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Maturitas Sep 2020The ageing of the global population is the most important medical and social demographic problem worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy...
The ageing of the global population is the most important medical and social demographic problem worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy ageing as a process of maintaining functional ability to enable wellbeing in older age. The WHO, Member States and Partners for Sustainable Development Goals have created a Global Strategy and Action Plan for Ageing and Health for 2016-2020 and its continuation with the WHO programme The Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030. The WHO has established main priorities such as supporting country planning and action, collecting better global data and promoting research on healthy ageing, aligning health systems to the needs of older people, laying the foundations and ensuring the human resources necessary for long-term integrated care, undertaking a global campaign to combat ageism, and enhancing the global network for age-friendly cities and communities. There are several reports of coordinated preventive health and social health initiatives in well developed countries. However, there is little evidence on the application of the active ageing frameworks in developing countries. Greater national capacities and closer monitoring of the progress through age-disaggregated data is needed to effectively implement the intended programmes on healthy ageing.
Topics: Aged; Aging; Global Health; Healthy Aging; Humans; World Health Organization
PubMed: 32747042
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2020.05.018 -
Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official... Sep 2015The 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumors of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus and Heart has just been published with numerous important changes from the...
The 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Tumors of the Lung, Pleura, Thymus and Heart has just been published with numerous important changes from the 2004 WHO classification. The most significant changes in this edition involve (1) use of immunohistochemistry throughout the classification, (2) a new emphasis on genetic studies, in particular, integration of molecular testing to help personalize treatment strategies for advanced lung cancer patients, (3) a new classification for small biopsies and cytology similar to that proposed in the 2011 Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society classification, (4) a completely different approach to lung adenocarcinoma as proposed by the 2011 Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society classification, (5) restricting the diagnosis of large cell carcinoma only to resected tumors that lack any clear morphologic or immunohistochemical differentiation with reclassification of the remaining former large cell carcinoma subtypes into different categories, (6) reclassifying squamous cell carcinomas into keratinizing, nonkeratinizing, and basaloid subtypes with the nonkeratinizing tumors requiring immunohistochemistry proof of squamous differentiation, (7) grouping of neuroendocrine tumors together in one category, (8) adding NUT carcinoma, (9) changing the term sclerosing hemangioma to sclerosing pneumocytoma, (10) changing the name hamartoma to "pulmonary hamartoma," (11) creating a group of PEComatous tumors that include (a) lymphangioleiomyomatosis, (b) PEComa, benign (with clear cell tumor as a variant) and
Topics: Female; History, 21st Century; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Male; World Health Organization
PubMed: 26291008
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000630 -
Histopathology Jan 2020
Topics: Digestive System Neoplasms; Humans; World Health Organization
PubMed: 31433515
DOI: 10.1111/his.13975 -
Head and Neck Pathology Mar 2022The fifth (5th) edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Head and Neck Tumors introduces a new chapter dedicated to soft tissue neoplasms... (Review)
Review
The fifth (5th) edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Head and Neck Tumors introduces a new chapter dedicated to soft tissue neoplasms commonly affecting the head and neck. While the diversity, rarity, and wide anatomic range of soft tissue tumors precludes a discussion of all entities that may be found in the head and neck, the addition of this new chapter to the head and neck "blue book" aims to provide a more comprehensive and uniform reference text, including updated diagnostic criteria, of mesenchymal tumor types frequently (or exclusively) arising at head and neck sites. Since publication of the previous edition in 2017, there have been numerous advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of many soft tissue tumors which have facilitated refinements in tumor classification, identification of novel entities, development of diagnostic markers, and improved prognostication. This review will provide a focused discussion of the soft tissue tumors included in the 5th edition WHO Head and Neck classification, with an emphasis on updates.
Topics: Head and Neck Neoplasms; Humans; Soft Tissue Neoplasms; World Health Organization
PubMed: 35312984
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-022-01425-w -
Leukemia Jul 2022
Topics: Humans; Neoplasms; World Health Organization
PubMed: 35732830
DOI: 10.1038/s41375-022-01625-x -
International Journal of Environmental... Dec 2022The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published guidelines on the implementation of a new Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework in 2017-2019. It is... (Review)
Review
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published guidelines on the implementation of a new Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework in 2017-2019. It is an integrated care framework for the screening, assessment, and management of intrinsic capacity (IC) declines. We aimed to examine where the early adopters of ICOPE are across the world, how these study teams and sites plan to apply the framework or have applied it, and the lessons learnt for future adopters. We systematically searched electronic medical and social sciences databases and grey literature published between 31 October 2017 and 31 March 2022. Records were systematically selected using precise inclusion criteria. There were 18 ICOPE study teams and sites across the 29 selected records. Of the 18 study teams and sites, seven were in the development stage, seven conducted feasibility studies, and four have commenced implementation of interventions that applied the ICOPE framework. Future ICOPE adopters may need to make certain decisions. These include whether to adopt ICOPE in the community setting or other settings, whether to adopt only Step 1 on IC screening or additional ICOPE Steps, whether the ICOPE IC screening tool requires modifications, and whether to use digital health technology. We propose the key factors needed to make these decisions and future research needed.
Topics: Humans; Aged; Learning; Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; World Health Organization
PubMed: 36612480
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20010154 -
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal =... Mar 2019This issue of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal covers a spectrum of public health research throughout the Region, much of which has direct relevance with the...
This issue of the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal covers a spectrum of public health research throughout the Region, much of which has direct relevance with the work of the World Health Organization. From industrial environmental health to vector control disease surveillance, the public health issues that currently afflict the Region are not necessarily unique, but certainly highlight areas of research that can have a particular urgency when considering the specific challenges faced by populations throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Chemical accidents have the potential for immense destruction not only through potential loss of life, but also through the degradation of the environment and contamination of air, water and thus agriculture. As low and middle-income countries are keen to industrialize and look to raise their standard of living, so must legal oversight and processes to ensure environmental health considerations are met.
Topics: Humans; Mediterranean Region; Public Health; World Health Organization
PubMed: 30919918
DOI: 10.26719/2019.25.1.3 -
Journal of Thoracic Oncology : Official... Sep 2015
Topics: Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Male; World Health Organization
PubMed: 26291007
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000663 -
Dental Traumatology : Official... Jun 2022An accurate, clear, and easy-to-use traumatic dental injury (TDI) classification and definition system is a prerequisite for proper diagnosis, study, and treatment....
An accurate, clear, and easy-to-use traumatic dental injury (TDI) classification and definition system is a prerequisite for proper diagnosis, study, and treatment. However, more than 50 classifications have been used in the past. The ideal solution would be that TDIs are adequately classified within the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO). TDI classification provided by the 11th Revision of the ICD (ICD-11), released in 2018, and previous Revisions, failed to classify TDIs satisfactorily. Therefore, in December 2018, a proposal was submitted by Dr's Stefano Petti, Jens Ove Andreasen, Ulf Glendor, and Lars Andersson, to the ICD-11, asking for a change of the existing TDI classification. Proposal #2130 highlighted the TDI paradox, the fifth most frequent disease/condition neglected by most public health agencies in the world, and the limits of ICD-11 classification. Namely, injuries of teeth and periodontal tissues were located in two separate blocks that did not mention dental/periodontal tissues; infraction, concussion, and subluxation were not coded; most TDIs lacked description; and tooth fractures were described through bone fracture descriptions (e.g., comminuted, compression, and fissured fractures). These limitations led to TDI mis-reporting, under-reporting, and non-specific reporting by untrained non-dental healthcare providers. In addition, no scientific articles on TDIs, present in PubMed, Scopus, and Web-of-Science, used the ICD classification. Proposal #2130 suggested to adopt the Andreasen classification, the most widely acknowledged classification used in dental traumatology. The Proposal was reviewed by two WHO teams, two scientific Committees, one WHO Collaborating Center, and the Department of Non-Communicable Disease Prevention at WHO headquarters, and it underwent two voting sessions. In March 2022, the Andreasen classification was accepted integrally. A new entity was generated, called NA0D, "Injury of teeth or supporting structures" (https://icd.who.int/browse11/l-m/en#/http%3a%2f%2fid.who.int%2ficd%2fentity%2f1413338122). Hopefully, this will contribute to increasing the public awareness, and the dental profession's management, of TDIs.
Topics: Humans; Prevalence; Tooth Fractures; Tooth Injuries; World Health Organization
PubMed: 35481941
DOI: 10.1111/edt.12753 -
Head and Neck Pathology Mar 2022The new WHO classification of head and neck tumors provides a comprehensive overview of lesions by summarizing their clinical, epidemiological, histological,... (Review)
Review
The new WHO classification of head and neck tumors provides a comprehensive overview of lesions by summarizing their clinical, epidemiological, histological, immunohistochemical, molecular and genetic features. The chapters related to the description of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal lesions have thus been largely modified.
Topics: Head and Neck Neoplasms; Humans; Nasopharynx; Oropharynx; World Health Organization
PubMed: 35312986
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-022-01449-2