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Health / Santé


An annotated bibliography of documents produced by the Division of Family Health [of WHO]
Geneva : WHO, 1994. 61 p.
Note: The majority of documents contained were produced since 1990; a number date back to the early 1980s but contain material that is still relevant
Document Symbol: WHO/FHE/94.6
Keywords: HEALTH / FAMILY HEALTH / BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Basic documents [World Health Organization]
Geneva : WHO, 1949-.
Note: Includes constitution, agreements with other intergovernmental organizations, rules of procedure, financial regulations, staff regulations. Annual.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(058)/B311
Keywords: RULES OF PROCEDURE / CONSTITUTIONS / FINANCIAL REGULATIONS / RULES AND REGULATIONS / WHO

Child health and welfare - UNICEF
New York : UN, 1995. iv, 465 p.
Note: Multilingual : A/C/E/F/R/S
Document Symbol: ST/CS/SER.F/341
Sales No.: 95.I.24
Keywords: CHILD HEALTH / CHILD WELFARE / UNICEF / TERMINOLOGY / ARABIC LANGUAGE / CHINESE LANGUAGE / ENGLISH LANGUAGE / FRENCH LANGUAGE / RUSSIAN LANGUAGE / SPANISH LANGUAGE

Facts about WHO
Geneva : WHO, 1990. 28 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(02)/F22.
Keywords: HEALTH / WHO

Facts for life, 3rd ed.
New York : UNICEF, 2002. 153 p.
Sales No.: 00.XX.2.
Internet: http://www.unicef.org/ffl/.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: UNE/ICEF(09)/F142.
Keywords: MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH / CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Female genital mutilation : an overview
Geneva : WHO, 1998. viii, 73 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(02)/F329.
Keywords: WOMEN'S HEALTH / FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

Four decades of achievement : highlights of the work of WHO
Geneva : WHO, 1988. v, 39 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(02)/F6.
Keywords: HEALTH / HISTORY / WHO

Handbook of resolutions and decisions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board [of WHO]
Geneva : WHO, 1973-1993. 3 v.
Note: Vol. I: 1948-1972; vol. II: 1973-1984; vol. III (3rd ed.): 1985-1992. Includes full text of selected resolutions and decisions
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(098)/H238
Keywords: WHO / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS / HEALTH

Health futures : a handbook for health professionals
Geneva : WHO, 1999. xiv, 320 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(02)/H437.
Keywords: PUBLIC HEALTH / HEALTH PLANNING / MANUALS

Health in Europe, 1997 : Report on the third evaluation of progress towards health for all in the European Region of WHO (1996-1997)
Copenhagen : WHO, 1998. vi, 90 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO/EURO(05)/E8.
Keywords: HEALTH STATISTICS / PUBLIC HEALTH

Human nutrition in the developing world
Rome, 1997. x, 508 p.
Note: Comprehensive introduction to nutritional problems in developing countries. Includes tables on recommended nutrient intake, nutritional status indicators and nutrient content of selected foods
UN Library (NY) Call No.: FAO(05)/F62, No. 29
Keywords: NUTRITION / MALNUTRITION / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Implementation of the Global Strategy for Health for All : second evaluation : eighth report on the world health situation
Geneva : WHO, 1993-. 7 v.
Note: Vol. 1: Global review; vol. 2: African region; vol. 3: Region of the Americas; vol. 4: South-East Asian region; vol. 5: European region; vol. 6: Eastern Mediterranean region; vol. 7: Western Pacific region
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(05)/W6, 6th rep.
Keywords: HEALTH

International health regulations (1969), adopted by the twenty-second World Health Assembly in 1969 and amended by the twenty-sixth World Health Assembly in 1973, and the thirty-fourth World Health Assembly in 1981, 3rd ed.
Geneva : WHO, 1983. 79 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(092)/H434.
Keywords: HEALTH LEGISLATION / LAWS AND REGULATIONS / HEALTH

Lexicon of cross-cultural terms in mental health
Geneva : WHO, 1997. 41 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(018)/L679.
Keywords: MENTAL HEALTH / DICTIONARIES / TERMINOLOGY / ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Lexicon of psychiatric and mental health terms, 2nd ed.
Geneva : WHO, 1994. 108 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(018)/L3.
Keywords: PSYCHIATRY / MENTAL HEALTH / TERMINOLOGY / ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Primary health care reviews : guidelines and methods
Geneva, 1992. xiv, 226 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(092.1)/B4.
Keywords: HEALTH / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / GUIDELINES / MANUALS

[Proceedings of the Executive Board of WHO]
Geneva : [WHO], 19??-. 2 v.
Note: [Vol. 1]: Resolutions and decisions, annexes; [vol. 2]: Summary records. Sessional.
Document Symbol: EB102/(Year)/REC/(Session)
Keywords: HEALTH / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS / MEETING RECORDS / WHO

[Proceedings of the World Health Assembly]
Geneva : [WHO], 1997. 3 v.
Note: [Vol. 1]: Resolutions and decisions, annexes and list of participants; [vol. 2]: Verbatim records of plenary meetings; [vol. 3]: Summary records and reports of committees
Document Symbol: WHA50/(Year)/REC/1-3
Keywords: HEALTH / RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS / MEETING RECORDS / WHO

Report of the Director...Pan American Health Organization, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the World Health Organization
Keywords: HEALTH

Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, June 1998
Geneva : UN, 1998. 75 p.
Note: Annex includes HIV/AIDS estimates and indicators
Document Symbol: UNAIDS/98.10-WHO/EMC/VIR/98.2-WHO/ASD/98.2
Keywords: AIDS / AIDS PREVENTION

Tobacco or health : a global status report
Geneva : WHO, 1997. xi, 495 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(02)/T628.
Keywords: HEALTH / TOBACCO / SMOKING / HEALTH STATISTICS

Women's health : across age and frontier
Geneva : WHO, 1992. vii, 107 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(02)/W6.
Keywords: WOMEN'S HEALTH / HEALTH STATISTICS

The work of WHO : biennial report of the Director-General
Geneva : WHO, 1979-.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(064)/W6.
Keywords: ACTIVITIES / WHO / HEALTH

World directory of medical schools, 7th ed
Geneva : WHO, 2000. xiv, 441 p.
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(02)/M488.
Keywords: UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES / MEDICAL EDUCATION / DIRECTORIES

The world health report
Geneva : WHO, 1995-.
Note: Annual
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(058)/H32
Keywords: HEALTH / HEALTH STATISTICS

World health statistics annual
Geneva : WHO, 1962-.
Note: Continues: Annual epidemiological and vital statistics. Bilingual : E/F
UN Library (NY) Call No.: WHO(05)/E65
Keywords: HEALTH / HEALTH STATISTICS / VITAL STATISTICS