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WHO recommendations on self-care interventions: Making over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills available without a prescription

WHO strongly recommends making over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills available without a prescription to individuals who wish to use emergency contraception. This...

Risk communication and community engagement readiness and response toolkit: mpox

This toolkit is a comprehensive set of practical tools and resources designed to support country-level risk communication and community engagement (RCCE)...

Investing to defeat meningitis and beyond

Meningitis is deadly and debilitating; it strikes quickly, has serious health, economic and social consequences, and affects people of all ages in all...

Global Malaria Programme operational strategy 2024-2030

As WHO's technical department for malaria, the Global Malaria Programme has an important role to play in leading the global response against this disease....