Current Projects
The WMA is active in several areas of action, but mainly in Ethics, Human Rights, Public Health, Health Systems and Advocacy. In what concerns Ethics, the WMA has various Declarations, Resolutions and Statements with which tries to help to guide National Medical Associations, governments and international organizations throughout the world. A wide range of subjects are covered like the rights of patients, research on human subjects, care of the sick and wounded in times of armed conflict, torture of prisoners, the use and abuse of drugs, family planning and pollution. WMA also works on Medical education, human resources planning for health care services, patient safety, Leadership and career development, Advocacy for physicians' and patients' rights, Occupational health and safety, democracy building for new medical associations and public health policy and projects such as tobacco control and immunization. All WMA policy documents and publications are available for free download on their website. These include (some in various languages) the World Medical Journal, the WMA Medical Ethics Manual, Caring Physicians of the World, Toolkits and Background Documents.
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