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Healthy living : what is a healthy lifestyle

A healthy lifestyle is a way of living that lowers the risk of being seriously ill or dying early. Not all diseases are preventable, but a large proportion of deaths, particularly those from coronary …

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MONITORING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF HEALTH SYSTEMS

of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of …

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Health literacy in the context of health, well-being and …

Health literacy enables pupils to understand themselves, others and the world in a way that will enable them to make informed health decisions and work on (and change) the factors that …

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Global strategy on digital health 2020-2025

The global strategy on digital health 2020– 2025 was endorsed by the Seventy-third World Health Assembly in decision WHA73(28) (2020). The global strategy on digital health builds on …

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UHC Law in Practice Legal access rights to health care

1 UHC policy: laws providing the legal capacity to deliver the three aspects of UHC – universal access to health care, financial risk protection and quality of health care. 2 Governance, rule of …

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HEALTH RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

CONTENTS Foreword v Introduction vii Acknowledgements ix Chapter 1: Introduction to research 1 Chapter 2: Research strategies and design 11 Chapter 3: Descriptive epidemiological …

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United Kingdom: health system summary

This Health System Summary is based on the United Kingdom: Health System Review (‎HiT)‎ published in 2022. Health System Summaries use a concise format to communicate central …

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Education and Training

4.2 Limited education about safety. The process and duration of education for health care workers varies widely depending on the level of professional qualification and health system setting. …

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Green and Blue Spaces and Mental Health

nvironment and HealthExecutive summaryThe growing recognition of the importance of the natural environment, and in particular of green and blue spaces, for mental and physical health …

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The Philippines Health System Review

i The Philippines Health System Review Health Systems in Transition Vol. 8 No. 2 2018 Written by: Dr Manuel M. Dayrit, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health, Manila, The …

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Global strategy on human resources for health: Workforce 2030

lth-care workers in 2013 and 2030 by cadre and by WHO region. Needs-based shortages were calculated by subtracting the current/projected supply of health-care workers from the …

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Health Financing

Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from Marketing and Dissemination, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland …

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The WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health (2019-2023): …

Why a WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health? Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity1. However, mental …

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Facing the future: opportunities and challenges for 21st …

Executive summary 1. The Shanghai Declaration1 emphasized that health and well-being are essential for sustainable development. National health policies, strategies and plans informed …

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A practical guide to successful advocacy

Long-held misunderstandings about heart disease, stroke, cancer and other chronic diseases have contributed to their neglect. The global epidemic of chronic disease has been widely …

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Social DeterminantS of HealtH

2 5.6.2 Social-environmental or psychosocial circumstances 38 5.6.3 Behavioral and biological factors. 39 5.6.4 The health system as a social determinant of health.

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THE ROLE OF INDICATORS

Definition of indicator: the proportion of children (for example in a suburb, city or country) with blood lead concentrations of 10 micrograms per decilitre and above. Unit of measurement : …

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