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World health organization (WHO)

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 By:Mahira World Health Organization (WHO) was established in 1948 for the disease free future of the world. It is for Universal health care preventing communicable diseases and researching the factors that affect health. It is the part of the United Nations that focuses on global health issues. It has worked on many diseases like Polio, Smallpox etc. Its main objective is to raise awareness about the extent of illness. Their function is to provide leadership on matters critical to health and engaging in partnerships where joint action is needed. It helps to extinct those diseases which are communicable and harmful to human beings.   Its aim is to improve knowledge about attaining and maintaining good health through e-learning. This organization has the means to reach out to the people with information on disease prevention and health promotion. WHO is not an organization of a single country, many countries like India, Bangladesh, Bhutan etc are a part in WHO

Kidney Stones/Renal Calculi

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 By:Samsubrat   Kidney stones are common disorders that affect the urinary tract. Kidney stones are hard, pebble-like pieces of material that are formed when your urine becomes concentrated, allowing minerals to crystallize and stick together. Kidney stones usually originate in your kidney. However, they can develop anywhere in your urinary tract, which includes these parts : Kidneys Ureters Urinary bladder Urethra Kidney stones vary in shape and size. They can be as small as grain of sand or as large as pea and some stones rarely grow larger than the size of pea. Kidney stone is considered as one among the most painful conditions. Most kidney stones pass on their own causing little or no pain but large stones may get stuck anywhere in the urinary tract and can block urine flow which is very painful. Most of the kidney stones become lodged in the narrowing sites of ureters and these sites are : Ureteropelvic juction(UPJ)  The Urethral crossing of the iliac vessels and The

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS EMERGENCY FUND[UNICEF]

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 By:Suhan Manzoor The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund UNICEF was created on 11 December 1946 by United Nations, General Assembly, to provide food and healthcare to children in countries that have been devastated by World War II.     UNICEF gets its funds from voluntary contributors from government and private donors. Private groups and individuals contribute through National Committees. There are National Committees in 38 countries which contribute one third of UNICEF’s annual. Its services are to promote the health and well being of children. It was rewarded the Nobel Prize in 1965. UNICEF's network is of 150 country offices, headquarters, and offices that work for missions of UNICEF by carrying programs. It also had seven regional offices to provide technical assistance to country offices as needed. On 7 September 2006 a Spanish Catalan association football club FC Barcelona sponsored UNICEF by printing