International Plan, Policy & Guidelines

Global status report on alcohol and health 2018: 21 September 2018 – Geneva. More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according …

The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era Report Launch (Live) DOWNLOAD REPORT  PDF FILE 

”Low-income and lower-middle-income countries accounted for a higher percentage of the total population. The burden of Non-communicable diseases was also high but the investment to deal with NCDs was low.” The Financing …

Ten steps to successful breastfeeding (revised 2018) WHO and UNICEF launched the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the Ten …

Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding In 1989, WHO and UNICEF described the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding as a global standard of quality maternity care. The Ten Steps address facility …

World Health Statistics 2018: Monitoring health for the SDGs The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual snapshot of the state of the world’s health. This 2018 edition contains the …

Budget matters for health: key formulation and classification issues- WHO Authors: Helene Barroy, Elina Dale, Susan Sparkes, Joe Kutzin This policy brief aims to raise awareness on the role of …

WHO releases new International Classification of Diseases (ICD 11) News Release (Geneva) 18 June 2018: The World Health Organization (WHO) is today releasing its new International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). …

Global Health 50/50 Report (2018)   Global Health 50/50 is an independent initiative created to advance accountability and action for gender equality in global health. Its Advisory Council is an …