World Health Organization
"World Health Organization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A specialized agency of the United Nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples.
| Descriptor ID |
D014944
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.540.514.718.800
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2017 | 30 | 147 | 177 |
| 2018 | 28 | 132 | 160 |
| 2019 | 15 | 61 | 76 |
| 2020 | 23 | 157 | 180 |
| 2021 | 18 | 74 | 92 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "World Health Organization" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plans from 106 countries: a review from a health systems resilience perspective. Health Policy Plan. 2022 Feb 08; 37(2):255-268.
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Who Counts Where? COVID-19 Surveillance in Federal Countries. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2021 12 01; 46(6):959-987.
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COVID-19 boosters in rich nations will delay vaccines for all. Nat Med. 2021 10; 27(10):1659-1660.
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COVID-19 pneumothorax in the UK: a prospective observational study using the ISARIC WHO clinical characterisation protocol. Eur Respir J. 2021 09; 58(3).
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Predictors of COVID-19 epidemics in countries of the World Health Organization African Region. Nat Med. 2021 11; 27(11):2041-2047.
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US COVID origins report: researchers pleased with scientific approach. Nature. 2021 09; 597(7875):159-160.
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Association of Facial Paralysis With mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines: A Disproportionality Analysis Using the World Health Organization Pharmacovigilance Database. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 09 01; 181(9):1243-1245.
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Identifying Nontraditional Epidemic Disease Risk Factors Associated with Major Health Events from World Health Organization and World Bank Open Data. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 08 30; 105(4):896-902.
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In September 2020, the World Health Organization called for 'equitable access to COVID-19 tools' which included 'the development, production and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines globally, while strengthening health systems'. What evidence is there of inequity of access so far in this pandemic? What is the role of national governments and of the WHO in this? Med Confl Surviv. 2021 09; 37(3):197-204.
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Diagnostic testing holds the key to NTD elimination. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 08; 15(8):e0009626.