Filter
2956
Filtered Results: 2956
Text search:
infant
and
child
mortatlity
Featured
Recommendations
248
New Publications
1055
Language
Document type
No document type
2030
Studies & Reports
365
Guidelines
281
Manuals
97
Strategic & Response Plan
75
Training Material
41
Fact sheets
37
Situation Updates
18
Infographics
7
Resource Platforms
3
Online Courses
2
Countries / Regions
India
171
Kenya
132
Ethiopia
102
Nepal
96
Sierra Leone
88
Global
86
Liberia
77
Nigeria
76
Uganda
72
Rwanda
71
Malawi
71
Tanzania
69
Bangladesh
67
Zambia
65
Myanmar / Burma
61
South Africa
57
Ghana
50
Lesotho
38
Namibia
38
Zimbabwe
35
Philippines
34
Africa
32
Senegal
31
Latin America and the Carribbean
31
Cambodia
30
Mozambique
24
Asia
23
Haiti
22
Congo, Democratic Republic of
21
Botswana
21
Indonesia
21
South Sudan
19
Burkina Faso
18
Western and Central Europe
18
South–East Asia Region
17
Syria
16
Eswatini/ Swaziland
16
Venezuela
15
Ukraine
13
Guinea
12
Russia
11
Yemen
11
Benin
10
East and Southern Africa
10
Pakistan
10
Afghanistan
9
Brazil
9
Sudan
9
Paraguay
8
Madagascar
8
Lebanon
7
Eastern Europe
7
Jordan
6
Tajikistan
5
Colombia
5
Cameroon
5
Germany
5
West and Central Africa
5
Albania
4
Peru
4
Middle East and North Africa
4
Papua New Guinea
4
Egypt
4
Georgia
4
Central African Republic
4
Iraq
4
Somalia
4
Timor Leste/ East Timor
3
Mexico
3
Turkey
3
Togo
3
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
3
Southern Africa
3
Bolivia
3
Argentina
3
Vietnam
3
Mali
3
North Macedonia
2
Thailand
2
China
2
Iran
2
Laos
2
Burundi
2
Western Pacific Region
2
North America
2
Sri Lanka
2
Libya
2
Gambia
1
Chile
1
Singapore
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Niger
1
Qatar
1
USA
1
Dominican Republic
1
Saudi Arabia
1
France
1
Latvia
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Moldova
1
Djibouti
1
Greece
1
Palestine
1
Bhutan
1
Ecuador
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1621
Women & Child Health
302
Clinical Guidelines
254
Public Health
127
Key Resources
100
Capacity Building
45
Pharmacy & Technologies
8
Toolboxes
HIV
259
TB
113
COVID-19
102
Caregiver
89
Mental Health
85
Planetary Health
57
Conflict
52
Disability
50
Global Health Education
49
Ebola & Marburg
48
Rapid Response
44
AMR
37
NCDs
35
Refugee
31
NTDs
27
Health Financing Toolbox
20
Natural Hazards
19
Pharmacy
17
Cholera
14
Zika
13
Social Ethics
6
Polio
6
Malaria
2
South Sudan
1
This manual was developed based on the recommendations of a global technical consultation on child health in humanitarian emergencies co-organized by WHO and UNICEF at the end of 2003. WHO in collaboration with the Centre for Refugee and Disaster Response, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Ho...
Humanitarian crises exacerbate nutritional risks and often lead to an increase in acute malnutrition. Emergencies include both manmade (conflict) and natural disasters (floods, drought, cyclones, typhoons, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.). Complex emergencies are combinations of both manmade a...
Program Implementation Manual (PIM)
The Save One Million Lives Program for Results (SOML PforR) is a Federal Government of Nigeria maternal and child health program, supported by the World Bank, which provides incentives based on achievement of results (health outcomes) and helps to drive insti...
The Save One Million Lives Program for Results (SOML PforR) is a Federal Government of Nigeria maternal and child health program, supported by the World Bank, which provides incentives based on achievement of results (health outcomes) and helps to drive insti...
USAID/KENYA Evaluation Services and Program Support (ESPS)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has a solid track record of supporting health and development initiatives in Kenya. AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIA) is the agency’s flagship hea...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has a solid track record of supporting health and development initiatives in Kenya. AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance (APHIA) is the agency’s flagship hea...
Policy Research Working Paper 6100 | Impact Evaluation Series No. 60 | This study examines the effect of performance incentives for health care providers to provide more and higher quality care in Rwanda on child health outcomes. The authors find that the incentives had a large and significant effec...
The overall goal of the programme, to reduce the malaria morbidity and mortality by 75% (using 2012 as baseline) by the year 2020, continued to be pursued in 2014. The following areas were identified as some of the priorities for the year: Malaria Case Management under which we have Malaria in Pregn...
The response to a cholera outbreak must focus on limiting mortality and reducing the spread of the disease. It should be comprehensive and multisectoral, including epidemiology, case management, water, sanitation and hygiene, logistics, community engagement and risk communication. All efforts must b...
Technical Note on Antimicrobial Resistance
This document reflects UNICEF’s response to the growing global threat of AMR to child survival, growth and development. It identifies UNICEF’s AMR-specific and AMR-sensitive actions in reducing infections, promoting access to and optimal use of antimic...
During the year 2022, COVID-19 continued to be a significant challenge in Eritrea as in many other countries across the world. As COVID-19 devastated communities around the world, WHO worked with the MoH to strengthen the National and Sub-National health systems in order to meet community needs and ...
The article focuses on "The State of the World’s Children 2023" report published by UNICEF. It highlights the critical role of vaccines in saving lives and the challenges in global immunization efforts, especially for marginalized and underserved children. The report emphasizes the impact of COVID...
Kangaroo mother care: a practical guide
recommended
Kangaroo mother care is a method of care of preterm infants. The method involves infants being carried, usually by the mother, with skin-to-skin contact. This guide is intended for health professionals responsible for the care of low-birth-weight and preterm infants. Designed to be adapted to local ...
Improving Maternal Mental Health
recommended
The mental health of women not only adversely affects them, but its impact on their
developing infant is also severe. If the ability of women to take care of their baby is
compromised, the survival and development of the infant is jeopardized. Maternal
depression in resource-constrained settings ...
Asthma is the commonest chronic childhood disease and encompasses a spectrum of airway diseases with similar symptoms. Inaccurate diagnosis remains common, especially in younger children, with failure to characterize the different “asthmas.” Children worldwide repeatedly suffer symptoms which se...
PLoS Med 16(3): e1002768. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002768
Home delivery and late and infrequent attendance at antenatal care (ANC) are responsible for substantial avoidable maternal and pediatric morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. This cluster-randomized trial aimed to de...
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, imposing a consistent burden on health system. In recent years, prevalence of asthma symptoms became globally increased in children and adolescents, particularly in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Host (genetics, atopy) and environmental fa...
This publication is designed to be used by programme planners and managers as a resource when designing interventions to integrate postpartum family planning into national and subnational strategies. Postpartum family planning should not be considered a ‘vertical’ programme, but rather as an int...
Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) is a decentralised community-based approach to treating acute malnutrition. Treatment is matched to the nutritional and clinical needs of the child, with the majority children receiving treatment at home using ready-to-use foods. In-patient car...
WHO recommendations on newborn health: Guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee
recommended
Updated May 2017
This document is meant to respond to the questions:
■ What health interventions should be the newborn and young infants < 2 months of age receive and when should s/he receive it?
■ What health behaviours should a mother/caregiver practise (or not practise)?
This document is meant to respond to the questions:
■ What health interventions should be the newborn and young infants < 2 months of age receive and when should s/he receive it?
■ What health behaviours should a mother/caregiver practise (or not practise)?
July 2021. This publication brings together important clinical and programmatic updates produced by WHO since 2016 and provides comprehensive, evidence-informed recommendations and good practice statements within a public health, rights-based and person-centred approach.
These guidelines bring in...
This document is intended for a wide audience including national and local policymakers, implementers and managers of national and local maternal and child health programmes, non-governmental and other organizations and professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and c...
