WHO Expert Committeeon Drug DependenceThirty-ninth report no 1009, 2018

The thirty-ninth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 6 to 10 November 2017. Dr Suzanne Hill, Director, WHO Department of Essential Medicines and Health Products (EMP), opened the meeting by welcoming all par...

Africa CDC Strategic Plan 2023 2027

Africa stands at a critical juncture, where the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as Ebola and Monkeypox outbreaks underlined the need for increased self-reliance in our continent’s health systems. There is a shared recognition that Africa can and must do more to safeguard its healt...

Global Tuberculosis report 2016.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 were adopted by the United Nations in 2015. One of the targets is to end the global TB epidemic. The WHO End TB Strategy, approved by the World Health Assembly in 2014, calls for a 90% reduction in TB deaths and an 80% reduction in the TB incidence r...

Delivering HIV test results and messages for re-testing and counselling in adults

These recommendations focus on re-testing for HIV. This document is intended to inform a diverse audience including HIV policy-makers, HIV testing and counselling and national AIDS programme managers, site managers, trainers and HIV testing and counselling providers. HIV testing and counselling set...

Addressing Market Failures: The Role of CEPI in Bridging the Innovation Gap to Prevent the Next Pandemic

The global response to COVID-19 not only shows that the world was ill-prepared to prevent and respond to a pandemic caused by a novel respiratory pathogen, but also that there are an array of system and market failures in global health research and development (R&D). Solving for these failures ― and...

The Lighthouse A centre for comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Malawi

The Lighthouse Trust was established in 2001 to provide a continuum of quality care and counselling as well as to improve the quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, including the terminally ill, in Lilongwe.

National HIV Testing Services Policy and Implementation Guidelines - Uganda

This policy provides a framework for establishing systems that ensure that the rights of persons in Uganda to access non-discriminatory HTS services are realized. This policy and guidelines will operate within the scope of the national and international policies; in alignment with national plans and...

National Health Accounts for Uganda Tracking Expenditure in the Health Sector FY 1997/98

This report presents results from a study of Uganda��s National Health Accounts for the Fiscal Year 1997/98. The study set out to describe the flow of funds in Uganda��s healthcare system, including both public and private sectors. Using a comprehensive view of the health sector and standard definit...

Laboratory Equipment Management, A Guidance to African Union Member States

In recent years, African countries have made great advances in capacity for laboratory testing for clinical use, surveillance and public health emergency management, and for research and development through substantial investments in infrastructure, including the deployment of large numbers of labor...

Nutrition Program Report - Monthly Health Facility, April 2023

This document is a statistical report highlighting the performance of the key nutrition program indicators for the month of April 2023.

Outbreak Brief 106: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

The document titled Outbreak Brief 106: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic 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...

Zoonotic diseases and warnings about their increasing frequency