This Teacher’s Guide accompanies the WHO publication Management of wastes from health-care activities . It provides teaching materials and recommendations for a three day training course, designed mainly for managers of health-care establishments, public health professionals and policy makers
A survey was conducted in countries in all six WHO regions and focused on the building blocks that are considered prerequisites to combat antimicrobial resistance: a comprehensive national plan, laboratory capacity to undertake surveillance for resistant microorganisms, access to safe, effective ant...imicrobial medicines, control of the misuse of these medicines, awareness and understanding among the general public and effective infection prevention and control programmes.
more
Une mission d’appui regroupant des experts diligentés par l’OMS Genève s’est rendue au Bénin du 17 au 24 novembre 2014 pour aider le pays dans la mise en place de son plan de prévention et de riposte à une éventuelle épidémie de maladie à virus Ebola.
Dans ce rapport la mission esti...me que la situation actuelle du pays, caractérisée par une épidémie confirmée de fièvre de Lassa et la préparation de la riposte à la maladie à virus Ebola (MVE) demande, d’une part, l’organisation d’une riposte adéquate et d’autre part, un changement de paradigme. Concrètement, en mettant en place un dispositif comme si le pays se trouvait face à son premier cas de MVE plutôt qu’une préparation en l’absence de cas.
more
The objectives of the meeting were to agree on coordinated and aligned support to the 3 countries’ national health recovery plans (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone); to identify cross-cutting areas and opportunities for integration; to identify ways to improve implementation modalities; and to identi...fy actions including technical assistance needed to support the countries in the process of building resilient health systems.
The outcomes of the meeting consisted in proposed country action plans to move forward with the implementation of the recovery plans. The action plans includes:priorities and areas of work; activities needed to improve implementation modalities; technical assistance needs.
more
This manual has been developed to guide rapid risk assessment of acute public health risks from any type of hazard in response to requests from Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO). The manual is aimed primarily at national departmen...ts with health-protection responsibilities, National Focal Points (NFPs) for the International Heath Regulations (IHR) and WHO staff. It should also be useful to others who join multidisciplinary risk assessment teams, such as clinicians, field epidemiologists, veterinarians, chemists, food-safety specialists.
more
Report of the Review Committee on the Functioning of the International Health Regulations (2005) in relation to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009
Early detection, assessment and response to acute public health events:
Advising principles. The purpose of this document is to support competent authorities in charge of IHR implementation to improve national capacities for the prevention, detection and control of events, by strengthening communications and coordination between points of entry and the national health s...urveillance system
more
Weekly epidemiological record Relevé épidémiologique hebdomadaire 27 MARCH 2015, 90th YEAR / 27 MARS 2015, 90e ANNÉE No. 13, 2015, 90, 121–132
Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 93, Number 9, September 2015, 589-664
Global Atlas of medical devices 5 August 2017
WHO medical devices technical series