Filter
1113
Filtered Results: 1113
Text search:
Urbanization
Featured
Recommendations
52
New Publications
345
Language
Document type
No document type
579
Studies & Reports
310
Guidelines
76
Strategic & Response Plan
44
Manuals
42
Fact sheets
34
Training Material
12
Situation Updates
7
Resource Platforms
5
Infographics
3
Online Courses
1
Countries / Regions
Global
70
India
39
Myanmar / Burma
33
Latin America and the Carribbean
30
Africa
28
Nepal
26
Kenya
26
Nigeria
21
Asia
19
South Africa
19
Ethiopia
19
Bangladesh
18
Zambia
16
Sierra Leone
15
Liberia
15
Ghana
14
Rwanda
14
Malawi
13
Philippines
13
Congo, Democratic Republic of
13
Uganda
13
Senegal
11
Tanzania
11
Paraguay
11
Western and Central Europe
10
Namibia
10
Haiti
9
Lesotho
8
Venezuela
8
South–East Asia Region
8
Peru
7
Cambodia
7
West and Central Africa
7
Middle East and North Africa
7
East and Southern Africa
7
Brazil
7
Mozambique
6
Western Pacific Region
6
Pakistan
6
Thailand
5
Burkina Faso
5
Zimbabwe
5
Eastern Europe
5
South Sudan
5
Indonesia
5
Syria
4
Sudan
4
Colombia
3
Guinea
3
Argentina
3
Russia
3
Eswatini/ Swaziland
3
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Ukraine
2
El Salvador
2
Benin
2
Togo
2
China
2
Cameroon
2
Iran
2
Albania
2
USA
2
Dominican Republic
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
2
Lebanon
2
Papua New Guinea
2
Central African Republic
2
Botswana
2
Ecuador
2
Tajikistan
1
Serbia
1
Turkey
1
Kazakhstan
1
Chile
1
Laos
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Burundi
1
Morocco
1
Jordan
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
1
North America
1
Turkmenistan
1
Tunisia
1
Bolivia
1
Vietnam
1
Moldova
1
Sri Lanka
1
Egypt
1
Greece
1
Georgia
1
Mali
1
Chad
1
Bhutan
1
Iraq
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
473
Public Health
94
Key Resources
65
Clinical Guidelines
42
Women & Child Health
35
Capacity Building
12
Pharmacy & Technologies
4
Toolboxes
Planetary Health
177
NCDs
60
Global Health Education
56
Mental Health
47
Rapid Response
35
NTDs
34
COVID-19
33
TB
32
HIV
28
Disability
26
Natural Hazards
24
Conflict
16
AMR
14
Zika
11
Refugee
10
Ebola
10
Caregiver
10
Health Financing Toolbox
8
Social Ethics
7
Polio
6
Specific Hazards
3
Cholera
3
Pharmacy
2
It aims to minimize damage to property, reduce injury and lives lost, and normalize the lives of those affected in a timely manner in the case of a damaging earthquake in the country.
It also seeks to contribute to the achievements of Myanmar Sustainable Development Goals as well as respond to Gl...
Weekly epidemiological recordRelevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire 29 JULY 2016, 91th YEAR / 29 JUILLET 2016, 91e ANNÉENo 30, 2016, 91, 349–364
SDG Factsheet: Health-focused urban design can roll back the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), making cities a bedrock for healthy lifestyles – as well as climate-friendly and resilient. WHO’s new Urban Health Initiative provides a model for the health sector to contribute to healthy ...
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 32 (2015) 170–178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.023
1201-9712/ß 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:...
In 1989, the Republic of Benin was facing a great social and
economical crisis. Civil servants of all the sectors in public
administration were on strike. People did not know where to
go for their health care. Salaries were not paid for more than
six months and life for the general population wa...
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...
The report is geared towards mayors, local government officials and city policy planners.It highlights key areas where city leaders can tackle the drivers of NCDs, including tobacco use, air pollution, poor diets and lack of exercise, and improve road safety.
From anti-tobacco actions in Beijing a...
As of 21 May 2020, 4.8 million confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported globally. In South America, COVID-19 was first detected on 26 February 2020, when Brazil confirmed a case in São Paulo.
This primer aims to guide health professionals on engaging with WASH-related issues. It gives an overview of WASH interventions and the status of WASH services globally and outlines key linkages with health. It provides examples of key actions that health actors can take to ensure WASH efforts effec...
India is experiencing rapid demographic and epidemiological transitions with NCDs causing significant disability, morbidity and mortality both in urban and rural populations and across all socioeconomic strata. According to the ICMR State Level Disease Burden Initiative, in 2016, NCDs accounted to a...
The Western Pacific Regional Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (2014–2020) was developed in response to a resolution adopted at the sixty-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific. The regional plan is fully harmonized with...
Excessive consumption of salt (more than 5 g per day) raises blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, and is the leading cause of death in the WHO European Region. Many countries in the Region have initiated national salt reduction strategies,...
The WHO Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative in more than half thecountries in the Region for routine monitoring of the policy response to the emerging obesity epidemic. The aim of the system is to measure trends in overweight and obesity in childr...
Kenya in undergoing an epidemiological transition marked by a decline in morbidity and mortality due to communicable conditions, and an increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which include diseases such as diabetes, cancers, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory infect...
Biosafety involves the implementation of containment principles, technologies and practices to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents. Biosecurity involves the protection, control and accountability of biological materials and information related to these materials and dualuse research,...
The primary audience for this guidance is persons
working directly in vector-borne disease prevention
and control, including programme managers,
researchers and field workers. A brief technical
background is provided for the benefit of persons
without expertise in vector-borne diseases; readers...
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical mental and social wellbeing, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the e...
