Filter
2615
Filtered Results: 2615
Text search:
prevalence
of
disability
Featured
Recommendations
220
New Publications
660
Language
Document type
No document type
1651
Studies & Reports
479
Guidelines
216
Strategic & Response Plan
104
Manuals
101
Fact sheets
27
Training Material
15
Situation Updates
12
Infographics
5
Resource Platforms
3
Brochures
1
Online Courses
1
Countries / Regions
Global
134
India
119
Kenya
88
Uganda
68
South Africa
63
Ethiopia
61
Western and Central Europe
53
Zambia
49
Nepal
48
Myanmar / Burma
48
Latin America and the Carribbean
47
Malawi
46
Bangladesh
42
Nigeria
40
Rwanda
39
Sierra Leone
36
Ukraine
35
Liberia
32
Ghana
31
Syria
31
Africa
29
Lesotho
27
Tanzania
26
Philippines
23
Cambodia
23
Namibia
23
South–East Asia Region
23
Indonesia
21
South Sudan
19
Mozambique
19
Eastern Europe
18
Zimbabwe
17
Asia
17
Congo, Democratic Republic of
16
Botswana
15
Eswatini/ Swaziland
11
Cameroon
10
Sudan
10
Senegal
9
Haiti
9
Thailand
9
Yemen
9
Pakistan
8
Afghanistan
8
Colombia
8
Russia
8
Burkina Faso
7
Iraq
7
East and Southern Africa
7
Venezuela
7
Moldova
7
Somalia
6
Jordan
6
Lebanon
6
Brazil
6
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6
Vietnam
6
Sri Lanka
5
West and Central Africa
5
North America
5
Germany
4
China
4
Peru
4
Middle East and North Africa
4
Western Pacific Region
4
Guinea
3
USA
3
Egypt
3
Central African Republic
3
Burundi
3
Mexico
3
Paraguay
3
Albania
3
Iran
3
United Kingdom
3
Turkey
2
Singapore
2
Benin
2
North Macedonia
2
Serbia
2
Other region
2
Palestine
2
Laos
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Tajikistan
2
Estonia
2
Romania
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Jamaica
2
Portugal
2
Spain
2
Azerbaijan
2
Mali
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Chad
1
Malaysia
1
Ireland
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Argentina
1
Hungary
1
Croatia
1
Honduras
1
Greece
1
Libya
1
Angola
1
Guatemala
1
Madagascar
1
Poland
1
Djibouti
1
Armenia
1
Southern Africa
1
Qatar
1
Bulgaria
1
Slovakia
1
Kazakhstan
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
Belgium
1
Mauritius
1
Belarus
1
Israel
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Latvia
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1036
Public Health
207
Clinical Guidelines
191
Women & Child Health
151
Key Resources
75
Capacity Building
33
Pharmacy & Technologies
3
Toolboxes
Mental Health
404
Disability
278
HIV
148
COVID-19
119
NTDs
104
NCDs
95
TB
90
Conflict
81
Planetary Health
67
Global Health Education
48
Caregiver
39
Refugee
34
Natural Hazards
28
AMR
28
Rapid Response
21
Health Financing Toolbox
14
Pharmacy
12
Ebola
11
Zika
7
Polio
3
Social Ethics
2
Cholera
1
South Sudan
1
Specific Hazards
1
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the second common cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounting for about 35% of all deaths, after a composite ... communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases. Despite prior perception of low NCDs mortality rates, current evidence suggests that SSA is now at the dawn of the epidemiological transition with contemporary double burden of disease from NCDs and communicable diseases. In SSA, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the most frequent causes of NCDs deaths, responsible for approximately 13% of all deaths and 37% of all NCDs deaths. Although ischemic heart disease (IHD) has been identified as the leading cause of CVDs mortality in SSA followed by stroke and hypertensive heart disease from statistical models, real field data suggest IHD rates are still relatively low. The neglected endemic CVDs of SSA such as endomyocardial fibrosis and rheumatic heart disease as well as congenital heart diseases remain unconquered. While the underlying aetiology of heart failure among adults in high-income countries (HIC) is IHD, in SSA the leading causes are hypertensive heart disease, cardiomyopathy, rheumatic heart disease, and congenital heart diseases. Of concern is the tendency of CVDs to occur at younger ages in SSA populations, approximately two decades earlier compared to HIC. Obstacles hampering primary and secondary prevention of CVDs in SSA include insufficient health care systems and infrastructure, scarcity of cardiac professionals, skewed budget allocation and disproportionate prioritization away from NCDs, high cost of cardiac treatments and interventions coupled with rarity of health insurance systems. This review gives an overview of the descriptive epidemiology of CVDs in SSA, while contrasting with the HIC and highlighting impediments to their management and making recommendations.
Diabetes is a significant public health issue that affects approximately one in 10 adults globally, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90–95% of cases. This chronic condition causes considerable morbidity and mortality and is growing in impact, w...
This global status report on prevention and control of NCDs (2014), is framed around the nine voluntary global targets. The report provides data on the current situation, identifying bottlenecks as well as opportunities and priority actions for atta...
The 2023 meeting of the WHO Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing (CCHA) was the group’s ninth gathering and took place in Geneva 5–7 December 2023. The meeting was structured around seven panels, with a series ... technical presentations, plenary discussions and group work, and a final session outlining the work programme for 2024.
Background book on Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition
The toolkit aims to provide researchers with guidance for improving the quality of studies that use administrative data to better ascertain child maltreatment incidence, response and service delivery. However, these are complex studies to conduct, a...
The new five-year agenda of WHO in Africa, The Africa Health Transformation Programme, 2015–2020: a vision for universal health coverage, is the strategic framework that will guide WHO’s contribution to the emerging sustainable development platf...
Psychoactive substance use affects the functioning of the brain and leads to impaired driving
J Depress Anxiety S3:004. doi:10.4172/2167-1044.S3-004
This paper is therefore designed to review public knowledge and belief about mental disorders (mental health literacy) in developing countries with particular emphasis on the public knowledge and beliefs about causes and symptoms ... mental disorders, public attitude and perception towards people with mental illness and help seeking behaviors. The review will provide important evidences from developing countries which are relevant to introduce the concept of mental health literacy in Ethiopia as there has been no systemic review of evidences on mental health literacy and to guide the development and implementation of a mental health policy in Ethiopia where mental health policy is absent
Since the start of the pandemic, the region has been hit by multiple natural and biological disasters. At the same time, climate change has continued to warm the world, exacerbating the impacts of m...
A global Review of evidence and practice
Extraced from the full version of WDI 2016
Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing
recommended
Testing and diagnosis of hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infection is the gateway for access to both prevention and treatment services, and is a crucial component of an effective response to the hepat...
Guidelines for the Management and Therapy of Urinary Tract Infection and Male Genitalia in Indonesia
Cryptococcal disease is one of the most common opportunistic infections among people living with advanced HIV disease and is a major contributor to severe illness, morbidity, and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
These guidelines up...
Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine | The aim of this study was to explore the risk factors for s...
Birth defect has been an emerging major cause of child mortality in the region. Scarcity of the birth defects information hampers policy decisions and control measures at national level. In order to...
This year marked the beginning of the WHO biennium 2016-2017 action plan; this annual report highlights WHO’s key achievements in 2016
It also documents the extraordinary efforts by a broad coalition o... government ministries, municipalities, international agencies, community groups, women’s organizations, religious and traditional leaders, media, private sector and donors towards restoration and improving health indicators.
The main objective of this guidance is to provide scientific advice, based on an evidence-based assessment of targeted public health interventions, to facilitate effective screening and vaccination ...
Data on the essential building blocks of mental health systems, including mental health
governance, financing, service delivery, human resources and information, are reported. For
mental health planning, it is important to know not only the level ...
