Health Systems Performance Assessment Debates, Methods and Empiricism

High quality scientific evidence is increasingly available to help the providers of health care make decisions about what types of investigations to order for an individual patient, and how to treat any health problems that are identified. ��Evidence-based medicine�� has been facilitated by the avai...

Swaziland Annual Health Statistics Report 2010

The 2010 report contains the Outpatient and Inpatient Information, Service Availability Mapping, HIV/AIDS, Notifiable Conditions, Male Circumcision (MC), Human Resource for Health. The Outpatient analyzed data is collected mainly from the Government, Mission, Non – Governmental Organization, an...

Africa CDC Mastercard Foundation: Saving Lives and Livelihoods Newsletter, April 2023

Currently, 14 African nations have vaccinated 70 percent of their eligible population with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the WHO Tanzania and Sao Tome and Principe have fully vaccinated their populations, while Botswana has vaccinated 94 percent Over 90 percent of the eligible population have a...

Evaluation of Certain Food Additives Report 1014, 2019

The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) met in Geneva from 12 to 21 June 2018. The meeting was opened by Dr Kazuaki Miyagishima, Director of the Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses of the World Health Organization (WHO), on behalf of WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghe...

Media circular for Measles-Rubella and Polio immunisation campaign

The media plays a critical role in increasing, sustaining and strengthening immunisation services. Many people, including parents, caregivers,political and civil leaders make immunisation decisions based on what they hear, see or read in the media.

The Nurses and Midwives ACT, 1996

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires�� ��certificate�� means a certificate issued under section 18; ��chairperson�� means the chairperson of the council appointed under section 4; ��council�� means the Nurses and Midwives Council established under section 2; ��diploma�� means a diploma...

Digital Transformation Strategy

In Africa, where health systems1 are faced with numerous challenges, including insufficient funding, inadequate infrastructure, and shortages of skilled healthcare workers, digital transformation presents a unique opportunity to address these challenges and improve health outcomes for millions of pe...

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update 19 May 2020

The document titled COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – 19 May 2020 offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern...

Married adolescents : No place of safety.

This publication is about the negative effect of early marriages on adolescents.

WHO Model Formulary 2008

In 1995, the WHO Expert Committee on the Use of Essential Drugs recommended that WHO develop a Model Formulary which would complement the WHO Model List of Essential Drugs (the ��Model List��). It was considered that such a WHO Model Formulary would be a useful resource for countries wishing to deve...

Guidance on Emergency Expedited Regulatory Authorisation and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa

The document titled Guidance on Emergency Expedited Regulatory Authorisation and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central...

The Wealth Report 2017

The declining power of governments to address society��s big problems brings the conversation on to wealth inequality, the issue that in one shape or another really drives most of the risks facing the world today. Last year, on these pages of The Wealth Report, our keynote interviewee, Lynn Forester...

Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services July 2015

Countries, programme managers, health workers and other stakeholders have indicated the importance of consolidating World Health Organization (WHO) guidance for HIV testing services (HTS). Thus, this guidance brings together existing guidance relevant to the provision of HTS and addresses issues and...

Use of surveys to evaluate an integrated oral cholera vaccine campaign in response to a cholera outbreak in Hoima district, Uganda

The campaign achieved high OCV coverage, but the surveys provided insights for improvement. To achieve high vaccine coverage, more effort is needed for community sensitisation, and additional resources for staff transportation and timely payment for campaign staff is required. Pretest and post-test...

COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access Strategy

The document titled COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Access Strategy offers a comprehensive insight into Emergency Response and Preparedness, focusing on key issues related to Technical Guidance. It addresses critical health challenges within Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Northern Africa, Southern...

Zoonotic diseases and warnings about their increasing frequency