Turkey World Health Organization is a part of World Health Organization which is directed towards providing leadership on health matters on a global level, shaping health research, setting standards, providing technical support to countries and assessing health trends.
Today health is a responsibility not only of the individual but it is a collective responsibility. Public health is not restricted any more and the boundaries are becoming hazier every day. To deal with public health in Turkey and bring under control the diseases that affect the Turkish, Turkey World Health Organization has set down various objectives. Some of these are:
Encouraging worldwide development of health
In recent years public health is gaining more and more importance. Poverty along with poor health conditions prevails all over the world. To boost public health in Turkey is a major aim of Turkey World Health Organization
Promoting health security
Epidemic prone diseases are one of the greatest dangers to public health. Turkey is not free from such epidemics and Turkey WHO aims at dealing with these epidemics in Turkey like Avian Influenza.
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Turkey WHO also issues forth information on health based on extensive research.
The statistics provided by Turkey World Health Organization are as follows:
Total population of Turkey-- 73193000
Gross National Income per capita-- $8420
Life Expectancy at birth Male/female-- 69/74
Healthy life expectancy at birth male/female--61/63
Probability of dying under five--29
Probability of dying between 15 and 60 years male/female--181/112
Total expenditure on health per capita-- 557
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP--7.7
The areas that fall under the coverage and provisions of Turkey WHO are:
Immunization surveillance, assessment and monitoring
Assessing diseases burden and immunization impact
Providing data statistics and graphics
Providing skilled attendants during birth
The World Health Organization in Turkey is working with ultimate precision and efficiency.
