International Plan, Policy & Guidelines

Overview Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) is an academic enrichment program for outstanding high school students from around the world. Each summer, students from over 150 countries (including all 50 …

New meningitis strategy aims to save more than 200,000 lives annually The Global Roadmap to Defeat Meningitis aims to eliminate epidemics of bacterial meningitis – the most deadly form of …

Overview The Sixty-sixth World Health Assembly, consisting of Ministers of Health of 194 Member States, adopted the WHO’s Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 in May 2013. In 2019, the …

Kathmandu, 7 September 2021 – Taking lessons from the ongoing pandemic and emphasizing a once-in-a-century opportunity, countries of WHO South-East Asia Region today adopted a Ministerial Declaration resolving to strengthen health system resilience …

What is patient safety? Patient safety is: “A framework of organized activities that creates cultures, processes, procedures, behaviours, technologies and environments in health care that consistently and sustainably lower risks, …

Summary Dementia is a leading cause of disability and dependency globally. Lack of awareness and understanding lead to widespread stigmatization and discrimination against people with dementia, which may prevent them …

Overview This is a guidance document for countries and implementing partners on the technical requirements for developing digital information systems for issuing standards-based interoperable digital certificates for COVID-19 vaccination status, and …

26 August 2021 | Geneva – A rapid communication released by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme has announced important updates to guidance on the management of tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents. …

Overview Ensuring communities have access to lifesaving public health information from trusted sources and are not misled by misinformation is essential to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. This toolkit aims to …

Overview Sri Lanka has achieved strong health outcomes over and above what is commensurate with its income level. The country has made significant gains in essential health indicators, witnessed a …