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World Health Organization
Government•Islamabad, Pakistan•
About: World Health Organization is a government organization based out in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 13330 authors who have published 22232 publications receiving 1322023 citations. The organization is also known as: World Health Organisation & WHO.
Topics: Population, Public health, Health care, Health policy, Global health
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TL;DR: This Report suggests that this Report provides the most detailed compilation of published and emerging evidence so far, and provides a basis for identification of the ways in which GHIs and health systems can interact to mutually reinforce their effects.
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TL;DR: The available evidence shows that important risk factors for periodontal disease relate to poor oral hygiene, tobacco use, excessive alcohol consumption, stress, and diabetes mellitus, and integrated preventive strategies based on the common risk factors approach are recommended for public health practice.
Abstract: Background: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the burden of periodontal disease in adult populations worldwide, to emphasize the essential risk factors common to periodontal disease and chronic diseases, to outline important new strategies for effective prevention of periodontal disease, and to inform about the role of the World Health Organization (WHO) in developing a national capacity for the prevention of disease.Methods: Information about periodontal health status as measured by the Community Periodontal Index system is stored in the WHO Global Oral Health Data Bank. Updated information concerning WHO standard age groups was used to describe the prevalence rates of signs of periodontal disease, i.e., gingival bleeding, periodontal pocketing, and loss of attachment.Results: Gingival bleeding is highly prevalent among adult populations in all regions of the world; advanced disease with deep periodontal pockets (≥6 mm) affects ∼10% to 15% of adults worldwide. The available evidence show...
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TL;DR: Water quality is highly variable by nature due to environmental conditions such as basin lithology, vegetation and climate as mentioned in this paper, and a standard river water for use as reference is therefore not applicable.
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TL;DR: A strategic investment framework is proposed that is intended to support better management of national and international HIV/AIDS responses than exists with the present system and would avert 12·2 million new HIV infections and 7·4 million deaths from AIDS between 2011 and 2020.
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher J L Murray | 209 | 754 | 310329 |
| Michael Marmot | 193 | 1147 | 170338 |
| Didier Raoult | 173 | 3267 | 153016 |
| Alan D. Lopez | 172 | 863 | 259291 |
| Zulfiqar A Bhutta | 165 | 1231 | 169329 |
| Simon I. Hay | 165 | 557 | 153307 |
| Robert G. Webster | 158 | 843 | 90776 |
| Ali H. Mokdad | 156 | 634 | 160599 |
| Matthias Egger | 152 | 901 | 184176 |
| Paolo Boffetta | 148 | 1455 | 93876 |
| Jean Bousquet | 145 | 1288 | 96769 |
| Igor Rudan | 142 | 658 | 103659 |
| Holger J. Schünemann | 141 | 810 | 113169 |
| Richard M. Myers | 134 | 496 | 137791 |
| Majid Ezzati | 133 | 443 | 137171 |