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
Montréal World Health Organization Simulation Furthermore, the conference hopes to: McWHO 2008 (previous name): Migration of Health Workers. MonWHO 2009: Environmental Health: Access to Food and Water. MonWHO 2010: Pandemic Control (Level 4 Crisis) MonWHO 2011: Maternal Health. MonWHO 2012: Refugee Health. MonWHO 2013: Corruption in Global Healthcare Systems. MonWHO 2014: Access to Health Care. The Montreal World Health Organization Simulation was founded under the name McWHO (McGill World Health Organization Simulation) in 2007 by Martin Smoragiewicz, a McGill Medical Student, who was deeply concerned by the lack of recognition by his colleagues of the social determinants of health. Equally aware of the many professionals,