World Health Organization as a means to reduce traffic-related injuries. The WHO has also worked on global initiatives in surgery, including emergency and essential surgical care, trauma care, and safe surgery. The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist is in current use worldwide in the effort to improve patient safety. The World Health Organization's primary objective in natural and man-made emergencies is to coordinate with member states and other stakeholders to "reduce avoidable loss of life and the burden of disease and disability." On 5 May 2014, WHO announced that the spread of polio was a world health emergency – outbreaks of the disease in
2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak currently no treatment for the disease. As of 11 November 2017, according to the Ministry of Health no new cases have been reported to this point the report originates from Kampala. On 8 December the World Health Organization declared the end to the outbreak in the country of Uganda due to two 21-day quarantine periods <br> The table lists a subset of the Marburg virus disease outbreaks, which have occurred specifically in Uganda: 2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak The 2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak was confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 20 October 2017 after there had been