Filter
2579
Filtered Results: 2579
Text search:
preventing
disability
Featured
Recommendations
283
New Publications
596
Language
Document type
No document type
1469
Studies & Reports
435
Guidelines
323
Manuals
143
Strategic & Response Plan
122
Training Material
30
Fact sheets
24
Situation Updates
18
Brochures
5
Infographics
4
Online Courses
3
Resource Platforms
2
App
1
Countries / Regions
Global
147
India
76
Kenya
69
Western and Central Europe
63
Latin America and the Carribbean
51
Uganda
46
Syria
45
Bangladesh
44
South Africa
44
Ethiopia
41
Ukraine
38
Liberia
37
Sierra Leone
35
Myanmar / Burma
33
Rwanda
31
Zambia
31
Nigeria
30
Malawi
30
Nepal
29
Ghana
28
Africa
28
Tanzania
25
South–East Asia Region
23
Philippines
21
Namibia
19
Asia
18
Cambodia
17
Mozambique
16
Congo, Democratic Republic of
16
South Sudan
15
Lesotho
14
Lebanon
14
Indonesia
14
Germany
13
Venezuela
12
Eastern Europe
12
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
11
Botswana
10
Afghanistan
9
Zimbabwe
9
Guinea
9
Vietnam
9
Yemen
9
Jordan
8
Paraguay
8
East and Southern Africa
8
Brazil
8
Cameroon
7
Haiti
7
Middle East and North Africa
7
Colombia
6
Thailand
6
Laos
6
USA
6
Western Pacific Region
6
Eswatini/ Swaziland
6
Pakistan
6
Moldova
5
Russia
5
Sudan
5
Palestine
5
Iraq
5
Somalia
5
West and Central Africa
4
Central African Republic
4
Timor Leste/ East Timor
3
Mexico
3
Turkey
3
Peru
3
North America
3
United Kingdom
3
Belarus
3
Bolivia
3
Bhutan
3
Tajikistan
2
China
2
Albania
2
Senegal
2
Burkina Faso
2
Burundi
2
Italy
2
Guinea-Bissau
2
Hungary
2
Jamaica
2
Argentina
2
Sri Lanka
2
Egypt
2
Romania
2
Greece
2
North Korea
1
Benin
1
Togo
1
Kazakhstan
1
Chile
1
Iran
1
Estonia
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Niger
1
Malaysia
1
Bulgaria
1
Ireland
1
Turkmenistan
1
Mauritius
1
Latvia
1
Southern Africa
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Poland
1
Honduras
1
Angola
1
Chad
1
Libya
1
Ecuador
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
821
Clinical Guidelines
222
Women & Child Health
203
Public Health
202
Key Resources
168
Capacity Building
55
Pharmacy & Technologies
6
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
Mental Health
373
Disability
234
COVID-19
212
NTDs
121
HIV
116
Conflict
111
Planetary Health
84
TB
77
NCDs
75
Refugee
67
Caregiver
62
Global Health Education
48
Rapid Response
44
Natural Hazards
42
Ebola & Marburg
31
AMR
21
Zika
15
Pharmacy
14
Health Financing Toolbox
13
Specific Hazards
11
Cholera
5
Polio
5
Social Ethics
2
Malaria
2
Typhoon
2
South Sudan
1
Tuberculosis (TB) prevention is essential for reaching the End TB targets in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of World Health Organization (WHO)1. The targets of 80% reduction in TB incidence rate and 90% reduction in TB mortality by 2030 (compared to 2015 levels) can be achieved only with addition...
This handbook is an adaptation from the WHO Clinical Handbook Health care for women subjected to intimate partner violence or sexual violence developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Women and United Nations Population Fund. The handbook draws on the work from professionals who are dedic...
Latin America and the Caribbean is characterized by a matrix of social inequality whose axes —such as
socioeconomic stratum, gender, stage in the life cycle, ethnicity and race, territory, disability, and immigration
status— create multiple, often concurrent, situations of exclusion and discri...
People living with HIV who have a low CD4 count are at a much higher risk of falling ill from TB infection than HIV negative people.
It is important to offer both HIV testing to TB patients and TB diagnosis in HIV patients. Early detection and effective treatment are essential to preventing TB...
Available in: English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Tajik, Vietnamese, Uzbek
http://www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/guidelines/en/
The World Heart Federation (WHF) commenced a Roadmap initiative in 2015 to reduce the global burden of cardiovascular disease and resultant burgeoning of healthcare costs. Roadmaps provide a blueprint for implementation of priority solutions for the principal cardiovascular diseases leading to death...
Key Considerations
This brief focuses on cross-border movement in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and its implications for development of risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies aimed at preventing transmission of COVID-19 in the ESA region. Given the extensive risk of cross...
Apart from implementation of TB infection Prevention and Control measures, treatment of those with active TB of the lungs is key in preventing the spread of the TB bacilli. The Public Health Act CAP 242, section 17 classify TB as notifiable infectious disease and under section 26 as part of preventi...
The new Global AIDS Strategy 2021--2026, End Inequalities, End AIDS, is a bold approach that uses an inequalities lens to close the gaps preventing progress to end AIDS
The WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity (frequency, intensity and duration) required to offer significant health benefits and mitigate he...
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have collectively remained the leading causes of death worldwide and substantially contribute to loss of health and excess health system costs. The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Study has tracked trends in death and disability since 1990 a...
Version 2 (unedited). The Basic Needs Analysis (BNA) is a multi-sector needs analysis approach that can be applied in both sudden onset and protracted emergencies. The methodology comprises the Guidance (this document) presenting the conceptual BNA framework and related processes, and a Toolbox, whi...
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a formative experience for all humanity and a health emergency of global proportions, presenting a huge challenge to national leaders, health systems, and citizens. The findings of a new report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) sho...
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 i...
This document provides technical guidance on concepts, definitions, indicators, criteria, milestones and tools to assist leprosy programmes in their journey towards the goals of interruption of transmission and elimination of leprosy disease and through the post-elimination period. Importantly, it p...
Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to the most recent estimates from the Global Asthma Network Phase I study, around one in 10 children and adults have symptoms of asthma and one in 20 school-aged children have severe asthma ...
A major problem facing the world is how to build peace following the ravages of increasingly protracted armed conflict. Armed conflicts leave behind shattered, divided societies that are at risk of repeating cycles of violence, and therefore need concerted peacebuilding efforts. Conflicts also take ...
The burden of diabetes is enormous, positioning it as one of the main challenges facing public health today. Currently, it is estimated that 62 million people are living with diabetes in the Region of the Americas and projections show its prevalence will continue rising over the following years. The...
The WHO Guidance on community mental health services: Promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches document is part of the WHO Guidance and technical packages on community mental health services set of publications. It provides a detailed description of person-centred and human rights-based ...
States have committed and assumed obligations to address multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, returnees and stateless persons. The Global Compact on Refugees places ending discrimination of any kind based on the grounds of ...
