Filter
7720
Filtered Results: 7720
Text search:
health
in
all
policies
Featured
Recommendations
589
New Publications
2098
Language
Document type
No document type
4297
Studies & Reports
1479
Guidelines
847
Manuals
402
Strategic & Response Plan
353
Fact sheets
134
Training Material
113
Situation Updates
44
Infographics
18
Resource Platforms
14
Brochures
12
Online Courses
4
Videos
2
App
1
Countries / Regions
Global
350
India
267
Kenya
258
Nepal
175
Uganda
174
South Africa
173
Ethiopia
160
Nigeria
149
Western and Central Europe
149
Myanmar / Burma
144
Sierra Leone
133
Zambia
127
Tanzania
124
Rwanda
123
Liberia
120
Malawi
118
Latin America and the Carribbean
118
Bangladesh
115
Africa
112
Ghana
102
Namibia
92
Syria
77
Ukraine
72
Philippines
68
South–East Asia Region
64
Cambodia
63
Zimbabwe
56
Congo, Democratic Republic of
54
Lesotho
53
Indonesia
53
Asia
52
Mozambique
46
Eastern Europe
42
Senegal
40
East and Southern Africa
40
Botswana
40
South Sudan
39
Guinea
37
Haiti
37
West and Central Africa
37
Venezuela
35
Middle East and North Africa
31
Brazil
31
Germany
27
Afghanistan
26
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
26
Eswatini/ Swaziland
26
Pakistan
26
Burkina Faso
25
Yemen
23
Colombia
21
Cameroon
21
Russia
21
Vietnam
17
Thailand
16
Western Pacific Region
16
Paraguay
16
Sudan
16
Jordan
14
Lebanon
14
Somalia
14
Argentina
13
Tajikistan
12
Albania
12
Peru
12
USA
12
China
11
Moldova
11
Central African Republic
11
Benin
10
Laos
10
Iraq
10
Chile
8
North America
8
Sri Lanka
8
Ecuador
8
Mexico
7
Turkey
7
Iran
7
Georgia
7
Timor Leste/ East Timor
6
Kyrgyzstan
6
Southern Africa
6
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
6
Papua New Guinea
6
Libya
6
Bhutan
6
Madagascar
6
North Macedonia
5
Togo
5
Kazakhstan
5
Burundi
5
United Kingdom
5
Greece
5
Palestine
5
Poland
5
Angola
5
Chad
5
Armenia
4
Hungary
4
Portugal
4
Bolivia
4
Egypt
4
Romania
4
Mali
4
El Salvador
3
Serbia
3
Canada
3
Fiji
3
Estonia
3
Niger
3
Italy
3
Saudi Arabia
3
Turkmenistan
3
Jamaica
3
Mauritius
3
Spain
3
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
Honduras
3
Guatemala
3
Gambia
2
Singapore
2
Malaysia
2
Morocco
2
Mongolia
2
Bulgaria
2
Guinea-Bissau
2
Croatia
2
Lithuania
2
Japan
2
Tunisia
2
Azerbaijan
2
Israel
2
Slovakia
2
North Korea
1
Switzerland
1
Qatar
1
Dominican Republic
1
Ireland
1
Gabon
1
France
1
Maldives
1
Norway
1
Belarus
1
Latvia
1
Belize
1
Costa Rica
1
Oman
1
Panama
1
Nicaragua
1
Djibouti
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
3135
Key Resources
515
Women & Child Health
417
Public Health
406
Clinical Guidelines
395
Capacity Building
111
Pharmacy & Technologies
61
Toolboxes
HIV
615
COVID-19
558
Mental Health
510
Planetary Health
379
Disability
369
TB
365
AMR
236
Caregiver
218
Conflict
198
Global Health Education
175
Refugee
167
NTDs
142
NCDs
135
Ebola & Marburg
117
Rapid Response
115
Pharmacy
113
Health Financing Toolbox
112
Natural Hazards
90
2.0 Rapid Response
85
Malaria
71
Social Ethics
34
Specific Hazards
33
Zika
29
Polio
29
Cholera
19
Typhoon
3
Integrated community case management (ICCM) – an approach where community-based health workers are trained to identify, treat and refer children under-five with pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria – is increasingly being used across sub-Saharan Africa to supplement the gaps in basic healthcare prov...
In the time of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), sex and drug use will continue, regardless of physical distancing orders and policies. People who previously met in community gathering venues such as bars and clubs may now meet in different sites, ones that are “hidden” or less accessible. This, i...
Waste management options such as recycling, composting, incineration and landfill impact health and well-being in profound ways, particularly for people who work directly with waste or live and work around waste sites.
Practices, challenges and the future implications for all stakeholders
This guideline provides health policy-makers and decision-makers in health professional training institutions with advice on the rationale for health-care providers’ use of counselling skills to address sexual health concerns in a primary health care setting
The United Nations Network on Migration is committed to supporting all partners in pursuit of the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, recognizing that this cooperative framework provides an invaluable tool for ensuring inclusive, collective responses to COVI...
Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2012
Reports from Kenya, Sierra Leone, China and Sri Lanka
Over the past decade, countries in the African region experienced slow progress in mobilizing resources for health while facing continued challenges. In their revised estimates published in 2017, Stenberg et al., developed two costs scenarios, termed progress and ambitious, aimed at strengthening co...
A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim Guidance 20 October 2020.
This self-assessment tool is designed for acute health-care facilities (i.e. tertiary and secondary) but can be modified for the use in long-term care facilities...
This document highlights the key aspects of safe health-care waste management in order to guide policy-makers, practitioners and facility managers to improve such services in health-care facilities. It is based on the comprehensive WHO handbook Safe management of wastes from health-care activities (...
The GHS Index is intended to be a key resource in the face of increasing risks of high-consequence and globally catastrophic biological events and in light of major gaps in international financing for preparedness. These risks are magnified by a rapidly changing and interconnected world; increasing ...
The procurement of essential medicines and other health products is a critical function in support of the effective discharge of WHO’s mandate, and WHO values the importance of the quality of essential medicines and health products that are supplied to countries. The first World Health Assembly in...
Guide to national implementation of the Shanghai Declaration describes policy orientations and approaches that can unlock the transformative potential of health promotion for sustainable development. This guide was developed to support country level implementation of the commitments and recommendati...
Assessment of the quality of institutional care for adults with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in the WHO European Region.
The specific objectives of the project were to address gaps in knowledge about the number and characteristics of such long-term institutions and to identify deficie...
Specifically the Strategy focuses on five strategic objectives:
commitment to action on Healthy Ageing in every country;
developing age-friendly environments;
aligning health systems to the needs of older populations;
developing sustainable and equitable systems for providing lon...
This policy brief explores the impact of air pollution on health and address the air quality issue in the response to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It also provides key actions that policy makers, NGOs and health professionals can take to ensure that every one can breathe clean air.
The report reflects on the trends, achievements and challenges in global health over the past decade during which Dr Margaret Chan has been Director-General of WHO. It discusses the role of WHO in dealing with such issues as the rise of noncommunicable diseases, leaps in life expectancy, and emergin...
Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper 1 (Debates). This paper was prepared for the launch of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) by its secretariat based at WHO in Geneva. It was discussed by the Commissioners and then revised considering their input.
No education system is effective unless it promotes the health and well-being of its students, staff and community. These strong links have never been more visible and compelling than in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Towards making every school a health-promoting school: Let’s start with a...
of highly contagious viruses (of the Ebola or Marburg type) in the context of an epidemic outbreak in West Africa
