Filter
6016
Filtered Results: 6016
Text search:
science
Featured
Recommendations
472
New Publications
1248
Language
Document type
No document type
2986
Studies & Reports
1373
Guidelines
742
Manuals
309
Strategic & Response Plan
179
Fact sheets
134
Training Material
100
Videos
72
Situation Updates
40
Resource Platforms
36
Brochures
17
Infographics
14
Online Courses
13
App
1
Countries / Regions
India
278
Global
237
South Africa
130
Kenya
129
Africa
107
Ethiopia
101
Sierra Leone
93
Uganda
93
Malawi
91
Western and Central Europe
88
Nigeria
82
Latin America and the Carribbean
82
Nepal
80
Congo, Democratic Republic of
79
Russia
73
Ghana
70
Tanzania
66
Ukraine
65
Liberia
65
Rwanda
64
Senegal
60
Brazil
59
Zambia
52
Myanmar / Burma
48
Germany
45
Eastern Europe
45
Benin
44
Syria
44
Burkina Faso
44
West and Central Africa
42
Bangladesh
41
Namibia
40
Philippines
38
Middle East and North Africa
38
Cameroon
35
Asia
35
Guinea
34
South–East Asia Region
33
Mozambique
32
East and Southern Africa
32
Haiti
30
Indonesia
29
Zimbabwe
28
Lesotho
26
Colombia
25
Venezuela
20
Botswana
20
South Sudan
20
Cambodia
19
Central African Republic
19
Yemen
18
Angola
18
Eswatini/ Swaziland
18
China
15
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
15
Peru
14
Mali
14
Jordan
13
Thailand
12
Western Pacific Region
11
Lebanon
11
Chile
10
USA
10
Guinea-Bissau
10
Sudan
10
Madagascar
10
Pakistan
10
Tajikistan
9
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
9
Vietnam
9
Ecuador
9
Argentina
8
Sri Lanka
8
Chad
8
Turkey
7
Albania
7
Afghanistan
7
France
7
Iraq
7
Laos
6
Niger
6
Paraguay
6
United Kingdom
6
Portugal
6
Southern Africa
6
Bolivia
6
Moldova
6
Somalia
6
Togo
5
Canada
5
Spain
5
Mexico
4
Kazakhstan
4
Iran
4
Kyrgyzstan
4
Congo-Brazzaville
4
Morocco
4
Saudi Arabia
4
North America
4
Georgia
4
North Macedonia
3
Armenia
3
Japan
3
Tunisia
3
Israel
3
Papua New Guinea
3
Egypt
3
Romania
3
Palestine
3
Honduras
3
Guatemala
3
El Salvador
2
Burundi
2
Malaysia
2
Qatar
2
Italy
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Nicaragua
2
Greece
2
Poland
2
Libya
2
Bhutan
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Serbia
1
Australia
1
Gambia
1
Singapore
1
Mongolia
1
Mauritania
1
Dominican Republic
1
Hungary
1
Lithuania
1
Luxembourg
1
Uruguay
1
Turkmenistan
1
Denmark
1
Belgium
1
Maldives
1
Mauritius
1
Belarus
1
Djibouti
1
Slovakia
1
Cuba
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
2036
Clinical Guidelines
380
Public Health
340
Women & Child Health
260
Key Resources
229
Capacity Building
69
Pharmacy & Technologies
64
Annual Report MEDBOX
1
Toolboxes
COVID-19
704
Mental Health
559
HIV
400
Planetary Health
399
TB
261
Disability
218
AMR
211
Caregiver
201
NTDs
158
Ebola
151
Pharmacy
142
NCDs
140
Global Health Education
130
Rapid Response
116
Refugee
79
Conflict
79
Social Ethics
63
Health Financing Toolbox
60
Natural Hazards
56
Specific Hazards
39
Zika
39
Polio
21
Cholera
19
South Sudan
1
The epidemiology of the disease is mediated by the interaction of the parasite (trypanosome) with the vectors (tsetse flies), as well as with the human and animal hosts within a particular environment. Related to these interactions, the disease is confined in spatially limited areas called “foci...
Rabies is a devastating and societally important zoonotic disease, which is transmitted principally to humans through the bite of infected dogs. This acute, progressive viral encephalitis has the highest case fatality of any infectious disease and kills tens of thousands of people annually, with chi...
The fifth World Food Safety Day (WFSD) will be celebrated on 7 June 2023 to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agricultural production, market access, tourism and sustainable developm...
Rabies is entirely preventable, and vaccines, medicines, tools and technologies have long
been available to prevent people from dying of dog-mediated rabies. Nevertheless, rabies still
kills about 60 000 people a year, of whom over 40% are children under 15, mainly in rural areas
of economically ...
The desired impact of the OH JPA is a world better able to prevent, predict, detect and
respond to health threats and improve the health of humans, animals, plants and the
environment while contributing to sustainable development. The OH JPA aims to work
towards this vision in the following way:
...
The objective of this concept note and the framework it outlines is the elimination of a group of CDs and the negative health effects they generate, which together create a tangible burden on affected individuals, their families and communities, and on health care systems throughout the Region. Thou...
Since 24 February 2022, the war in Ukraine has caused widespread suffering to its people and serious damage
to the country’s infrastructure. Attacks on the country’s health system and its power network threaten people, compromise the provision of health care, and complicate the distribution of ...
Today, patient harm due to unsafe care is a large and growing global public health challenge and is one of the
leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Most of this patient harm is avoidable. As countries strive to
achieve universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, t...
Despite the existence of criminal law, which is an important aspect of anti-FGM policies and programmes, there is not much research on the effects of cross-border practices that invalidate the law as a deterrent. Much remains unknown about the practice of cross-border FGM, specifically about gaps in...
To enhance health co-benefits across urban policies which tackle air pollution and climate change, WHO, in cooperation with various international, national, and local partners, implemented the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) pilot project in Accra, Ghana. The Initiative prompted the health sector to u...
The annual Joint Meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the World Health Organization (WHO) Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues (JMPR) was held in Rome, Italy, from 13 to 22 September...
Background: One of the objectives of the Global Action Plan by the World Health Organization (WHO) to contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR), is to improve global awareness through effective communication and education. Comprehensive information on the level of awareness of AMR among Nigerian public...
Forests, trees and green spaces, hereinafter ‘forests and trees’ for short, provide multiple goods and services that contribute to human health. These include medicines, nutritious foods and other non-wood forest products (NWFPs). Globally, at least 3.5 billion people use NWFPs, including medici...
Rabies remains an under-reported neglected zoonosis with a case-fatality rate of almost 100% in humans and animals. Dog-mediated human rabies causes tens of thousands of human deaths annually despite being 100% preventable. More than 95% of human cases are caused by the bite of a rabies-infected dog...
Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual and reproductive health programmes: implementation guidance
This volume contains monographs prepared at the ninety-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which met virtually online from 1 to 12 February 2021.
The detailed monographs in this volume summarize data on specific contaminants in food. Individual monographs ...
Traditional food markets play important economic, cultural, and social role and are sources of livelihood for millions of people in urban and rural areas. The manual Five keys for safer traditional food markets: risk mitigation in traditional food markets in the Asia-Pacific Region aims to support a...
The following technical report outlines the rationale, process and results of a joint research study, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), co-chaired by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Environment and Sus...
Africa is off track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and lags behind in building resilient health systems
and health security, against a backdrop of limited resources. The world envisaged a significant role for governments
in funding the Sustainable Development Agenda, but inadeq...
This report includes six case studies from 12 individuals with lived experience of diverse health conditions. These case studies explore the topics of power dynamics and power reorientation towards individuals with lived experience; informed decision-making and health literacy; community engagement ...
