Filter
6646
Filtered Results: 6646
Text search:
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
,
WHO
Featured
Recommendations
688
New Publications
1728
Language
Document type
No document type
3611
Studies & Reports
1063
Guidelines
978
Manuals
345
Strategic & Response Plan
272
Fact sheets
163
Training Material
89
Situation Updates
66
Resource Platforms
20
Infographics
20
Brochures
10
Online Courses
5
Dashboards/Maps
2
App
2
Countries / Regions
India
316
Global
271
Kenya
177
Sierra Leone
177
Liberia
165
Ethiopia
151
Western and Central Europe
139
Nigeria
138
Africa
128
Uganda
119
Latin America and the Carribbean
105
South Africa
101
Nepal
98
Rwanda
94
Malawi
92
Zambia
88
Tanzania
86
Congo, Democratic Republic of
73
Bangladesh
72
Ukraine
66
Syria
66
Ghana
64
West and Central Africa
63
Philippines
61
Myanmar / Burma
61
Guinea
59
Namibia
57
Middle East and North Africa
56
Eastern Europe
55
Mozambique
54
East and Southern Africa
54
Russia
49
Senegal
48
South Sudan
48
Germany
46
Zimbabwe
44
South–East Asia Region
44
Haiti
42
Asia
40
Cambodia
37
Brazil
36
Lesotho
35
Burkina Faso
32
Yemen
32
Indonesia
29
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
25
Botswana
23
Colombia
22
Madagascar
22
Cameroon
20
Venezuela
19
Mali
19
USA
18
Eswatini/ Swaziland
18
Pakistan
16
Afghanistan
15
Somalia
15
Thailand
14
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
14
Sudan
14
Angola
14
Western Pacific Region
13
Albania
12
Vietnam
12
Central African Republic
12
Tajikistan
11
Moldova
11
Benin
10
Guinea-Bissau
10
China
9
Chile
9
Laos
9
Niger
9
Peru
9
Jordan
9
North America
9
Argentina
9
Lebanon
9
Togo
8
Georgia
8
Ecuador
8
North Macedonia
7
Burundi
7
Saudi Arabia
7
Paraguay
7
Chad
7
Iraq
7
Armenia
6
Spain
6
Bolivia
6
Palestine
6
Timor Leste/ East Timor
5
Turkey
5
Gambia
5
Papua New Guinea
5
Sri Lanka
5
Romania
5
Poland
5
Kazakhstan
4
Hungary
4
Japan
4
Egypt
4
Libya
4
Mexico
3
El Salvador
3
Iran
3
Canada
3
Gabon
3
Turkmenistan
3
France
3
Tunisia
3
United Kingdom
3
Belarus
3
Southern Africa
3
Honduras
3
Bhutan
3
Estonia
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Congo-Brazzaville
2
Uzbekistan
2
Malaysia
2
Morocco
2
Qatar
2
Bulgaria
2
Mauritania
2
Jamaica
2
Belgium
2
Mauritius
2
Portugal
2
Slovakia
2
Greece
2
North Korea
1
Switzerland
1
Serbia
1
Australia
1
Singapore
1
Austria
1
Italy
1
Dominican Republic
1
Cape Verde
1
Lithuania
1
Ireland
1
Uruguay
1
Maldives
1
Morocco
1
Israel
1
Djibouti
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
2483
Clinical Guidelines
557
Public Health
399
Key Resources
344
Women & Child Health
244
Capacity Building
92
Pharmacy & Technologies
79
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
COVID-19
816
HIV
529
TB
453
Mental Health
382
Ebola & Marburg
327
Rapid Response
270
AMR
235
NTDs
222
Planetary Health
168
NCDs
156
Caregiver
150
Conflict
131
Refugee
114
Disability
94
Pharmacy
93
Zika
90
Global Health Education
87
Cholera
74
Natural Hazards
63
Health Financing Toolbox
62
Polio
43
Specific Hazards
40
Malaria
13
Social Ethics
7
Typhoon
3
South Sudan
2
Essential obstetric and newborn care
recommended
Essential obstetric and newborn care is designed as a tool to help protect mothers and their children in adverse environments. It is intended for midwives, doctors with obstetrics training, and health care personnel who deal with obstetric emergencies.
In where under-five mortality is high and vitamin A deficiency is a public health problem, two high-dose supplements of vitamin A per year, spaced four to six months apart, can strengthen children’s immune systems and improve their chances of survival.
During much of early childhood – from...
During much of early childhood – from...
Practice paper in Brief 24
Containment strategies for Ebola rupture fundamental features of social, political and religious life. Control efforts that involve local people and appreciate their perspectives, social structures and institutions are therefore vital
As of 15 May 2020, more than 4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including more than 285,000 deaths have been reported to WHO. The risk of severe disease and death has been highest in older people and in persons with underlying noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension, cardiac diseas...
In preparing this paper, the Pharmacovigilance Group of the Pan American Health Organization’s Pan American Network for Drug Regulatory Harmonization (PANDRH) adopted the perspective of PAHO/WHO, which considers Pharmacovigilance, an essential component of public health programs. Its intention was...
Drugs and medical supplies are dispensed at the cutting edge level of the interface between the public health system and the people. Availability or lack of it brings either credit or discredit to the public health system. The primary reason for holding stocks of medicines and medical supplies in a ...
n the countries of the Region of the Americas, there are different forms of organization of health services at the first level of care. Some countries include certain laboratory, dental and diagnostic imaging practices in the first level of care, while other countries centralize these practices in t...
CHWs demonstrated social commitment and purpose in the short term observed. The evaluation of the training of CHWs revealed that most demonstrated the necessary skills for referrals to prevent complications, caring for newborns and their mothers at home immediately after discharge from health care c...
For biological agents, the publication covers 11 bacteria,
fungi and viruses listed by states parties to the Biological
Weapons Convention in declarations of past offensive
research and development programmes, or considered of
special concern for possible use in terrorism. All of these
agents c...
Current and expected problems such as ageing, increased prevalence of chronic conditions and multi-morbidity, increased emphasison healthy lifestyle and prevention, and substitution for care from hospitals by care provided in the community encourage countries worldwide to develop new models of prima...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) strainsor multidrug-resistant S.aureus, initially described in 1960s,emerged in the last decade as a cause of nosocomial infections responsible for rapidly progressive, potential fatal diseases including life-threatening pneumonia, necrotizing fascii...
The Global Movement for Mental Health has brought renewed attention to the neglect of people with mental illness within health policy worldwide. The maltreatment of the mentally ill in many low-income countries is widely reported within psychiatric hospitals, informal healing centres, and family hom...
The major neglected tropical diseases, Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni or S. haematobium are presumed to be widely distributed in Africa. Taenia solium taeniosis/ cysticercosis has been reported as an emerging disease in different regions of Af...
This document provides information for WHO Member States, particularly low-income and middle-income countries, to strengthen preparedness and response plans with regard to the social and mental health consequences of biological and chemical attacks.
Ethiopia has seen high economic growth over the last decade, but remains a poor country with a high burden of disease. It has made considerable health gains in recent years, mainly by having health policies that focus on extending primary healthcare, using health extension workers. It...
The government of Rwanda conducted the 2010 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) to gather up-to-date information for monitoring progress on healthcare programs and policies in Rwanda, including the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS), the Millennium Development Goals ...
A toolkit for pharmacists.
Emerging data show that medication errors and adverse events cause significant harm to patients’ health and
well-being. It is estimated that the burden of adverse events due to medicines is now comparable to that of
widespread diseases, such as malaria or tuberculosis...
Sepsis contributes significantly to preventable mortality and is the final common pathway to death for severe infectious diseases; it can also arise as a complication of injuries and non-communicable diseases.
Constituting the fourth part of the World Drug Report 2022, this booklet focuses on the market dynamics of various stimulants – cocaine, amphetamines and “ecstasy” – and of NPS.
The first chapter contains an analysis of the global market for cocaine, starting with a review of cocaine supply...
Recognizing the extent to which the COVID-19 outbreaks affects women and men differently is hugely important. Some preliminary data suggested that more men than women are dying, potentially due to sex-based immunological differences, higher rates of cardiovascular disease for men and lifestyle choic...
