First published in 2020, this toolkit is intended for clinicians working in acute care, managing adult and paediatric patients with acute respiratory infection, including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis and septic shock. The main objective is to provide key tools for us...e in the care of critically ill patients – from hospital entry to hospital discharge.
The 2022 updated version includes new tools and adapted algorithms, checklists, memory aids for COVID-19 and influenza, and the latest clinical evidence regarding clinical management of SARI. It is intended to help clinicians care for SARI patients: from epidemiology of severe acute respiratory infections, screening and triage, infection prevention and control, monitoring of patients, laboratory diagnosis, principles of oxygen therapy and different types of ventilation (invasive and non-invasive), as well as antimicrobial and immunomodulator therapies, to ethical and quality of care assessments.
The first edition is availbel in Ukrainian and Russian
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Interim Guidance.
A number of medical problems have been reported in survivors, including mental health issues. Ebola virus may persist in some body fluids, including semen. Ebola survivors need comprehensive support for the medical and psychosocial challenges they face and also to minimize the ...risk of continued Ebola virus transmission. WHO has developed this document to guide health services on how to provide quality care to survivors of Ebola virus disease
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L’enquête ENPS 2016 avait pour objectif de mesurer la situation des indicateurs d’accessibilité et d’utilisation des moyens préventifs et curatifs définis dans le cadre des directives du PNLP au Sénégal. Elle entre dans le cadre de l’évaluation périodique du niveau de réalisation de...s objectifs et des résultats attendus à partir de données du terrain afin d’adapter continuellement les décisions aux réalités du terrain. En particulier, cette étude s’est intéressée à documenter la situation des indicateurs de couverture et d’utilisation des différentes interventions de lutte contre le paludisme. En particulier, la couverture et l’utilisation ou exposition des moyens préventifs (MI, TPI chez la femme enceinte, AID et CPS dans les zones ciblées) ont été documentés ainsi que les types et modalités de la prise en charge des cas de fièvre chez l’enfant et la femme enceinte. Par ailleurs, ces indicateurs ont été renseignés en tenant compte des variations régionales, de districts et du milieu de résidence (urbain et rural). L’analyse a aussi tenu compte des variations liées aux faciès épidémiologiques et des zones d’intervention couvertes par les différentes stratégies.
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Drawing light from the pandemic: A new strategy for health and sustainable development (2021)
Available in English, French, German and Russian
This reference manual provides in-depth knowledge on the techniques, methodologies and best practices for using geospatial information in support of decision making for disaster risk management for specific hazards
Communities can play a critical role in suicide prevention. Facilitating community engagement in suicide prevention is an important task. The toolkit is a step-by-step guide for communities to engage in suicide prevention activities and have ownership of the process and keep efforts sustained. It is... hoped that the pilot version will be used, after necessary adaptation, in many countries and contexts, so that the final product can be strengthened and become more effective and user-friendly.
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This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achievement of the goals and objectives of the New Urban Agenda.
A desk guide for health facilities . It outlines a comprehensive approach to respiratory health, which health facilities can adapt and implement in resource-limited settings
Kyiv, Ukraine 22-24 November 2010
Meeting Report
Child Survival Working Group
Accessed: 18.10.2019
- Pacific Possible Background Paper No.6
Joining efforts to control two trelated global epidemics.
Report of an intensive legal training and capacity-building workshop on law and noncommunicable diseases (Moscow, 30 May–3 June 2016)
The report summarizes important issues, themes and topics discussed during the meeting in Moscow, ranging from the design and implementation of legislation, reconc...iling public health objectives with international trade and investment law commitments, to examples of regional integration, such as the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union.
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Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care
2017 update
Cet article met en évidence les déterminants du statut de scolarisation des enfants (non scolarisation et de la déscolarisation) de 6-16 ans au Burkina Faso à partir des données de l’Enquête multisectorielle continue sur les conditions de vies des ménages réalisée en 2014 (EMC, 2014). Tou...t en déterminant le profil des enfants hors du système éducatif la présente étude permet d’identifier les déterminants du statut de scolarisation des enfants à partir d’une régression logistique binaire1.
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O presente relatório apresenta os resultados da Auscultação Qualitativa Rápida das Percepções
Locais sobre as Doenças Tropicais Negligenciadas em três distritos da província de Nampula,
nomeadamente: Mogovolas (Nametil), Murrupula (Chinga) e, Eráti (Namapa e Alua).
In response to COVID-19, countries around the world have implemented several public health and social measures (PHSM), such as movement restrictions, closure of schools and businesses, and international travel restrictions.1 As the local epidemiology of the disease changes, countries will adjust (i....e. loosen or reinstate) these measures according to the intensity of transmission.
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Six months in, the indirect impacts of COVID-19 take a toll on health, social and economic outcomes.