Search database
LIST OPTIONS
Filter
434
Filtered Results: 434
Text search: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ecdc)
Featured
Language
Document type
No document type
179
Guidelines
85
Studies & Reports
77
Fact sheets
27
Manuals
22
Strategic & Response Plan
10
Situation Updates
9
Infographics
7
Resource Platforms
6
Training Material
4
Online Courses
4
Brochures
2
Videos
2
Countries / Regions
Western and Central Europe
79
Ukraine
18
Germany
17
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
17
Eastern Europe
16
Africa
7
Latin America and the Carribbean
7
Global
6
Russia
6
Guinea
5
West and Central Africa
5
Madagascar
5
Sierra Leone
4
Liberia
4
North Macedonia
3
Mozambique
3
Spain
3
Brazil
3
Colombia
2
Nigeria
2
Estonia
2
Guinea-Bissau
2
Venezuela
2
Congo, Democratic Republic of
2
Middle East and North Africa
2
Paraguay
2
France
2
East and Southern Africa
2
Romania
2
Myanmar / Burma
2
Tajikistan
1
Turkey
1
Ghana
1
Benin
1
Rwanda
1
Cameroon
1
Albania
1
Senegal
1
Congo-Brazzaville
1
Niger
1
Burkina Faso
1
Uzbekistan
1
Bulgaria
1
Italy
1
Armenia
1
Haiti
1
Asia
1
South–East Asia Region
1
Western Pacific Region
1
Turkmenistan
1
Portugal
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Bolivia
1
Moldova
1
Georgia
1
Mali
1
Angola
1
Libya
1
South Sudan
1
Authors & Publishers
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
49
World Health Organization WHO
47
European Centre for Disease Prevention and control ECDC
42
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC
23
World Health Organization (Europe)
20
et al.
18
World Health Organization
17
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
15
World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe
15
European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC
11
WHO Europe
8
World Health Organization (WHO)
7
World Health Organization Europe
7
Centre for Health & Infectious Disease Research
6
Robert-Koch-Institut RKI
5
UNAIDS
5
World Health Organisation (WHO)
5
Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
4
Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention
4
African Union
4
D. Raben
4
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
4
Pan American Health Organisation PAHO
4
A. Sönnerborg
3
ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
3
Elsevier
3
European Union
3
J. Klinte
3
M. Mansfeld
3
OECD
3
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
3
PLOS One
3
ReAct
3
Robert-Koch-Institut
3
T. Noori
3
A. Pharris
2
BMC Infectious Diseases
2
British Society for antimicrobial chemotherapy BSAC
2
C. Ködmön
2
Centro de Coordinación de Alertas y Emergencias Sanitarias
2
E. Subata
2
Eurasian Harm Reduction Network
2
G. Shaw
2
Holt, E.
2
IACAPAP
2
ICASO
2
M. Ristola
2
Ministerio de sanidad - España
2
Organisation de la Santé Mondiale
2
Organisation mondiale de la Santé
2
Organización Mundial de la Salud
2
PMC
2
Robert Koch Institut
2
S. F. Jakobsen
2
S. Seedat
2
T. D. Benton
2
UNHCR
2
WHO
2
World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe
2
World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe
2
Всемирная организация здравоохранения
2
Всемирная организация здравоохранения (Европа)
2
Всемирная организация здравоохранения (Европейское)
2
A. Horban
1
A. Kamensa, S. Olsena
1
A. L. Wirtz
1
A. Lachman
1
A. M. Tavares
1
A. Roy, M. Eisenhut, R. . Harris, et al.
1
A. Stengaard
1
A. Turkova
1
A. van Ahee
1
A.Lachman
1
A.Sullivan
1
ACAPS
1
Acción contra el Hambre España
1
Adriana Jiménez Rojas
1
Africa CDC
1
Almudena Marí Saéz, Sabrina Weiss, Kathrin Nowak,et al.
1
Ana Carvajal, José Félix Oletta López, Alejandro Rísquez
1
and J. Garcia-Rosales Delgado
1
and S. Mauder
1
Andreas Sandgren, Marieke J. van der Werf, Netta Beer et al.
1
Asociación Colombiana de Infectiologiá ACIN
1
B. Karo
1
B. Rajamaki
1
B.S. Kamps
1
Barben et al.
1
Belkum, A.van, T. T. Bachmann, G. Lüdke, et al.
1
BioMed Central
1
bmj
1
Bozorgmehr, K.
1
British Medical Journal
1
Buliva E., Elnossery S., Okwarah P. et al.
1
C. Beyrer
1
C. Contini, M. Maritari, M. die Nuzzo, et al.
1
C. Ferreira-Borges
1
C. Hoffmann, A. Gualani Gualani
1
C. Kalpaki, M. Moudatsou, E. Maraki, et al.
1
C. Kollan
1
C. Oprea
1
C. Opreab
1
C. Rae
1
C. Savolainen-Kopra
1
Cecchini, M.
1
Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg
1
Centre for Health & Infectious Disease Research (CHIP)
1
Christina Brandes-Barbier, Véronique Millot, Tomas Allen et al
1
CURATIO International Foundation
1
D. Gokengina,
1
D. Gökengin
1
D. Gyamfi Amoako, R. Carrel Founou, et al.
1
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pädiatrische Infektiologie (DGPI) e.V.
1
DGS
1
DGVS Paraguay
1
Dheda, K.
1
Diedrich, S.
1
Dilys Morgan, Hilary Kirkbride and Bengü Said
1
Dirección General de Vigilancia de la Salud (DGVS)
1
Dr. J. Breda
1
Dr. M. Dara
1
Dr. S. Godinjak
1
Dr. Z. Cardaklija
1
Dyar O.J., B. Beovic, C. Pulcini et al.
1
E. Chiappini
1
E. Pavlenko, A. Barbova, A. Hovhannesyan, et al.
1
E. Subata,
1
E. Venturini
1
EACS European AIDS Clinical Society
1
ECDC European Center for disease prevention and control
1
EFSA
1
EFSA Journal
1
ehra (eurasian harm reduction association)
1
Elmqvist, T.
1
Emmanuel O. Irek, Adewale A. Amupitan, Temitope O. Obadare, Aaron O. Aboderin
1
END TB
1
ESDC
1
Eurasian Coalition on Male Health
1
EuroHealth Observer
1
European Academies Science Advisory Council
1
EUROPEAN ANTIBIOTIC AWARENESS DAY
1
European Asylum Support Office
1
European Center for Disease Control ECDC
1
European Centre for Disases Prevention and Control ECDC
1
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) andEuropean Medicines Agency (EMA)
1
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC, IOM
1
European Commission
1
European Commission Joint Research Centre
1
European Commission, Government of Luxembourg
1
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Eurostation
1
European Public Health Alliance
1
European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Changing Markets
1
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases EUCAST
1
European specialist nurse organisation (ESN)
1
European Union EU
1
Eurosurveillance
1
Eurosurveillance (Europe’s journal on infectious disease epidemiology, prevention and control)
1
Evelina Tacconelli, Michael Buhl, Hilary Humphreys et al.
1
F. Nakagawa
1
Facts Standard of Care for HIV and Coinfections in Europe
1
Federal Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Health
1
Feiterna- Sperling, C., F. Brinkmann, C. Adamzik, et al.
1
Founou, L.L.
1
G. Likatavicius
1
G. O’Hara
1
Gatzweiler F., Lindgren E., et al.
1
Georgios Nikolopoulos, University of Cyprus
1
Germano MP, Elena F, Ndlovu N et al
1
Germany’s National Public Health Institute (RKI), et al.
1
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria is mandatory
1
GOARN, FAO, et al.
1
Goverment of the Netherlands
1
Government of Libya
1
Government of the Netherlands
1
H. Fuenzalida
1
Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique
1
Health Cluster, WHO
1
Heliyon
1
Hoffmann, C.
1
I. Couto
1
I. Fronteira
1
I. Steffens
1
INTECH
1
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
1
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
1
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
1
International Rescue Committee
1
International Society for infectious Diseases
1
IOM
1
J. Begovac
1
J. Begovacc
1
J. Langer and J. Slawomirski
1
J. Lindeman
1
J. V. Lazarus
1
J.E. Suk, D. Fischer et al.
1
J.Lundgren
1
Jean-Gilles, L.
1
Jing Liu-Helmersson , H. Stenlund, A. Wilder-Smith, et al.
1
Journal of Virus Eradication
1
K. Chkhatarashvili
1
K. Hagmaier
1
K. Keeren
1
K. Wilson
1
Kadridin Pirov, Umriniso Sirojiddinova, Oktam Bobokhojaev, et al.
1
Kamps, B.S.
1
Katrin Leitmeyer
1
Khalil, A.
1
Kokki, M.
1
Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung
1
L. G. Johnston
1
L. Imre, A. Lourenço, N. Ahamed, et al.
1
L.E. Escobar, R. Lowe et al.
1
Latvian Centre for Human Rights
1
Ledingham, K.
1
Lungenliga Schweiz, Bundesamt für Gesundheit
1
M. Dara
1
M. Hegermann-Lindencrone, C. S. Brown, et al.
1
M. J. van der Werf, J. P. Zellweger
1
M. J. van der Werfa
1
M. Janier, V. Hegyi, N. Dupin et al
1
M. Kontio
1
M. V. Larico Rojas
1
M. van den Boom
1
Maria Virginias Villegas
1
Mauder, S.
1
Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social Paraguay
1
Ministerio de Salud y Deportes Bolivia
1
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social Bogotá, Colombia
1
MINSITRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY OF TURKMENISTAN
1
Murray, C.A.
1
N. Bolokadze, et al.
1
N. Chkhartishvili
1
Nam Aidsmap
1
Nature Scientific Reports
1
Nunn, Marc
1
O. Chokoshvili
1
OPAS
1
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS
1
Organización Panamericana de la Salud
1
Organização Mundial da Saùde
1
Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS)
1
P. de Colombani, V. Hollo, N. Jansen, et al.
1
P. Viiklepp, P. de Colombani, A. Kurbatova, et al.
1
P. Zucs
1
P. Zucs, et al.
1
PAHO
1
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
1
Pan American Health Organization PAHO
1
Pan American Health Organization PAHO, World Health Organization WHO
1
Patricia M.C. Huijbers, Carl-Fredrik Flach, D.G. Joakim Larsson
1
Paul, R.E.
1
Pim Cuijpers, Laura Shields-Zeeman, Bethany Hipple Walters, Ionela Petrea
1
PLOS Medicine
1
PMC - US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health
1
Pollack L. A., D. Plachouras, H. Gruhler et al.
1
PRAKSIS
1
Preussler, S.
1
Prevent Project
1
Prison Department
1
Professor J. Lundgren
1
PubMed.gov
1
R. D. Blacutt Paniagua
1
R. Pebody
1
Regional Office for Europe
1
Rehabilitation Division
1
Reijer, P.
1
Reliefweb OCHA Services
1
Research Gate
1
Reusken C. B. E. M., E. K. Broberg, B. Haagmans et al.
1
République française
1
RKI
1
Robert Koch Institut (RKI)
1
Robert Koch Institut RKI
1
S. Colt, M.N. Garcia-Casal, J.P. Peña-Rosas, et al.
1
S. F.Jakobsen
1
S. Ibisevic
1
S. Ijaz
1
S. Uysal
1
Safrani, N.
1
Saiful Islam M. , Mizanur Rahman K., Sun Y., et al.
1
Sascha Marchang, Natasha Hurley
1
Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde − Ministério da Saúde
1
Sociedad Venezolana de Salud Pública
1
Steve Aldrich, et al.
1
Stop TB Partnership
1
Superior Health Council
1
T. Zardiashvili
1
The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and ReAct
1
The Estonian Ministry of Justice
1
The European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)
1
The Global Fund To fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
1
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC
1
The MEDBOX Team
1
Tjaden, N.B.
1
Towards a Safer World
1
Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR)
1
Tribuna del Investigador
1
UN Children's Fund UNICEF
1
UN Country Team in Uzbekistan
1
UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS)
1
UNICEF Myanmar
1
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
1
University of Cambridge
1
University of Nottingham
1
UNOPS
1
USAID
1
Verbeek, J.H.
1
W. Haas
1
W. S. Hinojosa Gallo
1
Wagner, U. et al.
1
WASH Cluster
1
WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO
1
WHO Collaborating Centre on HIV and Viral Hepatitis
1
Wolters Kluwer Health
1
Word Health Organization
1
World Bank
1
World Food Programme (WFP)
1
World Health Organization WHO
1
World Health Organization WHO Western-Pacific Region
1
World Health Organization WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
1
World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas
1
World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
1
Z. T. Gavry
1
Zoila Caridad Moros, Ferdinando Liprandi, Flor Helene Pujol
1
Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Υπουργείο Υγείας
1
ВОЗ
1
Всемирная Организация Здравоохранения - Европейское региональное бюро
1
Г-жа M. Mansfeld
1
Г-н Z. T. Gavry
1
Д-р M. Dara
1
Д-р Огтай Гозалов
1
Департамент здравоохранения города Москвы
1
Е.Л. Никонов, С.В. Кашин,Р.О. Куваев, et al.
1
ЮНЭЙДС
1
Publication Years
Category
COVID-19
45
Studies & Reports
20
Guidelines
12
Humanitarian Crisis
9
Disease Prevention & Control
9
Vaccine-preventable Diseases
8
Disaster Preparedness
7
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
7
Statistics
6
Policies & Guidelines HIV & TB
4
Policies
4
Other
4
x MEDBOX Issue Brief & Annual Reports x
3
Protection & Security
3
Vector Control
2
MPOX - Monkeypox
2
Yersinia pestis (Plague)
2
Countries
2
Drugs & Medical Equipment
2
WASH
2
General Guidelines
2
HIV & STI
2
TB
2
Dental & Eye Care
1
Hepatitis
1
Pharmacy & Technology
1
Sanitation
1
Hand Hygiene
1
Bacteriology
1
Humanitarian Aid
1
Monitoring & Evaluation
1
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
1
Humanitarian Aid
1
Child protection
1
Yellow Fever
1
Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
1
Disabilities
1
Capacity Building
1
Immunization
1
Surgery & Anaesthesia
1
Needs Assessment
1
Leishmaniasis
1
Water
1
Age & Elderly
1
Key Resources
1
Food Security & Nutrition
1
Toolboxes
Eastern Europe and central Asia
31
Reports & Studies
28
Infection Control General
21
Country specific documents
20
Situation Reports & Updates
12
Surveillance
10
Public Health
10
General
10
IPC
9
Preparedness & Prevention
9
Surveillance
8
General
8
Communication Material
8
General Public
8
Diagnostics & Laboratory Guidance
7
SARS-CoV-2 Variants
7
Guidelines & Manuals
7
MPOX - Monkeypox
7
Assessment & Studies
6
Ebola Prevention & Control
6
Country specific
6
Prevention & Preparedness
6
Health Personnel
6
Surveillance & Contact tracing
6
Medical & Community Masks
6
Assessment
6
Preparedness & Prevention
6
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
6
Health Systems
5
Key Resources
5
Influenza Prevention & Control
5
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
5
Context & Facts
5
Prison & Detention
5
Educational Settings
5
Infectious Diseases
5
MPOX -Monkeybox Prevention & Control
5
Zika Prevention & Control
5
Epidemiology
5
Europe
4
Prevention & Control
4
Supporting tools
4
Studies
4
For Health Worker
4
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
4
Information Refugees Ukraine
4
Prevention & Measures
4
MPOX - Monkeypox
4
Detection & Diagnosis
4
TB/HIV Global
4
Germany
4
Western & Central Europe
4
TB
4
Policies & Strategies
3
General Reports
3
Laboratory
3
TB & Other Vulnerable Populations
3
Children
3
International
3
Laboratory
3
Clinical Guidelines
3
Online Courses & Resources
3
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
3
For Parents & Children
3
Physical Distancing
3
Hospital Readiness/Essential Health Services
3
COVID-19 Vaccination
3
Hygiene
3
Estonia
3
COVID-19
3
Appeals & Response Plans
3
General
3
Romania
3
General
3
Substance Use Disorders & Addiction
3
TB & Prisoners
3
Tuberculosis
3
Research & Access
3
Overview & Statistics
3
Infection Control
3
HIV in Key Populations
3
Public Health
3
Gynaecology / Obstetrics
2
Childhood TB
2
HIV testing & services
2
Plague Situation Reports
2
Vector Control
2
Training
2
Early Warning
2
Vaccination
2
HIV surveillance
2
Substance Use Disorders, Others
2
Policies
2
Opoids
2
Surveillance
2
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
2
IACAPAP International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
2
Training
2
Global
2
Children/Adolescents Mental Disorders
2
Research
2
Ebola
2
European Resource
2
HIV / AIDS
2
Medical professionals
2
Reports
2
Infection Prevention & Hygiene
2
Context & Facts, Travel Advice
2
Video & Audio
2
For General Public & Community
2
For Migrants & Refugees
2
Global Impact: Socio-economic, health services, TB & HIV
2
For Older People
2
Scientific & Research Studies
2
Long-term Care Facilities
2
Vaccine Hesitancy & Myths
2
General documents One Health
2
Information, Resources & Websites
2
Online courses
2
Women
2
Training Material
2
Neurological Disorders
2
Training
2
Roadmaps, Action Plans & Policies
2
Technical Information
2
Situation Reports
2
Public Health Administration
2
Paediatrics
2
Situation Reports, others
2
Meningitis & Encephalitis
2
Plague Prevention & Control
2
Drugs
1
Outbreak Prevention & Control
1
Alcohol
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Cholera Situation Reports
1
Cocaine
1
Communication & Training
1
Agriculture & Veterinary
1
Vaccines & Immunization
1
Early Warning
1
Children & Adolescents
1
Ukraine
1
Introduction to Global Health
1
Policies & Programmes
1
Plague
1
Context, Facts & Travel Advice
1
Platforms and initiatives
1
Diverse Chemical Substances
1
General Studies & Reports
1
TB
1
Cholera Prevention & Control
1
Ebola & Marburg
1
Mozambique
1
Discrimination & Stigma
1
Public Health
1
Microcephaly
1
GO pre-deployment training
1
Sustainable Development Goals
1
Communication & Training
1
Climate & Health
1
Cannabis
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Universal Health Coverage UHC and 90-90-90 Strategy
1
Best Practice
1
Clinical Aspects
1
Hand Hygiene
1
Poster & Infographics
1
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
1
Covid-19 & the One Health Approach
1
COVID-19
1
Training, others
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Appeals and Response Plans
1
Child Protection
1
Resource Platforms others
1
Food and Nutrition
1
Paediatrics
1
COVID-19
1
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
1
Infographics for Health Worker
1
Blood Supply
1
Tips & Best Practice Examples
1
Community Health
1
Vaccination & Strategy
1
Access & Strategy
1
Dashboards & Resource Platforms
1
Logistics & Supply
1
Genomic sequencing
1
TB/COVID-19
1
Handbooks & Manuals
1
Advocacy & Communication
1
Booster Doses
1
Planetary Health
1
Climate Change General
1
Urban health
1
Essential Medicines & Devices Lists
1
Rational use of Medicine
1
Pharmacovigilance
1
Mental Disorders
1
Ukraine
1
Public Health
1
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
1
Zoonoses
1
Health Impact & Climate Change
1
Education material
1
Psychosocial Support
1
More Information Refugee and Health
1
Health Care In Conflict Settings
1
Resource Platforms
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Studies & Reports
1
Studies & Reports
1
Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
1
Asia and Pacific
1
Drug resistant TB
1
Policies and guidelines
1
Zika
1
National Emergency Response Plans
1
One Health
1
Disease Prevention & Control
1
Infographics
1
Education of students & professionals
1
Poster
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Dengue Prevention & Control
1
Health Care Systems
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
International
1
HIV and coinfection
1
Testing Guidelines
1
TB/HIV Coinfection
1
Travel Medicine
1
Chikungunya Prevention & Control
1
Tajikistan
1
Other Resources
1
Europe
1
Marburg Virus Situation Reports
1
Lobby and Advocacy
1
Laboratory & Diagnostics
1
Depression
1
Case Definitions
1
Prisoners
1
Public Health
1
Capacity Building
1
Vaccination
1
These WHO guidelines which were updated in 2018, are valid for any country and suitable to local adaptations, and take account of the strength of available scientific evidence, the cost and resource implications, and patient values and preferences. The 2018 edition of the guidelines includes the re... more
The main objective of this mission was to assess the level of preparedness of Guinea-Bissau in respect of the WHO consolidated checklist. The checklist helps countries to assess and test their level of readiness it is being used to identify concrete action to be taken and where countries will requir... more
Third edition.
The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical Bulletin and 30 Country Drug Reports, it makes up the 2019 European Drug ... more
This analytical report reviews and discusses the potential role and influence of political commitment in implementing endorsements and conducting policy in the field of tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care. It promotes discussion by comparing and analysing the extent to which selected international... more

HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Georgia

D. Raben; S. F. Jakobsen; J. Klinte; J.Lundgren World Health Organization (Europe); Centre for Health & Infectious Disease Research (2014) C_WHO
Evaluation report September 2014
Spread of resistance to antimicrobial agents (AMR) does not know national borders and has reached dimensions, which require immediate actions at the national, regional and global levels. Antibiotic resistance is a natural biological response to improper use of antimicrobial agents (AMA); increasing... more
Updated guidance. The guidance provides useful information to staff working in prisons, as well as to health and prison authorities, explaining how to prevent and address a potential outbreak of COVID-19. In addition, it aims to protect the health and well-being of all those who live and work in, an... more
In the current absence of vaccine for COVID-19, public health response target breaking the chain of infection by focusing on the mode of transmission. This paper summarizes current evidence-base around the transmission dynamics, pathogenic, and clinical features of COVID-19, to critically identify i... more
In Control imparts knowledge, provokes reflection and triggers curiosity. The first half of the book provides an overview of the organisations, principles, frameworks and themes that every professional deploying to health emergencies should be aware of. The second half of the book provides practical... more
This second edition of the Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline provides the most up to date technical guidance on mask use in community settings in the context of COVID-19. In this edition, new information includes updated mask re... more
Working towards better COVID-19 outcomes in the WHO European Region.From the first COVID-19 cases in Europe reported on 24 January 2020, the pandemic reached 1 million cases within 3 months, 10 million cases within 8 months, and 100 million cases in Europe alone within 2 years. Over the course o... more
Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their settings and communities. Therefore, evidence-based infection prevention ... more
The WHO continuously reviews available data on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. For this version, the global epidemiological situation of the COVID-19 pandemic as of 21 January 2022 – at a time when the Omicron VOC had been identified in 171 countries across all six WHO Regions and was rapidly re... more
It is impossible to address the many complex needs of respiratory virus surveillance with a single surveillance system. Multiple systems, investigations and studies must each be fit-for-purpose to specific priority surveillance objectives, and only together can they provide essential information to ... more
The greatest risk to persons engaging in international medical emergency response is poor preparation. The In Control handbook hopes to provide a remedy. At the time of writing, we are living through the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a health emergency that disregards physical borders, brin... more
The Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) project has conducted a multi-year, multi-country study that provides stark insights on the under-reported depth of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis across Africa and lays out urgent policy recommendations to addr... more
The Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a living guideline consolidates technical guidance developed and published during the COVID-19 pandemic into evidence-informed recommendations for infection prevention and control (IPC). This living guideline... more
Building on the 2021 Interim guidance, this second version and update, incorporates the lessons and feedback from the hepatitis pilots that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of measuring hepatitis B and C impact targets to demonstrate elimination, whilst highlighting challenges caused by hig... more
The response to a cholera outbreak must focus on limiting mortality and reducing the spread of the disease. It should be comprehensive and multisectoral, including epidemiology, case management, water, sanitation and hygiene, logistics, community engagement and risk communication. All efforts must b... more