Preventing HIV misdiagnosis: implementation guide
This implementation guide provides practical advice on switching to a three-test strategy and instituting other measures that can help national HIV programmes deliver high-quality, accurate HIV testin
Paediatric research and development landscape for neglected tropical diseases: Report on 1999–2022 period
This Technical Brief provides succinct information on the current R&D situation in terms of treatments for NTDs in children and existing gaps, with a view to addressing these gaps and supporting the research agenda setting.
Refugee and migrant health system review: challenges and opportunities for long-term health system strengthening in Estonia
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Paediatric research and development landscape for neglected tropical diseases
Report on 1999–2022 period
Health financing progress matrix assessment, Kenya 2023: summary of findings and recommendations
This report summarizes the findings of the Health Financing Progress Matrix assessment, WHO’s standardized assessment of a country’s health financing policies, for Kenya. The report highlights both st
Quality control of SHA-based health accounts data
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Technical Advisory Group on Trans Fat Elimination and Validation: virtual meetings report, June-October 2023
This document explains the process used for the evaluation of the country applications and briefly summarizes the results of the evaluations by the TFATAG of the country applications.
Pesticide residues in food: 2023: toxicological evaluations / Joint Meeting of the FAO Panel of Experts on Pesticide Residues in Food and the Environment and the WHO Core Assessment Group on Pesticide Residues
The meeting was held in pursuance of recommendations made by previous meetings and accepted by the governing bodies of FAO and WHO that studies should be undertaken jointly by experts to evaluate poss
Safety evaluation of certain food additives: prepared by the ninety-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
The Ninety-ninth meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Executive Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) was held in Geneva from 11 June to 20 June 2024. The purpose of the meeting was to evaluate the safety of certain food additives and flavourings.
WHO SEAR 22nd Epidemiological Bulletin 2024
This epidemiological bulletin aims to provide the situation of key infectious diseases in the WHO South-East Asia region to inform risk assessments and responses. The bulletin uses information from
Monitoring noncommunicable diseases and injuries: a baseline assessment in 20 cities
This report presents the experiences of 20 cities who were involved in the development of monitoring guidance to address noncommunicable diseases and injuries. These issues are two major health challe
Urban health capacities: assessment and response action guide
This Action Guide is part of the Urban health capacities assessment and response resource kit.
Urban health capacities assessment and response: implementing food safety in Suva, Fiji
Assessing and using capacities that create synergies across sectors and levels of governance can significantly improve urban health and well-being. The Urban health capacities assessment and response
Global tuberculosis report 2024
The 2023 edition of the report is based primarily on data gathered by WHO from national ministries of health in annual rounds of data collection. In 2023, 192 countries and areas (out of 215) with mor
WHO strategic and technical advisory group for antimicrobial resistance (STAG-AMR): report of the fourth meeting 11-13 June 2024
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Joint external evaluation of the International Health Regulations (2005) core capacities of the United Republic of Tanzania
Mission report 14-18 August 2023 The United Republic of Tanzania is to be commended for persistently volunteering to be among the first countries to undertake the JEE assessment – its first assessment
WHO pharmaceuticals newsletter - No. 4, 2024
The WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter provides you with the latest information on the safety of medicinal products and regulatory actions taken by authorities around the world. In addition, this edition
Elimination of schistosomiasis from low-transmission areas.- Report of a WHO informal consultation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 18–19 August 2008
The objective of this manual is to guide managers of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases control programmes towards the elimination of these diseases as public health problems informed
The Self-Help Plus (SH+) training manual: for training facilitators to deliver the SH+ course
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Eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis as public health problems by 2030 in lusophone countries
This report summarizes the outcomes of the meeting of lusophone countries held from 12 to 14 March 2024 in Brasília, Brazil focusing on integrated responses to HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis.
What are healthy diets? Joint statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization
Healthy diets promote health, growth and development, support active lifestyles, prevent nutrient deficiencies and excesses, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, foodborne diseases and promote wellbeing.
WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group for 2021–2024: second meeting report, 19 October-2 November 2021
This report describes the second meeting of the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group for 2021-2024.
Considerations for border health and points of entry for mpox: interim guidance
This interim guidance provides advice to support the implementation of the standing and temporary recommendations related to border health, international travel and PoEs issued by the Director-General
Preferred product characteristics of blood-based biomarker diagnostics for Alzheimer disease
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Regional consultation on Draft Global Strategy for Traditional Medicine 2025:2034 and to set the research priorities for WHO SEA Region
The regional inputs are crucial for the draft WHO Global Strategy for Traditional Medicine 2025-2034 which is being formulated and the draft version is ready for the review. The draft strategy is to b