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

Improving the prevention, diagnosis and clinical management of sepsis

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 April 2025

Departmental update

Global Sepsis Alliance hosts annual World Sepsis Congress

30 January 2024

Departmental update

Guidelines on the Clinical Management of Sepsis

Calls

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

6 February 2023

Call for proposals

Request for proposal: Systematic literature review to identify effective preventive methods for bloodstream infections and other infections, associated with peripheral intravascular catheters

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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Global report on the epidemiology and burden of sepsis

In this report, we highlight the public health impact of sepsis, with a particular focus on specific populations and those seeking health care, and we...

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Improving the prevention, diagnosis and clinical management of sepsis: report by the Secretariat

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Health care-associated infections (HAI) are one of the most common adverse events in care delivery and a major public health problem with an impact on...

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