Report
26 Nov 2018
This report documents the success achieved in reducing the epilepsy treatment gap by managing epilepsy at a primary health-care level in China. It also presents the lessons derived for the development of effective and sustainable epilepsy scaling up strategy in resource-poor settings.
Publication
26 Nov 2018
This intervention guide contains first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions for non-specialist health-care providers in humanitarian emergencies where access to specialists and treatment options is limited.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report provides a road map and a menu of very cost-effective interventions for all Member States and other stakeholders, to take coordinated and coherent action at all levels to attain the nine voluntary global targets by 2025. It emphasizes the control of NCD risk factors and promotes access to services in primary health-care facilities in a phased manner.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This is a report on two intercountry training workshops conducted by WHO on cardiovascular disease prevention, control and management in the Mekong countries.
Report
12 Nov 2018
The report highlights outcomes from the regional workshop on prioritized research agenda for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases through a primary health care approach, held in Kandy, Sri Lanka during 8–10 August 2012. The workshop discussed the adaptation of the research agenda to national contexts.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This manual contains modules for noncommunicable disease education for policy-makers and health care professionals.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This manual contains modules for noncommunicable disease education for primary health care professionals and patients.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report focuses on WHO carried out an evaluation of PEN protocols in Kyrgyzstan a year following implementation. It serves as a timely opportunity for reflection and adjustment of the model as part of the quality improvement cycle.
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.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This guideline provides an update to the 1999 WHO recommendations for diagnosing and classifying hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. The target users are health care professionals who care for pregnant women, most frequently primary care physicians and obstetricians/gynaecologists. However, researchers and policy makers will also find it useful.
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
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.
