Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health, National AIDS Control Council, Kenya Medical Research Institute, National Council for Population and Development, Kenya,The DHS Program, ICF International
1
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, MLE Initiative
1
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Population Studies and Research Institute and UNICEF
1
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, UNICEF
1
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics,National AIDS Control Council
1
Khanal M. N., Shrestha D.R., Panta P.D., and Mehata S.
1
Khatiwada N., Silwal P.R., Bhadra R., and Tamang T.M.
1
Kingdom of Swaziland Ministry of Health
1
Kumar, M.
1
L. Cailhol
1
L. Calhoun
1
L. F. Owolabi
1
L. Gicquel
1
L. Khotenashvili
1
L. L. Abuogi
1
L. McGrory
1
L. Ndlovu
1
L. Pacione
1
L. Savioli
1
L. Schölin
1
Laaser, U., F. Beluli
1
Lancet 2017;
1
Laura Wando, MPH
1
Leora Ward, Emma Pearce, Dale Buscher et al.
1
Lesotho National AIDS Commission, Government of Lesotho
1
Leveraging Essential Nutrition Actions to Reduce Malnutrition (LEARN)
1
Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Program, Liberia and ICF International
1
LINKAGES, L., Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care, R. and United Nations Children's Fund , U.
1
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1
Luwabelwa, M.
1
Lynn Bennett, Dilli Ram Dahal and Pav Govindasamy
1
M. B. Mello.
1
M. Berry
1
M. Beusenberg et al.
1
M. Cabra
1
M. Corroon
1
M. Danilovits
1
M. Kontio
1
M. L. Baranne
1
M. L. Belfer
1
M. Martin
1
M. Mikulencak
1
M. Muno, et al.
1
M. Paz N. Marquez
1
M. Ristola
1
M. SHOWKAT GANI et al.
1
M. SHOWKAT GANI, MAL ABIKA SARKER, BULBUL ASHRAF SIDDIQI, ILIA S MAHMUD,YAMIN TAUSEEF JAHANGIR, SA LLY THEOBALD, HERMEN ORM EL, SALAUDDIN BISWAS , KUHEL FAIZUL ISLAM, SUBORN A CAMELLIA, SABINA F AIZ RASHID
1
M. Vicari
1
M. Vitoriaa
1
M. Wareham
1
M.A. Connolly, M. Gayer and S. Ottmani
1
M.M.M. Kabamalan and E.P. Laguna
1
MacQuarrie, K.L.
1
MacQuarrie, Kerry L.D., Sarah E.K. Bradley, Alison Gemmill, and Sarah Staveteig
1
Macro International Inc., USA
1
Maitland, K.
1
Makatjane, T. J., T. Hlabana, and E. M. Letete
1
Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division (MAL & OPD Division-RBC) [Rwanda] and ICF International
1
Management Sciences for Health
1
March of Dimes
1
Maria del Carmen Casanovas, Knut Lönnroth, Luz Maria De-Regil et al
1
Maria Neira, Edward Kelley, Mickey Chopra et al.
1
Maria Santamaria, Marie Bombin, Guitelle Baghdadi-Sabeti, et al.
1
Marie-Noel Bruné Drisse and Fiona Goldizen
1
Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo
1
Mary Keogh, Monika Brenes, Priska Gronenberg et al.
1
Masa
1
Masumbuko ClaudeK, Underschultz J,Hawkes MT
1
Maternal Health Division Department of Family Welfare Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India
1
Matthew Benage
1
Mattinen, Hanna
1
McGuire, George
1
MCHIP
1
Measurement, Learning & Evaluation of the Kenya Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (Tupange), et al.
1
medical peace work
1
Medicus Mundi International Network (MMI)
1
Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4).
1
Mercy Corps
1
Médecins sans Frontières
1
Médecins sans Frontières MSF
1
Ministry of Agricultur al Development (MOAD)
1
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation -Government of India
1
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India
1
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India
1
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. Government of India
1
Ministry of Health & Sanitation, Sierra Leone
1
Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Liberia
1
Ministry of Health (MoH), Lesotho and ICF International
1
Ministry of Health [Kenya], National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP)
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India
1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
1
Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc.
1
Ministry of Health and Population, Family Health Division, USAID
1
Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal
1
Ministry of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone
1
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone
1
Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone, Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unieted Nations, German Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
1
Ministry of Health and Sanitaton Sierra Leone and UNICEF Sierra Leone
1
Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSS), Kingdom of Lesotho
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) and ICF Macro
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), Bureau of Statistics (BOS) and ORC Macro
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of India
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia
1
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, The United Republic of Tanzania
1
Ministry of Health Bangladesh
1
Ministry of Health Ethiopia
1
Ministry of Health Ghana
1
Ministry of Health Malawi
1
Ministry of Health Uganda
1
Ministry of Health, Botswana
1
Ministry of Health, Cambodia
1
Ministry of Health, CDC, Futures, et al
1
Ministry of Health, Central Statistics Office & (DHS) Resource Development Inc.
1
Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya
1
Ministry of Health, Liberia
1
Ministry of Health, National Aids Control Council
1
Ministry of Health, National Malaria Control Programme
1
Ministry of Health, Nepal
1
Ministry of Health, Public Health Division
1
Ministry of Health, Republic of Botswana
1
Ministry of Health, Rwanda & Rwanda Biomedical Centre
1
Ministry of Health, Uganda
1
Ministry of Health, Zambia
1
Ministry of Interior
1
Ministry of Rural Development
1
Mitra and Associates Dhaka
1
Mohammed Kabir, Zubair Iliyasu, Isa S Abubakar & Muktar H Aliyu
1
Moses Muwonge, MD
1
MRC South Africa
1
MSMGF
1
MSPP, Haiti
1
Munro, Leonie
1
Mutuku, Andrew Kyalo
1
N. Ait-Khaled, D. Enarson
1
N. B. Carbone
1
N. Chowdhary, S.Dimidji and V. Patel
1
N. Forda
1
N. G. Guerra
1
N. M. Shehu
1
NACO
1
Nahar, Quamrun, Marzia Sultana, Kerry L. D. MacQuarrie, and Rasheda Khan
1
NASTAD Zambia
1
National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Sierra Leone, Statistics Sierra Leone, University of Sierra Leone, et al.
1
National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Abuja Nigeria
1
National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Government of Nigeria
1
National AIDS & STI Control Program
1
National AIDS Commission (NAC)
1
National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare , Government of India,
1
National AIDS Control Organisation, Ministry of Health &
1
National AIDS&STI Control Program Kenya
1
National Bureau of Statistics
1
National Cancer Control Programme, India
1
National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC) Nepal
1
National Department of Health (NDoH), Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF
1
National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa
1
National Health Mission
1
National HIV
1
National HIV and AIDS Secretariat
1
National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council
1
National Human Rights Commission
1
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
1
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), and ICF International
1
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International
1
National Institute of Population Research and Training Dhaka
1
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) [Rwanda], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Rwanda], and ICF International
1
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) [Rwanda], Ministry of Health (MOH) [Rwanda], and ICF International.
1
National Institute of Statistics, Cambodia
1
National Institute of Statistics, Directorate General for Health, and ICF International
1
National Institute of Statistics, Directorate General for Health, and ICF Macro
1
National Instiute for Nutrition, Indian Council for Medical Research
1
National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) [Liberia], Ministry of Health (MOH), Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), and ICF
1
National Malaria Elimination Programme Federal Ministry of Health National Population Commission, National Bureau of Statistics Federal Republic of Nigeria , et al.
1
National Planning Commission (NPC), Government of Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), et al.
1
National Primary Health Care et al.
1
National Rural Health Mission, DOTS
1
National Statistical Office Zomba, Malawi
1
National Statistical Office (NSO) and ICF Macro
1
National Statistical Office Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, The DHS Program
1
National Statistics Office Manila, Philippines
1
National Statistics Office Manila, Philippines ICF Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA
1
National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
1
National University of Lesotho
1
National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, Government of India
1
Nepal Demographic and Health Survey
1
Neuropsychiatric hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria
1
Newman et al
1
NFPA, UNDESA, UN-HABITAT, IOM
1
Nidhi Singal
1
Nilar Tin et al.
1
NIPORT Bangladesh
1
Noormahomed E, et al.
1
O. Aderomilehin
1
O. O. Ozoya
1
ODI
1
OpenLearn Create
1
ORC Macro International
1
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
1
Organización Mundial de la Salud (Las Américas)
1
Organización Panamericana de la Salud
1
O’Connell, Meghan
1
P. Clayden
1
P. Hay
1
P. Wamala-Mucheri, C. Otterness, et al.
1
Paget Stanfield, Martin Brueton, Michael Chan, Michael Parkin, and Tony Waterston
1
Palale M.
1
Pan African Medical Journal
1
Pan American Health Association (PAHO)
1
Pan American Health Organisation PAHO
1
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
1
Pan American Health Organization (Regional Office of the World Health Organization)
1
Pandey, J. P., M.R. Dhakal, S. Karki, P. Poudel, and M.S. Pradhan
1
Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents
1
Panko Reis, J.
1
Partners in Health, World Health Organization
1
PATA
1
PATH
1
Patrick R. Kenya, Prince-Albert Roberts, Joseph Kobba, et al.
1
Paul Roddy, Natasha Howard, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, et al.
1
Pedro Alonso, Kevin Baird, David Brandling-Bennett et al.
1
PeerJ Preprints
1
Persaud, C.
1
Peter N. Stearns
1
Pharmacy Board Sierra Leone
1
Phoenix Australia
1
Phone Myint
1
Pierre André Michaud, Valentina Baltag, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli et al.
1
PMH
1
Population Council
1
Population Reference Bureau
1
PPASA
1
Pradhan A., Suvedi B.K., Barnett S., et al.
1
PROMUNDO-US, UNFPA
1
Pub Med
1
Qamrun Nahar
1
R. Baggaley
1
R. Baggaley et al.
1
R. Clarke
1
R. Colebunders
1
R. E. Dew, H.G. Koenig, et al.
1
R. Elovich
1
R. Gustav
1
R. Khan and M. Sultana
1
R. Loewenson, M. Mamdani and others
1
R. Nefdt, E. Ribaira and K. Diallo
1
R. S. Diler
1
R. Turner
1
R.H. Dios, et al
1
R.l Kronick
1
r2hc Reserach for Health in Humanitarian Crisis
1
Rajat Khosla, Moazzam Ali and Jane Cottingham
1
Ramasamy, Selvaraju
1
Reach Out
1
Reachout Consortium
1
Regional Office South-East Asia, World Health Organization
1
Renuka Bery, Sophie Boisson, Lizette Burgers et al.
1
Reproductive Health Division Community Health Department Ministry of Health Uganda
1
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium
1
Republic of Kenya, Ministry of Health
1
Republic of Rwanda: Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Health & Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources
1
Republic of Tajikistan
1
Research Gate
1
Rockville, Maryland, USA: ICF
1
Roma Active Albania
1
Rose Zulliger
1
Ruth Newman, Richard Hansen, John Quigley and Don Schramm
1
S Karthick and Sangita Barwa
1
S. Caffe
1
S. Chauwa Phiri, M.Lippitt Prust, C. Phiri Chibawe, et al.
1
S. Cortese
1
S. D. Owolabi
1
S. Dilmitis
1
S. F. Jakobsen
1
S. Groth, G. Forte et al.
1
S. Laver
1
S. Shadianloo
1
S. Song
1
S. Vermund
1
Salvage J, Rowson M, Melf K and Sandøy I
1
Sameh Saleeb, Seydou Doumbia
1
Sandra Kong
1
Sangath
1
Santesso, N.
1
Saori Ohkubo, Tara M. Sullivan, Sarah V. Harlan, Barbara K. Timmons, Molly Strachan
1
Sarkar A, Mburu G, Shukla S, Behara J, et al.
1
Saskatchewan Learning
1
Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
1
Scientific and Cultural Organization
1
Sharafi, L. et al.
1
Sharifa Begum, et al.
1
Sharing and Learning from Country Experiences
1
Shears, Paul, T.J.D. O'Dempsey
1
Shireen Assaf & Thomas Pullum
1
Shobhna S. Kumar,Pallav Patankar, Dr. Maninder Singh Setia
1
Sidze, E.M.
1
Silva, R.
1
Solidarités International
1
Sphere
1
Springer Science+Business Media
1
STAT.KG
1
Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik—BPS), National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), and Kementerian Kesehatan (Kemenkes—MOH), and ICF International
1
Statistics Indonesia (Badan Pusat Statistik—BPS), National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), Kementerian Kesehatan (Kemenkes—MOH), and ICF International
1
Statistics Sierra Leone and ICF International
1
Statistics Sierra Leone, ICF International, et al.
1
Statistics Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone, ICF International
1
Staveteig, S.
1
STOP AIDS
1
Stop TB Partnership. Working Group on TB
1
STRIVE
1
Subho Chakrabarti
1
T. Bingham
1
T. Chitashvili, S. Holschneider, O. Annie Clark
1
T. Mahon and S. Cavill
1
T. Measham
1
T. Ngoato
1
T. T. Bella-Awusah
1
T. Z. Ting Fang
1
Tadesse, Mekonnen, Habtamu Teklie, Gorfu Yazew, and Tesfayi Gebreselassie
1
TAJSTAN
1
Tamara Adrián-Hernandez,Elham Atalla, George Ayala et al.
1
TDR Program
1
Tearfund
1
Teh DHS Program
1
Teklu, Hailemariam, Aluta Sebhatu, and Tesfayi Gebreselassie
1
Than Tun Sein
1
The Brookings Institution’s International Volunteering and Service Initiative
1
The Child Protection Initiative, Save the Children
1
The Cochrane HIV
1
The DHS Program ICF Rockville, Maryland, USA
1
The DHS Program ICF
1
The DHS Program ICF International
1
The Empowered Fe Fes
1
The Ethiopia Health MDGs Program for Results (PforR)
1
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health
1
the Government of Sierra Leone, the Medical Research Centre, the University of Sierra Leone, the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), Text to Change, and MannionDaniels
1
The International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP)
1
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
1
The Kenya Mentor Mother Program
1
The Kingdrom of Swaziland
1
The Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
1
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
1
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports
1
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Central Statistical Organization et al.
1
The South African Cochraine Centre
1
The Water and Sanitation Program
1
The Women´s Health Council
1
Thomas Joseph, Nathalie Likhite, Lana Syed et al.
1
Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG)
1
Ties Boerma, Colin Mathers, Carla AbouZahr, Somnath Chatterji, Daniel Hogan and Gretchen Stevens
1
Ties Boerma, Jennifer Requejo, Cesar Victora et al.
1
Toronto Public Health
1
Treat All
1
TUN, Waimar, et al.
1
U. Laukamm-Josten
1
U. Ramtekkar
1
Uganda Bureau of Statistcs (UBOS) and ICF
1
Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
1
uhoza, Dieudonné Ndaruhuye, Pierre Claver Rutayisire, and Aline Umubyeyi.
1
UMAIDS
1
UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR
1
UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR, TANGO
1
UN Human Rights Council
1
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
1
UN Women
1
UN Women (United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women)
1
UNAIDS | GAMET
1
UNAIDS, et al.
1
UNAIDS, UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
1
UNDP India
1
UNESCO
1
UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO)
1
UNHCR (The UN Refugee Agency)
1
UNICEF Indonesia
1
Unicef, et al.
1
UNICEF, WHO, Wellstart International
1
UNICEF/AMREF
1
UNIFEM
1
UNISDR
1
UNITAID Secretariat, World Health Organization
1
United Nations
1
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
1
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
1
United Nations Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs
1
United Nations Educational
1
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
1
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
1
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
1
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
1
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), SIAPS
1
United States Government Zambia Interagency Team
1
University of Zambia
1
US Aid, UK Aid, UNICEF
1
USAID (From the American People)
1
USAID ASSIST Project
1
USAID, SPS, Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems Program-Kenya
1
USAID, CapacityPlus & PEPFAR
1
USAID, Deliver Project
1
USAID, GHKC
1
USAID, Health Policy Project
1
USAID, MOH (Nepal)
1
USAID, Philippine Statistic Authority
1
V. Habiyambere
1
Velazquez Berumen, A.
1
Veronese, Vanessa et al.
1
Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Tarun Dua et al.
1
Vocies
1
W. A. Zule
1
Wado, Yohannes Dibaba
1
Wang, Wenjuan, Gheda Temsah, and Emily Carter
1
Wang, Wenjuan, Soumya Alva, Rebecca Winter, and Clara Burgert
1
Water Aid
1
Western Pacific Region
1
Western Pacific Region)
1
Westoff, C.F., F. Ngabo, C. Munyanshongore, M.A. Umubyeyi, and E. Kagame
1
Westoff, Charles F.
1
Westoff, Charles F., and Clara Ladi Ejembi
1
WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO
1
WHO and DOH Philippines
1
WHO Regional Office for Africa
1
WHO Regional Office for Europe
1
WHO, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council
1
WHO, et al.
1
WHO, TDR
1
WHO, UNFPA, and Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica Consejeria de Salud
1
WHO, UNICEF
1
WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division
1
WHO, USAID, UNICEF
1
Willy McCourt, W. & Awases, M.
1
Wirtz, Andrea L.
1
Wolters Kluwer Health
1
Women's Refugee Commission, et al.
1
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
1
Women’s Refugee Commission
1
Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) and The International Rescue Committee (IRC)
1
Word Health Organization
1
Worku, Abebaw Gebeyehu, Gizachew Assefa Tessema, and Atinkut Alamirrew Zeleke
1
World
1
World Bank
1
World Drug Report 2017
1
World Economic Forum
1
World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Office for Nepal
1
World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa
1
World Health Organisation (WHO), USAID, The Global Fund, et al.
1
World Health Organization WHO
1
World Health Organization ( WHO Regional Office for Africa)
1
World Health Organization ( WHO), Regional Office for Africa
1
World Health Organization (Africa)
1
World Health Organization (Regional Office for South-East-Asia)
1
World Health Organization (South East Asia Region
1
World Health Organization (South-East Asia)
1
World Health Organization (South-East-Asia)
1
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
1
World Health Organization (WHO), Country Office for Myanmar
1
World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF
1
World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
1
World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Reproductive Health and Research
1
World Health Organization (WHO), Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT), UNICEF
1
World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia
1
World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for the Western Pacific
1
World Health Organization WHO, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE)
1
World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office African Region
1
World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa
1
World Health Organization WHO, UNICEF
1
World Health Organization, IASC
1
World Health Organization, Intigrated Management of Adolescent and Adult illness (IMAI)
1
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO)
1
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe
1
World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, Health Situation and Trend Assessment Unit of Health System Department
1
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas
1
World Health Organization, Regional Office South-East Asia
1
World Health Organization, UNAIDS, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
1
World Health Organization, UNICEF
1
World Health Organization, UNICEF, United Nations Population Fund
1
World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia
1
World Meteorological Organization
1
World Vision
1
Wright, J.
1
Y. Ono
1
Y. Tadesse, N. Gebre, S. Daba, et al.
1
Yebyo, Henock G., Mussie A. Gebreselassie, and Alemayehu B. Kahsay
1
Yoder, P. Stanley, Joe L.P. Lugalla, and Richard F. Sambaiga
1
Z. T. Gavry
1
Zachary, Blake, Zhuzhi Moore, and Pav Govindasamy
1
Zaidi, Shehla
1
Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Z IMSTAT) and ICF International. 20
1
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Zohra S. Lassi, George Pariyo and Luis Huicho
In many countries neonatal tetanus is responsible for half of all neonatal deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases and for almost 14% of al¡ infant deaths. It is estimated that in the 1970s more than 10,000 newborns died annually from neonatal tetanus in the Americas. Neonatal tetanus is prevent...ed by immunization and/or assuring clean delivery and post-delivery practices.more
Third edition.
The main changes within the third edition of the JEE tool include the split of the technical area National legislation, policy, and financing into two technical areas (Legal instruments and Financing); the drop of the technical area previously titled Reporting and the move of indicat...ors to the technical area IHR coordination, National IHR Focal Point and advocacy; and the merging of two previous technical areas (Emergency preparedness and Emergency operations centre) into a single one named Health emergency management.more
The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) is a document to guide WHO’s work in countries. CCS is a medium-term vision for WHO’s technical cooperation with a given Member State, and supports the country's national health policy, strategy or plan. The CCS time frame is flexible to align with national... cycles and processes. It is the basis for aligning WHO’s collaboration with other United Nations bodies and development partners at the country level.more
The purpose of this publication is to to provide a practical, stepwise approach to the implementation of the national action plans on AMR within the human health sector; and to provide a process and collation of existing WHO tools to prioritize, cost, implement, monitor and evaluate national action ...plan activities. The target audience of the publication are national/subnational stakeholders working on AMR within the human health sector. This includes national health authorities, national multi-sectoral coordination groups, senior technical experts and policymakers involved in implementing AMR activities at all levels of the health system, and implementation partners to accelerate sustainable implementation and monitoring and evaluation of national action plans on AMR.more
Policy Brief. 24 June 2022. This policy brief, one of two on the updated hepatitis C (HCV) guidelines, focuses on the new recommendations on simplified service delivery for a public health approach to HCV testing, care and treatment. These recommendations include decentralization, integration and ta...sk-sharing, in addition to the use of point-of-care (POC) HCV viral load assays and reflex viral load testing.more
Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa have all seen increases in annual HIV infections over several years. In Asia and the Pacific, UNAIDS da...ta now show new HIV infections are rising where they had been falling. Action to tackle the inequalities driving AIDS is urgently required to prevent millions of new HIV infections this decade and to end the AIDS pandemicmore
Saving lives is the priority of WHO’s response in Ukraine. WHO works to ensure time-critical, lifesaving multisectoral assistance, non-discriminatory access to emergency and essential health services and priority prevention programmes, and laying the foundation for longer-term health systems recov...ery and strengthening.more
The pandemic has emphasized the high risk of avoidable harm to patients, health workers, and the general public, and has identified a range of safety gaps across all core components of health systems at all levels.
The rapid review ‘Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety’ ex...plores impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic did have on patient safety in terms of risks and avoidable harm, specifically in terms of diagnostic, treatment and care management related issues as well as highlights the main patterns of these implications within the broader health system context.more
The brief concludes that sustaining the continuity of EHS requires policies that ensure a whole-society and systems strengthening approach. This involves increased health care investment, community engagement, disease control regulations, and multisector approaches to improve resilience, EHS quality..., and equity.more
Three classess of tests are now recommended in the latest consolidated guideles on tests for tuberculosis infection. It includes for the first-time a new class of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen-based skin tests (TBSTs), and the two existing classes of tests: the tuberculin skin test (TST) and t...he interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs).
IGRAs and TBSTs use Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigens and represent a significant advancement to TST which has been used for over half a century.more
Patient safety standards are critical for the establishment and assessment of patient safety programmes within hospitals. This third edition of the Patient safety assessment manual provides an updated set of standards and assessment criteria that reflect current best practice and WHO guidance. The m...anual will support the implementation of patient safety assessments and improvement programmes within hospitals as part of the Patient Safety Friendly Hospital Framework to ensure that patient safety is prioritized and facilities and staff implement best practices. The manual is a key tool for use by professional associations regulatory accrediting or oversight bodies and ministries of health to improve patient safety.more