International Plan, Policy & Guidelines

The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual compilation of health statistics for its 194 Member States. The series is produced by the WHO Department of Information, Evidence and Research, …

The RED strategy ‘Reaching Every District’ (RED) is the name given to a strategy of district capacity building to address common obstacles to increasing immunization coverage, with a focus on planning and …

6 MARCH 2017 | GENEVA More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments. Every year, environmental risks – such as …

27 FEBRUARY 2017,GENEVA WHO today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. …

WHO launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years. This report aims to describe global health …

The WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines has been updated every two years since 1977. The current versions are the 19th WHO Essential Medicines List. The core list presents a …

WHO’s Global tuberculosis report 2015 was released on 28 Oct 2015 in Washington.  Tuberculosis mortality nearly halved since 1990 But TB ranks alongside HIV as a leading cause of death …

Every 40 seconds a person dies by suicide somewhere in the world. “Preventing suicide: a global imperative” is the first WHO report of its kind. It aims to increase awareness …

17 July 2015 –WHO’s Release New Guidelines on HTC services Globally only 51% of people living with HIV know of their status. The new guidelines provide a recommendation to support …

ADDIS ABABA/GENEVA, 14 July 2015 UNAIDS announces that the goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met nine months ahead of schedule The world …