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Second report on progress

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Prepared by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response for the WHO Executive Board, January 2021 “The world was not as prepared as it should have been, and it must do better,” concludes a WHO panel reviewing the pandemic response "

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Towards universal health coverage in the WHO African Region: tracking financial protection

World Health Organization (WHO) (2024) CC

The role of evidence in the journey towards universal health coverage is paramount. Financial risk protection monitoring, the major focus of this report, informs where the WHO African Region stands in reducing the financial hardship people face due to health expenses. This report details the status ... more

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Comparing priority received by global health issues: a measurement framework applied to tuberculosis, malaria, diarrhoeal diseases and dengue fever

Parashar R., Nanda S., Smith S.L., et al. BMJ Global Health (2024) CC

The relative priority received by issues in global health agendas is subjected to impressionistic claims in the absence of objective methods of assessment of priority. To build an approach for conducting structured assessments of comparative priority health issues receive, we expand the public ... more

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Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (2025) CC

Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted structural vulnerabilities. This collapse is placing immense pressure on Africa’s already fragile health systems as ODA ...is seen as the backbone of critical health programs: pandemic preparedness, maternal and child health services, disease control programs are all at risk, threatening Sustainable Development Goal 3 and Universal Health Coverage. Compounding this is Africa’s spiraling debt, with countries expected to service USD 81 billion by 2025—surpassing anticipated external financing inflows—further eroding fiscal space for health investments. Level of domestic resources is low. TThe Abuja Declaration of 2001, a pivotal commitment made by African Union (AU) member states, aimed to reverse this trend by pledging to allocate at least 15% of national budgets to the health sector. However, more than two decades later, only three countries—Rwanda, Botswana, and Cabo Verde—have consistently met or exceeded this target (WHO, 2023). In contrast, over 30 AU member states remain well below the 10% benchmark, with some allocating as little as 5–7% of their national budgets to health. In addition, only 16 (29%) of African countries currently have updated versions of National Health Development Plan (NHDP) supported by a National Health Financing Plan (NHFP). These two documents play a critical role in driving internal resource mobilisation. At the same time, public health emergencies are surging, rising 41%—from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024—exposing severe under-resourcing of health infrastructure and workforce. Recurring outbreaks (Mpox, Ebola, cholera, measles, Marburg…) alongside effects of climate change and humanitarian crises in Eastern DRC, the Sahel, and Sudan, are overwhelming systems stretched by chronic underfunding. The situation is worsened by Africa’s heavy dependency with over 90% of vaccines, medicines, and diagnostics being externally sourced—leaving countries vulnerable to global supply chain shocks. Health worker shortages persist, with only 2.3 professionals per 1,000 people (below the WHO’s recommended 4.45), and fewer than 30% of systems are digitized, undermining disease surveillance and early warning. Without decisive action, Africa CDC projects the continent could reverse two decades of health progress, face 2 to 4 million additional preventable deaths annually, and a heightened risk of a pandemic emerging from within. Furthermore, 39 million more Africans could be pushed into poverty by 2030 due to intertwined health and economic shocks. This is not just a sectoral crisis—it is an existential threat to Africa’s political, social, and economic resilience, and global stability. In response, African leaders, under Africa CDC’s stewardship, are advancing a comprehensive three-pillar strategy centered on domestic resource mobilization, innovative financing, and blended finance. more

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Efficacité de la chimioprévention du paludisme saisonnier à l’échelle de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et de l’Afrique centrale : une étude d’observation

Partenariat ACCESS-SMC (2020) CC

Lancet 2020 ; 396 : 1829-40

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FAQs - Frequently asked questions on Antimicrobial resistance

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for South-East Asia (2011) C_WHO

Frequently asked questions on Antimicrobial resistance.

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Working for Health 2022-2030 Action Plan: education and employment

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This thematic brief accompanies the Working for Health 2022–2030 Action Plan, serving as a background and rationale to the related actions of the Working for Health progression model (see Annex). The brief aims to inform Member States, nonstate actors and other users of the Action Plan on the con... more

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Kenya National Guidelines for Cardiovascular Diseases Management

Ministry of Health Kenya Republic of Kenya (2018) CC

The Kenya Health Policy 2014-2030 aims at attaining the highest possible standard of health in a manner responsive to the health needs of our population. One of the major policy directions towards realizing the intentions of this policy is to halt and reverse the rising burden of non-communicable d... more

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The Diabetic foot. Prevention and management in India Full Background document (Draft)

National Health Mission; Ministry of Health & Social Welfare India (2016) C1

Standard Treatment Guideline

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WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection - Module 12

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

Module 12: Adolescents and young adults July 2018 Module 12: Adolescents and young adults. This module is for people who are interested in providing PrEP services to older adolescents and young adults who are at substantial risk for HIV. It provides information on: factors that influence HIV... more

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Prevention of harm caused by alcohol exposure in pregnancy

L. Schölin World Health Organization (Europe) (2016) C_WHO

Rapid review and case studies from Member States

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Plague manual: epidemiology, distribution, surveillance and control Chapter 3-5

World Health Organization (1999) C_WHO

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Resource Effective Strategies to Prevent and Treat Cardiovascular Disease

Schwalm, J.; McKee, M.; Huffman, M. et al. Circulation (2016) CC

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global deaths, with the majority occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The primary and secondary prevention of CVD is suboptimal throughout the world, but the evidence-practice gaps are much more pronounced in LMIC. Barriers at the... more

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Medication Errors. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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Transitions of Care. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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Working with Individuals, Families and Communities to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health. Module 3

World Health Organization WHO; PAHO Pan American Health Organization, Enfant du Monde (2017) C_WHO

A toolkit for Implementation. Module 3: Participatory community assessment in maternal and newborn health

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Multimorbidity. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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Public–private mix for TB prevention and care: a roadmap

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

In 2017, 3.6 million of the estimated 10 million people with TB worldwide were “missed” by national TB programmes (NTPs). Two thirds of them are thought to access TB treatment of questionable quality from public and private providers who are not engaged by the NTP. The quality of care provided i... more

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South Africa: National Parenteral Nutrition Practice Guidelines for Paediatrics

National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa (2016) C2

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Asthma management in low and middle income countries: case for change

Mortimer, K.; Reddel, H. K.; Pitrez, P. M.; et al. (2022) CC2

Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to the most recent estimates from the Global Asthma Network Phase I study, around one in 10 children and adults have symptoms of asthma and one in 20 school-aged children have severe asthma ... more