This report presents key findings from a study on ‘assessing the effectiveness of targeting mechanisms under PMJAY’. It provides a detailed analysis of potential inclusion and exclusion errors in two select states in India (Haryana and Uttarakhand) to inform National ...ghlight medbox">Health Authority’s (NHA) policy and approach
around beneficiary targeting.
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‘Do not underestimate the capacity of the community; they are smarter and more capable than you think’
Department of Technical Support Services, Division of Laboratory Services, Ministry of Health
ПАКЕТ МЕР ПО РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ПОЛИТИКИ В ОТНОШЕНИИ ВНЕДРЕНИЯ НОВЫХ ПРОТИВОТУБЕРКУЛЕЗНЫХ ПРЕПАРАТОВ
This policy document is to guide the Traditional, Complimentary and Alternative Medicine practices in Rwanda. The various elements examined under the policy include, legislation and regulatory contr...ol, registration, manufacture, procurement and supply management, rational use, quality assurance, co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine practices.
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HIV Treatment - Interim Guidance
HIV treatment
Policy brief
July 2017
WHO/HIV/2017.18
HIV Treatment and Care
Fact Sheet
July 2018
WHO recommends replacing western blotting and line immunoassays with simpler tests in HIV testing services. These simpler tests include rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) that can be used at the point-of-care, and enzyme immunoassays (EIAs).
These tests get results to the client faster, produce accura...te results more often, cost less, can be performed by various cadres of health providers, and can thus facilitate greater access and uptake of HIV testing services among those who need it most.
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Social network-based HIV testing is an approach for engaging sexual and drug injecting partners and social contacts of key population members with HIV and of those who are HIV-negative and at ongoing risk in voluntary HTS.
By addressing people’s confidentiality concerns and broadening the reach... to social contacts, social network-based HIV testing approaches can improve the acceptability of partner services among key populations and so reach more people who may not otherwise test for HIV. WHO now recommends that social network-based HIV testing approaches can be offered for key populations
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This is the first national Policy to combat AMR in Cambodia. It was developed based on conclusions and recommendations of a country situaytion analysis.
Countries across the world are facing diverse epidemiological situations with varying response
capacities and access to life saving tools. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that national authorities continue to apply a risk-based appr...oach when implementing measures related to COVID-19 and international travel while respecting the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of travellers. This approach should consider the risk posed by travel for the importation and exportation of cases in the context of the evolving epidemiology, including the emergence and circulation of virus variants of concern; the expansion of the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out; and lessons learned while responding to the pandemic, including on the early detection and management of cases and the application of public health and social measures.
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