World Health Organisation(WHO)

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
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Levels and Trends in Child Malnutrition

UNICEF, WHO, World Bank global and regional child malnutrition estimates from 1990 to 2017 reveal that we are still far from a world without malnutrition. The joint estimates, published in May 2017,...

Section: Reports

by United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF | On 01 Jan 2017

Ambient Air Pollution: A Global Assessment of Exposure and Burden of Disease

This report presents a summary of methods and results of the latest WHO global assessment of ambient air pollution exposure and the resulting burden of disease. Air pollution has become a growing con...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Sep 2016

Eliminating Malaria

This WHO report released on World Malaria Day, 2016 shows that, although an ambitious goal, eliminating malaria from 35 countries by 2030 is achievable. Malaria mortality rates have declined by 60% gl...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 25 Apr 2016

Global Report on Diabetes

Diabetes is a serious, chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin (a hormone that regulates blood sugar, or glucose), or when the body cannot effectively use...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Apr 2016

Global Report on Urban health: Equitable, Healthier Cities for Sustainable Development

The Global report on urban health: equitable, healthier cities for sustainable development, 2016 presents new data on the health of urban residents from nearly 100 countries, updating the first joint...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Mar 2016

Earmarked Tobacco Taxes: Lessons Learnt from Nine Countries

This publication looks at the experience of nine countries that have an experience in earmarking tobacco tax revenues for health purposes. It describes the challenges, setbacks and achievements of tho...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2016

Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2015

This report presents global, regional and country-level estimates of trends in maternal mortality between 1990 and 2015. It describes in detail the methodology employed to generate the estimates and t...

Section: Reports

by United Nations | On 01 Nov 2015

World Report on Ageing and Health

The World report on ageing and health outlines a framework for action to foster Healthy Ageing built around the new concept of functional ability. Making these investments will have valuable social an...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 30 Sep 2015

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic

This WHO report provides a snapshot of the MPOWER measures, with all country-specific data updated and aggregated through 2014. In addition, the report provides a special focus on tobacco taxation and...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 07 Jul 2015

Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water

In 2000 the Member States of the United Nations signed the Millennium Declaration, which later gave rise to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Goal 7, to ensure environmental sustainability,...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jul 2015

Tracking Universal Health Coverage: First Global Monitoring Report

This report is the first of its kind to measure health service coverage and financial protection to assess countries’ progress towards universal health coverage. It shows that at least 400 million...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jun 2015

Report of the Sixty-Eighth World Health Assembly on Global Technical Strategy and Targets for Malaria 2016–2030

Recalling resolutions on malaria control, and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, by 2015. Acknowledging the progress made towards th...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 22 May 2015

Report of the Sixty-Eighth World Health Assembly on Contributing to Social and Economic Development: Sustainable Action across sectors to Improved Health and Health Equity (follow-up of the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion)

The framework provides guidance to Member States on taking country-level action across sectors for improving health and health equity. Such action includes the support of the health sector to other se...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 18 May 2015

International Public Health Hazards: Indian Legislative Provisions

"International public health hazards: Indian legislative provisions" presents an outline of the provisions in the Indian legal system which may enable the implementation of IHR in the country. Interna...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Mar 2015

Investing to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases

This report repositions a group of 17 neglected tropical diseases on the global development agenda at a time of profound transitions in the economies of endemic countries and in thinking about the ove...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Feb 2015

World Health Statistics 2015

World Health Statistics 2015 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millen...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2015

WHO Global Report on Trends in Tobacco Smoking

This report contains country-specific estimates for four indicators: current and daily tobacco smoking and current and daily cigarette smoking, for males and females for the years 2000, 2005, 2010, 20...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2015

World Malaria Report 2014

The World Malaria Report 2014 summarizes information received from malaria-endemic countries and other sources, and updates the analyses presented in the 2013 report. It assesses global and regional m...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 09 Dec 2014

WHO Reform: Progress Report on Reform Implementation

This report summarizes the progress of WHO reform since the report to the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly. It provides an update on developments in each of the three broad areas of reform (programme...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 08 May 2014

Report of the Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly on Improved Decision Making by the Governing Bodies

At its 134th session, in the provisional agenda the Executive Board considered two reports by the Secretariat on options for improved decision-making by the governing bodies, which included four recom...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 07 May 2014

Report of the Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly on Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors

At its 134th session, in the provisional agenda the Executive Board have requested the Director-General to develop a framework of engagement with non-State actors and separate policies on the engageme...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 05 May 2014

Report of the World Health Assembly Executive Board on its 133rd and 134th Sessions

The Executive Board held its 133rd session on 29 and 30 May 2013 and its 134th session from 20 to 25 January 2014. This report summarizes the main outcomes.

Section: Documents

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 25 Apr 2014

Progress Report of the Sixty-Eighth World Health Assembly

The comprehensive mental health action plan 2013–2020 was adopted by the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly in May 2013. The present report summarizes progress made in implementing the action plan. The...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 24 Apr 2014

Report of the Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition

This report describes progress in carrying out the comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition, endorsed by the Health Assembly the global strategy for infant and y...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 11 Apr 2014

Report of the Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly on WHO Global Disability Action Plan 2014–2021

This provides guidance on the draft action plan for better health to disable people. There are more than 1000 million people with disability worldwide, about 15% of the global population. The prevalen...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 04 Apr 2014

Report of the Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly on Improving the Health of Patients with Viral Hepatitis

The Health Assembly adopted resolution on viral hepatitis, in which, inter alia, it urged Member States to support or enable an integrated and cost-effective approach to the prevention, control and ma...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 28 Mar 2014

Draft Report of the Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly on Global Strategy and Targets for Tuberculosis Prevention, Care and Control after 2015

At the Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly the executive board drafted a global strategy targets for tuberculosis prevention, with a aim to accelerate the global expansion of tuberculosis care and contr...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 14 Mar 2014

WHA Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Wasting Policy Brief

In 2012, the World Health Assembly Resolution 65.6 endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition, which specified six global nutrition targets for 2025 (2)...

Section: Policy Briefs

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2014

Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Stunting Policy Brief

Childhood stunting is one of the most significant impediments to human development, globally affecting approximately 162 million children under the age of 5 years. If current trends continue, projecti...

Section: Policy Briefs

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2014

Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Anaemia Policy Brief

The prevalence of anaemia was highest in south Asia and central and west Africa (3). While the causes of anaemia are variable, it is estimated that half of cases are due to iron deficiency. In some se...

Section: Policy Briefs

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2014

Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Low Birth Weight Policy Brief

In 2012, the World Health Assembly Resolution 65.6 endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition (1), which specified six global nutrition targets for 2025...

Section: Policy Briefs

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2014

Global Nutrition Targets 2025: Childhood Overweight Policy Brief

In 2012, the World Health Assembly Resolution 65.6 endorsed a Comprehensive implementation plan for maternal, infant and young child nutrition (1), which specified six global nutrition targets for 202...

Section: Policy Briefs

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2014

Report of the Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly on Global Vaccine Action Plan

In May 2012, the Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly endorsed the global vaccine action plan in resolution and requested the Director-General to monitor progress and report annually, through the Executi...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 06 Dec 2013

Promoting proper feeding for infants and young children

Nutrition and nurturing during the first years of life are both crucial for life-long health and well-being. In infancy, no gift is more precious than breastfeeding; yet barely one in three infants is...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 31 Jul 2013

Optimal duration of exclusive breastfeeding

In under-resourced settings, where sanitation and safe water are often lacking, breastfeeding can be life-saving. Breastfeeding protects against infectious diseases, especially gastrointestinal infect...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 17 Jul 2013

Infant and young child feeding

Undernutrition is associated with more than one third of the global disease burden for children under five. Infant and young child feeding is a key area to improve child survival and promote healthy g...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 15 Jul 2013

Global Nutrition Policy Review: What Does it Take to Scale up Nutrition Action?

This Global Nutrition Policy Review is based on a questionnaire survey conducted during 2009–2010, in which 119 WHO Member States and 4 territories participated. Selected case studies illustrate the...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2013

The World Health Report 2013

Universal health coverage, with full access to high-quality services for health promotion, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, palliation and financial risk protection, cannot be achieved without...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2013

World Malaria Report 2010

The World Malaria Report 2010 summarizes information received from 106 malaria-endemic countries/areas and other partners and it updates the analyses presented in the 2009 Report. It highlights con...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation | On 25 Mar 2010

Public Health Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights

The World Health Organization considered that its mission demanded it should play a part in this debate, with the objective of illuminating how intellectual property rights might affect public health...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2010

Health Implications from Monocrotophos Use: A Review of the Evidence in India

This document is based on a literature review and which was prepared for the Regional Office of South-East Asia. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and WHO have encouraged countries to phase...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2009

Proportion of Births Attended by a Skilled Health Worker 2008 Updates

In our analysis, attempts have been made to quantify the proportion of births attended by health workers other than doctors, nurses and midwives in order to show the proportion of births conducted by...

Section: Documents

by World Health Organisation WHO | On 08 Aug 2008

Guidelines for the Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents: Developing a Public Health Perspective

This paper is intended to be a contribution towards the improvement of transparency and efficiency of patentability examination for pharmaceuticals inventions, particularly in developing countries. I...

Section: Working Papers

by Carlos Correa | On 23 Dec 2006

Database for Disease Burden Estimation Malaria, Filaria, Dengue & Diarrhoeal Diseases

The Report of the study is in two parts – Part A gives the findings of the literature survey, the limitations of the database and the data gaps for each infection; Part B is the annotated bibliography...

Section: General

by Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR | On 01 Jan 2006

WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women

Violence against women by an intimate partner is a major contributor to the ill-health of women. This study analyses data from 10 countries and sheds new light on the prevalence of violence against wo...

Section: Reports

by World Health Organisation (WHO) | On 01 Jan 2005