The Role Of The World Health Day

On April 7th, 1948, a date now regarded as World Health Day, the constitution of the World Health Organization was established. The role of the WHO is to “to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations’ system” (World Health Organization). The World Health Organization has six main areas of applicability: health system, non communicable diseases, communicable diseases, promoting health via life-course, preparedness, surveillance and response, and finally corporate services. “WHO strives to increase coherence, effectiveness and efficiency in delivering results” (World Health Organization) to the United Nations. Your position this weekend entails accepting this role, and representing your country’s policies to the best

Elitist women who had access to midwives would not see a practicing doctor unless a situation arose that would result in either life or death; oftentimes, a midwife had little medical training and could not properly care for the mother or child during birth. Women who did not fall under the label of the elite class were forced to rely on the support of family members, usually women, and were left in unsanitary conditions that could lead to fatal repercussions: in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the global child mortality rate was at 43.3% before children reached the age of five

Women, especially of a lower class, depended mostly on male withdrawal as a method of birth control. Ideology surrounded this method argued it gave women more control over their maternal status - or lack thereof. However, women argued that it was a practice developed from a patriarchal view of control, and in reality, men were the ones who still held control. Additionally, with the increased accessibility to condoms, thanks to Charles Goodyear who invented the rubber condom, women and men had the ability to practice more effective methods of birth control, thus representing the increase in option regarding pregnancy and