This document on logistics management information systems (LMIS) was developed to address the increasing need for harmonization and standardization of core indicators for managing medicines and health products for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) at country level (i.e. for last-mile logistics). It... thereby responds to requests from Members States, pharmaceutical groups, financial donors and implementing partners for guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) for a transparent, standardized reporting mechanism and key indicators for in-country logistics. More importantly, this document will also guide the last-mile logistics process and is relevant for the health workforce working at different levels of national health information systems. It can be adapted and used for any health products depending on the needs of the country or health programmes.
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Exposure to air pollution has significant adverse health effects, leading to nearly 1 in every 8 deaths globally. Air pollution affects all age groups, from unborn children to older people, in both high- and low-income nations.
Effective surveillance and monitoring of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors are essential for informing evidence-based public health policies, addressing health inequities, and ensuring progress toward global and regional targets. By tracking trends in NCDs, their modifiable risk... factors such as tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol, and air pollution, along with biological risk factors such as overweight and obesity, high blood pressure (hypertension), and elevated blood glucose (diabetes), policymakers can identify emerging threats, target vulnerable populations, allocating resources efficiently. Reliable data also enable countries to evaluate interventions, adjust policies, and strengthen health systems to reduce the burden of NCDs.
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[Updated 2015]
SCOPING QUESTION: What is the effectiveness of psychosocial interventions (including caregiver skills training) for behavioural disorders in children and adolescents?
Uso de doxiciclina para prevenção e tratamento de pacientes com Covid-19
Guidelines for Therapy and Management of Urothelial Urinary Bladder Cancer
A elaboração das Diretrizes para Diagnóstico e Tratamento da COVID-19 é uma resposta rápida ao enfrentamento da COVID-19, diante da declaração de pandemia pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) e das iniciativas do Ministério da Saúde para enfrentamento dessa nova situação no Brasil. ...
A intensa produção de evidência sobre o assunto nos últimos meses faz destas Diretrizes um documento dinâmico que terá versões provisórias e atualizações periódicas, acompanhando a produção de novas evidências para assim estabelecer recomendações.
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Baseado no livro Preparación y respuesta ante la eventual introducción del virus chikungunya en las américas
Considerations on the implementation and adjustment of
public health and social measures in the context of
COVID-19
Interim guidance 14 June 2021
Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 5 Year 2014 about the Clinical Practice Guide for Physicians at Primary Health Care Facilities
A elaboração das Diretrizes para Diagnóstico e Tratamento da COVID-19 é uma resposta rápida ao enfrentamento da COVID-19, diante da declaração de pandemia pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) e das iniciativas do Ministério da Saúde para enfrentamento dessa nova situação no Brasil. ...
A intensa produção de evidência sobre o assunto nos últimos meses faz destas Diretrizes um documento dinâmico que terá versões provisórias e atualizações periódicas, acompanhando a produção de novas evidências para assim estabelecer recomendações.
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AJOL, Vol.92 No.2; There is a low bed capacity in ICUs compounded by a universal deficit in human resource capacity and support infrastructure for the critical care services. Regionalisation, increased funding and more training opportunities for critical are
services by the regional and central go...vernments will go a long way in alleviating these challenges
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This clinical pocket book - Respiratory Assessment and Oxygen Administration - is the forth edition from Clinical Pocket Reference for Nurses
Concerned that the prevalence of Child Marriage in Malawi, at 42 per cent, is one of the highest in the Sub-Saharan Africa; and that cases of child marriage continue to rise despite the various interventions on the ground. If unabated, Child Marriage inflicts significant socio-economic and political... cost for Malawi and derails the nation’s developmental aspirations.
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