Filter
2085
Filtered Results: 2085
Text search:
J.
Starling
Featured
Recommendations
178
New Publications
467
Language
Document type
No document type
1201
Studies & Reports
344
Guidelines
268
Manuals
137
Strategic & Response Plan
51
Training Material
38
Fact sheets
31
Situation Updates
6
Resource Platforms
4
Infographics
3
Brochures
1
Videos
1
Countries / Regions
India
116
Global
76
South Africa
56
Kenya
44
Ethiopia
43
Western and Central Europe
37
Africa
36
Uganda
32
Nigeria
28
Latin America and the Carribbean
28
Nepal
27
Tanzania
26
Rwanda
25
Sierra Leone
23
Malawi
23
Liberia
23
Ghana
19
Zambia
19
Philippines
18
Eastern Europe
18
Myanmar / Burma
15
Asia
14
Bangladesh
14
Syria
13
Zimbabwe
13
West and Central Africa
12
South–East Asia Region
12
Russia
12
Ukraine
11
Namibia
11
Middle East and North Africa
10
East and Southern Africa
10
Indonesia
10
Lesotho
9
Senegal
9
Mozambique
9
Cambodia
9
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
9
Brazil
9
Germany
8
South Sudan
8
Thailand
6
China
6
Albania
6
USA
6
Congo, Democratic Republic of
6
Pakistan
6
Benin
5
Burkina Faso
5
Georgia
5
Afghanistan
4
Guinea
4
Western Pacific Region
4
Vietnam
4
Sudan
4
Botswana
4
Somalia
4
Tajikistan
3
Haiti
3
Jordan
3
North America
3
Southern Africa
3
Lebanon
3
Sri Lanka
3
Iraq
3
Eswatini/ Swaziland
3
Mexico
2
El Salvador
2
Chile
2
Cameroon
2
Iran
2
Estonia
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Malaysia
2
Italy
2
Venezuela
2
Paraguay
2
United Kingdom
2
Spain
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Papua New Guinea
2
Moldova
2
Honduras
2
Mali
2
Ecuador
2
Madagascar
2
North Macedonia
1
North Korea
1
Colombia
1
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Kazakhstan
1
Peru
1
Vanuatu
1
Morocco
1
Qatar
1
Armenia
1
Lithuania
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
Tunisia
1
Portugal
1
Belarus
1
Israel
1
Latvia
1
Nicaragua
1
Egypt
1
Yemen
1
Greece
1
Palestine
1
Poland
1
Chad
1
Solomon Islands
1
Guatemala
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Studies & Reports
159
Guidelines
142
Policies & Guidelines HIV & TB
100
Women & Child Health
68
Policies
67
Capacity Building
62
COVID-19
46
Drugs & Medical Equipment
41
Community Health
39
Pediatrics
31
Disease Prevention & Control
26
Demograhic Health Surveys DHS
25
TB
25
Non-communicable Diseases
24
General Guidelines
23
Disabilities
21
Maternal Health
21
HIV & STI
21
Disaster Preparedness
19
Humanitarian Aid
18
Reproductive Health
18
Child Health
17
Statistics
17
Paediatrics
16
Maternal & Child Health
16
Needs Assessment
16
Neonatal Care
16
Under-5 nutrition
15
Community Health
15
Primary Health Care
14
Vaccine-preventable Diseases
13
Humanitarian Crisis
13
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
13
Age & Elderly
13
NTDs & Others
12
Surgery & Anaesthesia
11
Hepatitis
10
Cardiovascular Diseases
10
Food Security & Nutrition
10
Diabetes
9
Cancer
9
Palliative Care
9
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
9
Child protection
9
WASH
9
Malaria
9
Communicable Diseases
8
Clinical Training
8
Vector Control
8
Cancer Treatment & Resources
8
Countries
8
Palliative Care
8
Health Systems
8
Dental & Eye Care
7
Public Health
7
Family Planning
7
Monitoring & Evaluation
7
Public Health
7
Rabies
6
Sanitation
6
Hemorrhagic Fever
6
Immunization
6
Female Genital Mutilation
6
Women & Child Health
6
Water
6
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
5
Humanitarian Aid
5
Health System Strengthening
5
Chagas
5
Quality Control & Assurance
5
Communicable Diseases
5
Protection & Security
5
Nutrition
5
Parasitology
5
Digital Health
4
Pharmacy & Technology
4
Dermatology
4
General Guidelines
4
Cervical Cancer
4
Snakebites
4
Sexual Violence
4
NCD
4
Yellow Fever
4
Leprosy
4
Mental Health
4
Leprosy
4
Dengue
4
Key Resources
4
Bacteriology
3
Virology
3
Pharmaceutical Assessments
3
Clinical Guidelines
3
Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
3
Other
3
Leishmaniasis
3
Global Health
3
Hygiene Promotion
3
Helminthiasis
2
Buruli Ulcer
2
Hand Hygiene
2
Schistosomiasis
2
Other Cancer diseases
2
Sex. & Repr. Rights
2
Diarrhoeal Disease/Cholera
2
Neurology & Psychology
2
Disabilities & Inclusion
2
Laboratory Quality Assurance
2
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
2
Radiology and Diagnostic
2
Yaws
1
Project Cycle Management
1
Hematology
1
Trachoma
1
Gender
1
Neurology & Psychology
1
Lymphaticfilariasis
1
Breast Cancer
1
MPOX - Monkeypox
1
Disabilities
1
COVID-19
1
Menstrual Hygiene Management
1
Training Manuals
1
Medical Devices & Equipment
1
Waste Management
1
Diarrhoea
1
COPD/Asthma
1
Fecal Disposal / Latrines
1
Pharmacy & Technologies
1
Toolboxes
Children/Adolescents Mental Disorders
45
Reports & Studies
43
IACAPAP International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
39
Children & Adolescents
37
Eastern Europe and central Asia
30
Country specific documents
22
Clinical Aspects, Treatment & Prevention
21
Treatment & Prevention
21
Global Impact: Socio-economic, health services, TB & HIV
20
Public Health
19
Assessment & Studies
18
Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
15
Drug resistant TB
15
Neurological Disorders
15
Substance Use Disorders & Addiction
15
Pediatrics
14
Antiretroviral Treatment ART
14
Policies
13
Epilepsy
13
HIV in Key Populations
13
General Reports
12
HIV testing & services
12
Adults
12
Climate & Health
12
Treatment Guidelines
12
Community Health Workers CHW
12
Education
12
Detection & Diagnosis
12
TB & Prisoners
12
ART Drug Resistance
11
Prevention & Control
11
Global
11
Climate Change General
11
General Information
11
Africa
10
IPC
10
Clinical Aspects
10
Human Rights
10
General Information & Methodology
10
HIV
9
Clinical Guidelines
9
Prevention & Preparedness
9
Universal Health Coverage UHC and 90-90-90 Strategy
9
Inactivated COVID-19 Vaccines
9
Midwives
9
Pharmacy Practice
9
Research & Access
9
TB/HIV Coinfection
9
Reports & Studies Children HIV
9
Eastern and Southern Africa
9
Surveillance
8
Children with Disabilities
8
Country specific
8
Children
8
Reports
8
International
8
Studies
8
Hospital Readiness/Essential Health Services
8
Handbooks & Manuals
8
Others
8
Planetary Health
8
Rational use of Medicine
8
Epilepsy
8
Children's Rights
8
others
8
Assessment & Response
8
Disease Prevention & Control
8
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
8
Anxiety Disorders
8
Neurological disorders, Others
8
Training & Capacity Building
8
Outbreak Prevention & Control
7
Alcohol
7
Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
7
Substance Use Disorders, Others
7
General Studies & Reports
7
Mental Health Guidelines
7
General
7
Clinical Guidelines
7
Immunization Guidelines
7
Psychosocial Support
7
Nurses
7
Women & Maternal Health
7
Prevention & Strategies
7
Training
7
Stewardship
7
MHPSS Guidelines
7
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
6
Opportunistic Infections
6
Policies & Programmes
6
Assessment & Response
6
Children
6
Inclusion
6
Latin America
6
Treatment Guidelines HIV
6
Curricula & Core Competencies
6
Mental Health
6
TB & Other Vulnerable Populations
6
Discrimination & Stigma
6
Health Impact & Climate Change
6
Access to treatment and laboratory
6
Prevention & Strategies
6
Policy
6
Lobby and Advocacy
6
Studies & Reports
6
War & Conflict
5
Treatment Guidelines
5
HIV in Children and mental health
5
Key Resources
5
Training Manuals
5
Humanitarian Crisis
5
Studies & Reports
5
Cholera Prevention & Control
5
Sustainable Development Goals
5
Laboratory
5
Context & Facts, Travel Advice
5
Diagnostics & Laboratory Guidance
5
For General Public & Community
5
For Pregnant Women
5
Oxygen Therapy
5
RCCE Guides & Manuals
5
Access & Strategy
5
Communication Material
5
Biontech/Pfizer Comirnaty
5
Hygiene
5
Primary Care
5
Advocacy & Communication
5
General documents One Health
5
Waste Managment
5
Ethics
5
Health Care In Conflict Settings
5
Health Financing Toolbox
5
Asia
5
Policies and guidelines
5
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
5
General
5
Self-harm & Suicide
5
Assessment
5
Epidemiology
5
Community-based Mental Health Care
5
TB
5
War, Conflict Areas & Refugees
5
Universal Health Coverage & Primary Health Care
5
Best Practice Models
4
Intellectual Disability
4
Inclusion
4
Yellow Fever Prevention & Control
4
HIV surveillance
4
South Africa
4
Context & Facts
4
Prevention Guidelines
4
Social Mobilisation
4
Hepatitis
4
General Mental Health Guidelines
4
Orphans & vulnerable children
4
Eastern Europe
4
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
4
Adherence
4
Technical Information
4
Health & Refugee
4
Training Supporting Material mhGAP
4
Stress
4
Toolkit on disability for Africa
4
General
4
Health Personnel
4
Child Protection
4
Gender Aspects
4
HIV and COVID-19
4
Health Care Professionals & Spirituality
4
Essential Medicines & Medical Devices
4
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
4
Vaxzevria (Astra Zeneca)
4
Stress
4
Studies & Reports
4
Food environments
4
Overview & reports
4
Urban health
4
Essential Medicines
4
Essential Medicines & Devices Lists
4
Supply Chain & Store Management
4
Traditional & Herbal Medicines
4
HIV &TB
4
Guiding documents and principles
4
Land-system change
4
Climate Change
4
General Guidelines for Rational Use
4
Others
4
Nuclear & Chemical Hazards
4
Chagas
4
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
4
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
4
NTDs General
4
Overview, Studies & Reports
4
Health Worker
4
Women
4
General
4
Asia and Pacific
4
Co-Morbidities (except TB)
4
Hearing Loss & Deafness
4
Community Worker
4
HIV and coinfection
4
HIV service delivery
4
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
4
Infection Control
4
Epidemiology
4
Global Health Financing
4
Depression
4
Global Health Ethics
4
Drugs
3
Natural Disaster
3
Behaviour Change/Life Skill Education
3
Meningitis Prevention & Control
3
Local Action
3
Childhood TB
3
Accessibility
3
Posttraumatic stress disorder Adults
3
Surveillance
3
Europe
3
Studies & Reports
3
Statistics & Data
3
Mental Health
3
Diagnosis & Treatment PTSD in Children
3
Ukraine
3
WASH
3
Interculturality
3
Dengue
3
Transgender People
3
Children with disabilities
3
Shelter & Reconstruction
3
Drug resistance
3
Africa
3
Others
3
Tools for Rational use
3
Training
3
Training Material
3
Research
3
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
3
Mental Health Studies & Reports
3
Women's Mental Health
3
Manuals
3
IEC Substance Use Disorders
3
Situation Reports & Updates
3
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
3
Infection Control General
3
Training, others
3
For Health Worker
3
Catholic Social Teaching (CST)
3
Child Protection
3
Children & Mental Health
3
Mental Health
3
Coping with Stress
3
TB/HIV
3
Logistics & Supply
3
Fair Allocation & Ethical Aspects
3
Others
3
Ethics
3
Biodiversity shift
3
Reports
3
Agriculture
3
Resuscitation
3
Agriculture incl. animal husbandry
3
Pharmacovigilance
3
Mental Disorders
3
Infectious Diseases
3
Non-communicable Diseases NCD
3
Education Principles
3
Heat
3
Planetary Boundaries Overview
3
Studies & Reports
3
Vector control
3
Onchocerciasis
3
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
3
Studies & Reports
3
War Surgery & Wound Care
3
General
3
Protection
3
Assessment & Response
3
Asia
3
Prophylactic Treatment
3
Nutrition
3
Vision Loss & Blindness
3
Latin America & the Carribean
3
International
3
Public Health Administration
3
Chikungunya Prevention & Control
3
Zika Prevention & Control
3
Tobacco
3
Psychosocial Support
3
Psychosocial Support
3
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
3
Prisoners
3
Reproductive Health
3
Preparedness & Prevention
3
Treatment & Clinical Management
3
Public Health
2
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
2
Policies & Strategies
2
Communication & Training
2
TB & Drug Abuse
2
Laboratory Guidance
2
Agriculture & Veterinary
2
Communication & Training
2
Background PTSD in children
2
Chemical Attacks
2
Policies & Strategies
2
Yellow Fever
2
Influenza Prevention & Control
2
Physical Disability
2
Schizophrenia
2
Human Rights, Stigma & Discrimination
2
Germany
2
HIV testing & disclosure
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Opoids
2
Namibia
2
Stroke
2
mhGAP Guides
2
Concepts of Global Health
2
Communication & Training
2
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
2
El Niño
2
South Sudan
2
TB
2
For Health Professionals
2
People who injecting Drugs
2
Rwanda
2
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
2
Health Equity & Equality
2
Clinical aspects
2
Workplace
2
Medical professionals
2
Key Resources
2
Infection Prevention & Hygiene
2
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
2
Information Material &Training
2
Hand Hygiene
2
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
2
Surveillance & Contact tracing
2
Covid-19 & Climate Change
2
Appeals and Response Plans
2
Educational Settings
2
Child Friendly Spaces (CFS)
2
LGBTI*
2
COVID-19
2
General Background
2
Pastoral Care
2
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
2
MHPSS – Psychosocial Support
2
Mythbusters/Misinformation
2
Situation Reports COVID-19
2
Vaccination & Strategy
2
Children & Mental Health
2
Gambling
2
Environmental NPIs
2
Ebola Treatment Center
2
Vaccine Hesitancy & Myths
2
Moderna
2
Covaxin
2
Sanitation
2
Extreme Situations
2
Health Promotion
2
Palliative Care
2
Booster Doses
2
Planetary Boundaries
2
Advocacy
2
Clean air
2
Pharmaceutical Assessments
2
Quality Assurance
2
Strategies
2
Intensive Care Unit
2
Disaster, Migration and Conflict
2
Situation Reports & Updates
2
Guidelines & Manuals
2
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
2
Zoonoses
2
General
2
WASH Water Sanitation & Hygiene
2
Water Pollution
2
MPOX - Monkeypox
2
NTDs
2
Capacity Building & Resources
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Statistics & Facts
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Patient Safety
2
Statistics & Facts
2
Studies & Reports
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
2
Studies & Reports
2
Global Overview
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
General Aspects
2
General
2
Mental disorders, others
2
TB/HIV Global
2
For Community Health Workers
2
Roadmaps, Action Plans & Policies
2
Disaster Preparedness & Prevention
2
Uganda
2
Testing Guidelines
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Others
2
Overview & Statistics
2
Cholera
2
WASH
2
Planetary Health
2
Paediatrics
2
IEC Material Neurological Disorders
2
Action Plans, Policies & Response
2
Kenya
2
Mental Health GAP Action Programme
2
Public Health
2
Capacity Building
2
Disability Rights & Convention
1
Rapid Response
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Health Systems
1
Cocaine
1
HIV support organizations
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Male Circumcision
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Inclusion in Humanitarian Settings
1
Training
1
Azerbaijan
1
People with Handicaps
1
Hand Hygiene
1
Vaccines & Immunization
1
Vector Control
1
Violence & Protection
1
Explosives
1
Natural Disasters
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
International
1
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
1
Introduction to Global Health
1
WPRO (Western Pacific Region)
1
Humanitarian Settings
1
Context, Facts & Travel Advice
1
Infection Control
1
Measures ICF/ Model Disability Survey
1
Eastern Mediterranean Region
1
Refugee
1
Training Manuals
1
National Policies
1
Wheelchair Service and Management
1
Laboratory
1
Surveillance
1
IEC Materials
1
Stigma & Discrimination
1
International
1
Latin America
1
Vaccination
1
African Region
1
Standard Precautions
1
Ebola
1
Advocacy
1
Georgia
1
Training
1
Cholera
1
Types of Disability
1
Manual & Leaflet
1
Laboratory & Sampling
1
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
1
Sexual Abuse
1
Russia
1
Sex Worker
1
Ethiopia
1
Topics
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Cannabis
1
Essential List
1
COVID-19
1
Clinical Aspects
1
Video & Audio
1
Covid-19 & the One Health Approach
1
COVID-19
1
Faith-based Organizations
1
Country Specific
1
Prison & Detention
1
For Older People
1
Humanitarian Aid
1
Protection of Vulnerable Groups
1
Guidelines
1
Camps and Camp-like Settings
1
Scientific & Research Studies
1
Food and Nutrition
1
Human Dignity
1
Subsidiarity
1
Sustainability
1
Workplace
1
Paediatrics
1
Tips & Best Practice Examples
1
Community Health
1
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
1
Long-term Care Facilities
1
Genomic sequencing
1
SARS-CoV-2 Variants
1
COVAX Initiative
1
Structural Violence
1
Long COVID/ Post-COVID Syndrome
1
Vector-based Vacines General
1
Johnson & Johnson
1
Sputnik V
1
Research & Pipeline
1
Caregiver
1
Patient care
1
Waste Management
1
Capacity Building
1
Self-care
1
Others
1
Estonia
1
Chile
1
Other Countries
1
Triage
1
Resources Kreyol Earthquake Haiti
1
Guidelines General
1
Mobility
1
Prices and Patents
1
Model Formulary
1
Spirituality
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Cancer
1
Surgery
1
Freshwater use
1
One Health
1
Resource platforms
1
Humanitarian Crisis
1
Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
1
Reports & Studies
1
Health Care Systems
1
Public Health
1
Prevention & Measures
1
Mental Health
1
Humanitarian Aid Guidelines
1
MPOX - Monkeypox
1
MPOX -Monkeybox Prevention & Control
1
Leishmaniasis
1
Strategies & Roadmaps
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Studies & Reports
1
Studies & Reports
1
Studies & Reports
1
Studies & Reports
1
Studies & Reports
1
Mycetoma, Chromoblastomycosis & other deep mycosis
1
Snakebite envenoming
1
Taeniasis/Cysticercosis
1
Yaws & other Endemic Treponematoses
1
West and central Africa
1
Domestic Resource Mobilization
1
Official Development Assistance
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Tobacco Consumption
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Diagnosis
1
Language Teaching
1
Training Material
1
Conflict
1
Bioterrorism
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Autism
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Ghana
1
Assistive devices & technologies
1
Bipolar Affective Disorders
1
Human Rights & the Right to Health
1
Malawi
1
Malnutrition
1
One Health
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Education of students & professionals
1
Albania
1
Tuberculosis
1
Urbanization
1
IEC Materials Children
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Dengue Prevention & Control
1
Assessment Tools
1
Health Policy & the Global Health Landscape
1
Nigeria
1
Tajikistan
1
Typhoon
1
Kazakhstan
1
Stigma
1
Best Practice Examples
1
WASH
1
Europe
1
Capacity Building
1
AMR
1
Germany
1
Meningitis & Encephalitis
1
Social Determinants of Health
1
Food & Nutrition
1
SEAR (South-east Asia Region)
1
Urban Health
1
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
1
Communication & Training
1
Cervical cancer, along with maternal deaths, has been identified as a national priority in
South Africa as well as other Sub-Saharan African countries. Cervical cancer is the
second most common cancer among women in South Africa, after breast cancer. Due
to limited access to prevention, early dia...
Progress in reducing tobacco use is a key indicator for measuring countries’ efforts to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – target 3.a under the Sustainable Development Goals agenda. Countries have adopted this indicator to report progress also towards the tobacco reducti...
Globally, 311,000 women die of cervical cancer every year, 85 percent of them
in resource limited regions of the world. To address this grave threat to women,
the WHO made a call to action in 2018, resulting in accelerated plans to improve
cervical cancer control under the elimination threshold w...
It summarizes guidance on how to manage – and when to refer – children and adolescents presenting with common complaints and conditions. It includes information to enable primary health care providers to coordinate the continued care of children and adolescents with long-term conditions and dise...
This document sets out, therefore, to explain the socioeconomic value of investing in the fight against NTDs and highlights priorities for global investment attention. Our work was guided by the need not only for
additional funding and funders but also for the need to understand the current funding...
The 2018 global health financing report presents health spending data for all WHO Member States between 2000 and 2016 based on the SHA 2011 methodology. It shows a transformation trajectory for the global spending on health, with increasing domestic public funding and declining external financing. T...
The definition of Official Development Assistance (ODA) has for 40 years been the global standard for measuring donor efforts in supporting development co-operation objectives. It has provided the yardstick for documenting the volume and the terms of the concessional resources provided, assessing do...
In 2015 around 15 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub–Saharan Africa. Sustained provision of ART, though both prudent and necessary, creates substantial long–term fiscal obligations for countries affected by HIV/ AIDS. As donor assistance for healt...
Multiple pandemics, numerous outbreaks, thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars of national income wiped out—all since the turn of this century, in barely 17 years—and yet the world’s investments in pandemic preparedness and response remain woefully inadequate. We know by now that the ...
This brief update on tuberculosis (TB) in the African region covers the state of TB in the WHO African region, strategic priorities and targets and the impact of COVID-19 on essential services. This is followed by key figures for the region, the role of WHO in country support and, recognizing the im...
Building on the 2021 Interim guidance, this second version and update, incorporates the lessons and feedback from the hepatitis pilots that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of measuring hepatitis B and C impact targets to demonstrate elimination, whilst highlighting challenges caused by hig...
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has the highest TB incidence rate in the South East Asian Region - 498 per 100,000, which is the seventh highest in the world. In Timor-Leste TB is the eighth most common cause of death.
The salient observations are as follows:
In 2018, 487 (12.5%) of the...
The guide to implementing the One Health Joint Plan of Action (OH JPA) at national level provides practical guidance on how countries can adopt and adapt the OH JPA to strengthen and support national One Health action.
Building on the OH JPA theory of change, this guide describes three pathways a...
A year ago, the second Special Session of the World Health Assembly (WHASS) unanimously agreed to start a diplomatic process for a new binding instrument aimed at ensuring the international community is better prepared for the next health emergencies. The establishment of an Intergovernmental Negoti...
Donor government disbursements to combat HIV in low- and middle-income countries totaled US$8 billion in 2018, little changed from the US$8.1 billion total in 2017 and from the levels of a decade ago, finds a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the Joint United Nations Programme o...
The annual Development Co-operation Report brings new evidence, analysis and ideas on
sustainable development to members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the international community more broadly. The objectives are to promote best practices and innovation in development co-ope...
Cholera is a transmissible diarrhoeal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae. Endemic and/or epidemic in over 40 countries (mainly in Africa and Asia), cholera continues to be a major global public health issue.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the number of cases reported worldwid...
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a bacterial skin infection that is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and mainly affects people who reside in the rural areas of Africa and in suburban and beach resort communities in Australia.
Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium species, mostly by toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae and rarely by toxin-producing strains of C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis. The most common type of diphtheria is classic respiratory diphtheria, whereby the exotoxin produced characteristicall...
As the Americas undergo profound demographic change and there are more persons aged 65 years or older than children younger than 5 years, it is crucial to recognize that national immunization programs must be redesigned to ensure comprehensive protection for individuals across the lifespan. By adopt...
