National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
2
National Health Mission
2
National Leprosy Eradication Programme
2
NCD Alliance
2
OECD
2
PAHO
2
Regional Office for Africa
2
The World Bank Group
2
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
2
Western Pacific Region
2
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
2
World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia
2
World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East-Asia
2
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa
2
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
2
.World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia
1
390: 898&ndash
1
912
1
[Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)]
1
A. Aerts, M. Grzemska
1
A. Bone
1
A. Montresor
1
A.-C. ZK Bissek
1
A.W. Gelb, W.W. Morriss, W. Johnson, et al.
1
Abdoulaye Mar Dieye
1
Abdul Rahim, H.F.
1
ACF International Network and the Oakland Institute
1
ACT-Accelerator: An economic investment case & financing requirements
1
Acta Scientific Medical Sciences
1
Action Contre la Faim (ACF) International
1
Adachi, Y.
1
AGNES B. SEGARRA, LEA MYLENE R. REBANAL, FE A. SINSON et al.
1
Albanian Center for Population and Development (ACPD)
1
Alexander Butchart, Susan Hillis, Angela Burton et al.
1
Alzheimer's Disease International
1
Amrita Gill-Bailey, Kathryn Bertram, Uttara Bharath et al.
1
and S.J. Mason
1
Andreas Sandgren, Marieke J. van der Werf, Netta Beer et al.
1
Arii M., F. Baele, J. Bedford et al.
1
Barasa, E.
1
Berlin, E.
1
Bernard van Leer Foundation
1
Béatrice Boyer
1
Bodeker, Gerard (Ed.)
1
Bonita, R.
1
Breathe
1
Breitner-Busch, S.
1
Brett D. Nelson, Maya Fehling, Margaret E. Tierna, Zina Maan Jarrah
1
Brozek, J. L.
1
Busse R, Blümel M
1
C. Clift
1
C. Cravero, S. Danner et. al.
1
C. Giannou, M. Baldan and A. Molde
1
C. Redick
1
C. S. Yaha
1
Canadian Red Cross
1
Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
1
CBR Asia-Pacific Network
1
CDC
1
Cecil Konijnendijk, Dikshya Devkota, Stephanie Mansourian & Christoph Wildburger (eds.)
1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1
Central TB Division, Director ate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
1
Chakane, Ntema
1
Chatanga, Peter
1
Christopher Flower
1
Chung, K. F.
1
CII Confederation of Indian Industry
1
Cindil Redick& annah Sarah Faich Dini
1
Clarey, T.
1
CMAM Forum
1
CollSeck,A.M.
1
Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR)
1
Communication for Devleopment4 Network
1
Community Ear & Hearing Health
1
CRS
1
D. Dufour
1
D. S. Nsagha
1
Damialis, A.
1
David Lloyd Roberts
1
Department of Disability and elderly affairs
1
Department of Health & Department of Basic Education, Republic of South Africa
1
Department of Health (DOH), Phil Health
1
Dept. of Health, Republic of South Africa
1
Dey, B. and .Krishnaswamy
1
Dr Jean-François Trani and Dr Betsy VanLeit
1
Dr T Apalata, Dr C Bamford, Mr D Benjamin et al.
1
Dr. M. Kavtaradze
1
Dr. S. Ciobanu
1
Dr. V. R. Kandula
1
Drug Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia , et al.
1
Drug Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia Contents
1
D’A. Richardson
1
D’Arcy Richardson, PATH, and Greg Pirio, Empower Communications
1
E. Ross
1
E. Tambo
1
E. Vieta, T. Ahmed Okasha, et al.
1
E. Webb, M. Mckee et al.
1
Eastern Mediterranean Region
1
Eba, B.
1
Elsevier
1
Engender Health Society (Improving Women's Health Worldwide)
1
ENN
1
Erik Blas, Johannes Sommerfeld and Anand Sivasankara Kurup
1
Eskay M., Onu V. C., Igbo J. N., Obiyo N., Ugwuanyi L
1
Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute Public Health Emergency Management Centre
1
European Asylum Support Office
1
European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC
1
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
1
European Commission Humanitarian Aid
1
European Investment Bank EIB and UN Development Programme UNDP
1
Evans, Timothy Grant
1
Every Woman Every Child
1
Ewig S.
1
EXPERT REVIEW OF ANTICANCER THERAPY2020, VOL. 20, NO. 4, 271–278
1
F. Saini
1
F.Simona,E.Javellea ,A.Cabie, et al.
1
Family Welfare , Government of India,
1
FAO
1
FAO, OIE, WHO
1
FDI World Dental Federation
1
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia -Ministry of Health
1
Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria
1
Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia
1
Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
1
Ferrante, G.
1
Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge
1
Fitzgerald, D. A.
1
Flavia Bustreo, Shyama Kuruvilla, Marleen Temmerman et al
1
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, World Health Organization WHO, World Organisation for Animal Health
1
Food, Medicine and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia
1
Forde, Ian
1
Forum of International Respiratory Societies
1
François Grünewald
1
Frank, A.
1
Frederic Mousseau
1
Frontiers in Pediatrics
1
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
1
G. Ivbijaro
1
G. Pirio
1
G. Venugopal
1
G. Walter
1
Gabrys, J.
1
GBD 2019 Human Resources for Health Collaborators
1
Germany’s National Public Health Institute (RKI), et al.
1
Gilma Mantilla
1
GiZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
1
Global Asthma Network
1
Global Fund
1
Global Nutrition Report Stakeholder Group
1
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
1
GOARN
1
Government of Ethiopia
1
Government of India, Central Tuberculosis Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
1
Government of Mozambique, International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies
1
Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population Family Health Division
1
Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population
1
Gray, C.L.
1
Green, R.J. et al.
1
Gromek K., Hung M., Montero N. et al
1
Group URD
1
Gruetzmacher, K.
1
H. Petkova, A.D. Tsouros, et al.
1
H. S. Faich Dini
1
Haldane, V., De Foo, C., Abdalla, S.M. et al.
1
Hall, S.
1
Handicap International, CBM
1
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
1
Harvard Global Health Institute
1
Health Department: Republic of South Africa
1
Health Emergency Management Staff, DOH and WHO Philippines
1
Health Service and Population Research Department,Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
1
Hinnock, H.
1
hler, Oliver Razum, Jean-Olivier Schmidt
1
Humanitarian Reponse Team
1
IBFAN-GIFA, Fondation Terre des hommes, et al.
1
ICAP, et al.
1
ICF International
1
ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
1
Ilona Kickbusch, Christian Franz, Anna Holzscheiter, Iris Hunger, Albrecht Jahn, Carsten Kö
1
Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team
1
India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project (P173836)
1
Institute for Community Inclusion at University of Massachusetts
1
Institute for Public Policy Research
1
Institutional research information system iris
1
Institutional Treatment,Human Rights and CareAssessment (ITHACA)
1
Inter-Agency Standing Comittee IASC
1
International Agency for Prevention and Blindness
1
International Bureau for Epilepsy
1
International Comitee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
1
International commitee of the Red Cross
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), World Health Organization (WHO)
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFR
1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Water and Sanitation Mission Assistant
1
International Journal of Development Research
1
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
1
International League against Epilepsy
1
International Organization for Migration IOM
1
International Pharmaceutical Federation FIP
1
International Research Institute for Climate and Society
1
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, World Health Organization
1
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
1
Internationl Committee of the Red Cross ICRC
1
IPPF ESEAOR, UNFPA
1
Izumi Nakamitsu et al.
1
J. M Rey
1
Janoske M, Liu B, Sheppard B
1
Jiwanji, A.
1
John Beard, Alana Officer, Andrew Cassels et al.
1
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
1
Johns Hopkins University and US Agency for International Development (USAID)
1
Joseph M Rey
1
Josephine Ippe, Diane Holland, Leah Richardson, et al.
1
Journal of Health Monitoring
1
Journal of Infection and Public Health
1
Kamala Achu, Kathy Al Jubah, Svein Brodtkorb, et al.
1
Kaz de Jong
1
Kelley, Edward T.
1
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and African Academy of Sciences
1
Kieny, Marie-Paule
1
Kim, Sun Mean
1
Klazinga, Niek
1
Kobusingye, Olive
1
L. Pacione
1
L.-A. Long
1
La Grutta, S.
1
Lancet 2017;
1
Laurence Cibrelus
1
Leatherman, Sheila
1
Ledingham, K.
1
Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL
1
Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) Monrovia, Liberia
1
Lisa Myers, Laura Theytaz-Bergman
1
Lode, H.
1
M. Dara, C. D. Acosta, M. V. S. Vinklers Melchers, et al.
1
M. Fendt-Newlin, S. T. Al-Harahsheh, et al.
1
M. Funk
1
M.A. Connolly, M. Gayer and S. Ottmani
1
M.Owen-Smith, et al.
1
MacKinnon, K.
1
MacKinnon,K.
1
Magdy Martínez-Solimán
1
Magitta, N.F.
1
Marie Theres Benner and K. Peter Schmitz
1
Marie-Noel Bruné Drisse and Fiona Goldizen
1
Marselle M., Stadler J., Korn H., et al.
1
Martin Kayitale Mbonye, Sarah M Burnett, Robert Colebunders, et al.
1
Masekela, R.
1
Maternal & Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) , Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)
1
Maternal & Childhealth Advocacy International MCAI
1
Maternal Health Division Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India
1
Measles Initiative
1
Medical Principles and Practice
1
Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
1
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Network
1
Mercy Corps
1
MHPSS.net
1
Migration Policy Institute
1
Ministerial Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance National Dept. of Health, South Africa
1
Ministery of Health and Familiy Welfare - Government of India
1
Ministery of Public Health, Thailand
1
Ministère de la Santé et de l’Action Sociale et Ministère de la Justice
1
Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare
1
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India, et al.
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, India
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Central TB Division, India
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of India
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of Lesotho
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania
1
Ministry Of Health Community, Development,Gender, Elderly And Children, the United Republic of Tanzania
1
Ministry of Health Jordan
1
Ministry of Health Rwanda, The DHS Program, et al.
1
Ministry of Health, Division of Community Health Services, Division of Non-Communicable Diseases
1
Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
1
Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1
Ministry of Health, Gabarone, Botswana
1
Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya
1
Ministry of Health, Kenya
1
Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda
1
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Kenya
1
Misereor, Brot für die Welt, Global Policy Forum GPF
1
Mock C. N., Nugent R. et. al.
1
Mock, C et al
1
Mock, Charles N.
1
mPowering Frontline Health Workers
1
Mugomeri, Eltony
1
Mursaleena Islam
1
Mücke, H.
1
N. L. Soh
1
NACO
1
NADMO Ghana
1
National AIDS
1
National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health &
1
National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development
1
National Coordination Committee, Jan Swasthya Sabha
1
National Dept. of Health, South Africa
1
National Disaster Management Authority Government of India
1
National Epidemiology Center Department of Health Philippines
1
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) and UNFPA
1
National Rural Health Mission, DOTS
1
National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Unit, Ministry of Health, Kenya
1
NCD Alliance, IISD
1
Ndetei D, Musyimi C, Musau A, Matoke L, Mutiso V
1
NdOH South Africa
1
Neil M Ferguson, Daniel Laydon, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Natsuko Imai, Kylie Ainslie, Marc Baguelin, Sangeeta Bhatia, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Zulma Cucunubá, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Amy Dighe, Ilaria Dorigatti, Han Fu, Katy Gaythorpe, Will Green, Arran Hamlet, Wes Hinsley, Lucy C Okell, Sabine van Elsland, Hayley Thompson, Robert Verity, Erik Volz, Haowei Wang, Yuanrong Wang, Patrick GT Walker, Caroline Walters, Peter Winskill, Charles Whittaker, Christl A Donnelly, Steven Riley, Azra C Ghani.
1
Nejad, Sepideh Bagheri
1
Nephal Ophtalmic Society
1
Nilar Tin et al.
1
Nugent, Rachel
1
Nunes da Cunha I., Autry E. et al
1
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA
1
One Million Community Health Workers Campaign | mPowering Frontline Health Workers
1
One Million Community Worker Campaign
1
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
1
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
1
Öhlmann P.
1
Pan American Health Organization
1
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
1
Patricio V. Marquez, and Shekhar Saxena
1
Paul Roddy, Natasha Howard, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, et al.
1
Peace Corps
1
Peden, Margie et al.
1
People's Health Movement
1
Perez Calderon, Luis Jorge
1
Peter N. Stearns
1
Phone Myint
1
Pierre André Michaud, Valentina Baltag, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli et al.
1
Population Foundation of India
1
Prevent Project
1
PubMed
1
PubMed.gov
1
Quatar Foundation
1
R Sari Kovats et al.
1
R. Coker
1
R. Coninx
1
R.Beaglehole, and T. Kjellström
1
R.l Kronick
1
Rada Noeva, Nassim Benali, Emily Garin et al.
1
Radcliffe
1
Rahman-Shepherd, A.
1
Ravi Narayan and Unnikrishnan PV
1
Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre
1
Reginald A. Annan, Patrick Webb, Rebecca Brown
1
Regional Office Africa
1
Regional Office for Africa, Government of Mauritius
1
Reid, G.
1
Reilly, K.
1
Religions for Peace
1
Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
The new Global Strategy aims to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for all women, children and adolescents, transform the future and ensure that every newborn, mother and child not only survives, but thrives.
В сборнике представлены статьи специалистов в сфере охраны психического здоровья по различным академическим дисциплинам, включая общую медицину, психиатрию, пси...отерапию, психологию, социологию, педагогику, юриспруденцию, экономику, спорт, по материалам Конгресса ≪Психическое здоровье человека XXI века≫, который состоялся 7–8 октября 2016 г. в Москве.
The collection of scientific papers is collected from different areas of scientific knowledge, including general medicine, psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychology, social policy, education, law, economics and sport. The publication contains materials that were delivered to the Organizing Committee of the Congress on Mental Health: Meeting the Needs of the XXI Century. The collection is intended for researchers and practitioners acting in the field of the mental health care.
more
Overview
Learning objectives
• Name the general principles of essential care and practice.
• Name management principles of priority MNS conditions.
• Use effective communication skills in interactions with people with MNS conditions.
• Perform assessments for priority MNS conditions.
... Assess and manage physical health in MNS conditions.
• Know the impact of violence and gender-based violence on mental health.
• Provide psychosocial interventions to a person with a priority MNS condition and their
carer.
• Deliver pharmacological interventions as needed and appropriate in priority MNS
conditions considering special populations.
• Plan and perform follow-up for MNS conditions.
• Refer to specialists and links with outside agencies for MNS conditions as appropriate and
available.
• Promote respect and dignity for people with priority MNS conditions.more
This report presents data and outlines best practices and policies that can put governments on the path to providing every child with the best start in life. It outlines the neuroscience of early childhood development (ECD), including the importance of nutrition, protection and stimulation in the ea...rly years. And it makes the case for scaling up investment, evaluation and monitoring in ECD programmes. The report concludes with a six-point call to action for governments and their partners to help maximize the potential of the children who will build the future – by making the most of the unparalleled opportunities offered by the early moments in life.more
Special issue: WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health -Vol. 5, Issue 1, April 2016.This special This issue contains a rich collection of articles, demonstrating the encouraging scientific momentum to address the growing burden of diabetes in the region
A. MontresorWorld Health Organisation (WHO)
(2017)
C_WHO
Treating children infected with intestinal worms is one of the simplest and most cost–effective ways to improve their health.
The recommendations are intended for a wide audience, including policy-makers and their expert advisers as well as technical and programme staff at government institution...s and organizations involved in the design, implementation and expansion of programmes to control soil-transmitted helminth infections.more
Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels.
Today, inaccurate diagnosis, medication errors, inappropriate or unnecessary treatment, inadequate or unsafe clinical facilities or practices, or providers who lack adequate training an...d expertise prevail in all countries.
The situation is worst in low and middle-income countries where 10 percent of hospitalized patients can expect to acquire an infection during their stay, as compared to seven percent in high income countries. This is despite hospital acquired infections being easily avoided through better hygiene, improved infection control practices and appropriate use of antimicrobials.. At the same time, one in ten patients is harmed during medical treatment in high income countries.more
The message contained in this publication is clear: countries need a
public health system that can respond to the deliberate release of
chemical and biological agents. Regrettable though this message may
be, the use of poison gas in the war between Iraq and the Islamic
Republic of Iran in the 19...80s, the recent anthrax incidents in the United
States, and the attack with sarin nerve agent, six years earlier, on the
Tokyo underground, illustrate why it is necessary to prepare.
Russian and Japanese version available:more
Humanitarian emergencies and crises (Humanitarian emergencies and crises) are large-scale events that may result in the breakdown of health care systems and society, forced displacement, death, and physical, psychological, social and spiritual suffering on a massive scale. Current responses to Human...itarian emergencies and crises rightfully focus on saving lives, but for both ethical and medical reasons, the prevention and relief of pain, as well as other physical and psychological symptoms, social and spiritual distress, also are imperative. Therefore, palliative care, should be integrated into responses to Humanitarian emergencies and crises. The principles of humanitarianism and impartiality require that all patients receive care and should never be abandoned for any reason, even if they are dying. Thus, there is significant overlap in the principles and mission of palliative care and humanitarianism: relief of suffering; respect for the dignity of all people; support for basic needs; and accompaniment during the most difficult of timesmore
Non-Wood Forest Products 11
Traditional medicine and its use of medicinal plants is dependent on reliable supply of plant materials. The book focuses on the interface between medicinal plant use and conservation of medicinal plants.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an important public health concern shared by developed and developing countries. In developing countries the burden of infectious diseases is greater and exacerbated by limited access to, and availability and affordability of, antimicrobials required to treat infect...ions caused by AMR organisms. With drugs not listed on the essential drugs list (EDL), problems of increased morbidity, costs of extended hospitalisation and mortality are extremely serious. The problem of susceptibility to and spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) infectious agents is fuelled by factors such as limited access to clean water and sanitation to ensure personal hygiene, malnutrition, and the HIV/TB epidemic.more
South Africa has faced many challenges over the past two decades, accomplishing profound positive changes in the social structure and government of the nation. This has not yet fully translated into better health for the population, however, particularly the poorest segment. In fact, the p...opulation has lost ground since the 1990s in virtually all important health indicators, leaving South Africa with a high burden of infectious disease.
August 2011, Vol. 101, No. 8 SAMJmore
This curricula guide builds on several existing products of WHO and partners, aimed at supporting countries in their effort to address the first objective of the GAP-AMR (to improve awareness and understanding of AMR). It is targeted specifically at health educators and policy planners, and applies ...a systematic modular and submodular collection of learning objectives and outcomes that are organized according to the key occupational groups involved in the use of antimicrobials in human health. It is hoped that educators, faculties of heath personnel training institutions, health regulatory institutions and other users will find it a useful resource in meeting their respective needs for strengthening health workers’ contributions to containing AMR.more
The WHO country office for Ghana, began the year 2019 with a 4-day staff retreat at the Busua Beach Resort in the Western Region from 04 to 08 March 2019. The theme for the retreat was ‘Impacting the Health and Lives of the people of Ghana through the Triple Billion Goal”. The staff outlined pri...orities and strategies to strengthen WHO’s contribution to the national health agenda during the year. Working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service and other allied health institutions and stakeholders, the WHO country office, provided support aimed at achieving its
mission which is attaining the highest level of health by the people in the country though its six operational areas which are (i) Communicable Diseases (ii) Non-Communicable Diseases, (iii) Promoting Health through the Life Course (iv), Health Systems, (v) Preparedness, Surveillance and Response (vi) Corporate services and enabling functions.more
This report challenges policy-makers and political leaders to tackle fossil fuel production and consumption as a health control issue, in the same way that smoking has been reduced and regulated. Fossil fuel combustion is a major source of toxic air pollution that kills 7 million people every year, ...almost the same as the number of deaths caused by tobacco smoking.
In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognised air pollution as a major health risk factor. There is widespread public discussion about the effects of fossil fuel combustion and emissions on climate change… but what about the effect on our health? Climate change poses a threat not only to the health of the planet, but also to humans.
The case studies evaluated in this report offer examples of mechanisms that can be used to restrict the production and consumption of unhealthy commodities, so that the health, air pollution and climate communities can learn from one another, using shared approaches and language. These case studies show that the connection with health is a strong argument to support sustainable change.more
This booklet presents key messages for action, summarized from a set of chapters on different environmental health issues, available at www.who.int/ ceh/publications/healthyenvironmentsforhealthychildren. The work is a result of an on-going partnership between WHO, UNEP and UNICEF in the area of chi...ldren’s environmental health, and seeks to update the 2002 joint publication “Children in the New Millennium: Environmental Impact on Health.”more
Promoting health and preventing disease is a critical component of the effort required to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). to date, efforts to achieve UHC have focused mostly on strengthening health systems and their capacities to provide curative care. However, experience from the COVID-19 ...pandemic has reaffirmed the need for resilient health systems, emphasizing primary health care, including preventive and promotive health and well-being.
Emerging from the eye of the storm as the global health lead agency during the pandemic, WHO is equipped with the required insights and actions for a holistic approach to “building back fairer and better” after COVID-19.
The Healthier Populations (UHP) Cluster in the African Region is designed to support Pillar 3 of WHO’s 13th Global Programme of Work (GPW13) which aims to make 1 billion people healthier by reducing health inequities, preventing diseases and injuries, addressing health determinants, and promoting partnerships for collaborative actions amongst all stakeholders.more
While there has been real progress in addressing the burden of disease in the WHO African region, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the link between health, economics and security, as the region saw decades of progress threatened, including positive trends in decreasing inequality. In the Africa...n Region the momentum towards achieving the 2030 SDG disease burden reduction targets (SDG targets 3.3, 3.4 and 3B) has stalled.
The COVID-19 pandemic was also a major threat to gains made, such as the eradication of polio in the region, declared in 2020; reduced numbers of new HIV infections in 2021 compared to 2010; and passing the 2020 milestone of the End TB Strategy, with a 22% reduction in new cases compared with 2015. However, the pandemic also disrupted essential health services in 92% of countries globally, 22.7 million children missed basic immunization, there was an increase in malaria and TB, and global deaths from TB rose for the first time since 2015.more