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African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions = ANSTI

42 p. ; This report provides a summary of the main activities carried out by the WHO Barcelona Office for Health Systems Financing in 2020. The Barcelona Office is a centre of excellence in health financing for universal health coverage (UHC). It is responsible for monitoring progress towards UHC and focuses on the extent to which people are protected from experiencing financial hardship when using health services. It works with Member States across the WHO European Region to promote evidence-informed policy-making. It supports countries to develop policy, monitor progress and design reforms through a combination of health system problem diagnosis, analysis of country-specific policy options, high-level policy dialogue and the sharing of international experience. It is also the home for WHO training courses on health financing and health systems strengthening for better health outcomes. Established in 1999, the Barcelona Office is supported by the Government of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems of the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

This compendium of basic statistics covers 31 countries of Asia and the Pacific. It aims at presenting a quantitative overview of the situation and development in education, science, culture and communication. Data are shown for 1975, 1980, 1981, and 1982. (DÜI-Bsn)

Environmental noise is a threat to public health, having negative impacts on human health and wellbeing. This book reviews the health effects of night time noise exposure, examines dose-effects relations, and presents interim and ultimate guideline values of night noise exposure. It offers guidance to the policy-makers in reducing the health impacts of night noise, based on expert evaluation of scientific evidence in Europe.The review of scientific evidence and the derivation of guideline values were conducted by outstanding scientists. The contents of the document were peer-reviewed and discu