Handbook for Developing a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre

Human exposure to elevated levels of inorganic arsenic occurs mainly through the consumption of groundwater containing naturally high levels of inorganic arsenic, food

Human exposure to benzene has been associated with a range of acute and long-term adverse health effects and diseases, including cancer and haematological effects.. Exposure can occur

Osteomalacia (softening of the bones) and osteoporosis may occur in those exposed through living or working in cadmium-contaminated areas; for example, in an area of Japan where

Yet it is also the principles and experience of public health that are best placed to help us to understand how to re-focus health and health care to prioritise how we use our

A proper understanding of the societal costs of dementia, and how these impact upon families, governments and their health and social care systems, is fundamental to

The core question for a health financing strategy (and indeed, an overall health system reform strategy) is this: how and within what timeframe should a country change its

(i) to promote technical cooperation with Member States in order to strengthen health information support and the development and use of indicators for

As the international agency responsible for health, WHO can enhance solidarity in health by bringing together other organizations and bodies of the United Nations system,