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Health

UN and Related Bodies

• World Health Organization (WHO)
  • Health Topics addressed by WHO
  • WHO Programmes and Projects
  • World Health Report
  • International Health and Travel, 2010
  • Guide on Safe Food for Travellers
  • International Health Regulations
  • Our Ageing World
• The Global Polio Eradication Initiative
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• The Roll Back Malaria Initiative (RBM)
• News: UN envoy for malaria optimistic on reaching near-zero deaths by 2015 (14 April 2010), from Interview with Roy Chambers, UN Special Envoy for Malaria, in advance of the World Health Organization’s World Malaria Day (25 April)
• The Global “Stop TB” Partnership and The Global Plan to Stop TB, 2006-2015
  
• Health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) …
  • Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
  • Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
  • Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases
  • Goal 8 – Develop a Global Partnership for Development –– Target 4: In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries
• Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health
• The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and …
  • The World AIDS Campaign
  • The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and …
  • Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights
  • Gender Equality, including Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and Gender and HIV/AIDS
  • Health Services for Adolescents and Youth
  • Safe Motherhood
  • HIV/AIDS and HIV and Young People (also here)
  • Women, Ageing and Health: A Framework for Action
• United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Health, specifically …
  • Child Survival and Development
  • HIV/AIDS and Children
  • Adolescents and Youth, including HIV prevention
• International Labour Organization (ILO) and …
  • Safety and Health at Work
  • HIV/AIDS as a Workplace Issue
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Health Services
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Health
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Division of Human Health; related Health Links
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Health
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Drug Prevention, Treatment and Care
• World Bank Health Projects and Operations