Filter
2278
Filtered Results: 2278
Text search:
Geneva
University
Hospitals
Featured
Recommendations
224
New Publications
428
Language
Document type
No document type
1263
Studies & Reports
438
Guidelines
293
Manuals
154
Training Material
46
Strategic & Response Plan
46
Fact sheets
22
Situation Updates
7
Videos
5
Infographics
2
Resource Platforms
1
Online Courses
1
Countries / Regions
Global
79
Kenya
47
Western and Central Europe
41
South Africa
40
Ethiopia
37
Uganda
35
Nigeria
32
Latin America and the Carribbean
32
India
32
Africa
31
Sierra Leone
30
Malawi
29
Zambia
28
Eastern Europe
25
Ukraine
22
Syria
22
Liberia
22
Nepal
21
Tanzania
19
Russia
19
Ghana
17
Mozambique
17
Rwanda
15
Bangladesh
15
Lesotho
14
Burkina Faso
14
Namibia
14
Guinea
12
Myanmar / Burma
12
South–East Asia Region
11
Philippines
10
Asia
10
South Sudan
10
Germany
9
Brazil
9
Yemen
8
Botswana
8
Indonesia
8
Senegal
7
Zimbabwe
6
Congo, Democratic Republic of
6
Western Pacific Region
6
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6
Tajikistan
5
Colombia
5
Benin
5
Albania
5
Afghanistan
5
Peru
5
Cambodia
5
Venezuela
5
Vietnam
5
Somalia
5
Eswatini/ Swaziland
5
Cameroon
4
Haiti
4
Jordan
4
North America
4
East and Southern Africa
4
Lebanon
4
Angola
4
Thailand
3
Mexico
3
Kazakhstan
3
Chile
3
Laos
3
Armenia
3
Saudi Arabia
3
West and Central Africa
3
Middle East and North Africa
3
Portugal
3
Sudan
3
Mali
3
Ecuador
3
Madagascar
3
Pakistan
3
North Macedonia
2
Turkey
2
China
2
Iran
2
Estonia
2
Jamaica
2
Southern Africa
2
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
2
Argentina
2
Sri Lanka
2
Georgia
2
Chad
2
Iraq
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Gambia
1
Togo
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Morocco
1
Qatar
1
Bulgaria
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Lithuania
1
Paraguay
1
Denmark
1
France
1
Tunisia
1
United Kingdom
1
Spain
1
Latvia
1
Bolivia
1
Moldova
1
Romania
1
Greece
1
Palestine
1
Central African Republic
1
Libya
1
Guatemala
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Studies & Reports
197
Guidelines
76
Policies
59
Women & Child Health
54
Policies & Guidelines HIV & TB
49
COVID-19
46
Community Health
45
Capacity Building
41
Maternal Health
40
Disease Prevention & Control
39
Non-communicable Diseases
37
Pediatrics
36
Drugs & Medical Equipment
35
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
32
Humanitarian Aid
31
General Guidelines
30
Paediatrics
26
Disabilities
26
Child Health
25
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
25
HIV & STI
24
TB
24
Disaster Preparedness
22
Demograhic Health Surveys DHS
22
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
21
Reproductive Health
20
Under-5 nutrition
19
Age & Elderly
19
Neonatal Care
18
Maternal & Child Health
17
Humanitarian Crisis
16
Palliative Care
15
Primary Health Care
15
Hepatitis
14
Statistics
14
WASH
13
Surgery & Anaesthesia
13
Public Health
12
NCD
12
Health Systems
12
Malaria
12
Community Health
11
Respiratory Infections
11
Sexual Violence
10
Palliative Care
10
Bacteriology
9
Cancer
9
Vaccine-preventable Diseases
9
Sanitation
8
Diabetes
8
Quality Control & Assurance
8
Needs Assessment
8
Female Genital Mutilation
8
Women & Child Health
8
Neurology & Psychology
8
Key Resources
8
Hand Hygiene
7
Virology
7
Countries
7
Mental Health
7
NTDs & Others
7
Leishmaniasis
7
Water
7
Pharmacy & Technology
6
General Guidelines
6
Cancer Treatment & Resources
6
Health System Strengthening
6
Chagas
6
Medical Devices & Equipment
6
Clinical Guidelines
6
Immunization
6
Protection & Security
6
Communicable Diseases
5
Clinical Training
5
Public Health
5
Family Planning
5
Violence against Children
5
Other
5
Waste Management
5
Communicable Diseases
5
Nutrition
5
Food Security & Nutrition
5
Buruli Ulcer
4
Dermatology
4
Pediatric cancer
4
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
4
Yersinia pestis (Plague)
4
Cardiovascular Diseases
4
Yellow Fever
4
Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
4
Leprosy
4
Dengue
4
Parasitology
4
Global Health
4
Radiology and Diagnostic
4
Dental & Eye Care
3
Digital Health
3
Yaws
3
Taeniasis/ Cysticercosis
3
Schistosomiasis
3
Vector Control
3
Cervical Cancer
3
Snakebites
3
Hemorrhagic Fever
3
Training Manuals
3
Child protection
3
Diarrhoea
3
Laboratory Quality Assurance
3
Pharmacy & Technologies
3
Hygiene Promotion
3
Helminthiasis
2
Gender
2
Laboratory Waste
2
Monitoring & Evaluation
2
Other Cancer diseases
2
Sex. & Repr. Rights
2
Pharmaceutical Assessments
2
Diarrhoeal Disease/Cholera
2
Medicines Donations
1
Rabies
1
Emergency Health Kits
1
Project Cycle Management
1
Trachoma
1
Neurology & Psychology
1
Onchocerciasis
1
Lymphaticfilariasis
1
Planetary Health
1
Breast Cancer
1
Disabilities
1
Mental Health
1
Emergency Care
1
Menstrual Hygiene Management
1
COPD/Asthma
1
Laboratory Technologies
1
Toolboxes
Children/Adolescents Mental Disorders
75
IACAPAP International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
74
Country specific documents
27
Clinical Guidelines
26
Children & Adolescents
25
Infection Control General
24
Assessment & Studies
23
Detection & Diagnosis
23
Reports & Studies
23
Neurological Disorders
21
Hospital Readiness/Essential Health Services
20
Community-based Mental Health Care
20
Africa
19
Public Health
19
General Studies & Reports
19
Substance Use Disorders & Addiction
19
Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
18
Children with Disabilities
18
Human Rights
18
Eastern Europe and central Asia
18
Policies & Programmes
17
Psychosocial Support
17
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
17
War & Conflict
16
IPC
16
Global Impact: Socio-economic, health services, TB & HIV
16
Rational use of Medicine
16
Country specific
15
Prevention & Control
15
Treatment & Prevention
14
Videos & Online Courses
14
Health Impact & Climate Change
14
Drug resistant TB
14
TB & Prisoners
14
HIV testing & services
13
Latin America
13
Climate & Health
13
Prevention & Preparedness
13
Studies
13
Infection Prevention & Hygiene
13
others
13
MHPSS Guidelines
13
Depression
13
Clinical Aspects, Treatment & Prevention
12
Health & Refugee
12
Climate Change General
12
Assessment & Response
12
Self-harm & Suicide
12
HIV in Key Populations
12
Training & Capacity Building
12
Surveillance
11
mhGAP Guides
11
Epilepsy
11
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
11
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
11
Assistive devices & technologies
11
TB/HIV Coinfection
11
TB & Other Vulnerable Populations
10
Epilepsy
10
Hygiene
10
Nurses
10
Planetary Health
10
Research & Access
10
Guidelines CBR
10
Alcohol
9
Intellectual Disability
9
Key Resources
9
Adults
9
Human Rights, Stigma & Discrimination
9
Mental Health Studies & Reports
9
Mental Health Guidelines
9
Stress
9
Diagnostics & Laboratory Guidance
9
Prevention & Strategies
9
Global Overview
9
Autism
9
Policy
9
Disease Prevention & Control
9
Antiretroviral Treatment ART
9
Mental Health GAP Action Programme
9
Universal Health Coverage & Primary Health Care
9
Neurological disorders, Others
9
Surveillance
8
Clinical Aspects
8
Opportunistic Infections
8
General
8
For Health Worker
8
Paediatrics
8
MHPSS – Psychosocial Support
8
Midwives
8
Pharmacy Practice
8
General Guidelines for Rational Use
8
Waste Managment
8
Mental Disorders
8
War Surgery & Wound Care
8
Disaster Preparedness & Prevention
8
Psychosocial Support
8
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
8
Studies & Reports
8
Preparedness & Prevention
8
Posttraumatic stress disorder Adults
7
Training Manuals
7
Substance Use Disorders, Others
7
Children with disabilities
7
Mental Health
7
Training Supporting Material mhGAP
7
Women's Mental Health
7
General
7
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
7
Mental Health
7
Studies & Reports
7
Community Health Workers CHW
7
Prevention & Strategies
7
Cerebral Palsy
7
General
7
Protection
7
Assessment & Response
7
Best Practice Models
6
General Reports
6
Global Mental Health
6
Chemical Attacks
6
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
6
Children
6
Treatment Guidelines HIV
6
People who injecting Drugs
6
Children
6
Discrimination & Stigma
6
International
6
Treatment Guidelines
6
Hand Hygiene
6
Oxygen Therapy
6
Waste Management
6
Stress
6
Primary Care
6
Health Promotion
6
Palliative Care
6
Reports
6
Health Care In Conflict Settings
6
Children's Rights
6
Training
6
Stewardship
6
Anxiety Disorders
6
TB
6
Natural Disaster
5
HIV in Children and mental health
5
Background PTSD in children
5
Mental Health
5
Ukraine
5
Policies
5
General Mental Health Guidelines
5
Curricula & Core Competencies
5
Africa
5
Key Resources
5
For General Public & Community
5
For Parents & Children
5
Training, others
5
Educational Settings
5
Medical & Community Masks
5
Coping with Stress
5
TB/HIV
5
Long COVID/ Post-COVID Syndrome
5
Handbooks & Manuals
5
Essential Medicines
5
Traditional & Herbal Medicines
5
Pharmacovigilance
5
Guidelines & Manuals
5
Health Care Systems
5
General
5
Studies & Reports
5
Overview, Studies & Reports
5
General Information & Methodology
5
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
5
Studies & Reports
5
Women
5
Studies & Reports
5
General
5
Hearing Loss & Deafness
5
TB/HIV Global
5
Asia
5
For Community Health Workers
5
Assessment & Response
5
Assessment
5
Planetary Health
5
War, Conflict Areas & Refugees
5
Infection Control
5
Food & Nutrition
5
Global Health Ethics
5
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
5
Gynaecology / Obstetrics
4
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
4
Communication & Training
4
Clinical Guidelines
4
Meningitis Prevention & Control
4
Childhood TB
4
Laboratory Guidance
4
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
4
HIV testing & disclosure
4
Latin America
4
Clinical Guidelines
4
Hepatitis
4
Eastern Europe
4
HIV
4
Others
4
Studies & Reports
4
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
4
Research
4
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
4
Reports
4
Universal Health Coverage UHC and 90-90-90 Strategy
4
Surveillance & Contact tracing
4
Clinical Guidelines
4
HIV and COVID-19
4
Health Care Professionals & Spirituality
4
Situation Reports COVID-19
4
Fair Allocation & Ethical Aspects
4
Vaxzevria (Astra Zeneca)
4
Sanitation
4
Self-care
4
Extreme Situations
4
Ethics
4
Advocacy & Communication
4
Clean air
4
Essential Medicines & Devices Lists
4
Pediatrics
4
Humanitarian Crisis
4
Reports & Studies
4
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
4
Zoonoses
4
Humanitarian Aid Guidelines
4
Chagas
4
Leishmaniasis
4
Mycetoma, Chromoblastomycosis & other deep mycosis
4
Snakebite envenoming
4
Health Worker
4
General Information
4
Health Financing Toolbox
4
Prevention & Strategies
4
Asia
4
Asia and Pacific
4
Policies and guidelines
4
Community Worker
4
Mental disorders, others
4
Nutrition
4
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
4
Vision Loss & Blindness
4
Western & Central Europe
4
WASH
4
Psychosocial Support
4
Epidemiology
4
Capacity Building
4
Plague Prevention & Control
4
Disability Rights & Convention
3
Violence & Child Trafficking
3
Policies & Strategies
3
ART Drug Resistance
3
Local Action
3
Accessibility
3
Agriculture & Veterinary
3
Inclusion in Humanitarian Settings
3
Ebola Prevention & Control
3
Europe
3
Inclusion
3
Policies & Strategies
3
Vaccines & Immunization
3
Yellow Fever Prevention & Control
3
Studies & Reports
3
Influenza Prevention & Control
3
Surgery & Rehabilitation
3
HIV surveillance
3
Context & Facts
3
Schizophrenia
3
Inclusion
3
Dengue
3
Measures ICF/ Model Disability Survey
3
Humanitarian Crisis
3
Laboratory
3
Global
3
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
3
Workplace
3
Laboratory & Sampling
3
Sustainable Development Goals
3
Laboratory
3
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
3
Video & Audio
3
Covid-19 & Climate Change
3
Protection of Vulnerable Groups
3
Essential Medicines & Medical Devices
3
Community Health
3
Environmental NPIs
3
Genomic sequencing
3
Hand Hygiene
3
Others
3
Situation Reports& Updates
3
Overview & reports
3
Falsified & Substandard
3
Women & Maternal Health
3
Surgery
3
Infectious Diseases
3
Mental Health
3
WASH Water Sanitation & Hygiene
3
Nuclear & Chemical Hazards
3
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
3
Studies & Reports
3
Access to treatment and laboratory
3
Education
3
Prevention & Strategies
3
Poor Diet
3
Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
3
Situation Reports & Updates
3
General Aspects
3
Bipolar Affective Disorders
3
Education of students & professionals
3
HIV and coinfection
3
Tobacco
3
Clinical Guidelines
3
Tajikistan
3
Reports & Studies Children HIV
3
Paediatrics
3
Lobby and Advocacy
3
Preparedness & Prevention
3
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
3
Prisoners
3
Social Determinants of Health
3
Capacity Building
3
Reproductive Health
3
Drugs
2
Male Circumcision
2
TB & Drug Abuse
2
Hand Hygiene
2
Violence & Protection
2
Explosives
2
Statistics & Data
2
International
2
Pediatrics
2
Assessment & Response
2
Interculturality
2
Context, Facts & Travel Advice
2
Social Mobilisation
2
Eastern Mediterranean Region
2
Refugee
2
Opoids
2
National Policies
2
Wheelchair Service and Management
2
TB
2
Training
2
Rwanda
2
Prophylaxis
2
Vaccination
2
Adherence
2
Mozambique
2
Syria
2
Advocacy
2
Clinical aspects
2
Priority Assistive Products
2
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
2
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
2
Medical professionals
2
Russia
2
Manuals
2
Ethiopia
2
Key Resources
2
Toolkit on disability for Africa
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Cannabis
2
Supporting tools
2
Health Personnel
2
Context & Facts, Travel Advice
2
Public Health
2
COVID-19
2
For Pregnant Women
2
Country Specific
2
For Migrants & Refugees
2
Appeals and Response Plans
2
Prison & Detention
2
For Older People
2
Guidelines
2
Gender Aspects
2
Child Protection
2
COVID-19
2
Palliative Care
2
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
2
General
2
Children & Mental Health
2
Videos
2
Access & Strategy
2
Immunization Guidelines
2
SARS-CoV-2 Variants
2
Others
2
Others
2
Colombia
2
Biodiversity shift
2
Green & healthy living
2
Urban health
2
Pharmaceutical Assessments
2
Quality Assurance
2
Strategies
2
Resuscitation
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
HIV &TB
2
Intensive Care Unit
2
Guiding documents and principles
2
General documents One Health
2
Disaster, Migration and Conflict
2
Argentina
2
Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
2
Ukraine
2
Situation Reports & Updates
2
Environment
2
Public Health
2
Others
2
Heat
2
MPOX - Monkeypox
2
MPOX -Monkeybox Prevention & Control
2
Strategies & Roadmaps
2
Capacity Building & Resources
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Studies & Reports
2
Studies & Reports
2
Studies & Reports
2
Studies & Reports
2
NTDs General
2
Leptospirosis
2
Taeniasis/Cysticercosis
2
Yaws & other Endemic Treponematoses
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
2
Co-Morbidities (except TB)
2
Malnutrition
2
Prophylactic Treatment
2
Dengue Prevention & Control
2
Latin America & the Carribean
2
International
2
Public Health Administration
2
Nigeria
2
Zika Prevention & Control
2
Global Health Institutions and Stakeholders
2
HIV service delivery
2
Kazakhstan
2
Best Practice Examples
2
AmR (Region of Americas)
2
WASH
2
South-east Asia Region
2
Global Health Financing
2
Case Definitions
2
Meningitis & Encephalitis
2
Eastern and Southern Africa
2
SEAR (South-east Asia Region)
2
Communication & Training
2
Cyclones Idai & Kenneth
2
Public Health
1
Rapid Response
1
Outbreak Prevention & Control
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Health Systems
1
Treatment Guidelines
1
Cocaine
1
Biosafety
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Plague Situation Reports
1
Moldova
1
Yellow Fever
1
Early Warning
1
Natural Disasters
1
Physical Disability
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
South Africa
1
WPRO (Western Pacific Region)
1
WASH
1
Plague
1
Neuropsychology of Trauma
1
South Sudan
1
Prevention Guidelines
1
Influenza
1
High Risk Groups
1
Assessment & Response
1
Platforms and initiatives
1
Public Health
1
Eating Disorders
1
Training Manuals
1
Transgender People
1
Legislative Texts
1
Concepts of Global Health
1
Diverse Chemical Substances
1
Communication & Training
1
Surveillance
1
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
1
Stigma & Discrimination
1
El Niño
1
For Health Professionals
1
Technical Information
1
Standard Precautions
1
Ebola
1
Health Equity & Equality
1
Laboratory
1
Georgia
1
Public Health
1
Child Health / Pediatrics
1
Communication
1
Information for different audiences
1
Mental Health Online Resources
1
HIV / AIDS
1
Yemen
1
Sexual Abuse
1
Psychosocial Support
1
Sex Worker
1
IEC Substance Use Disorders
1
Best Practice
1
Livestock production
1
Essential List
1
Clinical Aspects
1
Poster & Infographics
1
Covid-19 & the One Health Approach
1
Human Rights
1
Humanitarian Aid
1
Child Protection
1
Scientific & Research Studies
1
Workplace
1
Physical Distancing
1
Children
1
COVID-19
1
General Background
1
Blood Supply
1
RCCE Guides & Manuals
1
At Home
1
Vaccine Candidates & Research
1
Communication Material
1
Children & Mental Health
1
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
1
Long-term Care Facilities
1
Ebola Treatment Center
1
Presentation
1
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
1
Logistics & Supply
1
TB/COVID-19
1
COVAX Initiative
1
Vaccine Hesitancy & Myths
1
Structural Violence
1
Moderna
1
Biontech/Pfizer Comirnaty
1
Johnson & Johnson
1
Research & Pipeline
1
Standard precautions
1
Others
1
Capacity Building
1
Estonia
1
Peru
1
Other Countries
1
Triage
1
Booster Doses
1
Food environments
1
Mobility
1
Prices and Patents
1
Model Formulary
1
Pharmacy Management
1
Medicine Donations
1
Supply Chain & Store Management
1
Spirituality
1
Cancer
1
Others
1
Various Target Groups
1
Capacity Building
1
Non-communicable Diseases NCD
1
Education Principles
1
Ethics
1
Water Pollution
1
Emergency health kits
1
Emergency health kits
1
More Information Refugee and Health
1
Waste management
1
MPOX - Monkeypox
1
Best Practice Examples
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
1
Disability Prevention & Rehabilitation
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Studies & Reports
1
Studies & Reports
1
Studies & Reports
1
Patient Safety
1
Vector control
1
Scabies
1
Studies & Reports
1
Domestic Resource Mobilization
1
Official Development Assistance
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Studies & Reports
1
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
1
Studies & Reports
1
Others
1
Air Pollution
1
Armenia
1
Diagnosis
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Romania
1
Botswana
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Human Rights & the Right to Health
1
Malawi
1
One Health
1
Regions
1
Diarrhoea
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Albania
1
Tuberculosis
1
IEC Material Children HIV
1
Roadmaps, Action Plans & Policies
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Technical Information
1
Uganda
1
Understanding Global Health
1
Health Care Systems
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Situation Reports
1
Health Policy & the Global Health Landscape
1
Chikungunya Prevention & Control
1
Epidemiology
1
Stigma
1
Overview & Statistics
1
Europe
1
Best Pratice Examples
1
Key Resources
1
Refugees & Migrants
1
Safe Burials
1
Action Plans, Policies & Response
1
Key Resources
1
AMR
1
Public Health
1
Public Health
1
Urban Health
1
Global Burden of Disease
1
Treatment & Clinical Management
1
Its main objectives are: to explain the educational approach underlying the Guide; to explain how to teach pharmacotherapy with the Guide; to give practical advice on how to assess the students, the teachers and the course; and to assist in mobilizing support for problem-based pharmacotherapy teachi...
(African Development Bank policy research document 1)
The report examines financing in the battle against malaria, focusing on the role of foreign aid. It analyzes whether or not a disease such as malaria can be controlled or eliminated in Africa without health aid. It also presents a theoretic...
The report examines financing in the battle against malaria, focusing on the role of foreign aid. It analyzes whether or not a disease such as malaria can be controlled or eliminated in Africa without health aid. It also presents a theoretic...
Manual for step-by-step risk management for safely managed sanitation systems. 2nd edition.
This Sanitation safety planning (SSP) manual provides practical, step-by-step guidance to assist in the implementation of the 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on sanitation and health and the ...
Updated 2022. This guide addresses the care pathway from presentation of the patient to a health facility to patient discharge. It considers different levels of disease severity, from asymptomatic individuals to critically ill patients. Accounting for variations in the benefits and harms of chest im...
The focus of the current quarterly edition of Eurohealth (from the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies) is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and contains the following articles:
• Strengthening implementation of AMR national action plans
• Fostering clinical developmen...
The Multi-professional Patient Safety Curriculum Guide (2011) was developed to assist in the teaching of patient safety in universities and schools in the fields of dentistry, medicine, midwifery, nursing and pharmacy. It also supports the on-going training of all health care professionals.
The C...
This manual summarizes key issues related to the safety of NTD medicines and their administration, with a focus on essential medicines used in mass drug administration (MDA), also called preventive chemotherapy. It can be used as a standalone reference manual, but is intended to be used in conjuncti...
A toolkit for pharmacists.
Emerging data show that medication errors and adverse events cause significant harm to patients’ health and
well-being. It is estimated that the burden of adverse events due to medicines is now comparable to that of
widespread diseases, such as malaria or tuberculosis...
Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care providers play an important role in supporting girls and women living with FGM, and improving their health and well-being. They are in a unique position to infl...
Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their settings and communities. Therefore, evidence-based infection prevention ...
These guidelines provide updated evidence-based recommendations on the priority HCV-related topics from the 2018 WHO Guidelines for the care and treatment of persons diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C infection and the 2017 WHO Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing. These priority areas are:
...
In 1997, the Fiftieth World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA50.29 on the elimination of
lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. Preliminary guidance from WHO printed in 2011 referred to “verification” as the official process by which the achievements of the Global Programme to El...
The WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) was launched in 2015 to foster AMR surveillance and inform strategies to contain AMR. The system started with surveillance of AMR in bacteria causing common human infections and has expanded its scope to include surveillance...
This new guidance aims to support programme implementers, coordinators and others in humanitarian settings in their actions to counter suicide and self-harm in humanitarian contexts and to save lives.
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...
Access to health workers who are fit for purpose, motivated and protected is a fundamental force of health service delivery and the achievement of universal health coverage and the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals. Data and knowledge of the distribution, skill mix and future d...
The aim of this toolkit is to guide countries on how to best estimate their current burden of dengue by combining existing data from dengue surveillance systems with on-going research efforts to measure the community burden
of dengue.
This document provides an overview of strategic purchasing of nutrition services within primary health care. It introduces key terms and payment methods for countries to use in preparing to transform their health financial systems to scale up nutrition services. It does so by introducing nutritional...
The WHO continuously reviews available data on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. For this version, the global epidemiological
situation of the COVID-19 pandemic as of 21 January 2022 – at a time when the Omicron VOC had been identified in 171
countries across all six WHO Regions and was rapidly re...
More than 700 000 people lose their life to suicide every year. A core foundation of suicide prevention is the timely registration and regular monitoring of suicide and self-harm. Surveillance data can be used to show important progress towards reaching global targets, such as reducing the suicide r...
