Publication
06 Dec 2018
This book brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors - scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children’s rights - in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the children of today and tomorrow.
Guide
26 Nov 2018
This manual is the first volume of WHO’s new series on low-intensity psychological interventions. It outlines an evidence-based approach describing how community health workers can reduce prenatal depression through evidence-based cognitive-behavioral techniques recommended by the mhGAP program.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the increasing exposure of children and adolescents to tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, and points out the education sector as having a fundamental responsibility to protect children’s health and well-being.
Report
12 Nov 2018
The publication conveys the quantitative surveillance results focusing on tobacco use and noncommunicable disease (NCD) related behaviours among youth (13–15 years) in Member States of the WHO South East Asian Region, namely, the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) and the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). .
Report
12 Nov 2018
This publication provides information on the marketing of foods and beverages to children and the changes that have occurred in the last decade. It also examines the evolution of marketing methods and reviews some of the recent policy approaches by WHO European Member States to control such marketing to children.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This book draws extensively on literature reviews, government data, clinical case studies and a questionnaire distributed to child health leaders to identify the common themes that are contributing to child health across the European landscape. It addresses such topics as primary care for children, services for long-term conditions and noncommunicable diseases, child public health, mental health a...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document provides Member States with the rationale and key strategic lines of action for comprehensive public health interventions to halt the progression of the obesity epidemic in children and adolescents.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This paper gives a situational analysis of indigenous adolescents and youth, highlighting the need for investment and scaling up of key health interventions.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This manual builds on the methodology established by the PAHO/WHO program Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI). It is intended for use as part of the compendium of IMCI resources for primary care providers, and includes comprehensive information on the main risks factors for childhood cancer and the most frequent cancers in children.
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This plan of action is intended to guide the preparation of current and future national adolescent and youth health plans, as appropriate, and to provide entry points for institutions and entities of all types who are interested in developing cooperation activities directed toward the Region’s 10–24-year-old population segment.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet gives an overview of NCD risk behaviors in adolescents in the Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as highlights data on NCD costs, obesity and physical activity, consumption of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco, and sexual and reproductive health.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The aim of this document is to help countries develop competency-based educational programmes in adolescent health and development in both pre-service and in-service education.
