Preparing for pandemics
Pandemics and large-scale outbreaks can claim millions of lives, disrupt societies and devastate economies. WHO's Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) is ...
Coronavirus
Preparing and preventing epidemics and pandemics. Feature stories. All → · 31 ... Pandemic preparedness: Introducing WHO's Investigations and Studies (Unity ...
COVID-19 pandemic triggers 25% increase in prevalence of anxiety ...
Mar 2, 2022 ... In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a ...
Pandemic prevention, preparedness and response accord
Jun 10, 2024 ... Member States of the World Health Organization have agreed to a global process to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other ...
Mental Health of Children and Adolescents Amidst COVID-19 and ...
Mar 26, 2021 ... ... pandemics. Keywords: COVID-19; adolescents; children; epidemic; mental health; pandemic. Publication types. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Cases of novel coronavirus (nCoV) were first detected in China in December 2019, with the virus spreading rapidly to other countries across the world. This led ...
Comparing SARS-CoV-2 with SARS-CoV and influenza pandemics
Jul 3, 2020 ... The objective of this Personal View is to compare transmissibility, hospitalisation, and mortality rates for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( ...
Child and Family Outcomes Following Pandemics: A Systematic ...
Nov 1, 2020 ... Studies examining parental and family outcomes indicate that parents experience high stress, anxiety, and financial burden during pandemics.
1918 Influenza: the mother of all pandemics
The "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, which caused approximately 50 million deaths worldwide, remains an ominous warning to public health.
WHO to identify pathogens that could cause future outbreaks and ...
Nov 21, 2022 ... WHO is launching a global scientific process to update the list of priority pathogens—agents that can cause outbreaks or pandemics—to guide ...