Filter
11805
Filtered Results: 11805
Text search:
diseases
control
Featured
Recommendations
1092
New Publications
2705
Language
Document type
No document type
5750
Studies & Reports
1935
Guidelines
1832
Manuals
590
Fact sheets
466
Strategic & Response Plan
447
Training Material
204
Resource Platforms
151
Infographics
140
Situation Updates
121
Online Courses
62
Brochures
58
Videos
30
Dashboards/Maps
13
App
6
Countries / Regions
Global
635
India
465
Sierra Leone
282
Kenya
268
Liberia
240
Africa
231
Western and Central Europe
228
Nigeria
227
South Africa
225
Ethiopia
208
Latin America and the Carribbean
205
Uganda
179
Congo, Democratic Republic of
176
Nepal
166
Rwanda
142
Tanzania
140
Guinea
136
Malawi
130
West and Central Africa
124
Syria
119
Bangladesh
119
Zambia
117
Ghana
116
Senegal
114
Mozambique
113
Myanmar / Burma
109
Middle East and North Africa
107
Russia
99
East and Southern Africa
98
Ukraine
95
Brazil
92
Namibia
92
Haiti
91
South Sudan
90
Eastern Europe
83
Burkina Faso
81
Philippines
79
Yemen
75
Germany
74
South–East Asia Region
66
Zimbabwe
63
Colombia
61
Mali
59
Asia
58
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
58
Indonesia
57
Cameroon
56
Lesotho
51
Guinea-Bissau
50
Venezuela
50
Cambodia
49
Angola
48
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
44
Chad
39
Paraguay
38
Botswana
35
Madagascar
30
Niger
29
Eswatini/ Swaziland
29
Benin
28
Argentina
28
Pakistan
28
Sudan
27
Central African Republic
26
Chile
25
Afghanistan
24
Peru
24
Western Pacific Region
24
Ecuador
23
USA
22
Somalia
22
Bolivia
21
China
20
North America
20
Vietnam
20
Spain
19
Thailand
16
Togo
16
Iraq
16
Tajikistan
14
Albania
13
Jordan
13
Lebanon
12
Moldova
12
Sri Lanka
12
Burundi
10
Saudi Arabia
10
Portugal
10
Egypt
10
El Salvador
9
Laos
9
Georgia
9
Mexico
8
Turkey
8
Italy
8
Papua New Guinea
8
Palestine
8
North Macedonia
7
Timor Leste/ East Timor
7
Iran
7
France
7
Honduras
7
Gambia
6
Kazakhstan
6
Armenia
6
Southern Africa
6
Libya
6
Guatemala
6
Kyrgyzstan
5
United Kingdom
5
Djibouti
5
Romania
5
Poland
5
Bhutan
5
Canada
4
Congo-Brazzaville
4
Malaysia
4
Dominican Republic
4
Hungary
4
Uruguay
4
Turkmenistan
4
Japan
4
Belarus
4
North Korea
3
Serbia
3
Fiji
3
Singapore
3
Uzbekistan
3
Mauritania
3
Gabon
3
Jamaica
3
Mauritius
3
Tunisia
3
Greece
3
Estonia
2
Morocco
2
Qatar
2
Bulgaria
2
Ireland
2
Belgium
2
South Korea
2
Israel
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Nicaragua
2
Slovakia
2
Switzerland
1
Australia
1
Austria
1
Vanuatu
1
Mongolia
1
Cape Verde
1
Lithuania
1
Denmark
1
Maldives
1
Morocco
1
Azerbaijan
1
Latvia
1
Belize
1
Costa Rica
1
Guyana
1
Oman
1
Panama
1
Solomon Islands
1
Cuba
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
4149
Clinical Guidelines
901
Public Health
710
Key Resources
569
Women & Child Health
409
Capacity Building
193
Pharmacy & Technologies
142
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
COVID-19
1553
HIV
722
Mental Health
703
TB
700
Ebola & Marburg
627
NTDs
608
Rapid Response
420
AMR
404
NCDs
362
Planetary Health
354
Caregiver
267
Malaria
237
Conflict
198
Zika
193
Refugee
184
Disability
183
Cholera
181
Pharmacy
160
Global Health Education
149
Health Financing Toolbox
119
Natural Hazards
118
Polio
71
Specific Hazards
69
2.0 Rapid Response
46
Social Ethics
22
Typhoon
4
South Sudan
2
What are the local beliefs and practices around illnesses and death, the transmission of disease and spirituality, which affect decision-making (around health-seeking behaviour, caring for relatives and nature of burials) and can inform effective behaviour change interventions for preventing Ebola i...
Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents are invaluable life savers, particularly in resource-limited countries where infectious diseases are abundant. Both uncomplicated and severe infections are potentially curable as long as the aetiological agents are susceptible to the ...
UN, international agencies and experts released a groundbreaking report demanding immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance crisis.
If no action is taken - warns the UN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance who release...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global public health concern and a food safety issue. When pathogens become resistant to antimicrobial agents they can pose a greater human health risk as a result of potential treatment failure, loss of treatment options and increased likelihood and severi...
About one fourth of the world’s population is estimated to have been infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacilli, and about 5–10% of those infected develop TB disease in their lifetime. The risk for TB disease after infection depends on several factors, the most important being the person’s im...
Findings on maternal and child health in Nepal, Mozambique and
Rwanda, and neglected tropical diseases in Cambodia and Sierra Leone | This report synthesises findings from five country case studies from the health dimension of this project, which focus on maternal and child health (MCH) (Mozambique...
As of 21 May 2020, 4.8 million confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported globally. In South America, COVID-19 was first detected on 26 February 2020, when Brazil confirmed a case in São Paulo.
• provide scientific information on the safety, efficacy, and quality control/ quality assurance of widely used medicinal plants, in order to facilitate their appropriate use in Member States;
• provide models to assist Member States in developing their own mono- graphs or formularies for these...
Overwhelming evidence shows that a range of health concerns—mental illness, substance dependence, HIV/AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases—affect prisoners disproportionately. But, while incarceration poses risks to health—including inadequate nutrition and exposure to violence—prisons also pr...
The executive summary of the WHO Global oral health status report presents a snapshot of the most recent data on major oral diseases, risk factors, health system challenges and opportunities for reform. The report’s clear conclusion is that the status of global oral health is alarming and requires...
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 main objectives of the training module
- facilitate communication and understanding between the two disciplines of epidemiology and laboratory (medicine) for disease surveillance and outbreak investigation;
- provide the field epidemiologist with a better understanding of basic microbiolo...
PLOS Glob Public Health 4(12): e0004035. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004035.
A new formulation of praziquantel, arpraziquantel (arPZQ), has been developed for preschool-
aged children (PSAC) to fill the treatment gap for this age group in schistosomiasis control and
elimination program...
The number of new Ebola infections in Sierra Leone is declining, despite the outbreak continuing to claim lives. New cases have dropped to around 9-12 per week, according to recent WHO figures. There were over 500 cases per week at the height of the crisis around late November 2014.
The impact on t...
Building on the 2021 Interim guidance, this second version and update, incorporates the lessons and feedback from the hepatitis pilots that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of measuring hepatitis B and C impact targets to demonstrate elimination, whilst highlighting challenges caused by hig...
The most frequent health problems of newly arrived refugees and migrants include accidental injuries, hypothermia, burns, gastrointestinal illnesses, cardiovascular events, pregnancy- and delivery-related complications, diabetes and hypertension. Female refugees and migrants frequently face specific...
The Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE) provides WHO with rapid and flexible resources to respond to disease outbreaks and other health emergencies. The annual report provides an overview of the use and impact of the Fund over the previous year.
Terminology used to describe the transmission of pathogens through the air varies across scientific disciplines, organizations and the general public. While this has been the case for decades, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the terms ‘airborne’, ‘airborne transmission’ a...
The effect of music intervention on mild and moderate Intellectually
disabled children was studied in non-randomized pre-test post-test control
group design at an Indian state (Jammu) J&K
Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for monkeypox: interim guidance 24 June 2022
recommended
The overall goal of surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing in this context is to stop human-to-human transmission to control the outbreak. The key objectives of surveillance and case investigation are to rapidly identify cases and clusters in order to provide optimal clinical care; to ...
