World Health Organization (22 May 2020) - Draft landscape of COVID-19 candidate vaccines

Title:
Draft landscape of COVID-19 candidate vaccines

WHO Team:
R&D Blueprint

Published:
World Health Organization (WHO), 22 May 2020
https://www.who.int/who-documents-detail/draft-landscape-of-covid-19-candidate-vaccines

From the overview:
"These landscape documents have been prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) for information purposes only concerning the 2019-2020 global of the novel coronavirus. Inclusion of any particular product or entity in any of these landscape documents does not constitute, and shall not be deemed or construed as, any approval or endorsement by WHO of such product or entity (or any of its businesses or activities). While WHO takes reasonable steps to verify the accuracy of the information presented in these landscape documents, WHO does not make any (and hereby disclaims all) representations and warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose (including any of the aforementioned purposes), quality, safety, efficacy, merchantability and/or non-infringement of any information provided in these landscape documents and/or of any of the products referenced therein."