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This is the seventeenth annual publication of the Global Hunger Index (GHI), a report jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
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Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to
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In 2014 UNICEF, WHO and the World Bank report new joint estimates of child malnutrition using available data up to 2013 The Interactive dashboard a
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The building damage assessment, conducted between March 2010 and February 2011 by the Government of Haiti
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The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2010, 4, 33-37
This tool is a living document that provides guidance on good partnership practices that promote strong relationships between civil society organizations and government representatives on engaging men a
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Lancet Glob Health 2019 Published Online January 24, 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30479-0
The health-care system collapse underway in Venezuela is a cause of utmost concern for its people
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WHO published interim guidelines on the prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus in September 2016 (1), based on a limited amount of evidence under an emergency process during a public health emergency of international concern.
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This brief considers the rationale for shielding individuals at high risk of severe disease or death from COVID-19 in low- and middleincome countries. It provides an overview of proposed approaches
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Europe and Central Asia Economic Update.
The Russian Federation’s war with Ukraine has triggered a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and threaten
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This report summarizes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global work on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) during 2022. It describes how the
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The primary audience for this guidance is persons
working directly in vector-borne disease prevention
and control, including programme managers,
researchers
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A WFP analysis of the economic and food security implications of the pandemic
Progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (A/HRC/33/53) (Advance edited version)
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the issues in regulating and managing international emergency in a selection of large
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Child marriage is defined as a formal or informal union before the age of 18. The practice affects mostly girls. While child marriage is especially prevalent in low
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20 February 2013
Update on 2004 Background Paper (Written by Saloni Tanna)
Priority Medicines for Europe and the World "A Public Health Approach to Innovation"
To understand the mental health treatment gap in the Region of the Americas by examining the pre
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This 10th edition of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s annual Financing Global Health report provides the most up-to-date estimat
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This ten year global plan for measles and rubella outlines the strategy that needs to be fully implemented to achieve the measles
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During the past five decades, the incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold. Some 50–100 million new infections are estimated to occur annually in more than 100 endemic countries, with a document
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The report discusses the epidemiological and social aspects of ageing, health and functional cha
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COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything has been impacted. How we live and interact with each other, how we work and communicate, how
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Aligned to the Lancet Migration Global Statement to include migrants and refugees incountries’response to COVID-19, this update focuses on Mexico’s challenges
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The pandemic presents tough choices for governments, local communities, health and school systems, as well as families and businesses: How to re-op
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The purpose of the toolkit is to bring together existing learning and guidance as a starting point for stakeholders to begin SRH preparedness work.
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Arabic Analysis on World about Food and Nutrition; published on 22 Sep 2021 by UNICEF.
Available in different languages
A framework to implement the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030
The QualityRights training and orientation modules have been developed to enhance the knowledge, skills
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This UNAIDS 2024 report brings together new data and case studies which demonstrate that the decisions and policy choices taken by world leaders th
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The report shows that where people and communities living with and affected by HIV are engaged in decision-making
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of investments in public health, the persistence of profound economic
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This publication makes the case for working with men and women, boys and girls, together in an intentional
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This study of Adolescent Boys and Young Men highlights the importance of engaging adolescent boys and young men in sexual
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This consultative version of the guideline is the product of literature reviews, discussions and contributions from diverse stakeholders, as well a
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Supplement to the 2016 consolidated Guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV infection
HIV Treatment
The devastating impacts of the 2015–16 El Niño will be felt well into 2017. This crisis was predicted, yet overall, the response has been too li
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Five years after a global commitment to Fast-Track the HIV response and end AIDS by 2030, the world is off track. A promise to build on
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Five years after a global commitment to Fast-Track the HIV response and end AIDS by 2030, the world is off track. A promise to build on
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Background paper 9
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
May 2021
There has been important progress for the rights of adolescent girls and women in recent decades, yet millions still struggle to
access the nutrit
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This booklet provides an overview of all findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study. Published in The Lancet in November 2018, GBD 2017 provides for
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Early damage assessments indicate that at least 800,000 people could be directly exposed to minor to severe damages, including communication, access, security, loss of livelihoods, infrastructure, and health services could be impacted.
The Priority medicines for mothers and children 2011 list was updated following the 18th Expert Committee Meeting
on Selection
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This report seeks to uncover the extent to which global goals crowd in international financing, inform domestic policy priorities, and navigate progress toward development outcomes in low-
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An estimated 59 000 people die from rabies each year. That’s one person every nine minutes of every day, 40% of whom are children living in Asia and Africa. As dog bites cause almost all human cases, we can prevent rabies deaths by increasing awar
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The uneven distribution of HIV risks and burdens across populations is a well-substantiated fact, though seldom publicly acknowledged. Gay men and
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The objectives of these guidelines are to provide recommendations outlining a public health approach to managing people presenting with advanced HIV disease, and to provide guidance on
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At a time when the world is reeling from the deepest global disruption and health crisis of a lifetime, this year’s Living Planet
report provid
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New funding requirements: CHF 2.8 billion IFRC-wide of which CHF 670 million is channelled through the IFRC Emergency Appeal in support of National Societies
Research Report
an operational guide to support all those responsible for planning and implementing the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine to refugees and migrants at nat
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Nurses are key players in health promotion and disease prevention and the backbone of health care systems worldwide. Nurses work on
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As countries aim to progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and achieving universal health coverage, health inequities driven by racial discrimination
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Background: Comparable estimates of health spending are crucial for the assessment of health systems and to optimally deploy health resources. The
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According to most recent data, the world economy grew by 3.1 per cent in 2022. To many, the rebound
suggested that a soft landing was possible in 2023, a
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Air pollution is one of the leading causes of health complications and mortality worldwide, especially affecting lower-income groups, who tend to be more exposed
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Constituting the second part of the World Drug Report 2022, the present booklet contains an overview of
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Constituting the fourth part of the World Drug Report 2022, this booklet focuses on the market dynamics of various stimulants – cocaine, amphetam
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Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological settings and affects vulnerable populations, such as rural subsistence farmers and urban slum dwellers. Although leptospiros
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The report examines some of the underlying causes of domestic violence and the impact on childr
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The Guidance on global monitoring for diabetes prevention and control by WHO provides a comprehensive framework to support countries in tracking and
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Chapter 1 provides new data on the latest developments in the global treatment effort, highlighting positive trends as well as aspects that require improvement. Chapter 2 summarizes
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Global and regional estimates of violence against women
he report presents the first global systematic review of scientific data on the prevalence
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2018 monitoring report: current status and strategic priorities
The report sets out the status of women’s, children’s ...
The report sets out the status of women’s, children’s ...
Vitamin A deficiency is a risk factor for blindness and for mortality from measles and diarrhoea in children aged 6–59 months. We aimed to estimate trends in
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Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are critical in the prevention and care for all of the 17 n
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This Plan envisions a future with the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem as a result of universal access to sexual health and STI prevention services, HPV vaccines, effective
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Globally, more people live in urban areas than in rural areas, with 55 % of the world’s population residing in urban areas in 2018. In 1950, 30 % of the world’s population was urban,
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Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems persp
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This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achie
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According to the Report, cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with human
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27 April 2022 Chronic land degradation: UN offers stark warnings and practical remedies in Global Land Outlook 2. GLO2 offers hundreds of examples from around the world that demonstrate
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The Pharmaceutical Forum of the Americas (PFA) has previously published guidelines and organised campaigns for community pharmacists on
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Since 2016, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has been promoting the implementation of the HEARTS Initiative in
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The aim of this “model contingency plan” is to assist programme managers and planners in devel-oping a national, context-specific, dengue outbreak response plan in order to: (a) detect a dengue
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Today, WFP has the capabilities and know-how to tap into mobile technology and artificial intelligence to monitor food security; use satellite tech
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Examining the needs of at‐risk youth in the Middle East and North Africa: A multi‐method landscape analysis
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2nd edition. This new edition provides policy-makers, programme managers and health-service providers with the latest evidence-based guidance on clinical care. It includes information on how to esta
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This document addresses preparedness as an important investment against natural and man-made disasters. Through good practices, it urges the humanitarian community, governments
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The report reflects on the trends, achievements and challenges in global health over the past de
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WHO QualityRights is an initiative which aims to improve the quality of care in mental health and related services and to promote
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Primary care - Putting people first: This chapter describes how primary care brings promotion and prevention, cure and care together in a safe, effective
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This brochure presents a summary of the situation of health systems and services in the Americas as they progress toward
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UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course. Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections
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Special Focus on COVID-19
The report provides updated estimates for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in schools including progress from 2015 to 2019. It highlights
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The report – the first of its kind – shows how the pandemic has driven up food insecurity and
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The purpose of this guide is to offer recommendations for improving the implementation of non‑pharmacological public health measures during the C
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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 back better” after
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This report is the first of its kind. It brings together various data sets to present the current status of hand hygiene, highlight lagging progress, and
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Burden of T. solium: Neurocysticercosis is a disease induced by T. solium larvae penetrating human tissues, especially the nervous system. Neurocysticercosis burdens economies, societies and individ
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Time has seen management for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) advance drastically, most recently in the development of the disease-modifying triple combination therapy ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor. There is
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Genomic sequencing has been an essential tool in generating virological data, driving the laboratory response, and better understanding the dispers
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This Handbook is primarily for educators, to help them learn about mental health issues and better support them in educational environments. The Handbook aims to provide training to teachers, admini
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Mental health problem is one of the growing major public health issues in the Asia Pacific region. It contributes to the high number of Disability
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With eleven years left to achieve the ambitious goals of the 2030 Agenda, how close are OECD countries to reaching the SDGs?
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What at first glance appears to be simple causality – climate change leading to more and more migration – has triggered intense academic debate over the past ten years because
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