Publications
Setting global research priorities for public health and social measures during health emergencies
The global research agenda on public health and social measures (PHSM) during health emergencies sets research priorities across multiple infectious disease...
Role of social protection in reducing the burden of public health and social measures during the COVID-19...
To date, little is known at the global level about the nature and effectiveness of the social protection responses aimed at reducing the socioeconomic...
WHO global technical consultation on public health and social measures during health emergencies: report...
World Health Organization (WHO) held its 2nd global technical consultation on public health and social measures (PHSM) during health emergencies from 21...
Global guidance on monitoring public health and social measures policies during health emergencies
This global guidance aims to facilitate systematic and harmonized data collection about, and monitoring of, public health and social measures (PHSM) policies...
Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Module 1: Planning for respiratory pathogen pandemics
Through technical consultations with countries and partners, WHO has led the development of Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Module 1:...
Building coalitions for strengthening public health and social measures during health emergencies: meeting...
In June 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened national public health stakeholders from 21 countries and WHO staff to establish a ...
WHO benchmarks for strengthening health emergency capacities
Benchmarking is a strategic process often used by businesses and institutes to standardize performance in relation to the best practices of their...
Considerations for implementing and adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19
Public health and social measures have been implemented across the world to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission, morbidity, and mortality from COVID-19 and...
“Crafting the mosaic”: a framework for resilient surveillance for respiratory viruses of epidemic and...
It is impossible to address the many complex needs of respiratory virus surveillance with a single system. Therefore, multiple surveillance systems and...
Report of the WHO global technical consultation on public health and social measures during health emergencies
The global technical consultation on public health and social measures (PHSM) during health emergencies took place from 31 August to 2 September...
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COVID-19 Global Risk Assessment
WHO regularly conducts risk assessments for graded emergencies in accordance with the WHO Emergency Response Framework. Since January 2020, WHO conducted...
PHSM information flyer
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Global Research and Innovation for Health Emergencies
The COVID-19 pandemic has been at the centre of WHO’s research endeavours over the past 12 months and our progress is reported in alignment with...
COVID-19 Research and Innovation. Powering the world’s pandemic response – now and in the future
This updated report once again brings a spotlight to the immense and tireless global research effort to control COVID-19.The report not only details...
The effects of public health and social measures (PHSM) implemented during the COVID‐19 pandemic: an...
The aim is to systematically review the effectiveness and unintended health and socioeconomic consequences of public health and social measures (PHSM)...
Public health and social measures during health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic: an initial...
This paper presents an initial conceptual framework depicting how PHSM operate in a complex system, enabling a wide-reaching description of these measures...
A global research agenda on public health and social measures during emergencies
The importance of strong coordination for research on public health and social measures was highlighted at the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly in...
Strengthening the evidence base for decisions on public health and social measures
The introduction of public health and social measures has been one of the key strategies to curb the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)....
