Guide
03 Feb 2022
Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care providers play an important role in supporting girls and women living with FGM, and improving their...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
21 Jan 2022
The World Health Organization's Noncommunicable Diseases Kit (NCDK) 2022 is designed to support the treatment of chronic disease patients in emergency settings. It provides essential medicines and medical devices for managing hypertension, cardiac co...
Guide
28 Dec 2021
Evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) emphasizes that decisions should be informed by the best available evidence from research, as well as other factors such as context, public opinion, equity, feasibility of implementation, affordability, sustai...
Guide
22 Sep 2021
The WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines set the levels of air quality for a number of pollutants to be achieved everywhere in order to significantly reduce the adverse health effects of pollution. They also include interim targets which are incremental...
Guide
17 Jun 2021
Governments and communities can contribute to suicide prevention by implementing LIVE LIFE – WHO’s approach to starting suicide prevention so that countries can build on it further to develop a comprehensive national suicide prevention strategy....
Guide
26 May 2021
A set of publications that provides information and support to all stakeholders who wish to develop or transform their mental health system and services to align with international human rights standards including the UN Convention on the Rights of P...
Guide
12 Apr 2021
OverviewThis WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration builds upon the 2010 WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration by further detailing the strategies for effective tobacco tax policy development, design, implementatio...
Guide
12 Apr 2021
This WHO technical manual on tobacco tax policy and administration builds upon the 2010 WHO technical manual on tobacco tax administration by further detailing the strategies for effective tobacco tax policy development, design, implementation and ad...
Guide
10 Dec 2020
In these guidelines, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides evidence-informed recommendations for the management of chronic pain in children. The recommendations are based on the most current, high-quality scientific evidence, and were formulat...
Guide
19 Sep 2020
This resource package provides health workers with guidance to facilitate the delivery of quality NCD care in humanitarian crisis situations. When national guidance is not available, PEN-H may be adapted to suit national contexts. The package could a...
Guide
31 Aug 2020
The purpose of this page is to provide frontline workers with the resources they need to deal with the stress they are feeling during COVID-19 in a healthy way otherwise, it might cause additional psychological problems for them.
Guide
26 Aug 2020
Community-based health care is an essential part of primary care at all times; in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the distinct capacity of trusted community members for social engagement and delivering care where it is needed is ever more criti...
