The scale of international migration in the WHO European Region has increased substantially in the last decade. The dynamics of large-scale migration pose specific challenges and opportunities to health systems, and responses will differ from country to country. Strengthening health system responses... is one of the priority areas in the 2016 Strategy and action plan for refugee and migrant health in the WHO European Region. Its agreed actions include the identification and mapping of practices for developing and delivering health services that respond to the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. This compendium aims to collect and present some of these practices in the form of case studies. Selected in 2016, the case studies reflect experience from different levels of administration in a variety of European countries, and during the different phases of the migration journey.
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he WHO global disability action plan 2014-2021 is a significant step towards achieving health and well-being and human rights for people with disabilities. The action plan was endorsed by WHO Member States in 2014 and calls for them to remove barriers and improve access to health services and progra...mmes; strengthen and extend rehabilitation, assistive devices and support services, and community-based rehabilitation; and enhance collection of relevant and internationally comparable data on disability, and research on disability and related services. Achieving the objectives of the action plan better enables people with disabilities to fulfil their aspirations in all aspects of life.
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World Psychiatry16:2 - June 2017
First published: 12 May 2017
https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20428
Volume16, Issue2; Pages 213-214
A booklet on how CHWs were addressing eye health across Africa based on desk research and a survey in 23 countries
Report by the Director-General. 75th World health assembly 25 April 2022
Strengthening health-system emergency preparedness.
2018 Controlling the HIV Epidemic Summit Geneva, 3-4 May 2018
3 May 2018
A guide for hospital trusts' hotel services, procurement teams and caterers to provide more sustainable food.
BMJ 2019;365:l1807 doi: 10.1136/bmj.l1807 (Published 8 May 2019)
Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment