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World Health Organization Fact Sheets

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The World Health Organization's own published fact sheets and reports on individual diseases (smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria, cholera, poliomyelitis, influenza, diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease), the standard reference for global case counts, mortality estimates and eradication or elimination status. Cited here for prevalence and eradication figures, each carrying its own reporting year.

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Claims Backed By This Source (44 claims)

This source backs 44 claims across the atlas. As facts: 26 well-attested. Plus 18 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Conditions, 32 claims: 17 well-attested, 15 general references.
  • Articles, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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