Guide
17 Oct 2018
Handbook providing guidance for national programmes and organizations responsible for the care of older persons to develop implement, monitor, and evaluate an mAgeing programme using mobile health technology.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report describes a model of health care that could deliver integrated management of NCDs within the context of primary health care (PHC), and provides practical guidance for health care program managers, policy-makers, and stakeholders on how to plan and deliver high-quality services for people with CNCDs or CNCD risk factors.
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
The Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO’s) Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, ratified by the Directing Council in 2012, recommends the reorientation of health systems based on core principles of the integrated management of chronic diseases.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The mHealth Assessment and Planning for Scale (MAPS) toolkit is a self-assessment tool that guides project teams whilst they are scaling up their innovations.
Case study
17 Oct 2018
This survey presents case studies illustrating successes with Internet pharmacies along with citizen- and institution-initiated methods of addressing online health information quality are provided in the text of the report; these could be considered examples of a foundation on which to build upon.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This publication, produced by The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), improves understanding of what eHealth is, what it can do, and why and how it should be applied to health care today.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report provides an overview of mHealth and its role for greater personalization and citizen-focused public health and medical care.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report provides an analysis of responses to the global survey on eHealth conducted by the Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe).
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet presents an overview on eHealth, its practical application, and its potential to improve overall well-being in the African Region.
Dialogue
17 Oct 2018
Statement on digital health from the 71st World Health Assembly recognizing the potential of digital technologies to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, and in particular to support health systems in all countries in health promotion and disease prevention, and by improving the accessibility, quality and affordability of health services.
Report
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 and middle-income countries using case studies from around the world, and proposes ways to further strengthen this type of research.
Report
17 Oct 2018
To better understand this vexing issue, 78 mental health experts representing 42 countries were surveyed on the relative usefulness of different methods to expand community-based mental health services, and/or to downsize institution-based care. Results indicate that there are several successful paths to deinstitutionalization. Most respondents emphasized—directly or indirectly—the importance...
