World Health Organization (WHO)
...The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable....
https://www.who.int/
Patient safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
...WHO fact sheet on patient safety, including key facts, common sources of patient harm, factors leading to patient harm, system approach to patient safety, and WHO response....
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/patient-safety
Hospitals - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Hospitals are also an essential part of health system development. Currently, external pressures, health systems shortcomings and hospital sector deficiencies are driving a new vision for hospitals in many parts of the world....
https://www.who.int/health-topics/hospitals
New joint WHO/Europe and European Observatory report outlines policy ...
...A new report released jointly by WHO/Europe and the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies sets out practical policy options to help countries address mounting pressures on urgent and emergency care in hospitals across the WHO European Region....
https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/10-03-2026-new-joint-who-europe-and-european-observatory-report-outlines-policy-options-to-strengthen-emergency-care-in-hospitals
Nutrition and Food Safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
...The Department of Nutrition and Food Safety (NFS) aims to address the burden of unhealthy diets, malnutrition and foodborne diseases, by providing guidelines, integrated services, and technical support, embedding nutrition and food safety into health, economic, and environmental agendas, and promoting access to knowledge and care for everyone....
https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/food-and-nutrition-actions-in-health-systems/ten-steps-to-successful-breastfeeding
Hospitals - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Hospitals are the dominant component of health service delivery. Achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is impossible without clearly identifying the role of hospitals and optimizing their performance....
https://www.who.int/europe/health-topics/hospitals
Health infrastructure: specialized hospitals density per 100 000
...The GHO data repository is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1000 health topics indicators...
https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/total-density-per-100-000-population-specialized-hospitals
Primary health care - World Health Organization (WHO)
...Primary health care (PHC) addresses the majority of a person?s health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental and social well-being and it is people-centred rather than disease-centred. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care....
https://www.who.int/health-topics/primary-health-care
Hospital emergency response checklist
...The principles and recommendations included in this tool may be used by hospitals at any level of emergency preparedness. The checklist is intended to complement existing multisectoral hospital emergency management plans and, when possible, augment standard operating procedures during non-crisis situations....
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/publications/hospital-emergency-response-checklist.pdf
GLASS guide for national surveillance systems for monitoring ...
...GLASS guide for national surveillance systems for monitoring antimicrobial consumption in hospitals aims to help countries establish national mechanisms to enable routine AMC monitoring in hospitals....
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240000421