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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... World Health Day is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7 ... In 2006, World Health Day ...
The World Health Report 2006 (WHR2006) highlighted the estimated shortage of almost 4.3 million doctors, nurses, midwives, and other health human resources worldwide, calling the situation a "global health workforce crisis". The report laid out a ten-year action plan for building national health workforces through better training, recruitment ...
Its constitution formally came into force on the first World Health Day on 7 April 1948, when it was ratified by the 26th member state. [20] The WHO formally began its work on September 1, 1948. [6] The first meeting of the World Health Assembly finished on 24 July 1948, having secured a budget of US$5 million (then £1,250,000) for the 1949 ...
The situation was declared on World Health Day 2006 as a "health workforce crisis" – the result of decades of underinvestment in health worker education, training, wages, working environment and management. The WHO currently projects a global shortfall of 10 million health workers by 2030, mostly in low- and lower-middle income countries.
A key feature is ensuring that the social determinants of health are taken into consideration in urban design and urban governance. For example, "urbanization and health" was the theme of the 2010 World Health Day. [9] One tool in developing healthy cities is social entrepreneurship. [10]
World Health Observances mark a period which is often used to promote an issue and mobilize for action. Below follows a list of days and months which have been denoted as health related observances. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
April 2006 Nepalese general strike: King Gyanendra of Nepal asks for Prime Minister nominations to be made to assist in ending unrest in the country. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms celebrates her 80th birthday. On the same day, the BBC marks eighty years since the granting of its first Royal Charter.
World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director: James T. Morris: United States: 2002-2006 [19] Josette Sheeran: 2006–2012 [20] [21] World Health Organization (WHO) director-general: Lee Jong-wook: South Korea: 2004-2006 [22] Anders Nordström: Sweden: 2006 (acting) [23] Margaret Chan: China: 2006–2017 [24] World Meteorological Organization ...