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2019
HEALTH INTRODUCTION PAGE

health and well-being

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
-Article 25 Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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2019 Global Report on Food Crises
United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition

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Burn-out an "occupational phenomenon": International Classification of Diseases
WHO World Health Organization | 28 MAY 2019

Stress, overtime, disease, contribute to 2.8 million workers’ deaths per year, reports UN labour agency
UN News | 18 April 2019
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‘Shared responsibility’ to stop 420,000 needless deaths from tainted food each year, UN, world leaders warn
UN.ORG | 12 February 2019

​Cocaine and opium production worldwide hit ‘absolute record highs’ - major threat to public health says UN study
UN News | 26 June 2018

Governments should place more emphasis on drug treatment and rehabilitation, says UN-backed narcotics control board
UN News | 1 March 2018
Preventing suicide: A community engagement toolkit
WHO World Health Organization | 2018

800,000 people commit suicide every year
WHO World Health Organization | 9 September 2018

Coping With Stress​​
UNICEF | 2009

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Road safety ‘morally, economically sound investment,’ UN envoy tells global forum
UN.org | 13 November 2017

UN health agency reports depression now ‘leading cause of disability worldwide’
UN.org | 23 February 2017

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What's in Your Drinking Water?
Amanda MacMillan | NRDC | May 02, 2017

Youth violence is a global public health problem
WHO World Health Organization

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Global Health Observatory
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