17 February 2021
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explain...ed series.
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The purpose of the review was to assign a cause of death, to ascertain the fac-tors that contributed to the death and to identify any systemic issues that could be addressed to prevent future similar deaths. The perinatal mortality audit process in 2019 provided important insights and evidence-based... recommendations that can be used both to address system errors and barriers and to identify and praise points of strength. The aim is to pro-vide recommendations for better care for mothers and their infants during pregnancy, childbirth and the neonatal period and improve the quality of care provided throughout the health system.
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The report notes that the number of people in need of one or more assistive products is likely to rise to 3.5 billion by 2050, due to populations ageing and the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases rising across the world. The report also highligh...ts the vast gap in access between low- and high-income countries. An analysis of 35 countries reveals that access varies from 3% in poorer nations to 90% in wealthy countries.
Affordability is a major barrier to access, the report notes. Around two thirds of people with assistive products reported out-of-pocket payments for them. Others reported relying on family and friends to financially support their needs.
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تم إعداد هذه الوثيقة التوجيهية، “مجموعة أدوات مساعدة
البرمجة المتعلقة بتعزيز يعلى الازدهار”، لتحس يالمراهق
ولدعم تنفيذ المبادئ يووقاية الصحة النفسية للمراهق
ا...توجيهية لمنظمة الصحة العالمية بشأن التدخلات الوقائية
. وتصف مجموعة الأدواتيوتعزيز الصحة النفسية للمراهق
المناهج المستندة إلى البينات لتعزيز الصحة النفسية الإيجابية،
والوقاية من حالات مشاكل الصحة النفسية، والحد من
ç الانخراط في إيذاء الذات والسلوكيات المنطوية على المخاطر
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The Pandemic Influenza Pandemic (PIP) Framework's Partnership Contribution (PC) High-Level Implementation Plan III (HLIP III) outlines the strategy for strengthening global pandemic influenza preparedness from 2024 to 2030. HLIP III takes into consideration the lessons learned from the response to t...he COVID-19 pandemic, the gains made over time, including from previous HLIPs, and the broader programmatic and policy context in order to address gaps in pandemic influenza preparedness. Implementation of HLIP III will strengthen global, regional, and country-level pandemic influenza preparedness.
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Safe sanitation is essential for health, from preventing infections to improving and maintaining mental and social
well-being. Lack of adequate sanitation contributes to diarrhoeal diseases, parasitic infections, and undernutrition, as
well as pos...ing significant risks and causing anxiety, especially for women and girls. Achieving universal access to safe
sanitation, which protects health, privacy, and dignity, is a global development goal and a recognized basic human right.
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Inerim Guidance for health-care providers. This document describes guidance for a supportive response by healthcare providers (e.g. physicians, nurses), focusing primarily on women affected by Zika virus infection during pregnancy and their families..., for their mental health and psychosocial needs.
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Country Profile for MDSR Implementation
UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-water (GLAAS)
Public Health Situation Analysis and Interventions 10 October 2017