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World Health Organization

Heatwaves and Health: Guidance on Warning-System Development

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....

GuideEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

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 the review process and includes background readings, country examples and analytical activities.

GuideHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Lessons learned on health adaptation to climate variability and change: experiences across low and middle-income countries

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...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Mainstreaming gender in health adaptation to climate change programmes

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: identification, formulation and design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.

GuideEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rights

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MCA progress report 2014-15 WHO's Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health

Report

17 Oct 2018

This document presents a strategy to implement programmes for maternal health, newborn and preterm care, the quality of service delivery and how to ensure patient safety, integrated management of childhood illness, early child development, adolescent health, community engagement and new and emerging threats such as the zikavirus-linked surge in microcephaly and other neurological syndromes.

ReportMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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World Health Organization

Climate and Health Country Profiles - 2015 A Global Overview

Publication

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 health while reducing carbon emissions.

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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World Health Organization

Climate Change and Health

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

An overview of climate change and health, including key facts and WHO's leadership and coordination role.

Fact sheetEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Climate change and health WHA resolution

Case study

17 Oct 2018

This document is a summary of the discussion on climate change and health at the 66th World Health Assembly. The discussion highlighted the many ways in which climate change affects health, through increasing risks of weather-related extremes, to impacts on both communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Case studyEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

The Global Conference on Health and Climate Change

Report

17 Oct 2018

The objective of this conference was to develop, in consultation with Member States and other key stakeholders, a draft action plan for the SIDS Initiative with the following areas of action: empowerment, evidence, implementation, and resources.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Core competencies in adolescent health and development for primary care providers

Guide

17 Oct 2018

The WHO document “Core competencies in adolescent health and development for primary care providers” aims to help countries develop competency-based educational programmes in adolescent health and development in both pre-service and in-service education.

GuideHealth Literacy DevelopmentMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

Country Support Package for Equity, Gender and Human Rights

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This Country Support Package provides country-level support to "leaving no one behind," benefit health information systems, national health policies and strategies, and national health programmes.

GuideGender, equity and human rights

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World Health Organization

Did you know: climate action by finance ministers can strengthen public health

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

WHO fact sheet with key message on climate change and health for&nbsp;finance ministers: you can increase economic efficiency, increase&nbsp;revenue, improve health and address climate change by considering health issues when&nbsp;developing climate policy.

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and health

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