International Guidelines & Documents

Quality Health Services: A Planning Guide (WHO Quality Toolkit)

Overview The guide is for staff working at all levels of the health system who have a role…

June 29, 2022

WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care

Overview The World Health Organization today released its largest review of world mental health since the turn of the century.…

June 17, 2022

Updated WHO recommendations for malaria chemoprevention and elimination

3 June 2022 WHO published today in the consolidated guidelines for malaria a package of new and updated recommendations across…

June 14, 2022

WHO launches a second report of country success stories in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB services 

27 April 2022 | Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Programme has shared its second report of country success stories…

April 27, 2022

Planning and budgeting tool for TB and drug-resistant TB testing

19 January 2022 | Geneva: The Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI), with its secretariat at the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Programme,…

January 20, 2022

World Malaria Report 2021: Tracking progress against Malaria

Overview Each year, WHO’s World malaria report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination…

December 7, 2021

Compendium of data and evidence-related tools for use in TB planning and programming

Overview Over the past 2 decades, there has been a considerable increase in the number of tools to…

November 3, 2021

State of The World’s Hand Hygiene 2021

Investing $1 per person per year in hand hygiene could save hundreds of thousands of lives Overview The 2021…

October 23, 2021

Toolkit for establishing laws to eliminate lead paint

Overview This toolkit was developed by a group of partners of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint…

October 23, 2021

WHO’s 7 policy recommendations on building resilient health systems

Overview WHO has released a position paper on building health systems resilience towards UHC and health security during COVID-19…

October 20, 2021