Documentos e informes

Croatia - Earthquake Recovery and Public Health Preparedness Project : Implementation Support Mission - November 13 to 15, 2024 (Inglés)

Türki̇ye - Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies Project (Inglés)

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...

Targeted, Integrated, and Prepared Policy Packages to Address the Urban Heat in Korea : Policy Brief (Inglés)

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...

The Economic Value of Avoidable Mortality (Chapter 3) in Unlocking the Power of Healthy Longevity: Compendium of Research for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (Inglés)

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...

Eastern and Southern Africa - Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project : Implementation Support Mission - April 29 to May 3, 2024 (Inglés)

Costs of Health Care Associated Infections from Inadequate Water and Sanitation in Health Care Facilities in Eastern and Southern Africa (Inglés)

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...

Perú - Proyecto de Fortalecimiento de Capacidad de Preparación y Respuesta frente a Emergencias de Salud Pública : Misión de Supervisión - 22 al 26 de Enero 2024 (Español)

Bangladesh - Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project : Ensuring Better Sanitation in Dhaka (Inglés)

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...

Public Health Expenditure for Universal Health Coverage in Ghana (Inglés)

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...

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response : Lessons Learned from Pilot Evaluations in Three Countries in Central America (Inglés)

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...

Public Health Emergency Readiness Assessment Toolkit (Inglés)

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...

El Salvador - Estudio Sobre Capacidades de Preparación y Respuesta Efectiva ante Emergencias de Salud Pública en El Salvador (Español)

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...

Innovation to Strengthen Social Protection and Nutritional Support within a Tuberculosis Control Program : Evidence and Emerging Lessons from India - Policy Brief (Inglés)

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...

African Union - Africa Centres for Disease Control Support Program to Combat Current and Future Public Health Threats Project (Inglés)

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...

Strengthening Public Health Surveillance Through Wastewater Testing : An Essential Investment for the COVID-19 Pandemic and Future Health Threats (Inglés)

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 - A Knowledge Product to Support Strengthening Public Health Preparedness Through Building and Strengthening Diagnostic and Laboratory Networks (Inglés)

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 - A Knowledge Product to Support Strengthening Public Health Capacities Related to Establishing and Implementing National Surveillance (Inglés)

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 Operations Centers - A Knowledge Product to Support Strengthening Public Health Capacities Related to Developing Emergency Management Capabilities (Inglés)

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...

Health Security Workforce Development - A Knowledge Product to Support Strengthening Public Health Preparedness Through Developing a Health Security Workforce (Inglés)

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...

Dominican Republic - Second Phase of Health Sector Reform Project : financial statements for the financial year ended on December 30, 2014 : República Dominicana - Segunda Fase del Proyecto de Reforma del Sector Salud : estados financieros correspondientes al ejercicio finalizado el 30 de diciembre 2014 (Español)