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Risk communication and community engagement readiness and response to coronavirus disease (‎COVID-19)‎: interim guidance, 19 March 2020
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Interim guidance v2, 19 March 2020 This document provides WHO checklists for risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) readiness and initial response for novel coronaviruses (nCoV) recently identified in Wuhan, China (2019-nCoV). The objective of this document is to provide actionable guid ... more

مجموعة أدوات مساعدة المراهقين على الازدهار )HAT( استراتيجيات لتعزيز وحماية الصحة النفسية للمراهقين والحد من إيذاء الذات وغير ذلك من السلوكيات المنطوية على المخاطر

World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

تم إعداد هذه الوثيقة التوجيهية، “مجموعة أدوات مساعدة البرمجة المتعلقة بتعزيز يعلى الازدهار”، لتحس يالمراهق ولدعم تنفيذ المبادئ يووقاية الصحة النفسية للمراهق ا� ... more

КОМПЛЕКТ МЕТОДИЧЕСКИХ МАТЕРИАЛОВ «СОДЕЙСТВИЕ ПРОЦВЕТАНИЮ ПОДРОСТКОВ» Стратегии по укреплению и охране психического здоровья подростков и профилактике самоповреждения и других форм рискованного поведен

World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

«Содействие процветанию подростков» (СПП) - совместная инициатива ВОЗ/ЮНИСЕФ, направленная на укрепление стратегий и мероприятий по укреплению психического здо� ... more

Frequently asked questions about prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention

World Health Organization (Europe) (2020) C_WHO

People in prisons and other places of detention live in a closed environment and in close proximity with one another – conditions that facilitate transmission of diseases. They also have a greater underlying burden of disease and worse health cond ... more

Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends 2005-2020

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

Previous advocacy efforts have achieved tangible goals in terms garnering political commitments to increase financing for TB—as seen at the 2018 UN High-Level Meeting on TB. The challenge now is to ensure that these commitments are actually met within a global biomedical research ecosystem that ... more

Antimicrobial Resistance and the Climate Crisis

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Information note of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic

The impact of suspensions and reductions in official development assistance on HIV, hepatitis and STIs

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

Strategic information and analytics report No 1, published 17 April 2025. 75 out of 106 surveyed countries reported disruptions in at least one essential health service area.

Declaration of Astana
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World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Global Conference on Primary Health Care From Alma-Ata towards universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals Astana, Kazakhstan, 25 and 26 October 2018

Psychological toll of COVID-19 among healthcare provider— based on information as at 5 February 2021

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO

Rapid Policy Brief

Fact sheet on the SDGs: Nutrition, overweight and obesity

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

Unhealthy diets and excess body weight are leading risk factors for death and disability in the WHO European Region. Addressing malnutrition in all its forms is essential to ensure health and well-being for all and, consequently, sustainable develop ... more

Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a ... t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

Global report on ageism

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Available in English, French and Spanish

Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preventing the Next Pandemic

Harvard Global Health Institute (2018) C1

This report is primarily intended for the community of policymakers and researchers concerned about the rising risks of domestic, regional, and global infectious disease epidemics, and the collective failure to take the coordinated actions required to reduce such risks. These risks include the expec ... more

A human rights aproach to tuberculosis

World Health Organization; Stop TB (2001) C_WHO

Guidelines for social mobilization TB and poverty; TB and children; TB and women; TB, migrants and refugees; TB and prisons WHO/CDS/STB/2001.9 Original: English; Distribution: Limited

Repercussões psicológicas da COVID-19 entre prestadores de cuidados de saúde

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO

Documento de informação sintético

Global framework for the response to malaria in urban areas

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Cities are uniquely positioned to understand local needs and respond rapidly to changing conditions to safeguard health. These changes require strong city leadership to implement multisectoral, health ... more

Strengthening NCD service delivery through UHC benefit package

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Technical Meeting Report, 14-15 July 2020, Geneva

Emergency Response Framework

World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO

The 2nd edition is publised in 2017.

Healthy environments for healthier populations: why do they matter and what can we do?

World Health Organisation WHO (2019) C_WHO

Known avoidable environmental risks to health cause at least 12.6 million deaths every year, and account for about one quarter of the global burden of disease (2016 data) (1). Air pollution alone causes about 7 million deaths a year, placing it amo ... more

How to develop an action plan to implement the strategy

World Health Organization (Western Pacific Region) (2009) C_WHO

WHO Western Pacific Regional Strategy to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm