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Members of the TIMB include: Sir Liam Donaldson (Former Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor of Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Professor Sheila Leatherman, CBE, Hon RCP, Professor of Global Health Policy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina; Dr Boluwatife Oluwafunmilola Lola-Dare, President, Centre for Health Sciences Training, Research and Development, CHESTRAD Global; and Dr Senjuti Saha, Scientist, Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF). "The COVID-19 work of the Polio Programme has opened up insights and opport...

English Manual and Guideline on Nigeria about Health and Epidemic; published on 10 Feb 2021 by Govt. Nigeria and WHO

Date Time Updating WHO’s global strategy for malaria Representatives from malaria-affected countries and partner organizations gathered on 28 January in a WHO virtual forum to share feedback and perspectives on the Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030. Inputs from a diverse group of stakeholders will be reflected in an updated strategy, which will be published in June 2021. The 15-year WHO strategy – adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2015 – is designed to guide and support all countries working to control and eliminate malaria. It sets four global targets for 2030, ...

Meeting of the FAO/WHO expert group on nutrient requirements: setting calcium, vitamin D and zinc requirements for children aged 0-36 months Meeting of the FAO/WHO expert group on nutrient requirements: setting calcium, vitamin D and zinc requirements for children aged 0-36 months 20 – 29 January 2021 26 – 29 January 2021 - second sessions Scope and purpose In November 2014, WHO organized, jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). ICN2 adopted the Rome Declaration on Nutrition (http://ww...

Assessment of barriers to accessing health services for disadvantaged adolescents in Tanzania Assessment of barriers to accessing health services for disadvantaged adolescents in Tanzania 17 December 2020 Overview This report was developed with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) to respond to the strategic programming needs for adolescent health as defined by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, in the United Republic of Tanzania. Additionally, the assignment was conducted to pilot the draft WHO handbook for conducting an adolescent healt...