The development objective of Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies Project for Türki̇ye is to strengthen Türkiye's capacity to (i) produce vaccines, and (ii) detect and initiate a rapid response to...
Global warming has dramatically increased the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme heat events, or heatwaves. Exposure to extreme heat presents a wide range of challenges for public health, labor...
Disease burden is commonly measured using a variety of health statistics, including deaths by cause, injury and disease prevalence and incidence, and disability-adjusted life years. While these metrics...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, health care facilities face critical challenges in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services; health care waste management; and environmental cleanliness. With coverage below...
The capital Dhaka is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Its rapid population growth led to inadequate infrastructures and service deliveries resulting in poor living conditions. Dhaka...
Ghana has made substantial progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) andcompares relatively well in health outcomes among its economic peers. Internationalcomparisons of government current health...
COVID-19 has made clear that managing public health emergencies not only requires fundamental preparedness capacities, but also the capability to mobilize these assets and resources effectively while responding...
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has stressed health systems, impacted economic productivity and human capital, and resulted in millions of lives lost. No country has been spared the consequences of...
Para apoyar a fortalecer sus capacidades de prevención, detección y respuesta a emergencias de salud pública, el Banco Mundial realizó un estudio analítico en El Salvador con el objetivo de generar un...
Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) as a public health concern is not only about saving lives, but also equally an important economic investment. In line with this, the Government of India (GOI) has a target...
The development objective of Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project is to enhance the capacity of Africa Centres for Disease Control...
Since early 2020, an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly across the world. Latin America and the Caribbean remains an epicenter...
Laboratory networks are one of the fundamental tools of public health alongside disease surveillance and epidemiological investigation. This knowledge product provides an overview of the capacities needed...
Surveillance is the systematic and continuous collection, analysis and interpretation of health-related information needed to inform public health action. There are a number of components to ensuring effective...
Emergency management (EM) describes the processes of anticipating, preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from the consequences of emergencies, to minimize impacts on people, animals...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines the health workforce as “all people engaged in actions whose primary intent is to enhance health." This document provides an overview of the central role of...