Filter
1837
Filtered Results: 1837
Text search:
M.
Martin
Featured
Recommendations
143
New Publications
293
Language
Document type
No document type
867
Studies & Reports
452
Guidelines
273
Manuals
117
Strategic & Response Plan
46
Fact sheets
40
Training Material
31
Situation Updates
4
Resource Platforms
4
Brochures
1
Infographics
1
Videos
1
Countries / Regions
Global
84
Latin America and the Carribbean
54
Western and Central Europe
47
Brazil
46
Kenya
38
Germany
37
Russia
31
Eastern Europe
25
Uganda
24
Ukraine
22
South Africa
21
India
19
Paraguay
19
Malawi
15
Africa
15
Sierra Leone
14
Colombia
14
Haiti
13
Peru
13
Indonesia
11
Burkina Faso
10
Syria
10
Liberia
9
Nigeria
9
Ghana
9
Rwanda
9
Argentina
9
Philippines
8
Venezuela
8
Ethiopia
7
Cameroon
7
South Sudan
7
Bangladesh
7
Mozambique
7
Myanmar / Burma
7
Middle East and North Africa
7
Nepal
6
Benin
6
Ecuador
6
Senegal
5
Congo, Democratic Republic of
5
Zimbabwe
5
Afghanistan
5
Zambia
5
Bolivia
5
Chile
5
East and Southern Africa
5
South–East Asia Region
5
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
5
Guinea
4
Cambodia
4
Thailand
4
China
4
El Salvador
4
Yemen
4
Asia
4
Spain
4
Pakistan
3
Lebanon
3
Tanzania
3
Mexico
3
Sri Lanka
3
West and Central Africa
3
Southern Africa
3
Portugal
3
North Macedonia
2
Botswana
2
Angola
2
Madagascar
2
Lesotho
2
Tajikistan
2
Vietnam
2
United Kingdom
2
Guinea-Bissau
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Morocco
1
USA
1
Jordan
1
Turkey
1
Malaysia
1
Ireland
1
Singapore
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Central African Republic
1
Dominican Republic
1
Eswatini/ Swaziland
1
Serbia
1
Hungary
1
Italy
1
Albania
1
Armenia
1
Laos
1
Canada
1
Romania
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Georgia
1
North America
1
Uruguay
1
Jamaica
1
Norway
1
Latvia
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
433
Clinical Guidelines
180
Public Health
114
Women & Child Health
111
Key Resources
43
Capacity Building
20
Pharmacy & Technologies
12
Toolboxes
Mental Health
262
COVID-19
183
TB
168
HIV
149
Planetary Health
109
NTDs
64
Caregiver
63
NCDs
60
Disability
59
Rapid Response
49
Refugee
48
AMR
39
Conflict
34
Global Health Education
34
Ebola
33
Pharmacy
29
Zika
25
Health Financing Toolbox
24
Natural Hazards
20
Polio
10
Social Ethics
8
Cholera
6
Specific Hazards
6
South Sudan
1
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been an alarming global public health issue. The disease affects mainly poor and marginalized people in low-resource settings and is caused by two subspecies of haemoflagellate parasite, Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by tsetse flies. Progress made in HAT ...
Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is traditionally acquired by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) infected with D. medinensis larvae, but in recent years also appears increasingly to be transmitted by eating fish or other aquatic anima...
Este manual se ha elaborado en el marco de la Iniciativa Global de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para el Cáncer Infantil, CureAll Americas, con el propósito de mejorar la situación de los niños, niñas y adolescentes con cáncer en todo el mundo, para que puedan tener las mejores po...
Chromoblastomycosis (CBM), represents one of the primary implantation mycoses caused by melanized fungi widely found in nature. It is characterized as a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) and mainly affects populations living in poverty with significant morbidity, including stigma and discrimination.
Schistosomiasis is widely recognized as a disease that is socially determined. An
understanding of the social and behavioural factors linked to disease transmission and
control should play a vital role in designing policies and strategies for schistosomiasis
prevention and control. To this must b...
The epidemiology of the disease is mediated by the interaction of the parasite (trypanosome) with the vectors (tsetse flies), as well as with the human and animal hosts within a particular environment. Related to these interactions, the disease is confined in spatially limited areas called “foci...
Les conflits et les guerres ont des effets catastrophiques sur la santé et le bien-être des nations, et ils ont considérablement évolué au cours des dernières décennies. Avec la forte augmentation des crises humanitaires, y compris de la violence urbaine, de plus en plus de gens sont touchés...
Medical care for people caught up in armed conflict and other insecure environments saves lives and alleviates suffering. It is one of the most immediate and high priority needs of an affected population and is often the first type of response activated and/or requested by authorities and affected c...
The objective of this concept note and the framework it outlines is the elimination of a group of CDs and the negative health effects they generate, which together create a tangible burden on affected individuals, their families and communities, and on health care systems throughout the Region. Thou...
L’objectif de cette note conceptuelle et du cadre dont elle donne les grandes lignes est l’élimination d’un groupe de MT et de leurs effets pénalisants sur la santé (maladies énumérées au tableau 1 ci-dessous) qui, pris globalement, génèrent une charge tangible pour les personnes touch...
Rabies has an enormous impact on both agriculture and conservation biology, but its greatest burden is undeniably on public health. As such, routine methods for rapid risk assessment after human exposures to rabies as well as applications for laboratory-based surveillance, production of biologicals ...
J Glob Health Sci. 2020 Jun;2(1):e3. A group of enzootic and zoonotic protozoan infections, the leishmaniases constitute among the most severely neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and are found in all continents except Oceania. Representing the most common infectious diseases, NTDs comprise an open-...
Access to NCD medicines: emergent issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and key structural factors
recommended
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequalities in the treatment and care of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This report examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to NCD medicines, and the policies and strategies implemented by countries and health sys...
The WHO Living guideline: Drugs to prevent COVID-19 contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the use of drugs to prevent COVID-19. The latest version of this living guideline is available in pdf format (via the ‘Download’ button) and via an online platform.
Guidelines ...
The following technical report outlines the rationale, process and results of a joint research study, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), co-chaired by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Environment and Sus...
Vector-borne diseases are responsible for 17% of the global burden of communicable diseases and more than 500 000 deaths annually. The ambitious global targets for the control of vector-borne diseases come in the context of the (re-)emergence of diseases, increasing resistances to insecticides and u...
Obesity in all age groups, including children and adolescents, is a public health challenge across all settings. Obesity is now classified as a complex multifactorial chronic disease and not just a risk factor for other noncommunicable diseases and comorbidities. Recognizing the significance of prim...
This document puts forward the joint position and vision of an expert, global, multistakeholder working group on implementing Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for all preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants as the foundation for small and/or sick newborn care within maternal, newborn, and child health p...
Safe drinking-water management must consider drinking-water quality, acceptability and quantity in the context of public health protection. In this manual, the term “safety” encompasses these three elements. Although the principles in this manual can be broadly applied to all types of drinking-w...
La Organización Panamericana de la Salud se complace en presentar la segunda edición del Manual de procedimientos para la vigilancia y el control de las leishmaniasis en la Región de las Américas, un instrumento de apoyo a las áreas de gestión y de servicios que trabajan con la leishmaniasis e...
