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mnesty International’s annual report on the state of the world’s human rights in 2021, published in March 2022, shows that promises to “build ... more
STGs are designed to assist health care professionals in making decisions about appropriate, effective patient care. However, health managers often have trouble setting and meeting the high standards required ... more
This training and guidance module addresses the use of coercive and violent practices in mental health and related services with a particular focus on seclusion and restraint. It aims to promote a g ... more
Arabic Analysis on World about Food and Nutrition; published on 22 Sep 2021 by UNICEF. Available in different languages
A study conducted by the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on older persons both globally and in ... more
The regional Migrant Response Plan (MRP) for the Horn of Africa and Yemen includes urgent life-saving humanitarian and protection interventions to ... more
24 Nov. 2021 Action against gender-based violence being pushed to the outlying margins of the global COVID-19 response A new Oxfam report shows ... more
This report is not a country scorecard. Rather, its purpose is to act as a compass to guide progress towards health in the SDGs. There has been a significant improvement in the state ... more
Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosisand patient care 2017 Update
DHS Working Papers No. 112 | Zimbabwe Working Papers No. 13
Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual and reproductive health programmes: implementation guidance
The WHO document "Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual and reproductive health ... more

National Response Efforts to Address Sexual Violence and Exploitation Against Children in Lesotho: A Desktop Study

Weber, Stephanie Arlington, VA: USAID’s AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources, AIDSTAR-One, Task Order 1 (2013) C2
Scant data exists on the prevalence of violence against children worldwide. However, available information, including the United Nations Secretary- ... more
Response to the tropical cyclone in southern Africa Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic ... more

Progress Report on the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1983

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS) (2016) C2
Reducing the global suicide mortality rate by a third by 2030 is a target of both the UN Sustainable Development Goals and ... more
This is the ninth paper in our series, “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era”. Community health workers (CHWs) are in an intermedi ... more
Surge in climate change-related disasters poses growing threat to food security
As the war in Ukraine pushes food, fuel and fertilizer prices toward record levels putting food security in many of the world’s poorest countries ... more
Following review of the latest evidence, WHO recommends that TB-LAMP can be used as a replacement for microscopy for the diagnosis ... more
In the last five years, i.e. how old turned the Campaign “Indifesa” (Defenceless) in 2016, that was launched by Terre des Hommes in 2012, the w ... more
Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022: Health situation analysis of the WHO African Region Since 2019, we have been implementing Phase 2 ... more
The State of the World’s Children 2013: Children with Disabilities examines the barriers – f ... more
Access to health workers who are fit for purpose, motivated and protected is a fundamental force of health service delivery and the achievement of ... more
Aerosol pollutants are known to raise the risk of development of non-communicable respiratory diseases (NCRDs) such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, ... more
7 Febr. 2021 As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in countries – decimating people’s livelihoods, and leaving health systems struggling to provide healthcare and vaccines for the entire population - governments and donors should look to ... more
The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. ... more
As the Burundi refugee crisis enters its fourth year, some 430,000 Burundian refugees are being hosted across the region by the governments and peo ... more
A wide range of potential enablers and barriers were identified for influencing progress for the scale-up of severe wasting services within nationa ... more
FAO’s component of the Global COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan 18.5.2020
This report reviews the current situation in relation to national capacity to address NCDs and the progress made at country level over the past dec ... more
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to large increases in healthcare waste, straining under resourced healthcare facilities and exacerbating environmental impacts from solid waste. This report quantifies the ... more
January 2020 to December 2021
Policy update.
Discussion paper initially prepared in April 2015 to facilitate feedback, and finalized after the June 2015 meeting of WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB (STAG-TB).
Poverty, HIV and other disease burdens, coupled with common mental disorders including alcohol and other substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, clinical and postnatal depression, distress, and anxiety, impact how caregivers meet the ... more
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all is possible – but only if economically better-off and disadvantaged countries play their part
Shortages of healthcare workers is detrimental to the health of communities, especially children. This paper describes ... more

Knowing your status: then and now - Realizing the potential of HIV self-testing

Karin Hatzold; E. Corbett; H. Ingold; et al. Unitaid (Innovation in Global Health); World Health Organization (WHO); HIV Self-Testing Africa Initiative (2018) C2
30th World AIDS Day Report STAR Initiative, Unitaid and World Health Organization December 2018
Background: Community health worker (CHW) programmes are a valuable component of primary care in resource-poor settings. The evidence supporting their effectiveness generally shows improvements in d ... more
This report presents the most current data on four specific forms of violence – violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among a ... more
Phiri et al. Human Resources for Health (2017) 15:40 DOI 10.1186/s12960-017-0214-3
DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 108 - This report examines levels, trends, and inequalities in maternal health in Rwanda from 2010 to 2014-15 among women age 15-49 with a recent birth. The analysis uses Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for ... more
2nd edition. Like the original, this second edition of the guidance aims to inform the revision ... more
The KMC implementation strategy targets a broad audience. These include policy-makers and programme managers at national, regional and local levels, government and nongovernmental organizations work ... more
This UNAIDS 2024 report brings together new data and case studies which demonstrate that the decisions and policy choices taken by world leaders this year will decide the fate ... more
It provides insight into WHO’s work that aims to improve the health of the people of ... more
The floods caused by the Tropical Cyclone IDAI has affected 3 million people in the Republics of ... more
Circumcision – consultative review of additional information, 12 August 2016 21 September 2016
Climate change is a growing concern for Bangladesh because 90 percent of the country is approximately 10 feet above sea level. An evaluation was completed which discovered that high tides in Banglad ... more
DHS Working Papers No. 123
The report underscores that sexual and reproductive health and rights are often the first to be sacrificed during epidemics and that the gains ... more
Confernece Report 15-16 April 2013 - Dublin, Ireland
Lancet Infect Dis 2022; 22: 222–4
The Lancet Global Health, Vol. 6, No. 10 Published: August 29, 2018
These draft guidelines are designed to encourage humanitarian and development non-governmental organisation (NGO) practitioners to think about the types of scientific information and expertise they ... more
Review Drake AL et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2019, 22:e25271 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.25271/full | https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25271
Global Plan to end TB 2016-2020
English Analysis on World about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment and more; published on 29 Sep 2021 by FAO and NEPAD

Global Fund Financing of HIV - WHO/UNAIDs Annual Meeting with Manufacturers and Stakeholders

The Global Fund; World Health Organization; et al. (2016) C_WHO
8-11 March 2016
Four initiatives have estimated the value of aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH): Countdown to 2015, the Institute f ... more
Moving towards equity and quality
Further Analysis of the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Demographic and Health Surveys. DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 80
The standards of care cover the routine care and management of complications occurring for women ... more
The report summarizes the estimates of the burden of ... more
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and added yet another layer of vulnerability to an already dire web of vulnerabilities ... more
This study is a theory-driven analysis of the socio-demographic determinants of maternal care seeking in Kenya. Specifically, it examines predispos ... more

APCA Atlas of Palliative Care Africa

Rhee, J.Y.; et al. African Palliative Care Association (2020) C_WHO
The APCA Atlas provides the most up-to-date information of palliative care development in nearly all countries in Africa, using indicators derived, ... more
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used t ... more
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used t ... more
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used t ... more
Geographical Paper No. 177 Accessed on: 18.06.2020
The Strategic Plan of Action and Budget 2016-2025 for the elimination of onchocerciasisin countr ... more
Since the release of the first volume in May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rage a ... more
This article examines the activities of national and international actors in Pharmaceutical Services (PS) in Mozambique from 2007 to 2012, focusing on the ... more
This report presents three scenarios on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa using economic growth forecasts, mortality and efforts to ameliorate impact through social grants. Likely effects are examine ... more
This document describes the key areas that national governments should consider for the introduction and scale-up of point- ... more
The World Health Organization (WHO) endorses the use of population-based prevalence surveys for estimating ... more

Atlas of African Health Statistics 2018

World Health Organization ( WHO Regional Office for Africa) (2018) C_WHO
Universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals in the WHO African Region
With the increase in frequency of disasters, there is a need to improve early warning systems (EWS) for EA to reduce the risks faced by children an ... more
This report presents the results of the official United Nations estimates and projections of urb ... more
Research results of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response before, during and after disasters in Indonesia, Lao PDR and the Philippines
This report contributes new eviden ... more
Recent systematic reviews and meta-analysis of the impact of chemical-based mollusciciding (King et al., 2015, Sokolow et al., 2016) have concluded ... more