Filter
6396
Filtered Results: 6396
Text search:
health
care
indicators
Featured
Recommendations
499
New Publications
1912
Language
Document type
No document type
3913
Studies & Reports
1068
Guidelines
628
Manuals
301
Strategic & Response Plan
252
Fact sheets
87
Training Material
62
Situation Updates
50
Infographics
17
Resource Platforms
9
Brochures
5
Online Courses
4
Countries / Regions
India
296
Global
252
Kenya
228
Ethiopia
182
Nepal
170
Uganda
151
Sierra Leone
135
Malawi
127
Nigeria
126
Liberia
121
South Africa
120
Tanzania
119
Rwanda
114
Latin America and the Carribbean
111
Zambia
109
Myanmar / Burma
104
Western and Central Europe
103
Bangladesh
101
Ghana
92
Africa
78
Namibia
71
Philippines
62
Syria
62
Ukraine
57
Congo, Democratic Republic of
56
Zimbabwe
56
Lesotho
53
Cambodia
52
Indonesia
51
Eastern Europe
46
South–East Asia Region
44
Senegal
43
South Sudan
40
Asia
40
Burkina Faso
38
Mozambique
33
Guinea
31
Botswana
30
East and Southern Africa
30
Brazil
29
West and Central Africa
26
Haiti
25
Pakistan
25
Eswatini/ Swaziland
24
Colombia
24
Venezuela
24
Cameroon
23
Russia
21
Yemen
20
Middle East and North Africa
20
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
20
Lebanon
16
Thailand
16
Sudan
16
Afghanistan
14
Jordan
13
Germany
13
Benin
13
Peru
13
Paraguay
13
Central African Republic
11
Moldova
11
Somalia
10
Argentina
10
Albania
10
Georgia
10
Vietnam
10
China
9
Western Pacific Region
9
Mali
8
Iraq
8
Sri Lanka
8
Chile
8
Laos
8
Tajikistan
8
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
7
Madagascar
7
Mexico
7
USA
6
Turkey
6
North Macedonia
6
Papua New Guinea
5
Ecuador
5
Bolivia
5
Angola
5
Timor Leste/ East Timor
5
Iran
5
Kyrgyzstan
5
Egypt
4
Hungary
4
Burundi
4
Bhutan
4
Poland
4
Palestine
4
Armenia
4
Southern Africa
4
North America
4
Saudi Arabia
3
Niger
3
Togo
3
Chad
3
Gambia
3
Singapore
3
Serbia
3
Honduras
3
El Salvador
3
Libya
3
Guatemala
3
Romania
3
Kazakhstan
3
Turkmenistan
3
Jamaica
3
Portugal
3
Spain
3
Morocco
2
Greece
2
Mongolia
2
Qatar
2
Bulgaria
2
Estonia
2
Slovakia
2
Japan
2
France
2
Mauritius
2
United Kingdom
2
Azerbaijan
2
Belarus
2
Guinea-Bissau
1
Malaysia
1
Ireland
1
Dominican Republic
1
Croatia
1
Nicaragua
1
Other region
1
Fiji
1
North Korea
1
Italy
1
Djibouti
1
Congo-Brazzaville
1
Canada
1
Lithuania
1
Gabon
1
Uruguay
1
Belgium
1
Maldives
1
Tunisia
1
Norway
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Latvia
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
2868
Clinical Guidelines
399
Public Health
340
Women & Child Health
335
Key Resources
317
Capacity Building
99
Pharmacy & Technologies
55
Toolboxes
HIV
497
Mental Health
381
TB
341
COVID-19
335
Disability
250
Planetary Health
230
AMR
204
Caregiver
173
Conflict
165
Rapid Response
145
NTDs
117
Global Health Education
116
Ebola
110
NCDs
99
Refugee
86
Pharmacy
86
Natural Hazards
56
Health Financing Toolbox
56
Polio
35
Cholera
27
Zika
24
Specific Hazards
22
Social Ethics
15
Typhoon
4
South Sudan
2
WHO Technical Report Series, No. 961, 2011, Annex 8 - These guidelines are intended to provide a description of ways in which pharmacists can improve access to health care, ... promotion and the use of medicines on behalf of the patients they serve. The role of FIP is to provide leadership for national pharmacy professional organizations, which in turn provide the impetus for setting national standards. The vital element is the commitment of the pharmacy profession worldwide to promoting excellence in practice for the benefi t of those served. The public and other professions will judge the pharmacy profession on how its members translate that commitment into practice in all settings, especially community and hospital pharmacy settings.
The document introduces a simple classification, minimums standards and a registration form for Foreign Medical Teams (FMTs) that may provide surgical and trauma care arriving within the aftermath of a sudden onset disaster. These can serve as tools...
The strategy focuses on mobilizing and coordinating partners, experts and resources to help countries enhance surveillance of the Zika virus and disorders that could be linked to it, improve vector control, effectively communicate risks, guidance and protection measures, provide medical ... to those affected and fast-track research and development of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics
WHO and UNICEF have established recommendations for breastfeeding practices. Although every mother decides how to feed her child, this decision is strongly influenced by economic, environmental, social and political factors. The Global Breastfeeding Scorecard analyzes ... on how countries protect, promote and support breastfeeding through funding or policies.
The current SEARVAP (South-East Asia regional vaccine action plan) describes a set of regional goals and objectives for immunization and control of vaccine-preventable diseases for 2016 – 2020 and highlights priority actions, targets and indicators...
This guidance document sets out a methodology to identify and track financing to the WASH sector in a coherent and consistent manner across several countries. It is designed to help countries track financing to the WASH sector on a regular and comparable basis and analyse this information to support...
Due to the anticipated significant rise in VL testing occasioned by Ghana’s adaptation of 2016 ART guidelines, it has become necessary to develop this VL scale-up and operational plan to assure complete client access to laboratory monitoring towards the achievement of the third 90 of the HIV ... cascade. The plan will enhance VL testing, monitoring whilst improving the clinical and laboratory interface for improved client care.
Myanmar is one of the world’s 22 high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, and supporting TB control in Myanmar is a global priority. This report reflects the findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations of the fourth international review mission of the Myanmar National TB Programme (NTP)...
The purpose of this Operational Guideline is to support state health authorities, programme managers and health care professionals with recommendat...
This research report provided results from the study of living conditions among people with functional limitation in Mozambique. Two comparative studies of different indicators of living conditions were carried out. These studies include: (i) a comp...
The new guidelines provide public health guidance on pharmacological agents for managing hyperglycaemia in type 1 and type 2 diabetes for use in primary health-... in low-resource settings. These guidelines update the recommendations for managing hyperglycaemia in the WHO Package of Essential NCD Interventions (WHO PEN) for primary care in low-resources settings, reviewing several newer oral agents as second- and third-line treatment: dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and thiazolidinediones. The guidelines also present recommendations on the selection of type of insulin (analogue versus human insulin) for adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Policy brief.
HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a convenient and confidential option for HIV testing. In 2016 WHO recommended HIVST as a safe, accurate and effective way to reach people who may not test otherwise, including people from key populations, men and young people. Lay users can perform HIVST r...
Using the WHO model list of essential medicines to update a national essential medicines list
Since 1977, WHO has been working with countries to design the package of essential medicines as an integral component of treatment within the continuum of care...
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...
N95 or equivalent respirators are single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for use by health workers that provide direct care to patients with diseases transmitted by aerosols or duri...
The World Health Organization organized a Consultation of National Leprosy Programme managers, partners and affected persons to discuss the draft Global Leprosy Strategy, 2021--2030. This virtual event took place from 26 to 30 October 2020. It was a...
This updated step by step guide aims to assist the ministries of health (MoHs) in developing the national action plans for noma prevention and control, with a view to sustainably reducing the incidence of noma as a public ... problem through programmes that are fully integrated with national health planning, strengthening of primary health care (PHC) and attainment of universal health coverage (UHC).
This document is based on currently available scientific evidence on treatment for drug use disorders and sets out a framework for the implementation of the Standards, in line with principles of public health .... The Standards identify major components and features of effective systems for the treatment of drug use disorders. They describe treatment modalities and interventions to match the needs of people at different stages and severities of drug use disorders, in a manner consistent with the treatment of any chronic disease or health condition. The Standards are aspirational, and such, national or local treatment services or systems need not attempt to meet all the standards and recommendations made in this document all at once. However over time, progressive quality improvement, with ‘evidence-based and ethical practice’ as an objective, can and should be expected to achieve better organized, more effective and ethical systems and services for people with drug use disorders.
This document aims to describe a minimum set of surveillance activities recommended at the national level to detect and monitor the relative prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and outline a set of activities for the characterization and assessment of risk posed by these variants. A set of ... is also provided to standardize monitoring and public reporting of variant circulation.
The document is primarily intended for national and sub-national public health authorities and partners who support implementation of surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 variants
Noma (cancrum oris) is a severe gangrenous disease of the mouth and face. It mostly affects children between the ages of 2 and 6 years living in extreme poverty. In addition to the known factors such as malnutrition, lack of vaccination in children and poor oral hygiene, several social and environme...
