World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations’ system.

Location

Geneva

Switzerland

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TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases)

TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, is a global programme of scientific collaboration that helps facilitate, support and influence efforts to combat diseases of poverty. It is hosted at the World Health Organization (WHO), and is sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and WHO.

Location

Geneva

Switzerland

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The Lancet

The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal. It is one of the world's oldest and best known general medical journals, and has been described as one of the most prestigious medical journals in the world. The Lancet publishes original research articles, review articles ("seminars" and "reviews"), editorials, book reviews, correspondence, as well as news features and case reports.

Location

London

United Kingdom

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Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that help you make better decisions, deliver better care, and sometimes make groundbreaking discoveries in science, health, and technology. We provide web-based, digital solutions — among them ScienceDirect, Scopus, Evolve, Knovel, Reaxys and ClinicalKey — and publish over 2,500 journals and more than 33,000 book titles.

Location

London

United Kingdom

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British Medical Association

The British Medical Association (BMA) is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK. We are led by a team of executive directors working towards objectives set by the BMA council. Council sets overall policy which is informed by the needs of grassroots doctors, as determined by the BMA Representative Body, which itself is drawn from branch of practice and regional committees throughout the UK.

Location

London

United Kingdom

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WHO & HIFA: Maintaining essential health services during the pandemic: Deep dive, 10 May-25 June 2021

5 May, 2021

Starting on 10 May HIFA and WHO are collaborating on a 'deep-dive' on how to maintain essential health services: reproductive health, child health, mental health, non-communicable diseases, surgery, emergency care. Throughout we shall include a focus on vulnerable people as well as the general population. These explorations will unfold week by week over 6 weeks, guided by an expert working group of representatives of WHO and other organisations.