World Health Organisation

Road traffic injuries are a major concern worldwide, with Thailand facing high accident mortality rates. Drunk driving is a key factor that requires countermeasures. Random breath testing (RBT) and mass media campaigns recommended by the World Health Organisation intend to deter such behaviour. This study aimed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of implementing RBT in combination with mass media campaigns in Thailand.

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Air pollution is one of the leading risk factors for death but also a significant contributor to the global disease burden, affecting quality of life. According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, seven million people die from air pollution every year, and 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air. Any person can be affected by exposure to polluted air, especially the elderly, children, pregnant women, and people with comorbidities.

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Part 2 book "The veterinary laboratory and field manual" includes content: Serology and immunology, clinical chemistry; pathology/cytology; epidemiology, common clinical problems; wildlife health and disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance - A threat to human and animal health; the World Organisation for Animal Health’s core missions in relation to laboratories working in the veterinary domain; arthropod vectors and arthropod-borne diseases.

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Part 1 book "Avian influenza and newcastle disease - A field and laboratory manual" includes content: Ecology, epidemiology and human health implications of avian influenza virus infections; ecology and epidemiology of newcastle disease, notification of avian influenza and newcastle disease to the world organisation for animal health (OIE); emergency response on suspicion of an avian influenza or newcastle disease outbreak,.... and other contents.

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Part 1 book "Advances in agricultural animal welfare - Science and practice" includes content: Animal welfare - Translating science into practice; perspectives on the emerging role of US veterinarians in education, policy, politics, and research; the perspective of the world organisation for animal health, perspective from asia, far east and oceania, and the middle east, perspective from asia, far east and oceania, and the middle east,.... and other contents.

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Part 1 book "Aquaculture biosecurity - Prevention, control, and eradication of aquatic animal disease" includes content: Aquaculture biosecurity - The view and approaches of the OIE (world organisation for animal health) regarding prevention and control of aquatic animal diseases; regional approach to aquatic animal health management—views and programs of the network of aquaculture centres in asia–pacific,... and other contents.

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This study aims to determine the prevalence of MetS in diabetics’ patients using the National Cholesterol Education Programme (NCEP) ATP III criteria, World Health Organisation and International Diabetes Federation definitions in quantifying the syndrome.

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the subchronic toxicity of Efcovida powder through oral administration in experimental animals. The subchronic toxicity was studied in Wistar rats with oral doses of 90 mg/kg/day and 270 mg/kg/day in 90 consecutive days based on guidance of the World Health Organization and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Mycoplasma species have been associated with economically important diseases affecting ruminants worldwide and include contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP), contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) and contagious agalactia, listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) calls for the elimination of cervical cancer (CC) as a public health issue. To achieve elimination, efforts must be aligned and accelerated. Women living with HIV (WLWH) have excess risk for developing, and dying from, CC over the general population.

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Globally, the leading cause of years lived with disability is low back pain (LBP). Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is responsible for most of the cost and disability associated with LBP. This is more devastating in low income countries, particularly in rural Nigeria with one of the greatest global burdens of LBP.

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Population prevalence estimates by the World Health Organisation suggest that 1 in 160 children worldwide has an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Accessing respite care services for children with an ASD can often be a daunting and exhaustive process, with parents sometimes forced to access acute hospital services as an initial point of contact for respite care or in a crisis situation.

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Several international forums for promoting clinical pharmacology in developing countries have been held since 1980, and several clinical pharmacology programmes targeting developing countries were instituted such that the status of clinical pharmacology in developing countries is not where it was 50 years ago.

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World Health Organisation (WHO) Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep for Children under 5 Years of Age were released in 2019.

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Physical activity plays an important role in optimising physical and mental health during childhood, adolescence, and throughout adult life. This study aims to identify individual, family and environmental factors that determine physical activity levels in a population sample of children in Ireland.

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Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor physical and mental development of children under-5 years. Stunting predominantly occurs in the first 1000 days of life (0–23 months) and continues to the age of five.

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The global burden of disease (GBD) study provides information about fatal and non-fatal health outcomes around the world. The objective of this work is to describe the burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years in each of the six regions of the World Health Organisation.

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Disasters are becoming more prevalent across the world and people are frequently exposed to them as part of their occupational groups. It is important for organisations to understand how best to support employees who have experienced a trauma such as a disaster. The purpose of this study was to explore employees’ perceptions of workplace support and help-seeking in the context of a disaster.

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The environment, health and safety programme present of The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; OECD and the Environment; OECD’s Environment, Health and Safety Programme; Common policies and high-quality instruments for chemical safety; OECD and the rest of the world.

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Even in the northern hemisphere, where the impact could be less than elsewhere, the effects from a rise of two degrees will be felt by every town and city. As more and more of the world’s population crowds into cities, the urban environment needs to become a better place to live: a place that improves health, well-being and economic prosperity while simultaneously – and dramatically – reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This means re-designing how we think and how we organise our lives. It requires courage, vision and leadership.

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