UHC /Life course dept:
SRHR
Latest WHO recommendations on sexual reproductive health enabled countries to update their national strategies on sexually transmitted infections, cervical cancer and unsafe abortion prevention Rwanda and Namibia updated their family planning guidelines, and Madagascar revised their national training guidelines
Release of updated recommendations on the use of contraception by women at high risk of HIV infection following the publication of a study in the Lancet, “Evidence for Contraceptive Options and HIV Outcomes (ECHO)”
Integrating equity, gender and human rights approaches into programming was a key pillar in the operational planning process for the programme budget 2020-2021
A framework for action to strengthening quality midwifery education for UHC 2030 was published in 2019
World health emergencies:
-Real-life simulations to test emergency response readiness in 125 countries The development of national action plans to respond effectively in 65 countries.
Healthier populations:
(More specificallyhighlights under the objectives related to: Health and the environment and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH):
The 2019 WHO global strategy on health, environment and climate change was released with a framework for action to respond to environmental health risks
At the United Nations 2019 Climate Action Summit, 50 countries, representing over 1 billion people, answered WHO’s call to provide citizens with clean air by 2030 and committed to achieve the WHO Air Quality Guidelines values
Work on the BreatheLife campaign, coordinated by WHO with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Bank, advanced the implementation of the WHO Air Quality Guidelines by sharing best practices
The BreatheLife campaign reached 76 cities and locations impacting nearly 300 million people.
Thirty countries have already made significant progress in meeting their commitments to improve safe WASH in health facilities
WHO-Reform agenda, some highlights:
Organizational learning is now anchored in WHO’s work – helping improve its performance
The Evaluation Workplan 2018-2019 helped assess progress made by countries in the WHO African Region—on-track to ending AIDS—and to define a way forward based on the lessons learned
The transformation agenda drove five new special global initiatives tackling mental health, cardiac health, cervical cancer, childhood cancer and elimination of trans-fat from the global food supply
Key performance indicators (KPIs) measurement framework, which was introduced in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, is helping make WHO regional and country offices more responsive and results-driven
A new value-for-money planning model supports strategic planning for WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work (GPW 13), and an output scorecard was designed to measure its delivery
External engagement and donor relations were strengthened further by investment in the International Aid Transparency Initiative-compliant web portal (open.who.int), which provides transparent financial information.
