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Harmonized health facility assessment (HHFA): quick guide

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 40 pages

File Size : 19,19 MB

Release : 2022-11-09

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240060286

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The Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) is a comprehensive health facility survey that assesses that availability of health facility services and the capacity to provide these services at required standards of quality. The HHFA is accompanied by a set of tools, guidance documents and training materials. This short guide aims to provide a quick overview of the HHFA and its resource package. The Quick guide summarizes the technical, planning and implementation issues of the HHFA. It helps readers to gain a quick understanding of the main advantages, limitations and requirements of the HHFA. The HHFA Quick guide follows the structure of a companion reference document, the HHFA Comprehensive guide, to which it refers for details on technical issues and recommendations on how to conduct the assessment. The Quick guide targets senior officials of the ministry of health (MoH) and its partners, who are considering implementation of an HHFA in their country. The guide will also be useful as an introductory document for staff of the MoH, implementing partners and academic institutions who are involved in planning and implementing the HHFA and using its results.



Harmonized health facility assessment (HHFA): comprehensive guide

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 126 pages

File Size : 31,90 MB

Release : 2023-01-09

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240060308

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The Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) is a comprehensive health facility survey that assesses that availability of health facility services and the capacity to provide these services at required standards of quality. The HHFA is accompanied by a set of tools, guidance documents and training materials. The HHFA Comprehensive guide serves as the main reference document for planning and implementing a country HHFA. This guide will promote understanding of: - What the HHFA is and the information it can and cannot provide. - The HHFA modules, questionnaires and CSPro electronic data collection tool. - The HHFA indicators, indices and their organization within the HHFA indicator inventory platform. - The HHFA data analysis platform. - The HHFA sampling and data collection methodologies. - The detailed steps involved in planning and implementing an HHFA. - Key concepts in review, interpretation and communication of HHFA findings. The HHFA Comprehensive guide is intended to help anyone involved in the detail of planning and implementing an HHFA and using HHFA data to strengthen country health services. This can include staff of the ministry of health (MoH), donor agencies and implementing partners, as well as academic institutions supporting the survey. The guidance will be of particular use to the multiparter country HHFA coordination group, the HHFA technical committee, the survey manager and the data analysts and report writers.



Harmonized health facility assessment (HHFA): data manager guide

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 174 pages

File Size : 27,67 MB

Release : 2024-03-12

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240086048

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The Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) is a comprehensive, standardized health facility survey that provides objective information on the availability of health facility services and the systems that facilities have in place to deliver the services at required standards of quality. The HHFA Data manager guide defines the data manager’s responsibilities in an HHFA and explains how to adapt and use the CSPro tool.



Noncommunicable disease facility-based monitoring guidance

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 120 pages

File Size : 18,97 MB

Release : 2022-08-31

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240057064

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Noncommunicable disease facility-based monitoring guidance: Framework, indicators, and application provides the indicators needed for NCD facility-based patient and programme monitoring at primary care level. The purpose of this document is to improve availability and quality of NCD healthcare and to enhance healthcare professionals’ performance on early detection, screening, treatment, and complication assessment in primary healthcare for cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, and cancer. Key target audiences are health facility providers and managers, along with international partners, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, civil society, and academic institutions, who are engaged with NCD healthcare provision in primary healthcare



Guidance on global monitoring for diabetes prevention and control

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 94 pages

File Size : 44,66 MB

Release : 2024-11-14

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240102248

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The guidance provides a comprehensive framework to support countries in tracking and managing diabetes prevention, care, and outcomes. This document outlines indicators across four domains: health system determinants, service delivery, risk factors, and outcomes/impacts. The guidance helps countries align their monitoring efforts with WHO’s global diabetes targets, Global Diabetes Compact, and relevant global NCD targets. It emphasizes the importance of collecting, analyzing, and utilizing data to inform policy and resource allocation. Specific indicators measure aspects like access to essential medications, prevalence of key risk factors, and control of blood glucose and blood pressure. Each indicator includes detailed metadata, which outlines definitions, data sources, and methods of estimation, ensuring standardized data collection and reliable comparisons across countries. Through structured monitoring, the framework aids countries in evaluating their diabetes interventions, identifying gaps, and prioritizing resources. Additionally, the guidance supports countries in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals related to reducing noncommunicable diseases and improving universal health coverage. The guidance encourages adaptation to national contexts, emphasizing the integration of innovative data collection methods and digital technologies to improve data quality and accessibility.



Consolidated guidelines on person-centred viral hepatitis strategic information

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 88 pages

File Size : 40,56 MB

Release : 2024-04-09

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240091319

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This publication summarizes the approach proposed by WHO to collect, analyse, report, disseminate and use strategic information on viral hepatitis at the subnational, national and global levels. These guidelines strengthen person-centred monitoring – with a priority for indicators that support person-centred health services, the core prevention, diagnosis and treatment interventions. The guidelines describe the use of strategic information at various stages of the response in the context of strengthening broader health information systems. Strategic information can be defined as data collected at all service delivery and administrative levels to inform policy and programme decisions. The guidelines recommends the stepwise guidance to build country health information systems so countries use data to strengthen the scaling up of viral hepatitis programmes. The key new additions to the guidelines are: - an updated strategic information framework for chronic viral hepatitis B & C; - a new section on person-centred data monitoring for chronic viral hepatitis B & C; - a stepwise recommendation for strengthening country surveillance for viral hepatitis; and - consolidated metadata tables for viral hepatitis indicators.



WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 6

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 43,60 MB

Release : 2024-04-17

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240091297

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Addressing comorbidities and risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) is a crucial component of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s End TB Strategy. This WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities aims to support countries in scaling up people-centred care, based on the latest WHO recommendations on TB and key comorbidities, and drawing upon additional evidence, best practices and inputs from various experts and stakeholders obtained during WHO processes. It is intended for use by people working in ministries of health, particularly TB programmes and the relevant departments or programmes responsible for comorbidities and health-related risk factors for TB such as HIV, diabetes, undernutrition, substance use, and tobacco use, as well as programmes addressing mental health and lung health. This operational handbook is a living document and will include a separate section for each of the key TB comorbidities or health-related risk factors. The second edition includes guidance for HIV-associated TB and on mental health conditions, which are two conditions strongly associated with TB and which result in higher mortality, poorer TB treatment outcomes and negatively impact health-related quality of life. The operational handbook aims to facilitate early detection, proper assessment and adequate management of people affected by TB and comorbidities. Full implementation of this guidance is expected to have a significant impact on TB treatment outcomes and health-related quality of life for people affected by TB.



WHO benchmarks for strengthening health emergency capacities

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 400 pages

File Size : 17,62 MB

Release : 2024-01-25

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9240086765

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The WHO Benchmarks for International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Capacities was first published in 2019 and serves as a capacity-building tool and reference document to guide development/updating of country health security plans, including the national action plan for health security (NAPHS). It is now updated to a second edition which incorporates lessons learned from recent health emergencies, as well as alignment with updated IHRMEF tools, the HEPR framework, the WHO Director-General’s ten proposals to build a safer world together, and to build back better through multi-hazard and whole-of-society approaches to support better preparedness for future emergencies. Over 250 relevant technical leads contributed to this edition, by providing inputs from WHO regional offices, countries, partners and participation in global consultation meetings. The second edition is titled “WHO Benchmarks for Strengthening Health Emergency Capacities: Support for the Implementation of International Health Regulations (IHR) and Health Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, Response and Resilience (HEPR) Capacities”. WHO benchmarks are further digitalized for easy and quick use, along with a reference library, which is currently being updated. The audience for this document includes WHO Member States, health ministries and other relevant ministries, healthstakeholders, partners, nongovernmental organizations and academia to support building capacities at the country level.



Health system resilience indicators

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 42,34 MB

Release : 2024-02-21

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240088989

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The package of health system resilience indicators serves as a dedicated resource to measure and monitor health system resilience in routine operations as well as in the context of disruptive shocks and stressors. This work addresses an identified gap in measurement and monitoring of health system resilience. It complements the Health Systems Resilience Toolkit and supports implementation of the recommendations in WHO’s position paper on building health system resilience for UHC and health security. The package aims to support countries to progressively build their capacities to measure, monitor and build health system resilience from national to subnational levels covering health facilities and other service delivery platforms. It emphasizes an integrated approach to health system strengthening underpinned by essential public health functions, encompassing health emergency preparedness. It includes: - guidance on how to utilize and adapt the health system resilience indicators, including a step-by-step guide - a suite of recommended health system resilience indicators with technical specifications - supplementary indicators of relevance to health system resilience The primary target audience for this package is national and subnational health authorities (including planners and managers) and service providers, as well as local, regional, and global technical organizations and partners working on health system strengthening, including WHO, United Nations country teams, donors, nongovernment organizations, development and humanitarian agencies, and other health-related technical agencies.



Toolkit for analysis and use of routine health facility data. Integrated health services analysis

Author : World Health Organization

Publisher : World Health Organization

Page : 94 pages

File Size : 26,56 MB

Release : 2023-06-16

Category : Medical

ISBN : 9240071407

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This document provides guidance on the integrated analysis and use, at national level, of data collected from health facilities though routine health information systems (RHIS). The integrated approach provides general health service planners and managers with an overarching or “cross-cutting” view of health services, based on a limited set of tracer indicators that represent multiple health programmes and service components. Objectives: The guidance will promote an understanding of: the concept of integrated analysis of health services, using RHIS data; the advantages of using a limited set of standardized indicators and visualizations; analysis and presentation of the data in ways that are easily understood and useful to health service planners and managers; the importance of and approaches to assessing data quality; some considerations for interpretation of RHIS data. Target audience: This guidance targets workers in ministries of health as well as other organizations, including: decision-makers using RHIS data for general planning, management and review of health services; programme staff wanting to share key programme findings with a general audience; staff responsible for the analysis and presentation of health data, including analysts and monitoring and evaluation officers; health information systems staff involved in data management and data quality improvement staff of national health observatories; research institutes and academic institutions involved in RHIS data.