Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
December 2018 Daily nation;The World Health Organization’s new global survey of road safety reports that 13,463 Kenyans died last year in crashes on the country’s roads — a toll more than four times higher than the government’s figure of 2,965 deaths. The rate of road traffic deaths in Kenya far …
Read More »USA: Obesity and Violence Hamper U.S. Progress toward U.N. Health Goals
September 2016 ScientificAmerican; The United States performs poorly in U.N. rankings on progress towards global health goals due to its high levels of violence, alcohol abuse and childhood obesity, a study has found. The research, published in The Lancet medical journal on Wednesday, offers the first assessment of 188 countries’ …
Read More »Violence, Injuries Kill 5 Million People Per Year – WHO Official
September 2016 DailyMonitor; Experts from over 100 countries around the globe have convened at Tampere, Finland, for the 12th World Conference on Injury prevention and safety Promotion. According to Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Department for the Management of Non communicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and …
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