By Benjamin King The ideal It is important that while striving to ameliorate the pandemic situation, policy makers should ensure that policies support and improve the welfare of individuals in the country. Precaution should be a fundamental responsibility of every … Continue reading →
The World Health Organisation is one of the United Nations specialised agencies – an autonomous agency with its own membership, but coordinated through the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Founded in 1948, the organisation has its own constitution that … Continue reading →
On 31 May 2020 the United Nations Association Coventry Branch ran a teleconference about World No Tobacco Day. Philip Brown and Elena Miron discuss tobacco, how and why people get hooked and what the World Health Organization is doing to … Continue reading →
Normally UN interns are unpaid and have to find their own accommodation, food and travel expenses. But after a campaign led by Wolverhampton doctor and ex-intern Dr Ashton Barnett-Vanes, the World Health Organisation based in Geneva has agreed to provide full … Continue reading →