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The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition is a solution-targeted concept for the IT (information technology) healthcare community across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

1. World of Health IT November 4-6, 2008: Copenhagen, Denmark

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A specialized agency of the United Nations [UN] with 191 Member States, the World Health Organization [WHO] was founded in 1948. The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health, as defined in the WHO Constitution, is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. In support of its main objective, the Organization has a wide range of functions, including:

• Act as the directing and co-ordinating authority on international health work
• Promote technical co-operation
• Assist Governments, upon request, in strengthening health services
• Furnish appropriate technical assistance and, in emergencies, necessary aid, upon the request or acceptance of Governments
• Stimulate and advance work on the prevention and control of epidemic, endemic and other diseases
• Promote, in co-operation with other specialized agencies where necessary, the improvement of nutrition, housing, sanitation, recreation, economic or working conditions and other aspects of environmental hygiene
• Promote and co-ordinate biomedical and health services research
• Promote improved standards of teaching and training in the health, medical and related professions
• Establish and stimulate the establishment of international standards for biological, pharmaceutical and similar products, and to standardize diagnostic procedures
• Foster activities in the field of mental health, especially those activities affecting the harmony of human relations

WHO also proposes conventions, agreements, regulations and makes recommendations about international nomenclature of diseases, causes of death and public health practices. It develops, establishes and promotes international standards concerning foods and biological, pharmaceutical and similar substances.

1. 2-nd International Conference on Intellectual Disability/Mental Retardation November 6-8, 2008: Bangkok, Thailand

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The World Institute for Self-Healing [WISH] is a non-profit organization dedicated to education, research, development and application of human self-healing and mind power.

WISH seems to have ceased operations in 2006.

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World Islamic Association for Mental Health [WIAMH] is an Islamic organization founded in the 1980s.

Since modern psychiatry is a Western import to the Muslims it was felt by pioneer Muslim psychiatrists, that for psychiatry to work more effectively in the Muslim world all aspects of the psychiatric process including Diagnosis, Prognosis Treatment, and Planning for Psychiatric Facilities, have to be adapted to the Islamic cultural context. The major objectives are to promote mental health in Muslim countries and to carry research in cultural psychiatry of the Muslims.

The World Mediation Forum [WMF] is a not-for-profit world-wide umbrella organisation committed to the ideals of education, international networking, and capacity building in the field of conflict management and dispute resolution and uniting mediators and conflict resolution practitioners from all regions and countries through networking, research and global communication.

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The World Medical Association [WMA] was founded in 1947 to serve humanity by endeavoring to achieve the highest international standards in Medical Education, Medical Science, Medical Art and Medical Ethics, and Health Care for all people in the world. There are 84 national medical association members of WMA.

WMA functions through:

• Representation of the medical profession
• Setting and implementation of behavioural/ethical, clinical and educational standards
• Shaping of public health policy to ensure that patients have access to high-quality health care
• Democracy-building in the medical professions of new or developing democracies. In addition, the WMA has successfully lobbied and fought for the release of physicians held in detention without trial, in different countries
• Advocacy-focusing on the common concerns and interests of patients and physicians
• Disseminating knowledge and information to optimize standards of care

The official publication of the WMA is the World Medical Journal.

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The aim of the World Organization of Family Doctors [WONCA] (the full name is World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians) is to improve the quality of life of the peoples of the world through fostering and maintaining high standards of care in general practice/family medicine by providing a forum for exchange of knowledge and information between member organizations of general practitioners/family physicians, encouraging and supporting the development of academic organizations of general practitioners/family physicians, and representing the educational, research and service provision activities of general practitioners/family physicians before other world organizations and forums concerned with health and medical care (such as the World Health Organization).

WONCA is made up of national colleges, academies or organizations concerned with the academic aspects of general family medicine. Beginning with 18 members in 1972, there are now 97 member organizations in 79 countries.

The official publication of WONCA is The European Journal of General Practice.

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Initiated in 1950 as an international society for producing international psychiatric congresses and officially founded in 1961, the World Psychiatric Association [WPA] is an organization of psychiatric societies aimed at advancing psychiatric and mental health education, research, clinical care and public policy.

The members of the WPA are 112 national psychiatric societies representing  more than 150,000 psychiatrists. The societies are clustered into 18 Zones and 5 Regions: the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific. Representatives of the societies constitute the WPA General Assembly, the governing body of the organization. The WPA has individual members and there are provisions for affiliation of other associations (eg, those dealing with a particular topic in psychiatry).

Objectives:

• Improve the care and preserve the rights of the mentally ill
• Prevent mental disorders and promote mental health
• Upgrade knowledge, skills and attitudes for psychiatric work
• Promote the highest ethical and quality standards in psychiatric care, teaching and research
• Promote non-discrimination (parity) in health care
• Protect the rights of psychiatrists

The official publication of WPA is World Psychiatry.

1. 5-th Alexandria International Psychiatric Congress November 5-7, 2008: Alexandria, Egypt
2. International Congress April 1-4, 2009: Florence, Toscana, Italy
3. 2-nd Thematic Conference on Legal and Forensic Psychiatry June 16-20, 2009: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
4. 8-th World Congress of Depressive Disorders and International Symposium on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder September 24-26, 2009: Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina
5. Regional Meeting April 15-18, 2010: Yerevan, Armenia
6. Regional Meeting June 17-19, 2010: St Petersburg, Russia
7. Regional Meeting September 1-5, 2010: Beijing, Beijing Shi, China
8. Regional Meeting January 26-28, 2011: Cairo, Egypt
9. 15-th World Congress of Psychiatry October 11-15, 2011: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina

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The Transcultural Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association [WPA] was started in 1982 to increase awareness of culture on mental health and mental illness and to encourage public health policy, clinical practice and research on:

• Manifestations and rates of mental illness across cultures
• Cultural influences on vulnerability to and coping with mental illness
• Cultural influences on access to and use of psychiatric treatment
• Efficacy of indigenous and alternative healing methods
• Stigma and resilience related to mental illness

The Transcultural Psychiatry Section organizes international conferences at least twice yearly.

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The World Transhumanist Association [WTA], founded in 1998, is a nonprofit membership organization which works to promote discussion of the possibilities for radical improvement of human capacities using genetic, cybernetic and nano technologies.

Transhumanism is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and evaluating the possibilities for overcoming biological limitations through technological progress. Transhumanists seek to expand technological opportunities for people to live longer and healthier lives and to enhance their intellectual, physical, and emotional capacities.

Official publications of the WTA are:

• Journal of Evolution and Technology
• Transhumanity

WPF is the largest charitable provider of general counselling and psychotherapy services in the United Kingdom. It offers psychodynamic counselling and psychotherapy training through a nationwide network of affiliated centres. Training emphasizes experiential learning, including group venues.

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The Wright Institute is a Clinical Psychology Graduate School, offering a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) program in Clinical Psychology. It was founded in 1968.

The School of Professional Psychology [SOPP] offers the doctorate in psychology degree (PsyD), an APA accredited internship program, and a post-doctoral fellowship program.

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