Filter
9296
Filtered Results: 9296
Text search:
policy
developments
Featured
Recommendations
669
New Publications
2441
Language
Document type
No document type
5300
Studies & Reports
1782
Guidelines
958
Manuals
460
Strategic & Response Plan
368
Fact sheets
158
Training Material
143
Situation Updates
59
Resource Platforms
27
Infographics
15
Brochures
14
Online Courses
8
Videos
2
Dashboards/Maps
1
App
1
Countries / Regions
Global
430
India
309
Kenya
295
Ethiopia
215
Nepal
199
Uganda
190
South Africa
187
Myanmar / Burma
184
Nigeria
179
Sierra Leone
176
Western and Central Europe
163
Liberia
157
Malawi
146
Zambia
144
Bangladesh
132
Rwanda
131
Latin America and the Carribbean
127
Ghana
125
Tanzania
123
Africa
119
Namibia
109
Syria
97
Ukraine
95
Philippines
74
Zimbabwe
71
Congo, Democratic Republic of
70
Eastern Europe
69
Indonesia
69
Lesotho
66
Cambodia
60
Asia
59
South–East Asia Region
58
Senegal
57
South Sudan
56
Guinea
53
Haiti
49
Mozambique
48
Botswana
46
Burkina Faso
42
West and Central Africa
40
East and Southern Africa
40
Russia
40
Germany
37
Cameroon
36
Venezuela
36
Brazil
34
Eswatini/ Swaziland
33
Afghanistan
32
Yemen
31
Middle East and North Africa
29
Pakistan
27
Colombia
26
Sudan
25
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
23
Lebanon
23
Benin
22
Jordan
22
Thailand
21
Vietnam
20
Central African Republic
20
Paraguay
17
Somalia
17
China
16
Western Pacific Region
16
Moldova
16
Mali
16
Tajikistan
15
Peru
15
Iraq
14
Albania
13
Sri Lanka
13
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
12
Laos
11
USA
11
Madagascar
11
Turkey
10
North Macedonia
9
Chile
9
North America
9
Argentina
9
Palestine
9
Georgia
9
Iran
8
Burundi
8
Papua New Guinea
8
Libya
8
Mexico
7
Kyrgyzstan
7
Niger
7
Egypt
7
Poland
7
Timor Leste/ East Timor
6
Togo
6
Armenia
6
Hungary
6
United Kingdom
6
Southern Africa
6
Romania
6
Bhutan
6
El Salvador
5
Gambia
5
Jamaica
5
Chad
5
Ecuador
5
Serbia
4
Kazakhstan
4
Canada
4
Fiji
4
Italy
4
Guinea-Bissau
4
Saudi Arabia
4
Turkmenistan
4
Portugal
4
Honduras
4
Angola
4
Guatemala
4
Estonia
3
Morocco
3
Dominican Republic
3
Croatia
3
Japan
3
Mauritius
3
Tunisia
3
Spain
3
Belarus
3
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
Bolivia
3
Singapore
2
Uzbekistan
2
Malaysia
2
Mongolia
2
Qatar
2
Bulgaria
2
Lithuania
2
Gabon
2
Azerbaijan
2
Israel
2
Nicaragua
2
Slovakia
2
Greece
2
North Korea
1
Switzerland
1
Vanuatu
1
Mauritania
1
Ireland
1
Denmark
1
Belgium
1
France
1
Maldives
1
Norway
1
Latvia
1
Barbados
1
Belize
1
Costa Rica
1
Panama
1
Djibouti
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
3540
Key Resources
582
Clinical Guidelines
519
Public Health
507
Women & Child Health
506
Capacity Building
135
Pharmacy & Technologies
68
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
Mental Health
733
HIV
700
COVID-19
603
TB
468
Disability
460
Planetary Health
427
AMR
265
Conflict
263
Caregiver
254
Rapid Response
206
Global Health Education
197
Ebola & Marburg
196
Refugee
191
Health Financing Toolbox
175
NTDs
166
NCDs
157
Pharmacy
151
Natural Hazards
115
Malaria
99
Specific Hazards
55
Social Ethics
52
Polio
44
Zika
38
Cholera
26
Typhoon
4
South Sudan
1
Based on scientific evidence, expert consensus and country experiences, the WHO core components for infection prevention and control (IPC) are the foundation for establishing or strengthening effective programmes at the national and facility level.
These new guidelines on core components of infecti...
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) is a gynaecological disease caused by Schistosoma haematobium, a parasitic worm that is acquired by skin contact with freshwater contaminated by schistosome cerceriae. Communities in which the infection is most endemic have limited access to clean water and healt...
This paper aims to provide aid agencies with initial analysis and guidance to inform the design, implementation and adaptation of conflict-sensitive humanitarian and development responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. It presents a series of overarching considerations to take into account when determini...
The Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) project has conducted a multi-year, multi-country study that provides stark insights on the under-reported depth of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis across Africa and lays out urgent policy recommendations to addr...
The framework is to be used as a reference guide, applied according to local priorities and needs, and targeted at academic institutions, educators, accreditation bodies, regulatory agencies and other users. The ultimate aim is to ensure that all health workers are equipped with the requisite compet...
The Transatlantic Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) fosters cooperation between the European Union (EU) andthe United States (US) on the issue of antimicrobial resistance. The first TATFAR recommendation refers to appropriate use of antimicrobials in human medicine through hospital Ant...
Background Unrest in Chile over inequalities has underscored the need to improve public hospitals. Nursing has been overlooked as a solution to quality and access concerns, and nurse staffing is poor by international standards. Using Chile’s new diagnosis-related groups system and surveys of nurse...
This updated glossary for malaria aims to improve communication and mutual understanding within the scientific community, as well as with funding agencies, public health officials responsible for malaria programmes, and policy-makers in malaria-endemic countries
This article reexamines a set of study findings that directly relate to the influence of gender on workplace violence, synthesizes these findings with other research from Rwanda, and examines the subsequent impact of the study on Rwanda’s policy environment.
This guide focuses on the evaluation of psychosocial programs that are aligned with two main goals: - To promote psychosocial wellbeing by promoting an environment that provides appropriate care, opportunities for development and protects children from exposure to situations that are harmful to thei...
The WHO End TB Strategy aims to end the global TB epidemic by 2030, in alignment with Goal 3 of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN committed to ending the TB epidemic through adoption of WHO’s End TB Strateg...
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the principal cause of morbidity, disability and premature mortality in Azerbaijan. The most effective way to reduce the NCD burden is to prevent NCD development, by addressing thebehavioural risk factors underlying NCDs at the population and individual leve...
It is against this background that the Ministry of Health and Sanitation with its partners have
taken the lead to develop Essential Health Services Package (EHSP). The MOHS believes that the
development of EHSP; defining the services that should be available at each level of care
(community to ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance plays an important role in the early detection of resistant strains of public health importance and prompt response to outbreaks in hospitals and the community. Surveillance findings are needed to inform medical practice, antibiotic stewardship, and policy...
This document outlines why and how nurses and midwives are important, not only for individual health optimization but also to achieve the thematic priorities of For the Future. More specifically, it provides case studies to showcase the amazing work that nurses and midwives across the Region are doi...
Following a long recovery from the economic crisis (2007–2013), young people in the EU proved to be more vulnerable to the effects of the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Young people were more likely than older groups to experience job loss, financial insecur...
Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two minutes.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.1 is to reduce maternal mortality to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by ...
WHO guidance for contingency planning
recommended
In this contingency planning guidance, a set of actions to prepare for emergencies from all hazards and to help minimize their impact, is proposed. These actions include the development, implementation, simulation, monitoring and regular update of risks-based contingency plans.
Birth defect has been an emerging major cause of child mortality in the region. Scarcity of the birth defects information hampers policy decisions and control measures at national level. In order to create evidence for action for birth defects prevention in the region, WHO-SEARO in collaboration wit...
In 2015, to advance the global and national response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the World Health Assembly issued resolution WHA68.7 calling for all Member States to develop AMR national action plans that address the five objectives of the World Health Organization Global Action Plan (GAP) by...
