Bulletin of the World Health Organization: Volume 102, Issue 12, December 2024

All registered pharmacy- and healthcare professionals in Namibia.

The December 2024 issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization include the following 20 articles:

Editorials

• What is needed to improve sexual health and well-being
• Advancing sexual health and well-being for all
• Mpox: an old disease poses a new threat
• A critical pathway to reducing maternal, newborn and child mortality

News

• Public health round-up
• Mpox and stigma
• Haven Ley: health and the empowerment of women

Research

• Trial of an mHealth intervention to improve HIV prophylaxis for female sex workers, United Republic of Tanzania
• Cognitive testing in 19 countries to refine WHO’s Sexual Health Assessment of Practices and Experiences

Systematic Reviews

• Associations between sexual health and well-being: a systematic review

Policy & Practice

• Sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in humanitarian contexts
• Progress towards sustainable development goals related to sexual health

Perspectives

• Menstruation and sexual health, well-being and justice
• Improving measures of women’s and girls’ sexual empowerment
• Addressing harmful gender norms in sexual health services
• A risk- and needs-based strategy HIV prevention for adolescent girls and young women, WHO African Region
• Sexual health and well-being in later life
• Endometriosis: disease mechanisms and health disparities
• Towards a more accurate global picture of perimenopause

The assessment (MCQ) must be successfully completed to receive your certificate - two (2) attempts to achieve 70%.

The Quiz is based on the following one (1) article:

• Associations between sexual health and well-being: a systematic review

Accrediting Body: Health Professions Council of Namibia

Council Number: ORG01419

Number of CPD points awarded to journal: 2 Clinical Points