World Health Organization
Global status report on the public health response to dementia
Report
15 Sep 2021
Overview Halfway into the implementation of the Global dementia action plan, the Global status report on the public health...
Report
15 Sep 2021
Overview Halfway into the implementation of the Global dementia action plan, the Global status report on the public health...
Publication
15 Sep 2021
Overview Health technologies, specially medical devices are essential for a functioning health system. The response to...
To ensure that all countries benefit from health innovation, WHO has compiled a compendium of 24 new technologies that can be used in low-resource settings...
News
15 Sep 2021
Publication
15 Sep 2021
The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available WHO and other United Nations (UN) guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments....
In Chile, more people die from cardiovascular disease than from any other cause. More than a quarter of all deaths every year – around 30 000 in total..
Chile
25 Aug 2021
Over the last thirty years, there has been increasing recognition of the need to better understand how lifestyle – including factors related t..
News
15 Aug 2021
Publication
07 Aug 2021
With an endorsement from the WHO Director General and available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, this handbook builds on the earlier volume and he...
Publication
29 Jul 2021
This handbook supports the Practice Transformation Programme on Diabetes. It presents an overview of diabetes and describes the various services pharmacists ...
28 Jul 2021
Background Policies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and mon...
We know that the combination of COVID-19, chronic diseases and poverty present a global health emergency: a ‘perfect storm’. But what does this ..
News
20 Jul 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) has today released new guidance which recognize how people can actively take decisions for their own health and the..
News
13 Jul 2021
11 Jul 2021
Background: Nepal adopted the Multisectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (MSAP) in 2014. Implementation of the pla...