World Health Organization
"World Health Organization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A specialized agency of the United Nations designed as a coordinating authority on international health work; its aim is to promote the attainment of the highest possible level of health by all peoples.
| Descriptor ID |
D014944
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.540.514.718.800
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "World Health Organization" by people in this website by year, and whether "World Health Organization" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2017 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "World Health Organization" by people in Profiles.
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Measuring and monitoring the quality of dying in the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2025 Jul; 6(7):100739.
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Development and validation of a novel clinical risk score to predict hypoxaemia in children with pneumonia using the WHO PREPARE dataset. BMJ Glob Health. 2025 Jul 07; 10(7).
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Advancing maternal and perinatal health through clinical trials: key insights from a WHO global consultation. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 04; 13(4):e740-e748.
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Molecular Testing for the World Health Organization Classification of Central Nervous System Tumors: A Review. JAMA Oncol. 2025 Mar 01; 11(3):317-328.
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A novel method for detecting Lipoarabinomannan in urine with the promise of meeting the WHO target product profile for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2025 May; 152:102619.
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Global prevalence of Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance among children in the world health organization regions between 2000 and 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2024 12 23; 22(1):598.
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A reproducibility study on invasion in small pulmonary adenocarcinoma according to the WHO and a modified classification, supported by biomarkers. Lung Cancer. 2025 Jan; 199:108060.
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Real-world impact of differences in the WHO and ICC classifications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a LEO cohort study analysis. Blood. 2024 Nov 07; 144(19):2063-2066.
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Identification of Glandular (Acinar)/Tubule Formation in Invasive Carcinoma of the Breast: A Study to Determine Concordance Using the World Health Organization Definition. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2024 Oct 01; 148(10):1119-1125.
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Gene Expression Changes Associated With Recurrence After Gross Total Resection of Newly Diagnosed World Health Organization Grade 1 Meningioma. Neurosurgery. 2025 Mar 01; 96(3):521-528.