Health topics
The pages linked to below contain links to WHO projects, initiatives, activities, information products, and contacts, organized by health and development topics.
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A
- Accidents, Radiation
- Acrylamide
- Acupuncture
- see Traditional medicine
- Adolescent health
- Ageing
- AIDS
- see HIV/AIDS
- Air pollution
- Air travel
- see Travel and health
- Alcohol
- Anaemia
- Animal diseases
- see Zoonoses
- Antenatal care
- see Pregnancy
- Anthrax
- Antimicrobial drug resistance
- see Drug resistance
- Antiretroviral therapy
- Arsenic
- Asthma
- Avian influenza
B
- Biodiversity
- see Ecosystem
- Biohazards
- see Biosafety
- Biological medicines
- see Pharmaceutical products
- Biomedical technology
- Biosafety
- Bird flu
- see Avian influenza
- Blindness
- Blood safety
- Blood transfusion
- see Blood safety
- Breastfeeding
- Brucellosis
- BSE
- see Spongiform encephalopathies, Transmissible
- Burden of disease
- see Global burden of disease
- Burns
- Buruli ulcer
- see Mycobacterium ulcerans
C
- Campylobacter
- Cancer
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Cataract
- Cellular phone
- see Electromagnetic fields
- Cerebrovascular accident
- see Stroke, Cerebrovascular accident
- Cervical cancer
- see Cancer
- Chagas disease
- Chemical safety
- Child abuse
- see Child maltreatment
- Child development
- Child health
- Child maltreatment
- Childbirth
- see Labour
- Cholera
- Chronic diseases
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Civil society organizations
- Classifications
- Climate change
- Clinical trials
- Cloning
- see Genetics
- Communicable diseases
- see Infectious diseases
- Condoms
- Containment of biohazards
- see Biosafety
- Contraception
- see Family planning
- Cosmic radiation
- see Radiation, Ionizing
- Costs and cost analysis
- Craniofacial abnormalities
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- see Haemorrhagic fevers, Viral
D
- Deafness and hearing impairment
- Deep vein thrombosis
- see Venous thrombosis
- Deliberate epidemics
- Delivery
- see Labour
- Dengue
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Diagnostic imaging
- Diagnostic techniques and procedures
- Diarrhoea
- Diet
- see also Nutrition
- Diphtheria
- Disabilities
- Disasters
- see Emergencies
- Disease outbreaks
- Dracunculiasis
- Drinking water
- see also Water
- Drug abuse
- see Substance abuse
- Drug resistance
- Drugs
- see Essential medicines
- see Pharmaceutical products
- Dysentery
E
- E-coli
- see Escherichia coli infections
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- see Haemorrhagic fevers, Viral
- Ecosystem
- Education, Medical
- eHealth
- Electromagnetic fields
- Elephantiasis, Filarial
- see Filariasis
- Emergencies
- Emerging diseases
- Encephalitis, Viral
- Environmental health
- Environmental pollution
- Epidemics
- see Disease outbreaks
- Epidemiology
- see also Global burden of disease
- Epilepsy
- Escherichia coli infections
- Essential medicines
- Ethics
F
- Family planning
- Female condom
- see Condoms
F continued
G
- Gender
- Genetically modified food
- see Food, Genetically modified
- Genetics
- Genomics
- Geographic information systems
- Global burden of disease
- see also Epidemiology
- Global warming
- see Climate change
- Globalization
- Guinea-worm disease
- see Dracunculiasis
H
- Haemophilus influenzae type B
- Haemorrhagic fevers, Viral
- Headache disorders
- Health care technology
- see Biomedical technology
- Health cluster
- see Interinstitutional relations
- Health education
- Health financing
- Health impact assessment
- Health information
- Health policy
- Health promotion
- Health risks
- see Risk assessment
- see Risk factors
- Health services
- Health surveys
- Health systems
- Health workforce
- Hearing impairment
- Heart disease
- see Cardiovascular diseases
- Helminthiasis
- Hepatitis
- Herbal medicine
- see Traditional medicine
- HIV/AIDS
- Hospitals
- Human rights
- Hygiene
I
- Immunization
- see also Vaccines
- Indigenous populations
- Indoor air pollution
- see Air pollution
- Infant nutrition
- Infant, Newborn
- Infection control
- Infectious diseases
- Infertility
- Influenza
- Injections
- Injuries
- see also Violence
- Injuries, Traffic
- Innovation
- Insecticides
- see Pesticides
- Intellectual property
- Interinstitutional relations
- International Health Regulations
- Intestinal diseases, Parasitic
- Iodine deficiency
- see Nutrition disorders
- Ionizing radiation
- see Radiation, Ionizing
L
- Laboratory technology
- see Diagnostic techniques and procedures
- Labour
- see also Pregnancy
- Lassa fever
- see Haemorrhagic fevers, Viral
- Legislation, Health
- Leishmaniasis
- Leprosy
- Leptospirosis
- Life expectancy
- Listeria infections
- Lung diseases
- see Respiratory tract diseases
M
- Macroeconomics and health
- Malaria
- Malnutrition
- see Nutrition disorders
- Management
- Mapping
- see Geographic information systems
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever
- see Haemorrhagic fevers, Viral
- Maternal health
- Measles
- Medical devices
- Medical waste
- Medicinal plants
- see Traditional medicine
- Medicines
- see Essential medicines
- see Pharmaceutical products
- Melamine
- Meningitis
- Mental disorders
- Mental health
- Midwifery
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Mobile phones
- see Electromagnetic fields
- Mortality
- Mumps
- Mycobacterium ulcerans
N
- Neglected tropical diseases
- see Tropical diseases
- Neonatal tetanus
- see Tetanus
- Neurology
- Newborns
- see Infant, Newborn
- Non-ionizing radiation
- see Radiation, Non-ionizing
- Noncommunicable diseases
- see Chronic diseases
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- see also Diet
- Nutrition disorders
O continued
- Onchocerciasis
- Oral health
- Organ transplantation
- see Transplantation
- Ozone depletion
- see Ultraviolet radiation
P
- Passive smoking
- see Tobacco
- Patents
- see Intellectual property
- Patient safety
- Pertussis
- Pesticides
- Pharmaceutical products
- see also Essential medicines
- Physical activity
- Plague
- Pneumonia
- Poisons
- Poliomyelitis
- Poverty
- Power lines, impact of
- see Electromagnetic fields
- Pregnancy
- Prequalification
- Primary health care
- Prisons
- Psychotropic drugs
- see Pharmaceutical products
- Public health surveillance
R
- Rabies
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Radiation, Non-ionizing
- Radiography
- see Diagnostic techniques and procedures
- Radon
- see Radiation, Ionizing
- Rape
- see Violence against women
- Refugees
- Rehabilitation
- Reproductive health
- Research
- Research policy
- Respiratory tract diseases
- Rift Valley fever
- see Haemorrhagic fevers, Viral
- Rights
- see Human rights
- Risk assessment
- Risk factors
- River blindness
- see Onchocerciasis
- Road traffic accidents
- see Injuries, Traffic
- Rotavirus infections
- Rubella
S
- Salmonella
- Sanitation
- SARS
- see Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- Schistosomiasis
- Schizophrenia
- School health promotion
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- Sexual health
- Sexual violence
- see Violence against women
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Shigella
- Sleeping sickness
- see Trypanosomiasis, African
- Smallpox
- Smoking
- see Tobacco
- Social determinants of health
- Social environment
- Spongiform encephalopathies, Transmissible
- Statistics
- see also Epidemiology
- Stroke, Cerebrovascular accident
- Substance abuse
- Suicide
- Sunburn
- see Ultraviolet radiation
- Surgery
- Surveillance
- see Epidemiology
- see Public health surveillance
T
V
- Vaccines
- see also Immunization
- Venous thrombosis
- Violence
- see also Violence against women
- see also Injuries
- Violence against women
- Visual impairment
- see Blindness
- Vitamin A deficiency
- see Nutrition disorders
W
- Waste management
- see Medical waste
- Water
- see also Drinking water
- Whooping cough
- see Pertussis
- Women's health
X
- Xenotransplantation
- see Transplantation