Filter
1977
Text search:
occupational
risk
Featured
Recommendations
234
New Publications
436
Language
Document type
No document type
1029
Guidelines
351
Studies & Reports
282
Manuals
151
Strategic & Response Plan
65
Training Material
36
Fact sheets
32
Infographics
10
Situation Updates
6
Online Courses
6
Resource Platforms
5
Brochures
4
Countries / Regions
Global
92
South Africa
78
India
75
Kenya
60
Western and Central Europe
57
Liberia
41
Sierra Leone
38
Ethiopia
31
Nigeria
30
Ghana
30
Uganda
26
Tanzania
25
Namibia
24
Philippines
23
Nepal
23
Zambia
23
Africa
23
Myanmar / Burma
21
Latin America and the Carribbean
21
Syria
19
Bangladesh
19
Ukraine
19
Lesotho
17
Rwanda
16
Eastern Europe
16
Cambodia
15
Russia
15
Guinea
14
Germany
13
Asia
13
Malawi
12
Mozambique
11
Botswana
11
South–East Asia Region
11
Indonesia
10
Brazil
10
East and Southern Africa
10
West and Central Africa
10
Middle East and North Africa
10
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
9
USA
8
Zimbabwe
7
Yemen
7
Burkina Faso
6
Pakistan
6
South Sudan
6
Lebanon
6
Vietnam
6
Congo, Democratic Republic of
5
Western Pacific Region
5
Senegal
4
Jordan
4
China
4
Colombia
4
Laos
4
Tajikistan
4
United Kingdom
4
Afghanistan
3
Thailand
3
Peru
3
Eswatini/ Swaziland
3
Angola
3
Guinea-Bissau
2
Saudi Arabia
2
Cameroon
2
Haiti
2
Iraq
2
Egypt
2
Sudan
2
Ecuador
2
Bolivia
2
Chile
2
Paraguay
2
Palestine
2
Jamaica
2
Spain
2
Somalia
1
Turkey
1
Chad
1
Malaysia
1
Ireland
1
Benin
1
Switzerland
1
Guatemala
1
Madagascar
1
Mexico
1
Sri Lanka
1
Albania
1
Southern Africa
1
Canada
1
Bulgaria
1
Estonia
1
Lithuania
1
Moldova
1
Iran
1
Uzbekistan
1
Australia
1
Kazakhstan
1
North America
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
684
Public Health
157
Key Resources
124
Clinical Guidelines
120
Women & Child Health
39
Capacity Building
24
Pharmacy & Technologies
20
Toolboxes
Mental Health
242
COVID-19
229
TB
110
Disability
107
HIV
93
Caregiver
92
Planetary Health
89
Ebola & Marburg
67
NCDs
58
Rapid Response
56
NTDs
46
Global Health Education
43
2.0 Rapid Response
35
Conflict
32
AMR
29
Pharmacy
29
Refugee
28
Specific Hazards
28
Malaria
13
Natural Hazards
10
Zika
9
Polio
5
Health Financing Toolbox
4
Cholera
2
Social Ethics
1
Over half a billion children are living in areas with extremely high levels of floods and nearly 160 million children live in areas of high or extremely high droughts. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 26% of the annual 6.6 million deaths of children under five are linked to environ
...
The health impact of radiological and nuclear emergencies can last for decades. Lessons learned from past radiological and nuclear accidents have demonstrated that the mental health and psychosocial consequences can outweigh the direct physical health impacts of radiation exposure. International rad
...
This brief advocacy document highlights the burden, risks and prevention of injuries and violence, which took the lives of 4.4 million people in 2019 and constitute 8% of all deaths. Among the injury-related causes of death include road traffic crashes, drowning, falls, burns, poisoning and violence
...
This global guidance provided the framework for over 100 countries to develop their NDVPs. This updated (second) version supersedes the previous version published in 16 November 2020. New information has been added on the following areas:
the COVID-19 Partners Platform;
the use of COVID
...
Climate change is increasing the risks of injuries, diseases, and deaths globally. However, the association between ambient temperature and renal diseases has not been fully characterized. This study aimed to quantify the risk and attributable burde
...
Contact tracing and quarantine in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 6 July 2022
recommended
Contact tracing for COVID-19 is the process of identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to someone who has been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, while quarantine is the separation of contacts from other people after exposure to a probable or confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 i
...
24 April 2020
Policy considerations
for the WHO European Region
This document provides key considerations for Member States to help them to decide on the modulation
of large-scale restrictive public health measures
(i.e. movement restrictions and large-scale physical distancing), while at the
...
Each humanitarian setting provides distinct opportunities and challenges for actors to coordinate and collaborate at strategic and operational levels. The Health and Protection Joint Operational Framework has been developed to ensure that the health and protection response during humanitarian emerge
...
Nosocomial or health-facility-acquired infections are a serious issue, representing one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality in healthcare systems and consuming many scarce resources, especially in developing countries. Although much has been done, particularly in the hospital s
...
Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for monkeypox: interim guidance 24 June 2022
recommended
The overall goal of surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing in this context is to stop human-to-human transmission to control the outbreak. The key objectives of surveillance and case investigation are to rapidly identify cases and clusters in order to provide optimal clinical care; to
...
What at first glance appears to be simple causality – climate change leading to more and more migration – has triggered intense academic debate over the past ten years because the circumstances are complex. There is need for a thorough analysis in the ground between denying the problem and asser
...
This report is part of the gender and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) initiative launched by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, which aims to strengthen the response to NCDs through a gender approach. It is part of a series of country profiles and a synthesis report. The country profile of Ukraine
...
The WHO Vision and eye screening implementation handbook (VESIH) offers a step-by-step guidance for conducting vision and eye screenings in community and primary care settings. The evidence-based interventions are drawn from the WHO Package of eye care interventions and developed with a focus on del
...
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guidelines aim to support healthcare workers improve quality and safety health care. The Guidelines further aim to promote and facilitate the overall goal of IPC by providing evidence-based recommendations on the critical aspects of IPC, focusing on the fun
...
23 Dec 2020. The aim of this document is to provide an update on the knowledge surrounding the role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the role of schools in the COVID-19 pandemic, based on the experience in the EU from August–December, 2020. This document also addresses transmissio
...
27 May 2021
All countries should increase their level of preparedness, alert and response to identify, manage and care for new cases of COVID-19. Countries should prepare to respond to different public health scenarios, recognizing that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to managing cases and o
...
August 2020.
In December 2018, the President launched the UHC pilot covering four strategically selected counties-Isiolo, Kisumu, Machakos and Nyeri. It isplanned that by the year 2022, all persons in Kenya will be able to use the essential services they need for their health
...
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have emerged as conditions of great public health concern in Kenya accounting for 39% of deaths annually. The Ministry of Health through the Department of Non-Communicable Diseases has adopted the vision of achieving a nation free from preventable burden of NCDs. Fur
...
This country cooperation strategy (CCS) outlines how the World Health Organization (WHO) will work with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic over the next five years (2024–2028), supporting the implementation of the five-year health sector development plans and the Health Sector Reform Strategy
...
