The World Health Organization by Casey Brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw Made by Casey Brody en-us 2018-05-11 13:59:40 UTC 2025-12-24 10:28:45 UTC hello@padlet.com casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259949374 For a long time, because of vaccine efforts of the World Health Organization, polio had been eradicated. However, because of terrible conditions in many poor countries, there has been a polio outbreak. The World Health Organization has to work hard in order to help stop the spread before it becomes too critical. This is a picture of a child getting a vaccine.]]> 2018-05-11 14:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259949374 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259949876 This is the World Health Organization’s headquarters in Geneva. This is the second largest of the four main office sites of the UN.]]> 2018-05-11 14:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259949876 Timeline casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259956193 1945- The United Nations votes to have an international health organization
1946- The constitution of the World Health Organization is approved by the International Health Conference
April 7, 1948- The World Health Organization is created and the World Health Assembly is held for the first time
1951- International Sanitary Regulations are approved
1955- The World Health Organization’s first campaign, fighting Malaria, begins
1958- Smallpox immunization campaign begins
1959- The first World Health Situation Report is released
1960s- The World Health Organization’s campaign against syphilis, yaws, trachoma, and leprosy begin
1969- International Sanitary Regulations are edited and renamed the International Health Regulations
1970- The World Health Organization begin to focus on family planning, and sets up a program to research and train volunteers
1974- The World Health Organization begins to focus on vaccinating children for diphtheria, tetanus, polio, tuberculosis, pertussis, and measles
1977- Resolution to have Health for All by 2000
1978- The Declaration of Alma- Ata is established which encourages every government to make primary health care a main feature
1979- The World Health Organization adopted Global Strategy for HFA
]]> 2018-05-11 14:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259956193 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259956821 This is a picture of Tedros Adhanom, the current Director General of the World Health Organization. He was appointed in July of 2017. ]]> 2018-05-11 14:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259956821 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259957169 The World Health Organization is doing a lot of work in Syria to help enhance the people’s health. They called for an evacuation of the wounded and ill from eastern Aleppo in Syria. This is a picture of children being evacuated.]]> 2018-05-11 14:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259957169 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259957439 This is a picture of an American girl being vaccinated. This past April 21 through 28, the Americas celebrated the 16th Vaccination Week. In these 16 years, 720,000,000 people have been vaccinated and 6 diseases have been eliminated from this area.]]> 2018-05-11 14:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259957439 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259958002 As of December of 2017, 6 million people in South sudan (over half the population) are malnourished. By 2018, 1.1 million children under 5 are going to be malnourished, so the World Health Organization has started to step in trying to help the worst cases first.]]> 2018-05-11 14:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259958002 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259958792 On February 22 2018, more than 60 experts from national organizations met together to discuss new ways to help HIV in key populations. By the end of 2016, there were 36.7 million people living with HIV, so this is an important issue that the WHO needs to work on.]]> 2018-05-11 14:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/259958792 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092419 The World Health Organization called for protection of health workers and immediate access of doctors to areas that are under siege in Syria. In the Syrian war, they have been attacking health centers, especially in the places that need the centers the most. Last year, over 14 million treatments were delivered all over the country, in order to provide Syrians with the best healthcare possible in their situation.]]> 2018-05-11 22:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092419 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092457 This is a picture of Syrian doctors going door to door in war conditions in order to vaccinate children for Polio. The disease has started showing up again and these volunteers understand how critical it is to vaccinate everyone, so they have to go door to door like this and risk being killed.]]> 2018-05-11 22:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092457 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092723 This is the World Health Organization’s logo. The logo is the symbol of the UN with a staff through it with a snake surrounding it, which is the symbol for medicine.]]> 2018-05-11 22:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092723 Timeline Pt. 2 casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092769 1980- Smallpox has been eliminated
1980s- The World Health Organization and UNICEF joined to launch the Bamako initiative 
1987- The Safe Motherhood Initiative is created with goals to reduce pregnancy disease and deaths 
1988- Plan to get rid of poliomyelitis begins
1990s- The World Health Organization begins programs to encourage a smoke-free, healthy life
1992- At the Earth Summit, a UN conference, the World Health Organization focuses on health problems because of environmental issues 
1993- The World Health Organization and the UN come together to start a new program to deal with HIV/AIDS
1995- First World Health Report is released
1995- Polio is eradicated in Syria
2000- Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network is established
2000- The Millennium Declaration is signed
2001- Five- year Polio Eradication Initiative begins
2003- The World Health Organization sets the international response to the SARS outbreak
2004- The World Health Organization accepts the Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
2005- International Health Regulations are edited again
October 2013- The first case of Polio recurrence in Syria is confirmed
May 2014- The World Health Organization declared Polio a global health emergency for the first time in the organization’s history
]]> 2018-05-11 22:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/260092769 Summary casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262544768 2018-05-22 01:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262544768 Analysis casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262544886 2018-05-22 01:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262544886 Bibliography casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262545030 2018-05-22 01:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262545030 Video casey_brody https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262838365 2018-05-22 20:29:26 UTC https://padlet.com/casey_brody/zib390monlw/wish/262838365