Harm reduction is a comprehensive package of policies and programmes to reduce the adverse health...

The regional agenda features a phased approach to achieve the four objectives: (1) strengthen eff...

This annual report provides information on the state of tuberculosis control in the Region. It co...

This project was undertaken to produce a Sourcebook to support the integration of poverty and gen...

This document is a call to action and a road map to halt the HIV and hepatitis epidemics among pe...

This publication provides countries with practical guidelines for planning population-based surve...

Contracting is a tool that is playing an increasing role in many health systems. Although contrac...

Reports the findings and recommendations of a working group convened to prepare guidelines for th...

'Design Guidelines for Blood Centres' will serve as a tool for authorities responsible for develo...

This training material is targeted primarily at government officials, with the view that training...

On 21 May 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco C...

This policy brief proposes a framework with a series of actions that are based on the literature ...

This handbook has been prepared for the guidance of practitioners involved in the policy-making o...

This regional framework provides a reference point for action primarily for national governments ...

This document is intended to serve as an instrument for governments to establish a sector assessm...

This publication offers basic operational guidance on HIV testing and counseling in settings atte...

Preceded by: Immunization safety surveillance prepared by Osman Mansoor, Susan Shin, Chris Maher ...

The book is aimed at informing and supporting the development of a healthcare sector -wide respon...

These guidelines were developed based on the shared experiences from and consultations with WHO M...

This book and CD-ROM package describes the priority health sector interventions recommended to ac...

At the fifty-third session of the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in Kyoto Japan healt...

The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed...

The Regional Strategy and Plan of Action for Measles and Rubella Elimination in the Western Pacif...

Traditional medicine, including the knowledge, skills and practices of holistic health care, exis...

This second edition of the WHO Health Financing Country Profiles can help improve the monitoring ...

This 'Making your city smoke free' workshop package was developed by the World Health Organizatio...

This policy brief aims to provide guidance for policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries ...

Antimicrobial resistance threatens great achievements in modern medicine and public health. Alarm...

This training package has been produced for audiences unfamiliar with harm reduction for injectin...

The Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (APSED) was launched in 2005 as a common strategi...

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a public health issue in 28 countries and areas in the Wes...

A practical guide to the establishment of a surveillance system for monitoring and reporting adve...

Introduces the concept of food-based dietary guidelines as a powerful new tool for addressing the...

The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed...

The purpose of this guidance document is to assist Member States in establishing a public health ...

This report was prepared for the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Health and Environment held 6-8 O...

The Tonga Commitment to Promote Healthy Lifestyles and Supportive Environments is an outcome of t...

This book should serve as a tool for dialogue with governments, health care providers, and other ...

'Second Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (2...

In order to provide evidence-based information to assist governments international agencies and n...

The set of modules that comprise this 'Sourcebook' are intended for use in pre-service and in-ser...

The Asia-Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (APSED) was launched in 2005 as a five-year strat...

The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed...

This guide focuses on health economics and financing with the objectives of providing readers wit...

Since the extensive spread of HIV began at the end of the 1980s, more than 7 million people in th...

People are living longer than ever before. Globally and in the Western Pacific Region, the propor...

This project identified countries in the Asia Pacific Region that have population-level surveilla...

Millions of people in Asia and the Pacific, particularly the poor, still cannot use needed health...