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World Health Organization

Programme reporting standards for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

Guide

17 Oct 2018

The purpose of this document is to serve as a guide for implementation researchers who need to document important details of implementation and context in addition to the results of their studies.

GuideMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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World Health Organization

Promoting health while mitigating climate change

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This is one of two technical background papers prepared as a basis for discussion at the WHO Health and Climate Conference. It provides a brief summary of the available evidence on the health impacts (co-benefits and risks) of climate change mitigati...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Protecting health from climate change

Report

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.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Protecting health from climate change: Global research priorities

Publication

17 Oct 2018

WHO carried out a global consultation which brought experts on climate change, health and related disciplines together to produce background reports covering each of the themes identified by the WHA Resolution. This report presents the conclusions an...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This document is designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on conducting a national or subnational assessment of current and future vulnerability (i.e. the susceptibility of a population or region to harm) to the health risks of climate change,...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Protecting health from climate change: vulnerability and adaptation assessment

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This document is designed to provide basic and flexible guidance on conducting a national or subnational assessment of current and future vulnerability (i.e. the susceptibility of a population or region to harm) to the health risks of climate change,...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This treaty aims at eliminating all forms of illicit trade in tobacco products. It provides tools for preventing illicit trade by securing the supply chain, including by establishing an international tracking and tracing system, by countering illicit...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionTobacco use

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World Health Organization

Health and disaster risk reduction within the Global Framework for climate services

Report

17 Oct 2018

This document is a consultation report from a meeting organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the UN International Strategy for Disaste...

ReportMultisectoral ActionEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and health+1

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World Health Organization

Healthy hospitals, healthy planet, healthy people: Addressing climate change in healthcare settings

Publication

17 Oct 2018

The paper begins to define a framework for analysing and addressing the health sector’s climate footprint – including identifying seven aspects of a climate-friendly hospital. It also draws on a series of examples from around the world that demon...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Heatwaves and Health: Guidance on Warning-System Development

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This Guidance has been developed jointly by WMO and WHO to outline for practitioners in both NMHSs and National Health Services (NHSs) the issues surrounding the general heat–health problem and present how an understanding of the biometeorology, ep...

GuideEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Innov8 approach for reviewing national health programmes

Guide

17 Oct 2018

The Innov8 technical handbook is a user-friendly resource as part of the Innov8 approach for reviewing national health programmes to leave no one behind. It gives detailed guidance and exercise sheets for each of the 8 steps of analysis that comprise...

GuideHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Lessons learned on health adaptation to climate variability and change: experiences across low and middle-income countries

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This document in the first part reviews and synthesizes the first five years of implementation (2008–2013) of projects on health adaptation to climate variability and change in low and middle income countries worldwide. The second part of the repor...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health+1

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