World Health Organization

Constituency:	UN / UN Agency
Website:	www.who.int
Address:	Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27
Country:	Switzerland

About us

WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.

It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

Events (3)

• 'Analysing Disrupted Health Systems in Countries in Crises' training course (27 Nov 2011 – 8 Dec 2011)
• Public Health Pre-Deployment Course (26 Sep 2011 – 7 Oct 2011)
• Analysing Disrupted Health Systems in Countries in Crises Training Course (16 May 2011 – 27 May 2011)

Evaluative resources (28)

• A Joint DFID - WHO Review of EHA's Capacity Building Programme
• Building a Bridge for Peace or Servicing Complex Political Emergencies?
• Consultation on Applied Health Research Priorities in Complex Emergencies
• EHA Consultation with Donors and Collaborating Agencies on the Role of WHO in Complex Emergencies
• Evaluation of Preparedness and Response to Hurricanes Georges and Mitch: Conclusions and Recommendations
• Evaluation of the Adequacy, Appropriateness and Effectiveness of Needs Assessments in the International Decision Making Process to Assist People Affected by the Tsunami
• Health as a Bridge for Peace Evaluation Study
• Health as a Bridge for Peace?
• Interagency Health Evaluation Burundi
• Interagency Health Evaluation Chad
• Interagency Health Evaluation Liberia
• Internal Evaluation of WHO Response in Kosovo from June to December 1999
• Joint Disaster Response and Recovery Mission to Central America as a Follow-up to Hurricane Mitch
• Joint evaluation on WHO Emergency Response Operations in Pakistan in the context of the Health Action in Crises, Three Years Program (TYP)
• Lecciones Aprendidas de los Terremotos del 2001 en El Salvador
• Lessons Learned Workshop on the Mekong Floods in 2000
• Lessons Learnt in Health-to-Peace Initiatives
• Real-time evaluation of the Cluster Approach - Pakistan Earthquake
• Refugee Health in Nepal
• Refugee Health in Zambia
• Review of WHO Humanitarian Programs in North Caucasus (Russian Federation)
• Review of WHO's Emergency Response in East Timor
• The Drinking Water Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami Including the Role of Household Water Treatment
• The Road to Health and the Road to Afghanistan
• Tsunami Recovery Impact Assessment and Monitoring System (TRIAMS)
• Tsunami Recovery Impact Assessment and Monitoring System - TRIAMS
• WHO Programme of Humanitarian Assistance to War-Affected Populations of the Former Yugoslavia
• WHO's Border Health Programme Thailand/Myanmar

General resources (31)

• Climate Change and Human Health: Risks and Responses
• Community case management of malaria in urban settings
• Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide
• Four steps for the sound management of health-care waste in emergencies
• Global Forum on Urbanization and Health
• Health Promotion Evaluation
• Heat Waves, Flood and the Health Impacts of Climate Change: A Prototype Training Workshop for City Officials
• Hidden Cities: Unmasking and Overcoming Health Inequalities in Urban Settings
• Hospital Safety Index
• Kenya's Experience on Urban Health Issues
• Mental Health in Emergencies
• Our cities, our health, our future: Acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings
• Our cities, our health, our future: Acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings
• Public health risk assessment and interventions - The Horn of Africa: Drought and famine crisis
• Relationship between climate variability and occurrence of diarrhoea and cholera: A pilot study using retrospective data from Kolkata, India
• Report of Consultation Meeting on Urban Health Metrics Research
• Risk reduction and emergency preparedness
• Safe Hospitals
• SARA: Measuring service availability and readiness: Service Availability Indicators
• SARA: Measuring service availability and readiness - Core Questionnaire
• SARA: Measuring service availability and readiness - Service readiness indicators
• Scaling up the community-based health workforce for emergencies
• Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA): A methodology for measuring health systems strengthening
• Solid waste management in emergencies
• Uniting for Health Across Sectors: Introducting Inersectoral Action on Health
• Urban HEART: Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool
• Urban HEART: Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool USER MANUAL
• WHO Urban Population Map
• WHO workshop on research priorities for climate change and health in urban settings
• Why Urban Health Matters
• World Health Day 2010 FAQ

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