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World Health Organization

Known as: Organization, World Health, WHO, World Health Organization (WHO) 
A part of the United Nations that deals with major health issues around the world. The WHO sets standards for disease control, health care, and… 
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Organizational update: the world health organization global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014; one more landmark step in the combat against stroke and vascular disease.
Most countries are likely to fail to meet global targets on tackling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), according to the second… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
World Health Report
The launch of The World Health Report (WHR) 2013 in Beijing in September of this year brought the total of such reports to 16… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Gestational diabetes and pregnancy outcomes - a systematic review of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) diagnostic…
BackgroundTwo criteria based on a 2 h 75 g OGTT are being used for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes (GDM), those recommended… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Twelve-month prevalence of and risk factors for suicide attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
OBJECTIVE Although suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, clinicians and researchers lack a data-driven method to assess… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Proposals and rationale for revision of the World Health Organization diagnostic criteria for polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis: recommendations from an ad hoc…
The Janus kinase 2 mutation, JAK2617V>F, is myeloid neoplasm-specific; its presence excludes secondary polycythemia… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
The World Health Organization and the transition from "international" to "global" public health.
The term "global health" is rapidly replacing the older terminology of "international health." We describe the role of the World… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Comparison of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards and the National Center for Health Statistics/WHO international growth reference: implications for child health programmes
Abstract Objectives To compare growth patterns and estimates of malnutrition based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Child… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A critique of the world health organization-international society of hypertension guidelines for the management of hypertension
Review
1998
Review
1998
Global surveillance for antituberculosis-drug resistance, 1994-1997. World Health Organization-International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Working Group on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug…
BACKGROUND Drug-resistant tuberculosis threatens efforts to control the disease. This report describes the prevalence of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Anthropometric reference data for international use: recommendations from a World Health Organization Expert Committee.
The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an Expert Committee to reevaluate the use of anthropometry at different ages for… 
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