Module 12:
Adolescents and young adults
July 2018
Module 12: Adolescents and young adults. This module is for people who are interested in providing PrEP services to older adolescents and young adults who are at substantial risk for HIV. It provides information on: factors that influence HIV... susceptibility among young people; clinical considerations for safety and continuation on PrEP; ways to improve access and service utilization; and inclusive monitoring approaches to improve the recording and reporting of data on young people.
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Module 1q
PrEP users
July 2017
Module 11: PrEP users. This module provides information for people who are interested in taking PrEP to reduce their risk of acquiring HIV and people who are already taking PrEP – to support them in their choice and use of PrEP. This module gives ideas for cou...ntries and organizations implementing PrEP to help them develop their own tools.
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Circumcision – consultative review of additional information, 12 August 2016
21 September 2016
Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness (IMAI)
July 2008
A Guide to the Application of the WHO Multimodal Hand HygieneImprovement Strategy and the “My Five Moments for Hand Hygiene”Αpproach
Health care-associated infection (HCAI) places a serious disease burden and has a significant economic impact on patients and health-care systems throughout the world. Yet good hand hygiene, the simple task of cleaning hands at the right times and in the right way, can save lives. World Health O...rganization (WHO) has developed evidence-based WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care to support health-care facilities to improve hand hygiene and thus reduce HCAI.
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Guide to enrolment for antimicrobial resistance national focal points
This working paper was conceived to offer practical tips and suggestions on how to establish and sustain the multisectoral coordination needed to develop and implement National Action Plans on AMR (NAPs). It is intended for anyone with responsibility for addressing AMR at country level. Drawing on b...oth the published literature and the operational experience of four ‘focal countries’ (Ethiopia, Kenya, Philippines and Thailand), it summarizes lessons learned and the latest thinking on multisectoral working to achieve effective AMR action. The experience in focal countries points to a number of tools and tactics that can be used to help establish and enhance sustainable multisectoral collaboration for AMR action. These can be grouped into four categories: political commitment, resources, governance mechanisms, and practical management.
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WHO would like to express its gratitude and appreciation to all Member States that provided information to the WHO survey on policies and activities at the national level in the area of antimicrobial resistance. The contribution of staff in WHO Regional and Country Offices has been invaluable: in ga...ther-ing original data and information from Member States, in supporting the process of aggregation of these data; and in reviewing the regional analysis of the findings that reflect the country situation at the point when the survey was conducted. The support and commitment of the members of the WHO Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance, comprising WHO staff from Headquarters and Regional Offices has, is also acknowledged.
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Esta “Guía para la elaboración a nivel local de formulaciones recomendadas por la OMS para la desinfección de las manos”, está dividida en dos secciones específicas, relacionadas entre sí
Miles de personas mueren diariamente en todo el mundo a causa de infecciones contraídas mientras reciben atención sanitaria.
313 millones de personas son sometidas a cirugía cada año, el doble del número de nacimientos
Руководство по состоянию на 20 марта 2020 г. Примечание: документ будет регулярно пересматриваться и обновляться по мере развития эпидемиологической ситуации с COVID-19
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Услуги по иммунизации являются важнейшим компонентом работы служб иммунизации. Поэтому иммунизационные сессии в рамках плановой иммунизации следует проводить настолько долго, насколько это позволяют ответные меры на вспышку COVID-19. Решения, связанные с работой служб иммунизации, должны приниматься на основе детальной оценки эпидемиологии управляемых инфекций, сценария передачи COVID-193, предпринятых в связи с этим смягчающих мер, а также ресурсов системы иммунизации.
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This document provides guidance to Member States in the WHO European Region that wish to conduct behavioural insights studies related to COVID-19. Studies can be used to monitor public knowledge, risk perceptions, behaviours and trust with the overall aim to inform national COVID-19 outbreak respons...e measures, including policies, interventions and communications.
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