Filter
2839
Filtered Results: 2839
Text search:
Laboratory
commodities
Featured
Recommendations
296
New Publications
911
Language
Document type
No document type
1680
Studies & Reports
415
Guidelines
349
Strategic & Response Plan
155
Manuals
131
Training Material
35
Fact sheets
31
Situation Updates
30
Infographics
5
Brochures
4
Resource Platforms
3
Online Courses
1
Countries / Regions
Sierra Leone
107
Kenya
106
Global
106
Liberia
105
India
103
Ethiopia
82
Uganda
80
Nigeria
77
Tanzania
68
Africa
56
South Africa
53
Malawi
52
Zambia
52
Nepal
49
Western and Central Europe
47
Rwanda
45
Congo, Democratic Republic of
40
Bangladesh
40
Ghana
36
Myanmar / Burma
32
Guinea
31
Latin America and the Carribbean
31
South–East Asia Region
28
Syria
26
Zimbabwe
25
Philippines
25
West and Central Africa
25
Namibia
25
Lesotho
24
East and Southern Africa
24
Cambodia
23
Ukraine
22
Eastern Europe
21
Senegal
20
Asia
18
Botswana
16
Mozambique
15
Haiti
13
South Sudan
13
Middle East and North Africa
12
Colombia
11
Eswatini/ Swaziland
11
Pakistan
11
Indonesia
10
Cameroon
9
Madagascar
9
Benin
8
Western Pacific Region
8
Burkina Faso
7
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
7
Albania
6
Venezuela
6
Brazil
6
Moldova
6
Somalia
6
Thailand
5
Afghanistan
5
USA
5
Germany
5
Russia
5
Yemen
5
Georgia
5
Tajikistan
4
Laos
4
Burundi
4
Vietnam
4
Papua New Guinea
4
Sudan
4
Central African Republic
4
Mali
4
Armenia
3
North America
3
Bolivia
3
Angola
3
Iraq
3
North Macedonia
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Gambia
2
Togo
2
China
2
Iran
2
Peru
2
Bulgaria
2
Jordan
2
Paraguay
2
Jamaica
2
Mauritius
2
United Kingdom
2
Portugal
2
Southern Africa
2
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
2
Lebanon
2
Sri Lanka
2
Chad
2
Bhutan
2
Ecuador
2
Switzerland
1
Serbia
1
Turkey
1
Chile
1
Morocco
1
Qatar
1
Dominican Republic
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Hungary
1
Lithuania
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Gabon
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
France
1
Maldives
1
Tunisia
1
Spain
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Argentina
1
Romania
1
Slovakia
1
Greece
1
Palestine
1
Poland
1
Libya
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Policies
304
Policies & Guidelines HIV & TB
272
Studies & Reports
263
Guidelines
166
COVID-19
116
Women & Child Health
76
Capacity Building
69
Humanitarian Crisis
61
Community Health
58
Drugs & Medical Equipment
55
Disease Prevention & Control
53
Statistics
52
Demograhic Health Surveys DHS
40
Non-communicable Diseases
31
Disaster Preparedness
27
General Guidelines
26
Reproductive Health
26
TB
23
HIV & STI
21
Countries
20
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
20
Health Systems
20
Humanitarian Aid
19
Pediatrics
19
Vaccine-preventable Diseases
19
Maternal Health
19
Hepatitis
18
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
18
Water
18
NTDs & Others
17
Paediatrics
16
Communicable Diseases
14
Other
14
WASH
14
Community Health
13
Needs Assessment
12
Neonatal Care
12
Malaria
12
Vector Control
11
Maternal & Child Health
10
Quality Control & Assurance
10
Surgery & Anaesthesia
10
Women & Child Health
10
Parasitology
10
Sanitation
9
Cancer
9
Disabilities
9
Clinical Training
8
Public Health
8
Child Health
8
Cardiovascular Diseases
8
Primary Health Care
8
Food Security & Nutrition
8
Rabies
7
Monitoring & Evaluation
7
NCD
7
Diarrhoeal Disease/Cholera
7
Waste Management
7
Immunization
7
Communicable Diseases
7
Age & Elderly
7
Key Resources
7
Helminthiasis
6
Schistosomiasis
6
Laboratory Waste
6
Public Health
6
Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
6
Leishmaniasis
6
Laboratory Quality Assurance
6
Family Planning
5
Buruli Ulcer
5
Cervical Cancer
5
Health System Strengthening
5
Chagas
5
Medical Devices & Equipment
5
Clinical Guidelines
5
Yellow Fever
5
Global Health
5
Digital Health
4
Pharmacy & Technology
4
Bacteriology
4
Dermatology
4
x MEDBOX Issue Brief & Annual Reports x
4
General Guidelines
4
Palliative Care
4
MPOX - Monkeypox
4
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
4
Hemorrhagic Fever
4
Respiratory Infections
4
Protection & Security
4
Dental & Eye Care
3
Other Cancer diseases
3
Cancer Treatment & Resources
3
Virology
3
Sexual Violence
3
Humanitarian Aid
3
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
3
Emergency Health Kits
2
Yaws
2
Under-5 nutrition
2
Diabetes
2
Hand Hygiene
2
Taeniasis/ Cysticercosis
2
Breast Cancer
2
Emergency Care
2
Snakebites
2
Yersinia pestis (Plague)
2
Training Manuals
2
Child protection
2
Leprosy
2
Palliative Care
2
Mental Health
2
Leprosy
2
Nutrition
2
Dengue
2
Pharmacy & Technologies
2
Medicines Donations
1
Hematology
1
Trachoma
1
Gender
1
Onchocerciasis
1
Lymphaticfilariasis
1
Annual Report MEDBOX
1
Planetary Health
1
Pediatric cancer
1
Nutrition
1
Non-communicable Diseases NCD
1
COVID-19
1
Sex. & Repr. Rights
1
E-therapy
1
Fecal Disposal / Latrines
1
Neurology & Psychology
1
Human African Trypanosomiasis
1
Hygiene Promotion
1
Toolboxes
Country specific documents
81
Reports & Studies
52
Assessment & Studies
47
Public Health
46
Country specific
44
Roadmaps, Action Plans & Policies
37
Eastern Europe and central Asia
34
Preparedness & Prevention
33
Prevention & Preparedness
31
Prevention & Control
26
Global Impact: Socio-economic, health services, TB & HIV
24
Infection Control General
22
Children & Adolescents
21
Surveillance
19
Appeals and Response Plans
19
Hospital Readiness/Essential Health Services
19
Outbreak Prevention & Control
18
HIV testing & services
18
Ebola Prevention & Control
18
Key Resources
18
Surveillance & Contact tracing
18
Cholera Prevention & Control
17
General Reports
16
Treatment & Prevention
16
Detection & Diagnosis
16
HIV in Key Populations
16
International
15
Advocacy & Communication
15
Assessment & Response
15
TB & Prisoners
15
Infection Control
15
TB & Other Vulnerable Populations
14
IPC
13
Clinical Aspects
13
Policies
13
General documents One Health
13
Situation Reports & Updates
13
Research & Access
13
Social Mobilisation
12
Climate & Health
12
Handbooks & Manuals
12
Community Health Workers CHW
12
Waste Managment
12
Overview, Studies & Reports
12
Disease Prevention & Control
12
SEAR (South-east Asia Region)
12
Influenza Prevention & Control
11
Substance Use Disorders, Others
11
Context, Facts & Travel Advice
11
Studies
11
Action Plans, Policies & Response
11
Clinical Aspects, Treatment & Prevention
10
Adults
10
Global
10
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
10
Rational use of Medicine
10
Substance Use Disorders & Addiction
10
Zika Prevention & Control
10
Surveillance
9
Treatment Guidelines HIV
9
General
9
Universal Health Coverage UHC and 90-90-90 Strategy
9
Infection Prevention & Hygiene
9
Context & Facts, Travel Advice
9
Diagnostics & Laboratory Guidance
9
Guidelines
9
Guidelines & Manuals
9
Studies & Reports
9
Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
9
Training
9
Community-based Mental Health Care
9
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
9
Policies & Strategies
8
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
8
Training
8
Research
8
Human Rights
8
Reports
8
Clinical Guidelines
8
Supporting tools
8
Zoonoses
8
General Information
8
Policies and guidelines
8
Neurological Disorders
8
Latin America & the Carribean
8
Preparedness & Prevention
8
Treatment Guidelines
7
National Policies
7
Communication & Training
7
Others
7
IACAPAP International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
7
Children/Adolescents Mental Disorders
7
Health & Refugee
7
Access & Strategy
7
Nurses
7
Climate Change General
7
Pharmacy Management
7
Supply Chain & Store Management
7
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
7
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
7
General Information & Methodology
7
Health Financing Toolbox
7
Asia and Pacific
7
Situation Reports & Updates
7
Malawi
7
HIV service delivery
7
Antiretroviral Treatment ART
7
Reports & Studies Children HIV
7
Kenya
7
Policies & Strategies
6
Childhood TB
6
Agriculture & Veterinary
6
Plague Situation Reports
6
WASH
6
Laboratory
6
Midwives
6
Essential Medicines & Devices Lists
6
HIV &TB
6
MPOX - Monkeypox
6
MPOX -Monkeybox Prevention & Control
6
Drug resistant TB
6
Assessment & Response
6
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
6
Testing Guidelines
6
TB/HIV Coinfection
6
South-east Asia Region
6
Situation Reports, others
6
Universal Health Coverage & Primary Health Care
6
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
6
ART Drug Resistance
5
Laboratory Guidance
5
Yellow Fever Prevention & Control
5
South Africa
5
Prevention Guidelines
5
Assessment & Response
5
Transgender People
5
Eastern Europe
5
HIV
5
Rwanda
5
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
5
Hand Hygiene
5
For General Public & Community
5
HIV and COVID-19
5
RCCE Guides & Manuals
5
Community Health
5
Fair Allocation & Ethical Aspects
5
Waste Management
5
Planetary Health
5
Pharmacy Practice
5
Quality Assurance
5
Women & Maternal Health
5
Guiding documents and principles
5
Pharmacovigilance
5
Situation Reports & Updates
5
Health Impact & Climate Change
5
MPOX - Monkeypox
5
Studies & Reports
5
Health Worker
5
Women
5
Community Worker
5
Dengue Prevention & Control
5
Uganda
5
Nigeria
5
Western & Central Europe
5
WASH
5
TB
5
Europe
4
HIV surveillance
4
Opportunistic Infections
4
Influenza
4
Eastern Mediterranean Region
4
Hepatitis
4
General Studies & Reports
4
Training Material
4
Latin America
4
Ebola & Marburg
4
Training
4
Workplace
4
Epilepsy
4
Ethiopia
4
Treatment Guidelines
4
Situation Reports & Updates
4
Health Personnel
4
General
4
COVID-19
4
Training, others
4
For Health Worker
4
Country Specific
4
For Migrants & Refugees
4
Protection of Vulnerable Groups
4
Camps and Camp-like Settings
4
Food and Nutrition
4
Tips & Best Practice Examples
4
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
4
TB/HIV
4
COVAX Initiative
4
Others
4
Clean air
4
Surgery
4
Health Care Systems
4
Infectious Diseases
4
Others
4
Health Care In Conflict Settings
4
Humanitarian Aid Guidelines
4
Chagas
4
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
4
Studies & Reports
4
Studies & Reports
4
NTDs General
4
Onchocerciasis
4
others
4
Technical Information
4
Education of students & professionals
4
Nutrition
4
Stewardship
4
Assessment
4
Overview & Statistics
4
WASH
4
AmR (Region of Americas)
4
Lobby and Advocacy
4
Epidemiology
4
Safe Burials
4
Situation Reports & Updates
4
Eastern and Southern Africa
4
Public Health
4
Capacity Building
4
Neurological disorders, Others
4
Drugs
3
Communication & Training
3
Meningitis Prevention & Control
3
Moldova
3
Vaccines & Immunization
3
Early Warning
3
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
3
Infection Control
3
HIV testing & disclosure
3
Namibia
3
Curricula & Core Competencies
3
Diverse Chemical Substances
3
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
3
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
3
Country Guidelines
3
GO pre-deployment training
3
Context & Facts
3
Public Health
3
Educational Settings
3
Physical Distancing
3
Essential Medicines & Medical Devices
3
Situation Reports COVID-19
3
Ebola Treatment Center
3
Logistics & Supply
3
TB/COVID-19
3
SARS-CoV-2 Variants
3
Long COVID/ Post-COVID Syndrome
3
Research & Pipeline
3
Health Promotion
3
Studies & Reports
3
Palliative Care
3
Reports
3
Falsified & Substandard
3
Traditional & Herbal Medicines
3
One Health
3
Epilepsy
3
General Guidelines for Rational Use
3
Ukraine
3
WASH Water Sanitation & Hygiene
3
Leishmaniasis
3
Strategies & Roadmaps
3
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
3
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
3
Information & Education Material (IEC)
3
Studies & Reports
3
Yaws & other Endemic Treponematoses
3
Access to treatment and laboratory
3
Capacity Building & Resources
3
Prevention & Strategies
3
Studies & Reports
3
Prevention & Strategies
3
Studies & Reports
3
War Surgery & Wound Care
3
Training Material
3
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
3
Ghana
3
One Health
3
TB/HIV Global
3
AR (African Region)
3
Assessment & Response
3
Situation Reports & Updates
3
Health Care Systems
3
International
3
Situation Reports
3
HIV and coinfection
3
Chikungunya Prevention & Control
3
Cholera
3
Planetary Health
3
Psychosocial Support
3
Paediatrics
3
Chikungunya
3
Prisoners
3
Meningitis & Encephalitis
3
Food & Nutrition
3
Global Health Ethics
3
Plague Prevention & Control
3
Cyclones Idai & Kenneth
3
Africa
2
Communication & Social Mobilisation
2
Best Practice Models
2
Rapid Response
2
Gynaecology / Obstetrics
2
Cocaine
2
Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
2
Advocacy
2
Children with Disabilities
2
Training
2
Faith-based Organizations
2
Vector Control
2
WPRO (Western Pacific Region)
2
Plague
2
South Sudan
2
General Mental Health Guidelines
2
Shelter & Reconstruction
2
Sexually Transmitted Infections
2
Surveillance
2
TB
2
Adherence
2
African Region
2
Ebola
2
Discrimination & Stigma
2
Georgia
2
Drug resistance
2
Public Health
2
Laboratory & Sampling
2
Sustainable Development Goals
2
Russia
2
Sex Worker
2
Key Resources
2
Key Resources
2
Cannabis
2
Livestock production
2
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
2
For Pregnant Women
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Prison & Detention
2
Human Rights
2
Child Protection
2
Information for the Public
2
Country-specific Platforms
2
Workplace
2
Health Care Professionals & Spirituality
2
Oxygen Therapy
2
Vaccination & Strategy
2
Vaccine Candidates & Research
2
Communication Material
2
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
2
Hygiene
2
Others
2
Colombia
2
Wound management
2
Biodiversity shift
2
Essential Medicines
2
Pediatrics
2
Cancer
2
Freshwater use
2
Disaster, Migration and Conflict
2
Mental Disorders
2
Environment
2
Public Health
2
Prevention & Measures
2
General
2
Mental Health
2
Non-communicable Diseases NCD
2
Education Principles
2
Heat
2
General
2
Best Practice Examples
2
Appeals & Response Plans
2
Capacity Building & Resources
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Information & Education Material (IEC)
2
Statistics & Facts
2
Studies & Reports
2
Prevention & Control
2
Patient Safety
2
Vector control
2
Leptospirosis
2
Situation Reports & Updates
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
2
Studies & Reports
2
Statistics & Facts
2
Studies & Reports
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Romania
2
Children's Rights
2
Botswana
2
Contact Tracing
2
Protection
2
Asia
2
Prophylactic Treatment
2
For Community Health Workers
2
Disaster Preparedness & Prevention
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
IEC
2
Global Health Institutions and Stakeholders
2
Epidemiology
2
Context & Facts
2
Depression
2
Mental Health GAP Action Programme
2
Gender Aspects
1
Public Health
1
Alcohol
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Health Systems
1
Cholera Situation Reports
1
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
1
Behaviour Change/Life Skill Education
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Male Circumcision
1
Intellectual Disability
1
Local Action
1
Communication & Training
1
Background PTSD in children
1
Chemical Attacks
1
Inclusion
1
Yellow Fever
1
Violence & Protection
1
Explosives
1
Surgery & Rehabilitation
1
Vaccination
1
Physical Disability
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Ukraine
1
Zambia
1
Policies & Programmes
1
Training Manuals
1
Interculturality
1
Assessment & Response
1
Dengue
1
Platforms and initiatives
1
Humanitarian Crisis
1
Latin America
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Public Health
1
Opoids
1
Public Health
1
Orphans & vulnerable children
1
Laboratory
1
Drug resistance
1
Africa
1
El Niño
1
Prevention & Control
1
Tools for Rational use
1
Studies & Reports
1
Hepatitis
1
Prophylaxis
1
Vaccination
1
Children
1
e-Learning
1
Key Resources
1
Advocacy
1
Clinical aspects
1
Sitreps & Updates
1
Child Health / Pediatrics
1
Cholera
1
Information for different audiences
1
Women's Mental Health
1
Belarus
1
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
1
HIV / AIDS
1
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
1
Sexual Abuse
1
Medical professionals
1
IEC Substance Use Disorders
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Essential List
1
Clinical Aspects
1
Poster & Infographics
1
Covid-19 & the One Health Approach
1
Covid-19 & Climate Change
1
For Parents & Children
1
Faith-based Organizations
1
COVID-19
1
Simulations
1
For Older People
1
Humanitarian Aid
1
Paediatrics
1
COVID-19
1
Encyclical Letters
1
Medical & Community Masks
1
General
1
MHPSS – Psychosocial Support
1
Mental Health
1
COVID-19 Simulation Exercise Training
1
Mythbusters/Misinformation
1
Immunization Guidelines
1
COVID-19 Vaccination
1
Environmental NPIs
1
Psychosocial Support
1
Genomic sequencing
1
Vaccine Hesitancy & Myths
1
Others
1
Standard precautions
1
Hand Hygiene
1
Online Courses
1
Primary Care
1
Ethics
1
Online Resources
1
Food environments
1
Agriculture
1
Overview & reports
1
Green & healthy living
1
Urban health
1
Medicine Donations
1
Strategies
1
Resuscitation
1
Land-system change
1
Agriculture incl. animal husbandry
1
Humanitarian Crisis
1
Climate Change
1
Others
1
Reports & Studies
1
Information Refugees Ukraine
1
Ethics
1
Water Pollution
1
COVID-19
1
Nuclear & Chemical Hazards
1
Emergency health kits
1
Emergency health kits
1
More Information Refugee and Health
1
Waste management
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Studies & Reports
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Policies & Strategies
1
Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
1
Echinocccosis
1
Mycetoma, Chromoblastomycosis & other deep mycosis
1
West and central Africa
1
Studies & Reports
1
Education
1
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
1
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
1
Air Pollution
1
Prevention & Strategies
1
Global Overview
1
General
1
Asia
1
General
1
Conflict
1
Co-Morbidities (except TB)
1
Liberia
1
Hearing Loss & Deafness
1
Autism
1
Zika
1
General
1
Assistive devices & technologies
1
General Aspects
1
General
1
Regional Reports & Guidelines, others
1
Human Rights & the Right to Health
1
National Emergency Response Plans
1
Regions
1
Modules
1
Miscellaneous
1
Lesotho
1
Poster
1
Vision Loss & Blindness
1
HIV / AIDS
1
Public Health Administration
1
Tobacco
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Others
1
Tajikistan
1
Kazakhstan
1
Other Resources
1
Europe
1
Best Pratice Examples
1
MHPSS Guidelines
1
Communication Tools
1
Learning Disabilities
1
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
1
Guidelines CBR
1
War, Conflict Areas & Refugees
1
Marburg Virus Situation Reports
1
Planetary Health
1
Global Health Financing
1
IEC Material Neurological Disorders
1
Key Resources
1
Public Health
1
Communication & Training
1
Global Burden of Disease
1
This document focuses on making recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease, an infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan agent of a systemic parasitic disease. Methodology: These clinical practice guidelines were prepared following the WHO handbook for guideline dev...
Notable progress has also been made on other key health indicators such as reducing maternal, infant and child deaths and malnutrition, increasing immunization coverage, eliminating infectious diseases such as polio and reducing the incidence of malaria, tuberculosis and diarrhoeal diseases.
But ...
The leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by Leishmania spp., which occur in cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral forms. They are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which disproportionately affect marginalized populations who have limited access to health care. HIV co-infected patients with...
The main purpose of the meeting was to review tsetse control tools, activities and their contribution to the elimination of gHAT and the monitoring thereof. Seven endemic countries provided reports on recent and ongoing vector control interventions at the national level (Angola, Cameroon, Côte d’...
What are the FP and CAC competencies?
Through the clear articulation of the family planning and comprehensive abortion care (FP and CAC) competencies for the primary health care workforce, the aim is to advance improvements in FP and CAC service delivery by aligning health worker education approach...
This document, Programme and curriculum development guide, presents a systematic approach to developing programmes and curricula for implementation of the family planning (FP) and comprehensive abortion care (CAC) competencies,and the theory behind the approach. Specifically, the aim is for effectiv...
Recency assays use one or more biomarkers to identify whether HIV infection in a person is recent (usually within a year or less) or longstanding. Recency assays have been used to estimate incidence in representative cross-sectional surveys and in epidemiological studies to better understand the pat...
The indicators and questions in this document are designed for use by national AIDS programmes and partners to assess the state of a country’s HIV and AIDS response, and to measure progress towards achieving national HIV targets. Countries are encouraged to integrate these indicators and questions...
he road map 2030 was developed by WHO through an extensive global consultation, with indicators set for measuring progress against targets and milestones. This compendium of indicators provides a comprehensive and standardized listing of recommended indicators, including the 70 core indicators prese...
The sixteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) was held as a hybrid meeting, 27–28 September 2022.
Dr Ren Minghui, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage/Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases, welcomed participan...
Despite the significant role of vector control in national leishmaniasis control programmes, the programmatic community perceives vector control as the weakest component of leishmaniasis control strategies in terms of resources, scientific evidence of the usefulness of interventions and capacity for...
This fourth annual report monitors global progress towards the 2023 target for global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA), highlighting achievements during the past year (October 2021 – September 2022). Countries are responding to the World Health Organization (WHO) call t...
he Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) would like to thank the group that developed these guidelines for the tremendous work, quick response, and commitment they demonstrated in this process. We would like to especially recognize the following doctors: Roberto Chuit, Jaime Altcheh, Alejandro Luq...
Schistosomiasis is widely recognized as a disease that is socially determined. An understanding of the social and behavioural factors linked to disease transmission and control should play a vital role in designing policies and strategies for schistosomiasis prevention and control. To this must be a...
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease of global medical and veterinary importance. As efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public health problem and interrupt transmission gather momentum, the potential zoonotic risk posed by livestock Schistosoma species via viable hybridisation in s...
This sourcebook aims to detail why health needs to be part of urban and territorial planning and how to make this happen. It brings together two vital elements we need to build habitable cities on a habitable planet: 1) Processes to guide the development of human settlements – in this document ref...
Schistosomiasis is a helminthic infection and one of the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). It is caused by blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma. It is an important public health problem, particularly in poverty-stricken areas, especially those within the tropics and subtropics. It is estimated th...
The development of this target product profile (TPP) was led by the WHO Department of Control of Ne-
glected Tropical Diseases (NTD) following standard WHO guidance for TPP development. In order to
identify and prioritize diagnostic needs, a WHO NTD Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group (DTAG)
was...
Since 2000, concerted efforts by national programmes, supported by public–private partnerships, nongovernmental organizations, donors and academia under the auspices and coordination of the World Health Organization (WHO), have produced important achievements in the control of human African trypan...
Yaws is a disfiguring non-venereal disease caused by infection with the spirochaete. Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue which is closely related to the causative agent of syphilis and those of the other endemic treponematoses, bejel and pinta. The disease is endemic in certain areas of the World...
