This new document – the guide to develop a national TB PPM action plan – is a planning document designed to facilitate the integration of strong PPM components into national TB strategic plans that are supposed to be the basis for Global Fund proposals and ...

This first Action plan for viral hepatitis in the WHO European Region adapts the Global Health Sector Strategy on Viral Hepatitis, 2016–2021 to the context of the European Region.

“We have come a long way since we started our work together and there is huge potential to expand our collaboration. We need to do this for the benefit of the health of the people in Europe.”

The WHO European Region is the only region worldwide where the number of new HIV infections is rising. With more than 160 000 people newly diagnosed with HIV across the Region, including more than 29 000 new cases from the European Union and European Economic ...

Compendium of WHO guidelines and associated standards: ensuring optimum delivery of the cascade of care for patients with tuberculosis

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS have released a joint statement on HIV testing services that reinforces two key principles that ensure a human rights-based and public health approach to HIV testing. The statement says that HIV testing, no matter how it is delivered, must always respect ...

The starting point for this guideline is the point at which a woman has learnt that she is living with HIV, and it therefore covers key issues for providing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights-related services and support for women living with HIV. As ...

Copenhagen and Stockholm, 20 March 2017 New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe ahead of World TB Day show that new tuberculosis (TB) cases and deaths in the 53 countries of the ...

Amid significant challenges in 2016, the countries in the European Region have consistently come together to achieve tremendous progress, in terms of both developing strong health policies and reaching public health milestones. Here is a look at the year in review, highlighting achievements and progress, ...

For the first time, the cumulative number of HIV cases in the WHO European Region increased to over 2 million. More than 153 000 new HIV cases contributed to this figure in 2015 – a 7% increase compared to the previous year and the highest ...

A new WHO report provides insight into how countries in the WHO European Region can improve access and reduce medicine prices through strategic and well-planned procurement processes. It also addresses collaboration within and across countries to improve availability of affordable medicines for patients in the ...