Essential health technologies

Health technologies are developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives. They form an indispensable component of the services health systems can offer in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease and in alleviating disability and functional deficiency. full story

Technical areas

Blood Transfusion Safety Read more... Transplantation Read more... Emergency and essential surgical care Read more... Injection safety Read more...

Diagnostics and laboratory technology Read more... Diagnostic imaging Read more... Medical devices Read more... eHealth for health care delivery Read more...

Call for innovative technologies that address global health concerns
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Announcing World Blood Donor Day
14 June 2010
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	Contact information
	World Health Organization Department of Essential Health Technologies (HSS/EHT) 20 Avenue Appia 1211, Geneva 27 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 1360 Fax: +41 22 791 4836 Email: eht@who.int