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17 Oct 2018
The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual snapshot of the state of the world’s health. This 2018 edition contains the latest available data for 36 health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators.
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17 Oct 2018
Governments should aim to move towards a predominant reliance on public funding for health, as evidence shows this increases access to health services and improves financial protection for the population. This is a key message in a new policy brief a...
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17 Oct 2018
The World health report: research for universal health coverage focuses on the importance of research in advancing progress towards universal health coverage. In addition, it identifies the benefits of increased investment in health research by low a...
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17 Oct 2018
This document, adopted by the General Assembly on 12 April 2018, presents the scope, modalities, format and organization of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
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17 Oct 2018
The 2016 conference showcased how the public health community will support the implementation of the Paris agreement, in order to build healthier and more sustainable societies.
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17 Oct 2018
This paper provides evidence which supports the message that all countries can make progress towards UHC, including those with very low levels of public spending on health (<40 $ per capita).
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17 Oct 2018
Report on the technical consultation, which brought together adolescent health experts from within WHO, other UN organizations and others, and aimed to reach consensus on a core list of indicators for measuring and reporting on adolescent health, and...
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17 Oct 2018
This joint WHO/World Bank Group report is the first of its kind to measure health service coverage and financial protection to assess countries’ progress towards universal health coverage.
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17 Oct 2018
This document, adopted by the General Assembly on 13 May 2014, presents the scope and modalities of the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
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17 Oct 2018
Since WHR 2010, over 60 countries have approached WHO to modify their health financing systems in order to achieve the UHC goal. In March 2011 WHO convened a meeting of health financing experts - from partner agencies, government, civil society and a...
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17 Oct 2018
This report provides an update of the evidence on health risks caused by climate change, describes which populations are most vulnerable, and outlines the actions that will be necessary to protect health from climate change.
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17 Oct 2018
This report presents the current global nutrition challenges, drawing on data from various sources including existing WHO Global Nutrition Databases being managed by the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development (Section 2), the methods and...
