17 September 2024
Integrated Health Services
The department supports countries in moving their health systems towards universal health coverage, through equitable access to quality health services that are integrated, safe and people-centred across the care continuum. The department also leads the WHO efforts on essential health services and systems during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World Patient Safety Day
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23 May 2024
Twinning partnerships for improvement: building quality health services for COVID-19 recovery and beyond:...
Twinning Partnerships for Improvement: building quality health services for COVID-19 recovery and beyond, advocacy brief, provides a deeper understanding...
12 May 2024
Guidelines for the prevention of bloodstream infections and other infections associated with the use...
In the context of the prevention of infections associated with IV catheters, these guidelines (Part 1) provide guidance on best practices for the prevention...
7 March 2024
Global burden of preventable medication-related harm in health care: a systematic review
Medication-related harm is considered preventable if it occurs as a result of an identifiable, modifiable cause and its recurrence can be avoided by appropriate...
7 March 2024
Medication without harm: Policy brief
Patient harm due to unsafe care is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide and most of this harm is avoidable. Harm due to medicines and therapeutic...
1 January 2024
Emergency health care in crises
Efforts to strengthen health systems to deliver emergency care are intensifying against the backdrop of increasing humanitarian crises.
13 November 2023
Assessment tool on infection prevention and control minimum requirements for secondary health care facilities
The World Health Organization (WHO) assessment tool on infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements for secondary health care facilities...
13 November 2023
Assessment tool on infection prevention and control minimum requirements for tertiary health care facilities
The World Health Organization (WHO) assessment tool on infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements for tertiary health care facilities...
20 October 2023
Medication safety for look-alike, sound-alike medicines
Medication errors are a leading cause of patient harm globally. WHO launched the Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication Without Harm, with the...
Events
22 May 2024 14:00 – 15:30 CET
Improving Quality of Care through Private Sector Engagement: A Focus on Governance and Service Delivery
6 May 2024 14:00 – 15:30 UTC Time
/ World Hand Hygiene Day
World Hand Hygiene Day 2024 - why is sharing knowledge about hand hygiene still so important?
25 April 2024 13:00 – 14:30 CET
