World Health Organization
Fact Sheet: Universal health coverage (UHC)
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17 Oct 2018
Fact sheet on Universal Health Care
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New Perspectives on Global Health Spending for Universal Health Coverage
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17 Oct 2018
This report summarizes the latest internationally comparable data on health spending in all WHO Member States between 2000 and 2015. But it does more than publish the most recent data. For the first time the report also uses the new international cla...
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Plan of action – The path to Universal Health Coverage
Report
17 Oct 2018
Since WHR 2010, over 60 countries have approached WHO to modify their health financing systems in order to achieve the UHC goal. In March 2011 WHO convened a meeting of health financing experts - from partner agencies, government, civil society and a...
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Promoting health while mitigating climate change
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17 Oct 2018
This is one of two technical background papers prepared as a basis for discussion at the WHO Health and Climate Conference. It provides a brief summary of the available evidence on the health impacts (co-benefits and risks) of climate change mitigati...
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Guidance Note on the Integration of NCDs into the UNDAF
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 (UN...
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Guidelines for primary health care in low-resource settings
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.
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Health systems financing: The path to universal coverage
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...
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Healthy hospitals, healthy planet, healthy people: Addressing climate change in healthcare settings
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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 demon...
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Improving health systems and services for mental health
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.
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Innov8 approach for reviewing national health programmes
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...
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Innovation in deinstitutionalization: A WHO expert survey
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. Resu...
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Climate and Health Country Profiles - 2015 A Global Overview
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17 Oct 2018
The WHO UNFCCC Climate and Health Country Profile Project aims to raise awareness of the health impacts of climate change, support evidence-based decision making to strengthen the climate resilience of health systems, and promote actions that improve...