The Ten Threats to Global Health in 2018 and 2019. A welcome and informative communication of WHO to everybody

• Authors: Jacques Scheres , Krzysztof Kuszewski

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents lists of Ten Threats to Global Health published by the World Health Organization in 2018 and 2019. The lists give health problems and emergencies which seriously menace the health and well-being of billions of people on earth. The threats and health challenges are commented in the text. The interested reader is referred to the concise and easily legible original documents which give core data about the threats, actions and responses.

Keywords

EN

global health; health threats; World Health Organization

PL

Światowa Organizacja Zdrowia; zagrożenia zdrowotne; zdrowie na świecie

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 2-8

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Jacques Scheres

• Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego, Warszawa
• Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Netherlands

• https://orcid.org/0000000344031389

author

Krzysztof Kuszewski

• Polskie Towarzystwo Zdrowia Publicznego, Wrocław

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20842627OZ.19.001.11297

Biblioteka Nauki

2188034