The health of the world's population is in a state of inequality. That is to say, there are vastly different stories to tell about a person's health depending on where they live, their level of educat
With the growing breadth and complexity of TB efforts today comes a greater range of concerns associated with the ethics of action, inaction and specific approaches to clinical, public health and rese
Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changes in precipitation patterns and extreme events are expected to increase a range of health risks, from the direct effects of heat-waves, floods and storm
Energy is a resource that connects economic growth, social equity and sustainable environment. Development is not possible without sustainable energy. It plays a critical role in society, affecting th
This book addresses whether or not calcium and magnesium ('hardness') in drinking water can contribute to preventing disease. It includes a comprehensive consensus view on what is known and what is no
Integrating Community-Based Tuberculosis Activities into the Work of NGOs and other CSOsThe World Health Organization (WHO) released its operational guidance entitled Engage-TB - Integrating Community
This document is a call to action and a road map to halt the HIV and hepatitis epidemics among people in the Asia Pacific region who use drugs. It is a collective product prepared on behalf of the Uni
The Atlas of Headache Disorders presents the findings of the first global enquiry into headache disorders and health-care resource allocation to headache, providing the most comprehensive compilation
The goal of the present guideline is to consolidate guidance for effective interventions that are needed to reduce the global burden of maternal infections and its complications around the time of chi
This document describes the current situation faced by many children with mental and intellectual disabilities in institutional (including mental health and social care facilities) settings in differe
This guide is developed to assist TB and HIV program managers and other stakeholders in monitoring and evaluation for collaborative TB/HIV activities. It is intended to facilitate collection of standa
This training material is targeted primarily at government officials, with the view that training workshops should be part of a national plan for the support and scale-up of HWTS. These training mater
Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) is commonly defined as a blood loss of 500 ml or more within 24 hours after birth. PPH is the leading cause of maternal mortality in low-income countries and the primary c
In 2010, the Stop TB Partnership, the World Health Organization Stop TB Department and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria jointly organized an expert meeting and workshop on opera
In many settings influenza is recognized as a major cause of disease and death. In other parts of the world however, its epidemiology and the degree of its impact on human health remain relatively unc
The update of the Guidelines for Treatment of Drug-susceptible Tuberculosis and Patient Care is important in the context of the End TB Strategy, which recommends treatment and patient support for all
This guide provides a full range of updated, evidence-based norms and standards that will enable health care providers to give high quality care during pregnancy, delivery and in the postpartum period
There is a clear need to redesign delivery systems in order to better meet the needs created by chronic conditions, moving from the traditional, acute and episodic model of care to one that better coo
These field guidelines provide countries with a technical resource to use in developing comprehensive standard operating procedures for measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome surveillance. T
What is now the Organization's International Health Regulations were first adopted in 1951 to monitor and control the international spread of six infectious diseases: cholera, plague, yellow fever, sm
Traditionally, little attention has been paid to sex and gender differences in infectious diseases. The general belief has been that since infectious diseases affect both males and females, it is best
This document compiles the principles and methods that the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization--both agencies of the United Nations--use to asses the environmental and
The WHO CVD-Risk Management package contains a variety of components to guide healthcare providers and health systems, even those with very minimal resources, to more effective CVD risk management thr
This policy brief aims to provide guidance for policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the Asia Pacific region on actions that governments can take to improve and regulate quality
The toolkit aims to provide researchers with guidance for improving the quality of studies that use administrative data to better ascertain child maltreatment incidence, response and service delivery.
This publication provides guidance and recommendations for the roles of non-physician providers (midwives, nurses, auxiliary nurses, community workers, pharmacists) in the provision of safe abortion a
This revision incorporates all edits and updates since 1997 up to end of 2015.The ICD-10 (2016 revision) package will include 3 volumes (not sold separately): Volume 1: Tabular ListVolume 2: Instructi
In December 2010, WHO first recommended the use of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. The WHO's policy statement was supported by a rapid implementation document, which provided the technical "how-to&a
Household water treatment (HWT) is increasingly being promoted as a rapidly implementable and cost-effective interim approach to improve water quality. It is a key preventive component of the WHO/UNIC
The use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods has been suggested as an alternative to mitigate or overcome the constraints associated with supplementation and mass
Sexual abuse of children and adolescents is a gross violation of their rights and a global public health problem. It adversely affects the health of children and adolescents. Health care providers are
Replacing the 2004 edition of the classification, the 2009 revision aligns the WHO hazard classes with the GHS acute toxicity hazard categories for acute oral and dermal toxicity. Separate tables list
This volume and previous volumes of JMPR toxicological evaluations, many of which were published in the FAOPlant Production and Protection Paper series, contain information that is useful to companies
The aim of this document is to help countries develop competency-based educational programs in adolescent health and development in both pre-service and in-service education. In addition, it provides
An IARC Working Group has assessed the available evidence relating to possible detrimental health effects of exposure to artificial ultraviolet radiation through use of indoor tanning facilities, in p
The report "Monitoring tobacco use and prevention policies" tracks the status of the tobacco epidemic and interventions to combat it.The sixth in the series of WHO reports focuses on monitoring tobacc
In response to the growing concern about equity issues and their implications for overall development, WHO established the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) in 2005, which focused on
The overall aim of the tool is to enhance coherence between international obligations and commitments on human rights and gender equality, the national legal, policy and insitutional frameworks, and t
This report presents the recommendations of the WHO Expert Committee responsible for updating the WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines. It contains a summary of the Committee's considerations and ju
