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| Title |
World Health Assembly Agendas and trends of international health
issues for the last 43 years: Analysis of World Health Assembly
Agendas between 1970 and 2012 |
| Author(s) |
Tomomi Kitamuraa, Hiromi Obaraa, Yoshihiro Takashima,et al - Personal Name
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Subject |
Global Health Development |
| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Publishing Year |
2013 |
| Specific Detail Info |
Objective: To analyse the trends and characteristics of international health issues through
agenda items of the World Health Assembly (WHA) from 1970 to 2012.
Methods: Agendas in Committees A/B of the WHA were classified as Administrative or Technical
and Health Matters. Agenda items of Health Matters were sorted into five categories
by the WHO reform in the 65th WHA. The agenda items in each category and sub-category
were counted.
Results: There were 1647 agenda items including 423 Health Matters, which were sorted
into five categories: communicable diseases (107, 25.3%), health systems (81, 19.1%), noncommunicable
diseases (59, 13.9%), preparedness surveillance and response (58, 13.7%), and
health through the life course (36, 8.5%). Among the sub-categories, HIV/AIDS, non communicable
diseases in general, health for all, millennium development goals, influenza, and
international health regulations, were discussed frequently and appeared associated with
the public health milestones, but maternal and child health were discussed three times.
The number of the agenda items differed for each Director-General’s term of office.
Conclusions: The WHA agendas cover a variety of items, but not always reflect international
health issues in terms of disease burden. The Member States of WHO should take their
responsive roles in proposing more balanced agenda items. |
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