Global health

United Nations agency concerned with international public health

A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity. Since Dmitri Ivanovsky's 1892 article describing a non-bacterial pathogen infecting tobacco plants and the discovery of the tobacco mosaic virus by Martinus Beijerinck in 1898, more than 16,000 of the millions of virus species have been described in detail. The study of viruses is

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science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals

human right described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other documents

disease that is indigenous to tropical or subtropical areas of the world or that occurs principally in those areas

application of geographical methods to the study of health and disease

system that grants access to healthcare to all residents or citizens of a country or region

death rate of infants and young children

health indicator combining severity and duration of disease and loss of life. Can be measured as numbers of healthy years lost in a population, or as rate divided by person-time lived.

UN treaty on recreational drugs

international treaty on recreational drugs

amount of virus found in host tissue or a given volume of fluid

medical condition or disease not transmissible directly from person to person

species of worm

how climate change effects human health

control and regulation of psychoactive drugs

collaborative trans-national research and action for promoting health for all

impact of a health problem as measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity, or other indicators

federal, state, and local law, rules, regulations and other jurisprudence among providers, payers and vendors to the health care industry and its patients

reproductive endocrinology and infertility academic

international medical organization

difficult situation or complex health system that affects humans in one or more geographic areas

Spread of bird flu

European structural indicator

the study of health outcomes for groups of individuals

globalization & disease transmission

form of health care financing

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medical discipline, application of molecular biology to epidemiological questions

all people engaged in actions whose primary intent is to enhance health

event where a disease host disproportionally infects more secondary contacts than others infected with the same disease

healthcare organization in Bethesda, United States

international perspective on different aspects of mental health

aspect of Cuban foreign policy

health care across national boundaries