Regional Operational Plan 2016 FY17 Strategic Direction Summary
2 May 2016
The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 118 events in the region. This week’s main articles cover the following events:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Togo
Measles in Chad
Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Guidance
Second Edition
Monitoring and Evaluation
Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia on Guidelines for Antiretroviral Treatment
The growing challenges for people in low and middle-income countries to access new medicines.
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The present booklet is about gender-responsive substance abuse treatment services for women. It is part of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) project to develop tools to support the development and improvement of substance abuse treatment services, based on evidence from the litera...ture and case studies that illustrate practical experiences and lessons learned in providing substance abuse treatment services in various regions of the world.
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Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Call
April 12, 2016
Sexual violence is a major problem in South Africa, with studies showing that up to one in four women have been raped in their lifetime.
The new five-year agenda of WHO in Africa, The Africa Health Transformation Programme, 2015–2020: a vision for universal health coverage, is the strategic framework that will guide WHO’s contribution to the emerging sustainable development platform in Africa. It articulates a vision for health a...nd development that aims to address the unacceptable inequalities and inequities that have kept our region lagging far behind others in terms of health indices and enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of life.
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