International Plan, Policy & Guidelines

Spending on health is growing faster than the rest of the global economy, accounting for 10% of global gross domestic product (GDP). A new report on global health expenditure from the World …

Non-communicable diseases are a major public health problem in Nepal accounting for around 60% of the total annual deaths in 2014 (WHO). The Package of Essential Non-communicable Diseases (PEN) has …

WHO launched the first WHO Guidelines on Housing and Health Geneva, Switzerland, 27 November 2018 The quality of housing has major implications for people’s health. Poor housing is associated with …

The World Malaria Report 2018: The World malaria report, published annually, provides a comprehensive update on global and regional malaria data and trends. The latest report, released on 19 November 2018, …

Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 Main findings (Published in The Lancet in November 2018). GBD 2017 provides for the first time an independent estimation of population, for each of …

25 October 2018: Countries around the world today agreed to the Declaration of Astana, vowing to strengthen their primary health care systems as an essential step toward achieving universal health …

Declaration of Alma-Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care, Alma-Ata, USSR, 6-12 September 1978 The International Conference on Primary Health Care, meeting in Alma-Ata this twelfth day of September in …

Family Planning : A Global Handbook for Provider, The 2018 edition Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers first appeared in 2007. It was updated first in 2011 and now …