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Mar 1, 2024 · Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults (18 years and older) were overweight. Of these, 890 million were living with obesity. In 2022, 43% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight and 16% were living with obesity. In 2022, 37 million children under the ...
Jul 17, 2020 · WHO has published guidance and advice every step of the way. During health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, one of WHO’s most vital roles is to gather data and research from around the world, evaluate it, and then advise countries on how to respond. WHO teams work with experts from around the world to develop this guidance.
The World Health Organization is the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations system. The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the ...
Mar 2, 2022 · Español. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. The brief also highlights who has been most affected and summarizes the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health ...
70.6% of the world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. 13.57 billion doses have been administered globally, and 7,024 are now administered each day. 32.7% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose. Our international COVID-19 vaccination dataset is updated each morning (London time), with data ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Latest WHO Disease Outbreak News (DONs), providing information on confirmed acute public health events or potential events of concern. According to Article 11.4 of the International Health Regulations (2005) [IHR (2005)], WHO may make information on acute public health events available, if other information about the same event has already become publicly available and there is a need for the ...
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