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Report on the World Health Organization informal consultation on cysticercosis by Fèvre, Eric M.

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Methodological framework for World Health Organization estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease by Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Haagsma, J.A., Angulo, F.J., Bellinger, D.C., Cole, D., Döpfer, D., Fazil, A., Fèvre, Eric M., Gibb, H.J., Hald, T., Kirk, M.D., Lake, R.J., Noordhout, C.M. de, Mathers, C.D., McDonald, S.A., Pires, S.M., Speybroeck, N., Thomas, M.K., Torgerson, Paul R., Wu, F., Havelaar, A.H., Praet, N.

“…Background The Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) was established in 2007 by the World Health Organization to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases (FBDs). …”
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World Health Organization and knowledge translation in maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition by Strategic Technical Advisory Group of Experts, Duke, Trevor, AlBuhairan, Fadia S., Agarwal, Koki, Arora, Narendra K., Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Ruel, Marie T.

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) has a mandate to promote maternal and child health and welfare through support to governments in the form of technical assistance, standards, epidemiological and statistical services, promoting teaching and training of healthcare professionals and providing direct aid in emergencies. …”
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World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of Foodborne Diseases, 2010 by Torgerson, Paul

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World Health Organization global estimates and regional comparisons of the burden of foodborne disease in 2010 by Havelaar, A.H., Kirk, M.D., Torgerson, Paul R., Gibb, H.J., Hald, T., Lake, R.J., Praet, N., Bellinger, D.C., Silva, N.R. de, Gargouri, N., Speybroeck, N., Cawthorne, A., Mathers, C., Stein, C., Angulo, F.J., Devleesschauwer, Brecht

“…To measure the global and regional burden of foodborne disease (FBD), the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), which here reports their first estimates of the incidence, mortality, and disease burden due to 31 foodborne hazards. …”
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World Health Organization infant and young child feeding indicators and their associations with child anthropometry: A synthesis of recent findings by Jones, Andrew D., Ickes, Scott B., Smith, Laura E., Mbuya, Mduduzi N. N., Chasekwa, Bernard, Heidkamp, Rebecca A., Menon, Purnima, Zongrone, Amanda, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J.

“…As the World Health Organization (WHO) infant and young child feeding (IYCF) indicators are increasingly adopted, a comparison of country‐specific analyses of the indicators' associations with child growth is needed to examine the consistency of these relationships across contexts and to assess the strengths and potential limitations of the indicators. …”
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World Health Organization estimates of the global and regional disease burden of 11 foodborne parasitic diseases, 2010: A data synthesis by Torgerson, Paul R., Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Praet, N., Speybroeck, N., Willingham, Arve Lee, Kasuga, F., Rokni, M.B., Zhou, X.N., Fèvre, Eric M., Sripa, B., Gargouri, N., Fürst, T., Budke, C.M., Carabin, H., Kirk, M.D., Angulo, F.J., Havelaar, A., Silva, N. de

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Use of the new World Health Organization child growth standards to describe longitudinal growth of breasfed rural Bangladeshi infants and young children by Saha, Kuntal K., Frongillo, Edward A., Alam, Dewan S., Arifeen, Shams E., Persson, Lars, Rasmussen, Kathleen M.

“…Although the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference has been widely used, in 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) released new standards for assessing growth of infants and children worldwide.To assess and compare the growth of breastfed rural Bangladeshi infants and young children based on the new WHO child growth standards and the NCHS reference.We followed 1,343 children in the Maternal and Infant Nutrition Intervention in Matlab (MINIMat) study from birth to 24 months of age. …”
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An analysis of nutrition-relevant national policies in South Asia reveals a gap in addressing the essential nutrition actions recommended by World Health Organization (WHO) by Neupane, Sumanta, Jangid, Manita, Scott, Samuel P., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kim, Sunny S., Menon, Purnima, Murira, Zivai, Torlesse, Harriet

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World Health Organization Nutrition Policy Review 2016-2017 refers to biofortification and indicates that 20 countries have included biofortification as an action area in their national policies by CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health

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IFPRI Forum: A level playing field for farmers (Feature article)

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Integrated control of neglected zoonotic diseases in Africa: Applying the “One Health” concept by World Health Organization

“…The meeting held at the headquarters of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya during 13–15 November 2007 was supported jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission (EU), ILRI, the DBL-Centre for Health Research and Development (DBL), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the African Union (AU). …”
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Research priorities for the environment, agriculture and infectious diseases of poverty: Technical report of the TDR Thematic Reference Group on Environment, Agriculture and Infect... by World Health Organization

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Why the world needs more transparency on the origins of novel pathogens by Venter, M., World Health Organization

“…Collaboration and openness are essential to minimize the risks of future pandemics, says the World Health Organization’s scientific advisory group, SAGO.…”
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Assembling a framework for intensified control of taeniasis and neurocysticercosis caused by Taenia solium: report of an informal consultation, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, 17-18 July... by World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Organisation for Animal Health, International Livestock Research Institute

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Biofortification: Evidence and lessons learned linking agriculture and nutrition by Bouis, Howarth E., Low, Jan, McEwan, Margaret, Tanumihardjo, Sherry A.

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Enabling safer food in traditional markets by Grace, Delia

“…This webinar is one of several Health Talks presented by the World Health Organization in celebration of World Food Safety Day 2022.…”
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India’s Integrated Child Development Services programme; equity and extent of coverage in 2006 and 2016 by Chakrabarti, Suman, Raghunathan, Kalyani, Alderman, Harold, Menon, Purnima, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

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Cultivation of bloodstream Trypanosoma brucei by Hirumi, H., Doyle, J.J., Hirumi, K.

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Marketing food to children: the global regulatory environment by Hawkes, Corinna

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