Filter
2887
Filtered Results: 2887
Text search:
Neglected
Diseases
Featured
Recommendations
253
New Publications
555
Language
Document type
No document type
1320
Studies & Reports
691
Guidelines
276
Manuals
130
Strategic & Response Plan
128
Resource Platforms
106
Fact sheets
87
Videos
41
Training Material
32
Infographics
23
Online Courses
18
Situation Updates
15
Brochures
10
Dashboards/Maps
7
App
3
Countries / Regions
Global
289
India
93
Latin America and the Carribbean
59
Kenya
48
Uganda
48
Sierra Leone
46
South Africa
43
Liberia
43
Ethiopia
42
Africa
38
Western and Central Europe
37
Bangladesh
37
Syria
33
Malawi
30
Tanzania
30
Nigeria
29
Nepal
27
Rwanda
27
Congo, Democratic Republic of
23
Zambia
23
South Sudan
23
Myanmar / Burma
22
Ghana
21
Asia
21
South–East Asia Region
21
Namibia
19
Mozambique
18
Eastern Europe
16
Brazil
16
Ukraine
15
East and Southern Africa
15
Philippines
14
West and Central Africa
14
Indonesia
14
Colombia
13
Guinea
13
Lesotho
12
Middle East and North Africa
12
Sudan
12
Yemen
12
Cameroon
10
Venezuela
10
Germany
9
Botswana
8
Somalia
8
Pakistan
8
Senegal
7
Russia
7
Zimbabwe
6
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6
North America
6
Eswatini/ Swaziland
6
Afghanistan
5
Haiti
5
Jordan
5
Lebanon
5
Papua New Guinea
5
Angola
5
Iraq
5
Tajikistan
4
Albania
4
Laos
4
Burkina Faso
4
Peru
4
Western Pacific Region
4
Paraguay
4
Vietnam
4
Egypt
4
Georgia
4
China
3
Cambodia
3
Saudi Arabia
3
United Kingdom
3
Belarus
3
Southern Africa
3
Central African Republic
3
Chad
3
North Macedonia
2
Thailand
2
El Salvador
2
Turkey
2
Benin
2
Iran
2
Burundi
2
USA
2
Portugal
2
Spain
2
Israel
2
Bolivia
2
Sri Lanka
2
Djibouti
2
Greece
2
Palestine
2
Mali
2
Guatemala
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Togo
1
Chile
1
Canada
1
Fiji
1
Morocco
1
Qatar
1
Mauritania
1
Italy
1
Armenia
1
Dominican Republic
1
Lithuania
1
Ireland
1
Belgium
1
France
1
Mauritius
1
Tunisia
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Argentina
1
Moldova
1
Poland
1
Honduras
1
Libya
1
Ecuador
1
Madagascar
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
742
Clinical Guidelines
221
Public Health
167
Women & Child Health
145
Key Resources
129
Capacity Building
44
Pharmacy & Technologies
32
Annual Report MEDBOX
1
Toolboxes
NTDs
727
Mental Health
287
COVID-19
156
HIV
143
Disability
126
Planetary Health
99
TB
90
Conflict
69
Global Health Education
69
Ebola & Marburg
59
Caregiver
50
Refugee
47
Health Financing Toolbox
39
Rapid Response
38
NCDs
38
AMR
30
Malaria
26
Natural Hazards
23
Pharmacy
20
Social Ethics
17
Zika
14
Cholera
11
Polio
11
Specific Hazards
6
2.0 Rapid Response
3
South Sudan
1
Guidelines for Diagnosing and Managing Disseminated Histoplasmosis among People Living with HIV
recommended
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. This disease is highly endemic in some regions of North America, Central America, and South America and is also reported in certain countries of Asia and Africa. It often affects people with impaired immunity, including people ...
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis is a deadly infectious disease affecting West and Central Africa, South Sudan and Uganda, and transmitted between humans by tsetse flies. The disease has caused several major epidemics, the latest one in the 1990s. Thanks to recent innovations such as rapid di...
The World Health Organization recently redefined leprosy elimination as a phased process, with the first milestone being the
interruption of transmission, achieved when no new child cases (defined as younger than 15 years) are reported for five consecutive years.
In Pakistan, the well-functioning ...
The global burden of disease (GBD) study provides information about fatal and non-fatal health outcomes around the world.
The objective of this work is to describe the burden of mental disorders among children aged 5–14 years in each of the six regions of the World Health Organisation. Data come ...
The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2010, 4, 33-37
The global burden of disease due to mental disorders continues to rise, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). In addition to causing a large proportion of morbidity, mental disorders – especially severe mental disorders (SMD) – are linked with poorer health outcomes and increase...
Rabies is a disease of animals but too often the outcome is gauged in terms of human suffering and
death. Despite this, in areas of the world where rabies is endemic there is often a lack of communication between veterinary and medical professionals, to the extent that the disease continues to thri...
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, a collaborative endeavour of the World
Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank and the Harvard School of Public Health,
drew the attention of the international health community to the burden of neurological
disorders and many other chronic conditions. T...
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by infection with
Schistosoma trematodes. The disease affects poor rural communities
but has spread to urban areas and to tourists visiting endemic areas
Alcohol contributes significantly to the disease and mortality burden in the WHO European Region, and primary health care systems play an important role in reducing the impact of harmful alcohol use. Screening and brief interventions (SBIs) for alcohol are an evidence-informed approach to addressing...
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 ...
January 2019
Non Communicable Disease Control Programme Directorate General of Health Services Health Services Division, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Managing epidemics
recommended
Key facts about major deadly diseases.This manual provides concise and up-to-date knowledge on 15 infectious diseases that have the potential to become international threats, and tips on how to respond to each of them.
You can download an interactive version directly at the website
http://www.who....
Noma (cancrum oris) is a severe gangrenous disease of the mouth and face. It mostly affects children between the ages of 2 and 6 years living in extreme poverty. In addition to the known factors such as malnutrition, lack of vaccination in children and poor oral hygiene, several social and environme...
Rabies is fatal, vaccine-preventable disease responsible for an estimated 59,000 human deaths each year. Most cases are transmitted by dogs, and most deaths occur in underserved populations in Africa and Asia. Approximately 40% of deaths occur in children.
National Tuberculosis Control Program; Mycobacterial Disease Control National AIDS/STD Program
The National Integrated Comprehensive Cholera Prevention and Control Plan (2017-2022) outlines Uganda's strategy to reduce cholera cases and mortality by 50% by 2022. The plan focuses on improving access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), strengthening disease surveillance, enhancing ca...
As the number of transboundary pest and animal and foodborne disease outbreaks rises, so does the number of people who are chronically hungry due to these and other factors. The correlation can be explained by the link between our health and that of the planet. We rely on land and sea for the produc...
Mental health problems represent the greatest global burden of disease among children and adolescents. There is, however, lack of policy development and implementation for child and adolescent mental health (CAMH), particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where children and adolescen...
Oral health is defined as the absence of disease and a status that ensures optimal functioning of the mouth and its tissues in a manner preserving the highest level of function and self-esteem. Oral health enables an individual to eat, speak and socialise having no active disease, discomfort or disc...
