Filter
4119
Filtered Results: 4119
Text search:
World
Health
Organization
WHO
African
Region
Featured
Recommendations
305
New Publications
1055
Language
Document type
No document type
2326
Studies & Reports
948
Guidelines
342
Manuals
167
Strategic & Response Plan
153
Fact sheets
63
Training Material
45
Situation Updates
43
Resource Platforms
17
Infographics
12
Online Courses
2
Brochures
1
Countries / Regions
Global
225
Kenya
138
Ethiopia
129
Africa
126
Sierra Leone
125
Liberia
110
Uganda
101
Nigeria
90
Tanzania
84
Ghana
79
South Africa
78
Malawi
72
Zambia
63
Rwanda
60
India
56
Congo, Democratic Republic of
54
Western and Central Europe
50
Namibia
48
Latin America and the Carribbean
47
Guinea
46
West and Central Africa
44
Mozambique
42
Syria
40
East and Southern Africa
40
South Sudan
39
Middle East and North Africa
39
Nepal
38
Senegal
37
Lesotho
36
Zimbabwe
32
South–East Asia Region
30
Asia
30
Burkina Faso
29
Cameroon
26
Botswana
24
Bangladesh
23
Myanmar / Burma
23
Ukraine
19
Yemen
19
Sudan
18
Benin
18
Central African Republic
18
Eswatini/ Swaziland
18
Eastern Europe
18
Somalia
15
Pakistan
15
Madagascar
15
Russia
15
Mali
14
Afghanistan
14
Indonesia
14
Philippines
13
Cambodia
12
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
12
Haiti
11
Thailand
11
Brazil
10
Colombia
9
Western Pacific Region
9
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
8
China
8
Venezuela
7
Iraq
6
Germany
6
Chad
6
Papua New Guinea
6
Niger
5
Togo
5
Jordan
5
Lebanon
5
Gambia
5
Angola
5
Mexico
5
Vietnam
5
North America
5
Guinea-Bissau
4
Burundi
4
Libya
4
Southern Africa
4
Iran
4
Georgia
4
Morocco
3
North Macedonia
3
Greece
3
Sri Lanka
3
Chile
3
Palestine
3
Djibouti
3
Moldova
3
Jamaica
3
Japan
3
Mauritius
3
USA
2
Saudi Arabia
2
Egypt
2
Malaysia
2
Mauritania
2
Argentina
2
Serbia
2
Ecuador
2
Italy
2
Albania
2
Armenia
2
Qatar
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Gabon
2
Tunisia
2
Portugal
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Turkey
1
Vanuatu
1
Peru
1
Hungary
1
Cape Verde
1
Paraguay
1
Solomon Islands
1
Poland
1
North Korea
1
Laos
1
Congo-Brazzaville
1
Canada
1
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Tajikistan
1
Bulgaria
1
Romania
1
Kazakhstan
1
Turkmenistan
1
Belgium
1
United Kingdom
1
Norway
1
Spain
1
Belarus
1
Israel
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1410
Clinical Guidelines
328
Public Health
265
Women & Child Health
216
Key Resources
184
Capacity Building
66
Pharmacy & Technologies
42
Annual Report MEDBOX
3
Toolboxes
HIV
364
COVID-19
292
Mental Health
262
Planetary Health
211
TB
208
Ebola
185
Rapid Response
155
Disability
152
NTDs
136
AMR
119
Conflict
102
Global Health Education
101
NCDs
91
Refugee
84
Caregiver
76
Pharmacy
54
Health Financing Toolbox
50
Natural Hazards
43
Zika
37
Polio
33
Cholera
25
Social Ethics
13
Specific Hazards
10
South Sudan
2
Typhoon
1
Information on Chikungunya Fever
Policy brief, 24 July 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities, with figures being as h...
This document presents a consolidated summary of urgent activities
required to advance preparedness, as elaborated in each country's
national plan, with a particular focus on Priority 1 countries. It
presents the estimated requirements, needs, and gaps for each of the
Priority 1 countries and a ...
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...
There is growing understanding and high-level endorsement of the importance of strong collaborative multisectoral approaches to address a broad range of social, economic and governance issues for the prevention and control of noncommunicable disease (NCDs) and mental ... conditions. In 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) Member States requested the WHO Director-General to provide an analysis across countries of successful approaches for the prevention and control of NCDs that used multisectoral action.This report describes the experiences of different countries, areas and territories in implementing multisectoral actions to tackle NCDs and is the first step to address their request for an analysis of such efforts
Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two minutes.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.1 is to reduce maternal mortality to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by ...
Accessed Sept, 5 2018
Weekly epidemiological record, Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire : Vol.93 (2018) No.13
Tuberculosis treatment failure results in increased risk of morbidity, drug resistance, transmission and mortality. There are few data about tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Burkina Faso. The current study investigated the factors associated with tuberculosis treatment failure in the central east ...
Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks
This manual presents a compelling case for action on carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) and describes the linkages between the prevention and control of CROs and the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). It describes how the eight recommendations contained within the ... Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in health care facilities relate to general measures (that is, the core components of infection prevention and control [IPC] programmes) that need to be in place in all countries and health care facilities to prevent and control health care-associated infections (HAIs). The use of a stepwise approach is proposed to support implementation and improvement, based on the evidence and experience of what has worked in several health care settings worldwide. The focus is on adoptable and adaptable information.
The World health statistics report is the annual compilation of health and health-related indica...
This strategy defines the World Health Organization (WHO) vision and framework for supporting Me...
This report is the annual global monitoring report documenting progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 targets 2.1 and 2.2. This year’s report explores the links between urbanization and changing food systems and how these changes are impacting the availability, affordability and des...
Providing quality, stigma-free services is essential to equitable health care for all and achieving global HIV goals and broader Sustainable Development Goals related to health. Every person has the...
Injection practices worldwide and especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) include multiple, avoidable unsafe practices that ultimately lead to the large-scale transmission of bloodborne viruses among patients, health care providers an...
Obesity in all age groups, including children and adolescents, is a public health challenge across all settings. Obesity is now classified as a complex multifactorial chronic disease and not just a risk factor for other noncommunicable diseases and ...
WHO Guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities
recommended
The aim of this guidance is to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable and changing climate; and to empower ... care facilities to be environmentally sustainable, by optimizing the use of resources and minimizing the release of waste into the environment. Climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities contribute to high quality of care and accessibility of services, and by helping reduce facility costs also ensure better affordability. They are, therefore, an important component of universal health coverage (UHC).
This publication is a compendium of 49 country examples highlighting efforts in improving refugees’ and migrants’ health following the adoption of the WHO Global Action Plan on Promoting the ... of refugees and migrants at the seventy-second World Health Assembly, in May 2019.
