2022年10月18日 · Law for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) For all aspects of health, there are binding rules that govern the rights and responsibilities of governments, health workers, companies, civil society and a country’s population. Together these rules make up the legal framework, or legal architecture for health.

2020年7月27日 · The Public Health Law and Policies Team (LAW) assists governments on legal issues relating to commercial determinants of health, with a focus on modifiable risk factors for noncommunicable disease, such as tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, and inadequate physical activity.

2021年8月5日 · The Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, GCM/NCD, established in 2014, is the first and only WHO instrument aimed at facilitating multistakeholder engagement and cross-sectoral collaboration to prevent and control NCDs. It convenes and connects diverse stakeholders comprising all …

2024年4月4日 · The new Law and policy lab provides a foundation on which countries and their partners can assess and strengthen existing policies and strategies to protect health and care workers’ rights.”The Global health and care worker compact identifies ten areas of focus within four domains – preventing harm, providing support, ensuring inclusivity ...

The Health Law and Ethics (HLE) unit supports Member States to develop, implement and evaluate legal and ethical frameworks. This is accomplished by collaborating across a broad range of programme areas, such as health governance, health and rights, health services, communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases and health through the life ...

2017年1月17日 · "The use of law to reduce smoking has been one of the great public health achievements, but there is so much more we could do with unhealthy foods, excessive alcohol use, injuries, and mental health," said Prof Lawrence Gostin, faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.

2024年3月25日 · Celebrating the “Right to Health: My health, my right” theme, World Health Day 2024 celebrations were co-chaired by H.E. Minister of Health Dr Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, and Acting World Health Organization (WHO) Representative Dr Tim Armstrong, alongside officials from a number of ministries, international organizations, hospitals and other key partners. As …

2019年2月20日 · Fifty years after the Philippines made it policy to gradually provide total medical service for its people through a medical care act, the President signed into law the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act (Republic Act 11223). The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes this development as it is excellent proof of commitment to improving access to high quality …

2008年1月1日 · In response to the exponential increase in international travel and trade, and emergence and reemergence of international disease threats and other health risks, 196 countries across the globe have agreed to implement the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR). This binding instrument of international law entered into force on 15 June 2007.

2024年11月18日 · The World Health Organization defines sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe …