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Floods: four tips to reduce food safety risks
(WPR/2024/DSE/004WPR/2024/DSE/005WPR/2024/DSE/006, 2024)
After a flood, food that has been in contact with flood-water may have become unsafe for human consumption. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks in the event of a flood for households, food suppliers, vendors, food industry inspectors and workers.
Fires: four tips to reduce food safety risks
(WPR/2024/DSE/007WPR/2024/DSE/008WPR/2024/DSE/009, 2024)
Fires, explosions and volcanic eruptions can damage and contaminate food and water due to heat, smoke, fumes and chemicals. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks during a fire incident for households, food suppliers, vendors, food industry inspectors and workers.
Multisectoral collaboration at the human-animal-environmental interface
(WPR/2024/DSE/010, 2024)
The pathway to strengthen multisectoral collaboration at the human-animal-environmental interface (HAI) aims to improve health security through One Health implementation. It outlines strategic guides and tools developed to support Member States through different steps of the HAI pathway.
Power outages: four tips to reduce food safety risks
(WPR/2024/DSE/001WPR/2024/DSE/002WPR/2024/DSE/003, 2024)
Natural disasters and emergencies frequently cause power outages that can compromise the quality and safety of food. These flyers include tips to reduce food safety risks during a power outage for households, food suppliers, vendors, food industry inspectors and workers.
Situation analysis of well-child care in Mongolia: country report 2022
(2024)
This well-child care (WCC) scoping review aimed to review the existing policies, strategies and programmes for identifying gaps and developing recommendations to tackle the WCC challenges in Mongolia. Over 140 documents were reviewed, including Mongolian laws, strategies, policies, programmes, plans and regulations. The report comprises six chapters covering six thematic areas: 1) early childhood development; 2) injury, protection, abuse and neglect; 3) water safety and sanitary environment; 4) disability; 5) indoor pollution; and 6) environmental ...
Regional action framework on communication for health: a vision for using communication to improve public health in the Western Pacific Region
(2024)
Strategic communication is at the heart of public health and more important than ever in the digital age. Using communication strategically requires expertise, skills and resources to plan, implement and evaluate interventions that encourage governments to implement policies that improve people’s lives and well-being, that empower health workers to deliver the best care possible, and that encourage people to take actions that protect and improve their health and that of their family and community. This Regional Action Framework on Communication ...
Implementing the nurturing care framework: resources
(2024)
WHO and UNICEF have developed a range of tools to facilitate the implementation of the Nurturing care framework. The brochure provides an overview of the essential tools with their links.
Risk-based food inspection system: practical guidance for national authorities
(2024)
Food inspection is crucial for ensuring food safety, using risk-based approaches to target high-risk products and businesses. This guidance aids national authorities in designing and implementing risk-based systems, offering step-by-step instructions, examples, and tools for prioritization and inspection frequency estimation. It emphasizes adapting to individual country needs and recognizing variations in food risks and production chain characteristics. The document underscores resource-efficient, risk-based food inspection systems, prioritizing ...
Regional health innovation strategy for the Western Pacific
(2024)
The Regional Health Innovation Strategy for the Western Pacific outlines a vision and recommends key actions for governments to leverage health innovations to solve problems, accelerate impact, and shape the future of health and well-being. The implementation of the strategy should be guided by a mission-oriented approach, leverage collective intelligence and actions, focus on learning from the innovation process, and aim for a purposeful impact. In doing so, governments are encouraged to assume leadership in health innovation, create enabling ...
Guidance on establishing national and local AMR surveillance systems in the Western Pacific Region
(2024)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is impacting our health, economies and development. Up to 5.2 million people may die because of resistant bacterial infections across the Western Pacific Region from 2020-2030. Childbirth, surgery, cancer treatment and other interventions will become impossibly dangerous if bacterial infections no longer respond to available antibiotics.