17 September 2022
/ World Patient Safety Day
Integrated Health Services
The department supports countries in moving their health systems towards universal health coverage, through equitable access to quality health services that are integrated, safe and people-centred across the care continuum. The department also leads the WHO efforts on essential health services and systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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10 May 2022
Health systems resilience toolkit: a WHO global public health good to support building and strengthening...
This document is a consolidated, fit-for-purpose technical reference package to support countries in strengthening health systems resilience at national...
5 April 2022
Injection safety in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination: Addendum to policy brief,...
This policy brief confirms WHO guidance and policy on injection safety in the context of the extraordinary increase in global injections resulting from...
Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the popularly applied health resources across the globe. Driven by domestic and international demands, WHO is developing...
11 February 2022
WHO benchmarks for the practice of ayurveda
The WHO benchmarks for the practice of Ayurveda defines the minimum requirement/criteria for establishing practice in Ayurveda in WHO Member States. It...
11 February 2022
WHO benchmarks for the training of Unani medicine
The WHO benchmarks for the training of Unani medicine is an update of its previous version published in 2010. It defines the minimum requirement/criteria...
11 February 2022
WHO benchmarks for the training of ayurveda
The WHO benchmarks for the training of Ayurveda is an update of its previous version published in 2010. It defines the minimum requirement/criteria for...
11 February 2022
WHO benchmarks for the practice of Unani medicine
The WHO benchmarks for the practice of Unani medicine defines the minimum requirement/criteria for establishing practice in Unani medicine in WHO Member...
7 February 2022
Third round of the global pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19...
To better understand the extent of essential health service disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has conducted three rounds of the Global...
3 February 2022
21st century health challenges: can the essential public health functions make a difference?: discussion...
Countries worldwide are facing complex and diverse health challenges in 21st century, and usually there is one national health system for individual and...
This policy brief synthesizes WHO guidance and policy on injection safety in the context of the extraordinary increase in global injections resulting from...
The recently published World Health Organization (WHO) Strengthening infection prevention and control in primary care document collates existing standards,...
6 October 2021
A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus, 6 October 2021
WHO has developed a clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition by Delphi methodology that includes 12 domains, available for use in all settings....
Events
12 May 2022 14:00 – 15:00 UTC Time
WHO Global Quality Rounds - Setting national strategic direction on quality of care: focus on Malaysia and Namibia
19 April 2022 07:00 – 10:00 UTC Time
Training on patient safety incident report analysis for Maldives
28 – 30 March 2022
