Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This Guidance Note is intended to assist those who are developing United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) to strengthen the integration of NCDs into the UNDAF process, within the context of the United Nations Development Group’s (UNDG) guidance for developing UNDAFs.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
These guidelines provide recommendations on the diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes and the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care in low-resource settings.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document is a consultation report from a meeting organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), to extend partnerships and to develop recommendations for the implementation of the Global Framework for Climate Services-User I...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This WHO report looks back at the trends and positive forces during the MDG era and assesses the main challenges that will affect health in the coming years. It also provides "snapshots" on 34 different health topics outline trends, achievements made, reasons for success, challenges and strategic priorities for improving health in the different areas.
Report
17 Oct 2018
In this report, the World Health Organization maps out what countries can do to modify their financing systems so they can move more quickly towards this goal - universal coverage - and sustain the gains that have been achieved. The report builds on new research and lessons learnt from country experience. It provides an action agenda for countries at all stages of development and proposes ways tha...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
The paper begins to define a framework for analysing and addressing the health sector’s climate footprint – including identifying seven aspects of a climate-friendly hospital. It also draws on a series of examples from around the world that demonstrate that the health sector is indeed already beginning to provide leadership in this most important area of concern to the global community.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This Guidance has been developed jointly by WMO and WHO to outline for practitioners in both NMHSs and National Health Services (NHSs) the issues surrounding the general heat–health problem and present how an understanding of the biometeorology, epidemiology, public-health and risk communication aspects of heat as a hazard can be used to inform the development of an HHWS as part of a wider HHAP....
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report, based on a consultative process and extensive literature reviews, provides information to improve access to essential medicines for mental disorders. It examines current barriers to access to psychotropic medicines and identifies key actions for overcoming those barriers, organized as a function of four access components – selection, availability, affordability, appropriate use. Fur...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document presents an integrated strategy for mental health system development that will lead to enhanced service delivery, improved outcomes, and improved human rights for people with mental disorders.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The Innov8 technical handbook is a user-friendly resource as part of the Innov8 approach for reviewing national health programmes to leave no one behind. It gives detailed guidance and exercise sheets for each of the 8 steps of analysis that comprise the review process and includes background readings, country examples and analytical activities.
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...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This document in the first part reviews and synthesizes the first five years of implementation (2008–2013) of projects on health adaptation to climate variability and change in low and middle income countries worldwide. The second part of the report presents results of qualitative research undertaken to document lessons learned and good practice examples from health adaptation projects to facili...
