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Global Campaign Against Epilepsy
20 February 2013
Update on 2004 Background Paper (Written by Saloni Tanna)
Priority Medicines for Europe and the World "A Public Health Approach to Innovation"
Brief review of selected topics
The following pages provide a focus on selected areas in relation to neurology. The specialists who contributed the reviews are listed in the Project Team and Partners
Neurology Atlas (2004)
NEUROLOGY ATLAS presents for the first time, the most
comprehensive collection and compilation of information on
neurological resources across 109 countries. The results confirm
that the available resources including services for neurological
disorders are markedly insufficient; in addition, the...re are large
inequities across regions and income groups of countries.
Urgent action is required to enhance the resources available
to address the increasing burden of neurological disorders.
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An Evidence-Based Treatment Guide for Clinicians
Action on behalf of unaccompanied and separated children should be guided by principles enshrined in international standards. The validity of these principles has been confirmed by experience and lessons learnt from conflicts and natural disasters in recent years. The objective of the present public...ation is to outline the guiding principles which form the basis for action in this regard.
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A guide for doctors providing health services for children. 2nd edition
Guidelines for WHO Representatives and Country
Offices in the Western Pacific Region
Report of a World Health Organization and International Diabetes Federation meeting
An Illustrated Guide for Service Providers
Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today the human influence has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human a...ctivities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability of biosphere's ecological, physical and socioeconomic systems.
The world's climate system is an integral part of the complex of life-supporting processes. Like other large systems, the global climate system is coming under pressure from human activities.
This book seeks to describe the context and process of global climate change, its actual or likely impacts on health, and how human societies and their governments should respond with particular focus on the health sector.
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Mental and Social Aspects of Health of Populations Exposed to Extreme Stressors
Este documento resume la actual posición del
Departamento de Salud Mental y Toxicomanías para
asistir a las poblaciones expuestas a factores estresantes
extremos, como los refugiados, los desplazados
internos, los sobrevivientes de desastres y poblaciones
expuestas al terrorismo, a la guerra ...o al genocidio.
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