Filter
1509
Filtered Results: 1509
Text search:
The
Center
For
Disease
Dynamics,
Economics
&
Policy
Featured
Recommendations
114
New Publications
369
Language
Document type
No document type
746
Studies & Reports
377
Guidelines
147
Manuals
101
Strategic & Response Plan
89
Training Material
15
Situation Updates
12
Fact sheets
10
Resource Platforms
6
Infographics
4
Online Courses
1
Videos
1
Countries / Regions
Global
78
India
64
Kenya
48
Sierra Leone
36
Ethiopia
36
Africa
35
Western and Central Europe
31
Uganda
30
Nigeria
29
Tanzania
29
South Africa
27
Liberia
27
Nepal
22
Zambia
22
Ukraine
19
Rwanda
19
Latin America and the Carribbean
19
South–East Asia Region
19
Myanmar / Burma
19
Syria
16
Ghana
15
Bangladesh
15
Malawi
14
Senegal
12
Philippines
12
Guinea
11
West and Central Africa
11
East and Southern Africa
11
Namibia
11
Congo, Democratic Republic of
10
Eastern Europe
10
Indonesia
10
Zimbabwe
9
Asia
9
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
9
Cameroon
8
South Sudan
8
Lesotho
7
Germany
7
Brazil
7
Mozambique
6
Cambodia
6
Middle East and North Africa
6
Colombia
5
Afghanistan
5
Haiti
5
Yemen
5
Tajikistan
4
Laos
4
Burkina Faso
4
USA
4
Vietnam
4
Sri Lanka
4
Eswatini/ Swaziland
4
Pakistan
4
Turkey
3
Peru
3
Venezuela
3
Jordan
3
Western Pacific Region
3
Southern Africa
3
Russia
3
Botswana
3
Somalia
3
Chile
2
Burundi
2
Gabon
2
Lebanon
2
Moldova
2
Sudan
2
Georgia
2
Central African Republic
2
Ecuador
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Thailand
1
Serbia
1
Benin
1
China
1
Iran
1
Albania
1
Canada
1
Singapore
1
Niger
1
Malaysia
1
Qatar
1
Italy
1
Armenia
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Hungary
1
Ireland
1
North America
1
Turkmenistan
1
Denmark
1
France
1
United Kingdom
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Belarus
1
Argentina
1
Egypt
1
Romania
1
Palestine
1
Poland
1
Honduras
1
Mali
1
Angola
1
Chad
1
Libya
1
Bhutan
1
Iraq
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
545
Key Resources
99
Public Health
98
Clinical Guidelines
58
Women & Child Health
50
Capacity Building
17
Pharmacy & Technologies
3
Toolboxes
COVID-19
130
HIV
113
Planetary Health
113
Mental Health
98
AMR
95
TB
58
Disability
55
Global Health Education
52
Conflict
47
Ebola & Marburg
44
Refugee
37
Caregiver
35
Health Financing Toolbox
30
NTDs
29
2.0 Rapid Response
26
Natural Hazards
23
Malaria
23
Rapid Response
20
NCDs
16
Specific Hazards
8
Pharmacy
8
Polio
8
Zika
5
Cholera
4
Social Ethics
4
One of the main aims of the WHO Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer and the CureAll Americas framework is to strengthen centers of excellence and promote the training of the health workforce, especially pediatric oncology nurses, specialized in nursing care for children and adolescents with cance...
COVID-19 has altered health sector capacity in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Cost data to inform evidence-based priority setting are urgently needed. Consequently, in this paper, we calculate the full economic health sector costs of COVID-19 clinical management in 79 LMICs under di...
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...
Benchmarking is a strategic process often used by businesses and institutes to standardize performance in relation to the best practices of their sector. The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have developed a tool with a list of benchmarks and corresponding suggested actions that can be a...
This toolkit for integrated vector management (IVM) is designed to help national and regional programme managers coordinate across sectors to design and run large IVM programmes.
The toolkit provides the technical detail required to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate an IVM approach. IVM can...
The toolkit provides the technical detail required to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate an IVM approach. IVM can...
Brucellosis is widespread in both humans and livestock in many developing countries. The authors have performed a series of epidemiological studies on brucellosis in agro-pastoral areas in Tanzania since 2015, with the aim of the disease control. Previously, the potential of a community-based brucel...
Growing evidence indicates that large proportions of children around the world experience physical, sexual and emotional violence every year, with enormous implications for human rights, public health and economic and social development.1 Over the last five years, national governments and Together f...
This report includes six case studies from 12 individuals with lived experience of diverse health conditions. These case studies explore the topics of power dynamics and power reorientation towards individuals with lived experience; informed decision-making and health literacy; community engagement ...
This report includes analysis from informal regional consultations in the African Region, the Caribbean and North America, Latin America, South-East Asia Region, European Region, Eastern Mediterranean Region, alongside three forums in the Western Pacific Region. It analyses the overarching similarit...
This interim guidance has been updated with advice on safe and appropriate home care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and on the public health measures related to the management of their contacts.
Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for people who use these interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the following working definition of self-care: Self-care is t...
Primary health care, as outlined in the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata and again 40 years later in the 2018 WHO/UNICEF document A vision for primary health care in the 21st century: towards universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, is a whole-of-government and whole-of-society a...
Global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is high and rising, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Focussing on 45 LMICs, we aimed to determine (1) the adult population’s median 10-year predicted CVD risk, including its variation within countries by socio-demographic char...
Full Report.
In response to a call by the United Nations Secretary-General and the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, an international team conducted an Ebola Recovery Assessment. The aim was to contribute towards laying the foundation for short-, medium- and long-term recovery while ...
This Interim Guidance outlines how key public health and social measures needed to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread and the impact of the disease can be adapted for use in low capacity and humanitarian settings. The recommendations outlined here need to be adjusted to the scale of transmission, co...
The Pharmacovigilance team in WHO aims to assure the safety of medicines and vaccines by ensuring reliable and timely exchange of information on safety issues, promoting pharmacovigilance activities throughout the Organization and encouraging participation in the WHO Programme for International Drug...
Epidemics of infectious diseases are occurring more often, and spreading faster and further than ever, in many different regions of the world. The background factors of this threat are biological, environmental and lifestyle changes, among others. A potentially fatal combination of newly-discovered ...
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...
Successful detonation of an improvised nuclear device (IND) would be a catastrophic event, causing an unprecedented number of injuries and lives lost, as well as economic, political, and social disruption. However, an effective medical response and an infrastructure prepared to protect itself from f...
Development of one or more vaccines for Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an important objective for sexual and reproductive health worldwide, and for the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
WHO preferred product characteristics (PPCs) provide strategic guidance as to WHO’s preferences for new vacci...
