International Guidelines & Documents

Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline

The WHO Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the use of therapeutics in the…

May 9, 2021

The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021

The State of the World’s Midwifery (SoWMy) 2021 presents findings on the Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent…

May 5, 2021

Immunization Agenda 2030: A global strategy to leave no one behind

The Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) envisions a world where everyone, everywhere, at every age, fully benefits from vaccines…

April 27, 2021

Global Report on Ageism: Ageism is a global challenge

The Global report on ageism outlines a framework for action to reduce ageism including specific recommendations for different actors (e.g. government, UN…

March 19, 2021

The 2021 Global Health 50/50 report, “Gender equality: Flying blind in a time of crisis

The 2021 Global Health 50/50 report, “Gender equality: Flying blind in a time of crisis,” reviews the gender-related…

March 12, 2021

Violence against women, 2018 estimates: 1 in 3 women globally experience violence

Overview Violence against women is a major human rights violation and a global public health concern of pandemic…

March 12, 2021

COVID-19 and Obesity: The 2021 Atlas

The World Obesity Federation has published the 2021 Atlas on COVID-19 and Obesity which shows increased bodyweight is…

March 4, 2021

WHO Guidelines for Malaria (Consolidated Guidelines for Malaria)

WHO launches a consolidated guidelines for malaria. The consolidated WHO Guidelines for malaria present all of the current WHO recommendations…

February 20, 2021

WHO announces updated critical concentrations for susceptibility testing for rifampicin

5 February 2021 | GENEVA – The critical concentrations for culture-based phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) to first-line anti-TB drugs…

February 5, 2021

World Malaria Report 2020

Overview The 2020 edition of the World Malaria Report takes a historical look at key milestones that helped shape the…

November 30, 2020