Filter
9070
Filtered Results: 9070
Text search:
patient
information
Featured
Recommendations
889
New Publications
2187
Language
Document type
No document type
4765
Studies & Reports
1351
Guidelines
1348
Manuals
532
Strategic & Response Plan
330
Fact sheets
280
Training Material
191
Situation Updates
105
Brochures
50
Resource Platforms
49
Infographics
41
Online Courses
19
Videos
8
App
1
Countries / Regions
India
429
Global
344
Kenya
232
South Africa
228
Sierra Leone
211
Liberia
184
Western and Central Europe
170
Ethiopia
166
Nigeria
163
Uganda
160
Congo, Democratic Republic of
155
Africa
134
Tanzania
130
Malawi
119
Rwanda
115
Latin America and the Carribbean
113
Nepal
109
Zambia
106
Senegal
101
Ghana
96
Myanmar / Burma
95
Bangladesh
93
Germany
85
Syria
82
Guinea
82
Namibia
79
Ukraine
76
Burkina Faso
76
Haiti
75
Eastern Europe
61
Benin
58
West and Central Africa
58
Philippines
57
Cambodia
52
South–East Asia Region
51
Mozambique
50
Zimbabwe
49
East and Southern Africa
49
Cameroon
48
Lesotho
46
South Sudan
46
Asia
44
Russia
44
Middle East and North Africa
39
Brazil
38
Mali
38
Madagascar
37
Indonesia
33
Botswana
32
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
29
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
27
Central African Republic
27
Yemen
23
Venezuela
22
Eswatini/ Swaziland
21
Colombia
19
Togo
19
USA
19
Niger
17
Pakistan
16
Tajikistan
15
Western Pacific Region
14
Thailand
13
Afghanistan
13
Peru
13
Vietnam
13
Chad
13
Sri Lanka
12
Sudan
12
Angola
12
Somalia
12
China
11
Albania
11
Laos
11
Lebanon
11
Georgia
11
Iraq
11
North America
10
Burundi
9
Jordan
9
United Kingdom
9
Moldova
9
Chile
8
Bolivia
8
Argentina
8
Palestine
8
Switzerland
7
France
7
Spain
7
Southern Africa
7
Ecuador
7
North Macedonia
6
Turkey
6
Guinea-Bissau
6
Mexico
5
Gambia
5
Canada
5
Morocco
5
Armenia
5
Paraguay
5
Jamaica
5
Timor Leste/ East Timor
4
El Salvador
4
Kazakhstan
4
Kyrgyzstan
4
Congo-Brazzaville
4
Hungary
4
Poland
4
Honduras
4
Bhutan
4
Serbia
3
Uzbekistan
3
Ireland
3
Papua New Guinea
3
Romania
3
Greece
3
Libya
3
Guatemala
3
Australia
2
Iran
2
Fiji
2
Singapore
2
Estonia
2
Malaysia
2
Bulgaria
2
Italy
2
Lithuania
2
Saudi Arabia
2
Gabon
2
Belgium
2
Mauritius
2
Tunisia
2
Portugal
2
Nicaragua
2
Slovakia
2
North Korea
1
Austria
1
Mongolia
1
Qatar
1
Mauritania
1
Dominican Republic
1
Luxembourg
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
Denmark
1
Maldives
1
Norway
1
South Korea
1
Belarus
1
French Guyana
1
Israel
1
Latvia
1
Belize
1
Costa Rica
1
Panama
1
United Arab Emirates
1
Djibouti
1
Egypt
1
Solomon Islands
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
3333
Clinical Guidelines
778
Public Health
467
Key Resources
375
Women & Child Health
373
Capacity Building
212
Pharmacy & Technologies
122
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
COVID-19
963
Mental Health
713
HIV
669
TB
576
Ebola & Marburg
428
Caregiver
333
NTDs
311
AMR
302
Rapid Response
205
Pharmacy
201
NCDs
198
Refugee
193
Conflict
175
Disability
173
Malaria
137
Planetary Health
135
Cholera
94
2.0 Rapid Response
93
Global Health Education
90
Natural Hazards
66
Zika
66
Health Financing Toolbox
58
Specific Hazards
53
Polio
44
Social Ethics
32
Typhoon
3
South Sudan
1
Antibiotics save lives, but poor prescribing practices are putting patients at unnecessary risk for preventable allergic reactions,
super-resistant infections, and deadly diarrhea. Errors in prescribing decisions also contribute to antibiotic resistance, making these drugs less likely to work in th...
The document "Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Handbook for Pharmacists" outlines the significant role pharmacists play in managing asthma and COPD, emphasizing patient education, disease prevention, medication management, and promoting healthy lifestyles. It highlights the importance of pharmacists ...
These policy guidelines provide a strategic approach and new recommendations for integrated TB and HIV services for patients suffering from substance-abuse addiction. The key recommendations fall under three main categories: joint planning, key interventions, and overcoming barriers.
Tuberculosis. Practical guide for clinicians, nurses, laboratory technicians and medical auxiliaries
This Tuberculosis guide has been developed jointly by Médecins Sans Frontières and Partners In Health. It aims at providing useful information to the clinicians and health staff for the comprehensive management of tuberculosis. Forms of susceptible and resistant tuberculosis, tuberculosis in child...
This Tuberculosis guide has been developed jointly by Médecins Sans Frontières and Partners In Health. It aims at providing useful information to the clinicians and health staff for the comprehensive management of tuberculosis. Forms of susceptible and resistant tuberculosis, tuberculosis in child...
Asthma prevalence is increasing worldwide and surveys indicate that the majority of patients in developed and developing countries do not receive optimal care and are therefore not well controlled. The aim of these guidelines is to promote a better standard of treatment based on advances in the unde...
WHO would like to express its gratitude and appreciation to all Member States that provided information to the WHO survey on policies and activities at the national level in the area of antimicrobial resistance. The contribution of staff in WHO Regional and Country Offices has been invaluable: in ga...
24 April 2020
Policy considerations
for the WHO European Region
This document provides key considerations for Member States to help them to decide on the modulation
of large-scale restrictive public health measures
(i.e. movement restrictions and large-scale physical distancing), while at the...
1. What is COVID-19?
2. Who is at most risk for COVID-19?
3. What is the risk of COVID-19 infection in humans in South Africa?
4. How is COVID-19 transmitted?
5. What are the signs and symptoms of COVID-19 infection in humans?
6. How is COVID-19 diagnosed?
7. How is COVID-19 infection ...
This e-course will guide you through the essentials of latest existing WHO guidelines and policy recommendations on drug-resistant TB. You will also learn more about the rationale behind the WHO recommendations for the management of DR-TB, implementation considerations for different regimens for eli...
Responding to community spread of COVID-19
recommended
Interim Guidance 7 March 2020
This document provides technical guidance for government authorities, health workers, and other key stakeholders to guide response to community spread. It will be updated as new information or technical guidance become available. For countries that are already preparin...
To support its R&D activities on Chagas disease, DNDi launched the Chagas Clinical Research Platform (CCRP). The platform brings together partners, experts, and stakeholders to provide support for evaluation and development of new treatments for Chagas disease. The patient-centred platform aims to f...
Public Health is the science field dedicated to promoting health and well-being, and preventing disease within the human population to ultimately increase the quality of our livelihood and life span. Public Health does not focus on individual patients or diseases, but rather a given population and ...
This regional report on the situation of tuberculosis (TB) in the Americas contains information from 2019, provided by the countries of the Region through the World Health Organization TB data collection system. These data have been consolidated and analyzed at the regional level. In addition to pre...
The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance in the design, implementation and evaluation of a course that aims to build and strengthen the capacity of health personnel to manage eye patients at primary-level health facilities in the African Region. The course falls within the remit of continuo...
NEUROLOGY ATLAS presents for the first time, the most
comprehensive collection and compilation of information on
neurological resources across 109 countries. The results confirm
that the available resources including services for neurological
disorders are markedly insufficient; in addition, the...
N95 or equivalent respirators are single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for use by health workers that provide direct care to patients with diseases transmitted by aerosols or during aerosol generating procedures (AGP) for patients with acute respiratory disease, as is the case of ...
This informational guide presents six strategies for immunization coordinators.
It includes tangible actions to promote confidence, communication, and uptake of COVID-19 vaccine, which can help support confidence among providers and patients.
Ongoing Living Update of COVID-19 Therapeutic Options: Summary of Evidence, Rapid Review 22 February 2022
recommended
This document includes the results of a rapid systematic review of current available literature. The information included in this review reflects the evidence as of the date posted in the document. In recognition of the fact that there are numerous ongoing clinical studies, PAHO will periodically up...
Policy Brief November 2021 Available in English, Spanish and Portuguese
The COVID-19 pandemic has fueled the ongoing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) global crisis due to the increase in the use of antibiotics to treat COVID-19 patients, disruptions to infection prevention and control practices in o...
