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08 Oct 2021
The Mental Health Atlas, released every three years, is a compilation of data provided by countries around the world on mental health policies, legislation, financing, human resources, availability and utilization of services and data collection systems. It serves as a guide for countries for the development and planning of mental health services. The Mental Health Atlas 2020 includes information...
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21 Sep 2021
Childhood obesity has been rising in all world regions; 2019 estimates were that 158 million children aged 5 to 19 years are living with obesity, of whom many live in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs). However, there has been limited to no progress to halt the rise in more than 20 years, and this number is projected to increase to 254 million by 2030. NCD Child, a global multi-stakeholder coa...
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15 Sep 2021
With a theme of ‘Safe food now for a heathy tomorrow’, World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021) focused on the immediate and long-term benefits of producing and consuming safe food. It was a day to remember that food safety is part of food security and good health. It was a time to recognize the intrinsic connections between the health of people, plants, animals, the environment and economy. And it...
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15 Sep 2021
Overview Health technologies, specially medical devices are essential for a functioning health system. The response to the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has exacerbated the need for rapid evidence based assessments of innovative health technologies to ensure safe...
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15 Sep 2021
The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available WHO and other United Nations (UN) guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments. It provides an overview and easy access of 500 actions, and a framework for thinking about health and environment interventions. It covers a broad range of areas such as air pollution, water, sanitation and hygiene, climate change, chemicals,...
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07 Aug 2021
With an endorsement from the WHO Director General and available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, this handbook builds on the earlier volume and helps churches to move from knowledge to action. Steering away from technical jargon, it provides hands-on guide from "Getting started", baseline assessment, establishing a church health committee, to impact evaluation. This handbook was develop...
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29 Jul 2021
This handbook supports the Practice Transformation Programme on Diabetes. It presents an overview of diabetes and describes the various services pharmacists can provide aiming at disease prevention, screening, disease state management and treatment optimisation.
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31 May 2021
Social participation is an important means for governments to develop responsive health policies and programmes, which are more likely to be implemented by a broad stakeholder group. It is at the heart of the inclusive governance needed for countries to stake their individual paths towards Universal Health Coverage while ensuring that no one is left behind. As simple as it may seem in theory, i...
Article
07 May 2021
In April 2021, WHO published a special supplement in the journal of Health Research Policy and Systems entitled, Catalysing policy change to introduce and scale up self-care interventions for SRHR: Lessons from the Eastern Mediterranean Region. There are seven publications included in the supplement which highligh examples of effevtive tools and partnerships which can be a game-changer for acceler...
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06 May 2021
The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based policy and health system strategies to prevent premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The updated WHF Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation (2020)...
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04 May 2021
Background Low-income and middle-income countries are struggling to manage growing numbers of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while services for patients with HIV infection are well established. There have been calls for integration of HIV and NCD services to increase efficiency and improve coverage of NCD care, although evidence of effectiveness remains unclear. In this...
