Filter
2119
Filtered Results: 2119
Text search:
World
Health
Organization,
Regional
Office
for
the
Americas
Featured
Recommendations
213
New Publications
462
Language
Document type
No document type
1004
Studies & Reports
515
Guidelines
280
Manuals
144
Strategic & Response Plan
78
Training Material
42
Situation Updates
22
Fact sheets
19
Resource Platforms
9
Infographics
3
Online Courses
2
App
1
Countries / Regions
Global
159
Latin America and the Carribbean
80
Western and Central Europe
39
India
33
Africa
30
Liberia
23
Syria
22
Venezuela
22
South Africa
21
Ethiopia
21
Ukraine
18
Sierra Leone
18
Haiti
17
Uganda
17
Asia
16
Eastern Europe
16
South–East Asia Region
15
Myanmar / Burma
15
Nigeria
14
South Sudan
14
Colombia
13
Kenya
13
Middle East and North Africa
13
Russia
13
Ghana
12
Philippines
12
Brazil
12
Zambia
12
Tanzania
11
Bangladesh
11
Nepal
10
Afghanistan
9
West and Central Africa
9
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
9
Thailand
8
Rwanda
8
Guinea
8
Congo, Democratic Republic of
8
East and Southern Africa
8
Namibia
8
Malawi
7
Zimbabwe
7
Indonesia
7
Pakistan
7
China
6
Peru
6
Mozambique
6
Cambodia
6
Jordan
6
Paraguay
6
Somalia
6
Ecuador
6
Iran
5
USA
5
Senegal
4
Germany
4
Western Pacific Region
4
North America
4
Lebanon
4
Iraq
4
Eswatini/ Swaziland
4
Tajikistan
3
Mexico
3
Albania
3
Papua New Guinea
3
Moldova
3
Yemen
3
Greece
3
Central African Republic
3
Mali
3
Botswana
3
Madagascar
3
North Macedonia
2
Lesotho
2
Canada
2
Estonia
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Armenia
2
Jamaica
2
Southern Africa
2
Bolivia
2
Argentina
2
Vietnam
2
Sudan
2
Romania
2
Palestine
2
Georgia
2
Honduras
2
Libya
2
North Korea
1
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
El Salvador
1
Turkey
1
Kazakhstan
1
Chile
1
Cameroon
1
Laos
1
Niger
1
Burkina Faso
1
Malaysia
1
Vanuatu
1
Morocco
1
Mongolia
1
Qatar
1
Dominican Republic
1
Guinea-Bissau
1
Cape Verde
1
Croatia
1
Lithuania
1
Ireland
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Turkmenistan
1
Belgium
1
Tunisia
1
United Kingdom
1
Belarus
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Poland
1
Solomon Islands
1
Guatemala
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
390
Clinical Guidelines
231
Public Health
165
Women & Child Health
162
Key Resources
159
Capacity Building
42
Pharmacy & Technologies
28
Toolboxes
Mental Health
211
HIV
197
COVID-19
169
Planetary Health
134
Rapid Response
112
TB
90
Disability
89
NTDs
85
Global Health Education
71
Zika
64
AMR
63
Caregiver
62
Refugee
54
Conflict
48
NCDs
45
Pharmacy
38
Ebola & Marburg
35
Health Financing Toolbox
34
Natural Hazards
31
Specific Hazards
14
Polio
10
Cholera
8
Social Ethics
7
Malaria
4
Typhoon
2
To enhance health co-benefits across urban policies which tackle air pollution and climate change, WHO, in cooperation with various international, national, and local partners, implemented the Urban Health Initiative (UHI) pilot project in Accra, Ghana. The Initiative prompted the health sector to u...
Obesity and diabetes are affecting the peoples of the Americas at high and increasing rates. National surveys demonstrate that obesity is increasing in prevalence among all age groups; 7% to 12% of children under 5 years old and
one-fi fth of adolescents are obese, while rates of overweight and obe...
Every year, nearly 250 million people move across borders temporarily or permanently for a job opportunity, studying, to flee a crisis back home, or for other reasons. Another 750 million move for similar reasons within the borders of their countries. With the understanding that human mobility affec...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has launched a new Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa which is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive collection of 100 African forgotten food crops.
Also referred to as neglected, underutilized or orphan crops, these species offer valua...
Also published in Spanish (2013) with the title: Informe sobre la epilepsia en América Latina y el Caribe - ISBN 978-92-75-31776-1
It provides selected illustrations and photographs of congenital anomalies that are severe enough to have a high probability of being captured during the first few days following birth
28 Dec 2020. The main objective of these guidelines is to provide tools for staff working in the field of immunization to support effective communication between health personnel and the general population, with the aim of strengthening, maintaining or recovering trust in vaccines and the immunizati...
The larval stage of the parasite Taenia solium can encyst in the central nervous system causing neurocysticercosis, which is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in the countries in which the parasite is endemic. Endemic areas are those with the presence (or likely presence) of the full life cycle of...
For centuries, indigenous peoples around the world have used their traditional knowledge to prepare for, cope with and survive disasters. Their methods and practices originated within their communities and have been maintained and passed down over generations. Until recently, policy makers have larg...
This Strategy and Plan of Action on Health Promotion within the Context of the Sustainable Development
Goals 2019-2030 seeks to renew health promotion (HP) through social, political, and technical actions,
addressing the social determinants of health (SDH), he conditions in which people are born, ...
Constituting the second part of the World Drug Report 2022, the present booklet contains an overview of the global demand for and supply of drugs.
The first chapter of the booklet begins with the latest estimates of the number of people who use drugs, the distribution of those users by type of drug...
Global and regional estimates of violence against women
he report presents the first global systematic review of scientific data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: violence by an intimate partner (intimate partner violence) and sexual violence by someone other than a partner ...
2016 data
The report was coordinated by Anastasia Pharris and Annemarie Stengaard.
Report review and production support were provided by Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Mike Catchpole, Denis Coulombier, Masoud Dara, Nedret Emiroglu, Rachel Katterl, Shahin Khasiyev, Valentina Lazdina, Teymur Noori, Marc...
Out of the shadows
The Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3 GAP) is a set of commitments by 13 multilateral agencies to strengthen their collaboration. For this purpose several accelerators were created and an invitation for public comment was started. This document focuses on Accelerator ...
Novel coronavirus will disproportionately impact world’s 70 million displaced people
Report recommends stopping asylum seeker deportations, prioritising hygiene and refugee camp decongestion, better communication
Displaced people must be included in prevention, mitigation efforts - for s...
Objective: To identify gaps in national stroke guidelines that could be bridged to enhance the quality of stroke care services in low- and
middle-income countries.
Methods: We systematically searched medical databases and websites of medical societies and contacted international organizations.
Co...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and United NationsHuman Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) joint globalreport, Hidden cities: unmasking and overcoming healthinequities in urban settings, exposes the extent to whichcertain city dwellers suffer disproportionately from a wide range of diseases and ...
