Health

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2020

800m children

2016

500m children

every hour 38 workers die from water-related diseases

saving between 5 and 6 million lives in the long term

these deaths can be prevented with better water and sanitation

water

SANITATION

are essential for workers’lives and health!

2000

Improving the quality of drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and related knowledge

immunisation

world’s largest single environmental health risk causing 7 million deaths per year UNECE’s convention on long-range transboundary air pollution offers policy solutions for cleaner air

9 countries have achieved 47 million bed nets distributed,

assists governments to integrate food and nutrition into health programmes, building broad safety nets that protect the lives and livelihoods of people living with HIV and tuberculosis

aims to reach

100% coverage with antimalaria drugs

achieving universal coverage in 4 countries

1.7 million people treated

823,000 cases of tb

with HIV drugs in 23 countries

detected and put on treatment

in South Asia, Western Pacific, and Africa 57% reduction in

aids-related deaths

in zimbabwe

75 million cases

of malaria treated

2.2 million lives saved! undp and global fund ensure access to quality health services for all and enable those living with or affected by hiv, tb and malaria to live healthy and productive lives

Combats diseases

research in emerging economies shows that universal health care systems

provide protection for previously uninsured informal workers

the global guardian of public health!

change the thinking about health-care provision from social assistance to a right

Keeps a close eye on health trends, looking out for new threats and for new opportunities to improve public health

Gathers the world’s top experts to examine critical health issues, define the best solutions and deliver and implement the strongest recommendations to governments and partners

folic acid

flour

powerful and cost-effective tool to tackle anemia and birth defects at scale

12.4% dentistry

7.9% clinical testing, evaluating and processing

gain’s flour fortification programs have reached 314 million people worldwide

1.7% quality management for medical devices

Medical devices 64.4%

0.4% Surgical instruments

improving child and maternal health-treatment of diarrhea,

pneumonia, malaria and other conditions

quality care and strenghtening health system, resiliance and health security immunization programme and polio eradication

The GCSP trains policy makers from around the world

to better

prepare for

and address

by facilitating trade, the wto helps to bring medicines and other health-related products more quickly to patients

It also provides a forum to discuss trade and health issues

noncommunicable diseases kill 38 million people each year

0.4% Traditional Chinese medicine

is working for

but Import tarifs on medical several devices are as high as wto members cut them 12% in some countries will to zero!

iso standards on health!

0.6% safety of toys

Between 1990 and 2015 the number of under-five mortality has fallen by more than half, from 12.7 million to 5.9 million, but in 2015 still 16,000 children under-five die every day.

child health in emergency setting

Helps countries prepare for emergencies and act when they strike

Ensures the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink – and the medicines and vaccines they need

12.1% health informatics

iron

Helps mothers and children survive and thrive so they can look forward to a healthy old age

global health threats

gcsp Poli Makecry

over 95% of the population is covered by a mobile signal ITU and who are working to help cut deaths related to noncommunicable diseases by delivering vital information to patients’ mobile phones

Be He@lthy, Be Mobile

This infographic has been created by the perception change project thanks to the contributions of the following organizations: GAVI, the vaccine alliance, United nation development programme (UNDP), United nations economic commission for europe (unece), world food programme (wfp), global alliance for improved nutrition (GAIN), international organization for standardization (iso), international telecommunication union (itu), un-water, united nations research institute for social development (unrisd), united nations children’s emergency fund (unicef), the geneva centre for security policy (gcsp), world trade organization (wto), world health organization (WHO).


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