Filter
2480
Filtered Results: 2480
Text search:
injuries
Featured
Recommendations
231
New Publications
671
Language
Document type
No document type
1475
Studies & Reports
396
Guidelines
237
Manuals
135
Strategic & Response Plan
85
Training Material
52
Fact sheets
46
Situation Updates
29
Brochures
11
Resource Platforms
8
Infographics
3
Online Courses
3
Countries / Regions
India
140
Global
104
Kenya
90
South Africa
65
Liberia
63
Syria
61
Nigeria
53
Sierra Leone
51
Nepal
50
Myanmar / Burma
49
Uganda
46
Ethiopia
43
Ghana
41
Bangladesh
41
Ukraine
40
Tanzania
33
Latin America and the Carribbean
29
Philippines
28
Western and Central Europe
28
Zambia
28
Rwanda
27
Namibia
27
Africa
26
Congo, Democratic Republic of
26
Malawi
23
South–East Asia Region
22
Zimbabwe
17
Lesotho
16
Mozambique
14
Cambodia
14
Germany
14
Guinea
12
USA
12
Yemen
12
Haiti
11
South Sudan
11
Eswatini/ Swaziland
11
Afghanistan
10
Asia
10
Eastern Europe
9
Indonesia
9
Senegal
8
Brazil
8
Mali
8
Botswana
8
Pakistan
8
Cameroon
7
Peru
7
West and Central Africa
7
East and Southern Africa
7
Lebanon
7
Jordan
6
Middle East and North Africa
6
Russia
6
Benin
5
Burkina Faso
5
Venezuela
5
Western Pacific Region
5
Sudan
5
Thailand
4
Turkey
4
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
4
Argentina
4
Egypt
4
Palestine
4
Central African Republic
4
Iraq
4
Somalia
4
Iran
3
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
3
Vietnam
3
Sri Lanka
3
Colombia
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Chile
2
Canada
2
Laos
2
Jamaica
2
Papua New Guinea
2
Libya
2
North Macedonia
1
Tajikistan
1
Switzerland
1
Mexico
1
El Salvador
1
Togo
1
China
1
Kazakhstan
1
Albania
1
Fiji
1
Singapore
1
Niger
1
Vanuatu
1
Qatar
1
Bulgaria
1
Armenia
1
Hungary
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Paraguay
1
North America
1
Japan
1
United Kingdom
1
Azerbaijan
1
Belarus
1
Southern Africa
1
Bolivia
1
Moldova
1
Djibouti
1
Romania
1
Slovakia
1
Greece
1
Poland
1
Honduras
1
Angola
1
Bhutan
1
Madagascar
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
957
Key Resources
188
Clinical Guidelines
165
Public Health
142
Women & Child Health
112
Capacity Building
49
Pharmacy & Technologies
13
Toolboxes
Mental Health
290
Disability
171
Conflict
148
Planetary Health
113
Caregiver
81
COVID-19
80
Refugee
79
Natural Hazards
74
Global Health Education
71
Ebola & Marburg
64
Specific Hazards
62
NCDs
55
Rapid Response
49
NTDs
49
HIV
48
Pharmacy
46
AMR
35
Health Financing Toolbox
28
TB
22
Zika
9
Social Ethics
7
Cholera
3
Polio
3
Typhoon
1
The Lancet. 13 March 2022. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02868-3. Previous Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) studies have reported
national health estimates for Ethiopia. Substantial regional variations in socioeconomic status, population, demography, and access to hea...
This document outlines Rwanda's policy on non-communicable diseases. The overall goal of NCDs Policy is to alleviate the burden of NCDs and their risk factors and protect Rwandan population from premature morbidity and mortality related to NCDs. This policy was developed through a series of consulta...
Policy Guidance Brief 2
• The potential health risks from climate change include: increase of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths, food insecurity and increased malnutrition. The poor, women, children and the elderly, as well as communities living...
• The potential health risks from climate change include: increase of waterborne and vector-borne diseases, heat-related illnesses, injuries and deaths, food insecurity and increased malnutrition. The poor, women, children and the elderly, as well as communities living...
Promoting health and preventing disease is a critical component of the effort required to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). to date, efforts to achieve UHC have focused mostly on strengthening health systems and their capacities to provide curative care. However, experience from the COVID-19 ...
The National Strategic Plan is based on the following guiding principles:
1) Life-course approach: adolescence is a key decade in the course of life that influences the health outcomes later in life.
2) Comprehensive approach: It recognizes the cross cutting health and development needs o...
1) Life-course approach: adolescence is a key decade in the course of life that influences the health outcomes later in life.
2) Comprehensive approach: It recognizes the cross cutting health and development needs o...
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began 30 years ago with the goal of providing timely, valid and relevant assessments of critical health outcomes. Over this period, the GBD has become progressively more granular. The latest iteration provides assessments of thousands of outcomes for diseases...
The World Health Organization's Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO EMRO) highlights the significant health and social consequences of harmful alcohol use. Excessive alcohol consumption is linked to over 200 diseases and injuries, including liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis, various cancers, hemo...
After a frightening or distressing experience (any kind of injury, a physical or sexual assault, car crash, fire, or other natural disaster), a child or teen may suffer psychological
stress in addition to any physical injuries.
When these reactions last for more than a month and are strong enough ...
Sustainable transport systems can protect and promote health, by reducing risks from vehicular air pollution, physical inactivity and traffic injuries, and by providing climate and environmental benefits for urban areas.
These guidelines have been extracted from the WHO manual Surgical Care at the District
Hospital (SCDH), which is a part of the WHO Integrated Management Package on Emergency
and Essential Surgical Care (IMPEESC).
Refer for details on anaesthesia, head, gunshot and landmine injuries in chapters
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.
The growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including disability, violence and injuries, has devastating health consequences for individuals, families and communities and threatens to overwhelm health systems. It is recognized that failure to act on noncommunicable diseases in the short t...
Successful detonation of an improvised nuclear device (IND) would be a catastrophic event, causing an unprecedented number of injuries and lives lost, as well as economic, political, and social disruption. However, an effective medical response and an infrastructure prepared to protect itself from f...
The WHO Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study measures the burden of
disease using the disability-adjusted life year metric (DALY). The DALY metric
was developed to assess the burden of disease consistently across diseases,
risk factors and regions. A consistent and comparative description of the ...
With this tool, users can explore progress made toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Measure progress made by 188 countries from 1990–2015 toward 33 health-related indicators, such as mortality rate due to road injuries, prevalence of intimate partner violence...
Training Manual for Doctors.
Cardiac deaths are highest cause of death in Bangladesh. Trauma, burn, poisoning and snake bite are commonly encountered in the emergency room of a hospital. Road traffic injuries, fire, collapse of a building etc. are sometimes bad to rush of a large number of patients...
Open Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, 8, 226-241
Abstract
Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major public health issue
in developing countries, where roads tend to be built haphazardly and accidents
take a heavy toll on victims—including leaving them disabled. This
study seeks ...
Climate change is a verified, global phenomenon, but its consequences will not be evenly distributed. Developing countries and small island nations will be the most affected. Countries will experience more frequent extreme weather events and resulting changes in water quality and availability, incre...
Pakistan Crisis 2022
recommended
WHO is responding as Pakistan is affected by massive monsoon rainfall and unprecedented levels of flooding and landslides. Damage to health infrastructure, shortages of health workers, and limited health supplies are disrupting health services. Significant public health threats include the spread of...
Information on 102 commonly used medicinal plants in the South Pacific WHO regional publications. Western Pacific series ; Plants from this part of the world represent an especially diverse flora and include several species currently undergoing scientific investigation. Common traditional uses inclu...
