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.

About us

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.

Latest news

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9 June 2022

Highlights

Feedback from Member States in response to WHO Director-General's call to strengthen palliative care services

20 December 2021

Highlights

Animation film illustrating the six components required for assessing the development of palliative care

12 October 2021

Departmental update

Implementing World Health Assembly Resolution on Palliative Care

Calls

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

25 September 2024

Call for experts

CALL FOR EXPERTS: Technical Advisory Group on Integrated Clinical Care (TAG-IC2)

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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Quality health services and palliative care: practical approaches and resources to support policy, strategy and practice

As countries commit to achieving universal health coverage, it is imperative to ensure that the design and delivery of palliative care services place attention...

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Assessing the development of palliative care worldwide: a set of actionable indicators provides a refined set of actionable indicators that can be...

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Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context: interim guidance, 1 June 2020

Countries around the world are facing the challenge of increased demand for care of people with COVID-19, compounded by fear, misinformation and limitations...

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