Filter
891
Filtered Results: 891
Text search:
optimizing
Featured
Recommendations
72
New Publications
202
Language
Document type
No document type
376
Studies & Reports
191
Guidelines
183
Manuals
53
Strategic & Response Plan
47
Training Material
19
Fact sheets
10
Infographics
4
Online Courses
3
Situation Updates
2
Resource Platforms
2
Brochures
1
Countries / Regions
Global
58
India
35
South Africa
31
Kenya
21
Latin America and the Carribbean
20
Western and Central Europe
20
Sierra Leone
14
Nigeria
13
Africa
13
Nepal
12
Ukraine
12
Tanzania
9
South–East Asia Region
9
Myanmar / Burma
9
Ethiopia
8
Zambia
8
Indonesia
8
Liberia
8
Ghana
7
Rwanda
7
Malawi
7
Syria
6
Zimbabwe
6
Argentina
6
Brazil
6
Lesotho
5
Chile
5
Philippines
5
Cambodia
5
Asia
5
Middle East and North Africa
5
Bangladesh
5
Uganda
5
Eastern Europe
5
Senegal
4
Mozambique
4
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
4
Lebanon
4
Afghanistan
3
USA
3
Paraguay
3
Bolivia
3
Russia
3
Yemen
3
Botswana
3
South Sudan
3
Ecuador
3
Pakistan
3
Tajikistan
2
Benin
2
Cameroon
2
Laos
2
Estonia
2
Jordan
2
Germany
2
Congo, Democratic Republic of
2
West and Central Africa
2
Western Pacific Region
2
East and Southern Africa
2
Vietnam
2
Sudan
2
Colombia
1
Thailand
1
Mexico
1
Turkey
1
Iran
1
Albania
1
Burkina Faso
1
Burundi
1
Qatar
1
Italy
1
Armenia
1
Haiti
1
Venezuela
1
Gabon
1
Japan
1
Maldives
1
Mauritius
1
Southern Africa
1
Sri Lanka
1
Namibia
1
Egypt
1
Georgia
1
Bhutan
1
Iraq
1
Madagascar
1
Eswatini/ Swaziland
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
264
Public Health
81
Clinical Guidelines
74
Women & Child Health
50
Key Resources
28
Capacity Building
6
Pharmacy & Technologies
3
Toolboxes
HIV
115
AMR
99
COVID-19
80
TB
49
Planetary Health
45
Mental Health
42
Caregiver
41
NCDs
26
Pharmacy
20
Disability
16
NTDs
16
Rapid Response
14
Global Health Education
13
Conflict
12
Natural Hazards
10
Health Financing Toolbox
9
Ebola
8
Refugee
7
Polio
6
Cholera
4
Zika
4
Specific Hazards
1
Social Ethics
1
Health Financing
1
In 1998 the Swedish Veterinary Association decided to adopt a general policy for the use of antibiotics in animals. Since then specifi c policies for the use of antibiotics in dogs and cats have been adopted and in 2011 Guidelines for the use of Antibiotics in Production animals – Cattle and Pigs,...
This paper was developed to support AMR coordination committees and others tasked with addressing AMR at country level to do just that. Drawing on the published literature and the operational experience and expertise of different LMICs, the paper points to six key strategies for success and offers a...
Intensive Care Med (2009) 35:9–29DOI 10.1007/s00134-008-1336-9
Although thousands of papers have been devoted tohospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), many controversiesremain, and management of HAP is probably often sub-optimal. Several reviews or guidelines have been pub-lished rec...
The Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship provides a framework for antibiotic stewardship for outpatient clinicians and facilities that routinely provide antibiotic treatment. This report augments existing guidance for other clinical settings. In 2014 and 2015, respectively, CDC release...
Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents are invaluable life savers, particularly in resource-limited countries where infectious diseases are abundant. Both uncomplicated and severe infections are potentially curable as long as the aetiological agents are susceptible to the ...
Using antimicrobials responsibly is an essential component ofefforts to contain antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and to ensurethat patients receive appropriate treatment. The WHO global action plan on AMR emphasizes the importance of training healthcare professionals in antimicrobial prescribing and ...
This guidance document is based on research of social media activity related to antibiotic use at EU level, as well as on a survey of the social media activities of EAAD partner organisations, mostly EU umbrella organisations of patients and health professionals. The research showed that there is al...
ຢາຕ້ານເຊື້ອຈຸລະຊີບ (Antimicrobial medicines) ມີຄວາມສໍາຄັນຫຼາຍຕໍ່ວຽກງານການແພດ, ສາທາລະນະສຸກ, ສຸຂະພາບສັດ ແລະ ການຜະລິດອາຫານ. ເນ...
The State of the world’s nursing 2020 report provides the latest, most up-to-date evidence on and policy options for the global nursing workforce. It also presents a compelling case for considerable – yet feasible – investment in nursing education, jobs, and leadership.
The primary chapters...
Accessed: 16.04.2020
This policy brief has been developed in response to the contemporary challenge of antibiotic resistance (ABR). ABR poses a formidable threat to global health and sustainable development. It is now increasingly recognized that the systematic neglect of cultural factors is one of the biggest obs...
Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns,in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
recommended
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging health systems across the world. Rapidly increasing demand for care of people with COVID-19 is compounded by fear, misinformation and limitations on the movement of people and supplies that disrupt the delivery of frontline health care for all people...
This g...
orientaciones provisionales, 23 de diciembre de 2020
En este documento se resumen las recomendaciones de la OMS para utilizar de forma racional los equipos de protección personal (EPP) tanto en los centros sanitarioscomo en los domicilios, así como durante la manipulación...
The WHO COVID-19 Clinical management: living guidance contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management of people with COVID-19. Providing guidance that is comprehensive and holistic for the optimal care of COVID-19 patients throughout their entire illness is ...
This curricula guide builds on several existing products of WHO and partners, aimed at supporting countries in their effort to address the first objective of the GAP-AMR (to improve awareness and understanding of AMR). It is targeted specifically at health educators and policy planners, and applies ...
Updated 2022. This guide addresses the care pathway from presentation of the patient to a health facility to patient discharge. It considers different levels of disease severity, from asymptomatic individuals to critically ill patients. Accounting for variations in the benefits and harms of chest im...
The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Mozambique on 22 March 2020. As of 26 May, Mozambique had 194 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 168 were locally transmitted. The country’s capital, Maputo, and the province of Cabo Delgado are currently the epicentres of the outbreak in Mozambique, w...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) represent a range of physical, mental, and behavioral disabilities caused by alcohol use during pregnancy, or prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). FASDs are considered to be one of the leading preventable causes of developmental disability. Despite its high preval...
Strategies for managing acute shortages of personal protective equipment during COVID-19 pandemic
recommended
This guidance provides considerations and a series of options that can be used to inform country strategies in managing any shortages of personal protective equipment.Re-use and reprocessing of single-use PPE must be a last resort temporary measure to be adopted until stocks are replenished. The WH...
