In 1991 the World Health Assembly began an attempt to eliminate leprosy.

See World Health Organization, Fifty eighth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 16 25 May 2005, Resolutions and Decisions, Annex (WHA58 2005 REC 1).

Seminar on the General Assembly discussion on Global road safety (organized by the World Health Organization)

After nine years of international revision efforts coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Health Assembly on May 22, 2001, approved the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and its abbreviation of ICF.

The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day.

In late May, the international community will have a chance to begin implementing these ideas at the WHO World Health Assembly a moment of hope for public health around the world.

Meanwhile, proposals regarding after service health insurance are included in the report on liabilities and proposed funding for after service health benefits to be submitted to the Assembly during its current session.

9. Invites States to consider signing and ratifying the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control See World Health Organization, Fifty sixth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 19 28 May 2003, Resolutions and Decisions, Annexes (WHA56 2003 REC 1), resolution 56.1, annex.

Welcome the adoption at the 2005 World Health Assembly of the revised international health regulations, call upon all States to ensure their full implementation, and emphasize the need to increase resources for the World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network

We therefore welcome the Secretary General's proposals for infectious disease surveillance and monitoring, and we support his call for the adoption of the International Health Regulations by the World Health Assembly this May.

The consultations are centred on water, health and education, and the initial findings will be reported to the General Assembly in 2005.44

The Assembly will now take a decision on draft resolution A 60 L.26, entitled Enhancing capacity building in global public health .

To strengthen existing mechanisms for timely and effective international cooperation, I call on Member States to agree on the revision of the International Health Regulations at the World Health Assembly to be held in May 2005.

The Meeting noted that the hundred and fifteenth session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) had agreed on a draft resolution on e health to be recommended for adoption by the World Health Assembly at its fifty eighth session, to be held in May 2005.

Reproductive health (maternal and child health, family planning, adolescent health, men's health, women's health, safe motherhood).

Recalling also World Health Assembly resolutions 48.13 of 12 May 1995, 54.14 of 21 May 2001 and 56.28 and 56.29 of 28 May 2003,

A national plan for their health care had been established and Syria sought to implement the objectives of the Second World Assembly for Ageing.

I was glad that the General Assembly's recent summit outcome document (resolution 60 1) included provisions on health systems capacity and that the Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on enhancing capacity building in global public health (resolution 60 35).

Plans are under way to continue the Chernobyl telemedicine project as part of the WHO eHealth initiative, in line with the fifty eighth World Health Assembly resolution that encourages the use of information and communications technology in health care.

It requests the Secretary General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty first session a report on the implementation of the resolution, which will be his first report to the Assembly exclusively on public health.

Health, health care services

Bearing in mind World Health Assembly resolutions 48.13 of 12 May 1995, 54.14 of 21 May 2001 and 56.28 and 56.29 of 28 May 2003,

Right to health and health services

In recent years, the World Health Assembly has addressed a number of specific issues in the field of biotechnology, such as genomics, transplantation and human reproductive cloning.

Underscoring the importance of the International Health Regulations (2005), adopted by the World Health Assembly in its resolution 58.3 of 23 May 2005, as an instrument for ensuring the maximum possible protection against the international spread of diseases with minimum interference in international traffic,

The hundred and fifteenth session of the Executive Board of WHO agreed on a draft resolution on e health to be presented to the fifty eighth session of the World Health Assembly in May 2005, in which clear mention is made of telemedicine technology.

Source Ministry of Health, 2001 Health Yearbook

Ministry of Health, basic health indicators, 2004.

Ministry of Health, general health indicators, 2001.

Ministry of Health, health policy, 1997 2001.

The Federal Ministry of Health and the provincial health departments run an extensive system of hospitals, dispensaries, maternal and child health centers, rural health centers and basic health units.

ICAA participated in various meetings of WHO, including sessions of the World Health Assembly (WHA), and the WHO Ministerial Conference on Young People and Alcohol (Stockholm, February 2001).

Intervention to reduce negative health and social consequences achieving the goals set by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session, by region, 2000 2002 and 2002 2004

The Programme aims to promote adolescent health standards through health education on health related issues in general, and on reproductive health in particular.

Other key governing bodies would include the World Health Assembly, which will meet in May 2006, the International Labour Conference in June 2006, and the FAO Council in 2006.

Comment by the Administration. A report on the funding of after service health insurance benefits is being finalized for the consideration of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

In its report to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session,1 the Committee noted that the findings of the Forum had affirmed the scientific conclusions on health consequences contained in the report of the Committee to the General Assembly at its fifty fifth session2.

Health Venezuela has a national universal health care system.

In 1999, Health Canada released its Women's Health Strategy.

Vice Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health and Sports)

Source FBH Health Insurance Bureau, RS Health Insurance Fund.

Source From 2001 Statistical Health Yearbook, Ministry of Health

(iv) Improving access to health services and health information

In the last two years, 20,208 community health agents have been hired, and 477 Family Health teams and 4551 Oral Health teams have been constituted, for a total of 195,491 community health agents, 21,475 Family Health teams and 8812 Oral Health teams.

Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization (PAHO WHO), Special Program for Health Analysis, Health Situation in the Americas Basic Indicators 2002 (maternal and infant mortality).