Filter
1538
Filtered Results: 1538
Text search:
DISABILITY
RIGHTS
PR
OMOTION
INTERNATIONAL
Featured
Recommendations
129
New Publications
374
Language
Document type
No document type
995
Studies & Reports
208
Guidelines
123
Manuals
87
Strategic & Response Plan
78
Training Material
27
Situation Updates
11
Fact sheets
6
Infographics
2
Resource Platforms
1
Countries / Regions
Global
74
Kenya
49
Western and Central Europe
47
India
41
South Africa
39
Uganda
32
Ethiopia
32
Myanmar / Burma
29
Bangladesh
27
Malawi
26
Nepal
24
Ghana
24
Liberia
24
Latin America and the Carribbean
23
Rwanda
22
Zambia
21
Sierra Leone
20
Nigeria
19
Philippines
19
Cambodia
19
Lesotho
18
Tanzania
18
Ukraine
16
Syria
16
Namibia
16
South–East Asia Region
13
Mozambique
12
Congo, Democratic Republic of
12
Indonesia
12
Zimbabwe
11
Africa
11
Eastern Europe
10
South Sudan
10
Botswana
9
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
8
Cameroon
7
Asia
7
Jordan
7
Eswatini/ Swaziland
7
Thailand
6
Western Pacific Region
6
Lebanon
6
Vietnam
6
China
5
Senegal
5
Afghanistan
5
Yemen
5
Laos
4
Guinea
4
Venezuela
4
Germany
4
Moldova
4
Sudan
4
Somalia
4
Pakistan
4
Colombia
3
Turkey
3
Albania
3
Burkina Faso
3
Peru
3
Haiti
3
West and Central Africa
3
Middle East and North Africa
3
Paraguay
3
North America
3
East and Southern Africa
3
Bolivia
3
Russia
3
Iraq
3
North Macedonia
2
Tajikistan
2
Mexico
2
Canada
2
Singapore
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
USA
2
Jamaica
2
Portugal
2
Spain
2
Azerbaijan
2
Sri Lanka
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Serbia
1
Benin
1
Kazakhstan
1
Chile
1
Iran
1
Fiji
1
Malaysia
1
Armenia
1
Croatia
1
Hungary
1
Lithuania
1
Ireland
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
Mauritius
1
United Kingdom
1
Israel
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Brazil
1
Egypt
1
Romania
1
Slovakia
1
Palestine
1
Poland
1
Honduras
1
Mali
1
Angola
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
563
Public Health
138
Key Resources
107
Women & Child Health
94
Clinical Guidelines
81
Capacity Building
23
Pharmacy & Technologies
2
Annual Report MEDBOX
1
Toolboxes
Disability
235
Mental Health
234
HIV
72
COVID-19
67
Planetary Health
50
Conflict
46
NTDs
40
Global Health Education
40
TB
36
Caregiver
36
NCDs
35
Refugee
23
Rapid Response
14
Natural Hazards
14
AMR
13
Health Financing Toolbox
10
Ebola & Marburg
7
Pharmacy
7
Specific Hazards
6
Zika
4
Cholera
1
Social Ethics
1
Polio
1
Confronted with the important issue of patient safety, in 2002 the Fifty-fifth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution urging countries to pay the closest possible attention to the problem and to strengthen safety and monitoring systems. In May 2004, the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly approv...
National emergency medical teams are the best option for providing immediate and appropriate surge response for emergencies directly affecting populations, while international teams may help relieve overwhelmed health systems. The efficiency and effectiveness of countries and local authorities in mo...
Shaping Health programme on Learning from international experience on approaches to community power, participation and decision-making in health,AMHF, TARSC
The Implementation toolkit for accessible telehealth services provides practical guidance to support governments, industry partners, health service providers and civil society groups in the use and implementation of the WHO-ITU Global standard for accessibility of telehealth services. The toolkit is...
Assessing and improving quality and human rights in mental health and social care facilites
This publication provides a practical tool to support countries in strengthening surveillance of WASH in schools. The findings will inform the development of supportive regulations and improvement planning to safeguard children’s health, well-being, dignity and cognitive performance. The tool also...
Unhealthy diets and excess body weight are leading risk factors for death and disability in the WHO European Region. Addressing malnutrition in all its forms is essential to ensure health and well-being for all and, consequently, sustainable development. It requires coherent and innovative actions c...
The "Questions and Answers on Prevention and control of Alcohol related harm" has been developed by WHO country office in Viet Nam with technical contribution from national and international experts in the field. This publication provides scientific evidences on harms of alcohol use to the health of...
Guía para la rehabilitación basada en la comunidad (RBC)
En el 2003, una Consulta Internacional para Revisar a Rehabilitación Basada en la Comunidad, celebrada en Helsinki, hizo un número de recomendaciones. Seguidamente, la rehabilitación basada en la comunidad se volvió a posicionar con una...
The core of the strategy is the goal for all patients to have better overall care, so that the numbers of deaths and cases of disability are reduced by 50% before 2030. For this to be achieved, four strategic aims will be pursued.
Empower and engage communities,
Ensure safe, effective trea...
The study analyses the current situation of children with disabilities in relation to realizing their rights and accessing basic services, as well as their life experiences in their communities. It also focuses on identifying the barriers created by society that prevent children with disabilities fr...
The Early Childhood Development Policy and its Strategic Plan seek to provide a framework to ensure such a holistic and integrated approach to the development of young children. International research has demonstrated the high economic returns on ECD investment and its positive impact on health and ...
Oral health is defined as the absence of disease and a status that ensures optimal functioning of the mouth and its tissues in a manner preserving the highest level of function and self-esteem. Oral health enables an individual to eat, speak and socialise having no active disease, discomfort or disc...
Epilepsy is one of the world’s most common chronic neurological disorders. Roughly 50 million people
suffer from it, 5 million of them in the Region of the Americas . Nevertheless, it is estimated that over
50% of these people in Latin America and the Caribbean have no access to services. Furthe...
Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4).
Patel V, Chisholm D, Dua T, et al., editors.
Washington (DC): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank; 2016 Mar 14.
Today, patient harm due to unsafe care is a large and growing global public health challenge and is one of the
leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Most of this patient harm is avoidable. As countries strive to
achieve universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, t...
Education is UNESCO’s top priority because
it is a basic human right and the foundation
on which to build peace and drive sustainable
development. UNESCO is the United Nations’
specialized agency for education and the
Education Sector provides global and
regional leadership in education, s...
A WHO-ITU Standard.
Nearly 50% of people aged 12-35 years – or 1.1 billion young people – are at risk of hearing loss due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud sounds, including music they listen to through personal audio devices. Ahead of World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Org...
The document is a summary report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, focusing on a capacity-building workshop held in Abu Dhabi in 2019. The workshop addressed the management and care of substance use disorders, aiming to improve technical and manage...
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...
