Integrated Health Services

At the center of IHS work is what and how healthcare is delivered and experienced, in the encounter between the person getting healthcare and the provider.

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Technical units

Featured areas of work

PHC and health service measurement

National quality policy and strategy

Service planning and UHC package implementation

Integrated emergency, critical and operative care

Primary care services

Preventing infections in health care

Hand hygiene

Community engagement for quality

Medication without harm

Medical error incident reporting and learning

Herbal medicines regulation

Monitoring health services in emergency context

Our activities

Integrative work

Health Services Learning Hub

The hub supports country learning on health services and provides a platform to share country learning and experience on different aspects of health service delivery.

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Calls

Current calls for experts, opinions and other opportunities are listed below.

Events calendar

Events and webinars

World campaign days

Handwashing at AgroIndustries Bhutan in Thimphu on 11 August 2023

World Hand Hygiene Day

5 May

World Patient Safety Day

17 September

Resources

Latest publications

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WHO training package on environmental cleaning: evaluation methodology guide

This guide provides a framework for evaluating the WHO training package, Environmental cleaning and infection prevention and control in health-care facilities...

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The purpose of this document is to define who is the infection prevention and control (IPC) professional and identify what core competencies are needed...

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The first ever Global guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) were published on 3 November 2016, then updated in some parts and...

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