Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Jun 2019
With Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) causing two of every three deaths of women each year, action to implement Universal Health Coverage (UHC) must recognise and address sex and gender differences in NCD risk factors, care pathways and outcomes if se...
Report
07 May 2019
This report measures progress of the Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goals 4, 5, and 6. The report also mentions areas that require heightened mobilization and development; lessons l...
Article
05 Mar 2019
This article provides an outline of a conference held by the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health - an independent inquiry to understand the social and environmental issues that affect health and to investigate the appropriate actions that...
Strategy document
13 Feb 2019
The WHO QualityRights initiative aims to improve the quality and human rights conditions in inpatient and outpatient mental health and social care facilities and empower organizations to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial...
Guide
13 Feb 2019
The WHO QualityRights Tool Kit supports countries to assess and improve the quality of care and human rights conditions in mental health and social care facilities. The toolkit is suitable for use in low, middle and high-income countries, can be used...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
28 Dec 2018
This brief underlines the need to mainstream disability into all efforts to achieve gender equality and women's empowerment (SDG 5); highlights key issues for ending poverty (SDG 1) and ensuring healthy lives (SDG 3) for women and girls with disabili...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Nov 2018
This policy brief provides key messages and an overview of a human rights-based approach for people living with dementia, including case-studies.
Database
12 Nov 2018
This databade aims to improve the quality and human rights conditions in inpatient and outpatient mental health and social care facilities and empower organizations to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report presents the results of analysis of population-level surveillance data on NCD risk factors from selected countries in the Region, namely, China, Fiji, Malaysia, Nauru and Philippines. The aim was to conduct comparable cross-country analys...
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This guide is targeted towards programme managers who work in climate change and health adaptation, and provides them with practical information and concrete guidance to mainstream gender throughout all four phases of the project cycle: identificatio...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report provides a first review of the interactions between climate change, gender and health. It documents evidence for gender differences in health risks that are likely to be exacerbated by climate change, and in adaptation and mitigation meas...
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The manual is a user-friendly guide aimed to raise awareness and develop skills on gender analysis and gender responsive planning in health sector activities. It is conceptually structured to move from awareness to action throughout a three to four d...
