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Integrated Health Services. The department supports countries in moving their health systems towards universal health coverage, through equitable access to quality health services that are integrated, safe and people-centred across the care continuum. The department also leads the WHO efforts on essential health services and systems during the ...
- About Us
The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO...
- Quality Health Services
Quality of health care services is critical for achieving...
- What We Do
From an international health authority. WHO works worldwide...
- Delivering quality health services
Delivering quality health services: a global imperative for...
- About Us
- Universal Health Coverage and Quality: A Global Commitment
- Taking Action For Quality
- Who’s Response
The overarching aim of UHC is for all people who need health services to receive high- quality care without financial hardship. Quality health services (promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative) is thusembedded within the definition of UHC. Even with increased access to services, health improvements can remain elusive unless t...
Quality health services are a product of both the wider health systems environment and the actions of providers and individuals working within the system. WHO, OECD and the World Bank have proposed a series of actions from key constituencies – governments,health systems, citizens and patients, and health workers – that need to work together to achi...
WHO is working with Member States and partners to ensure that quality of health services is a key component of making UHC a reality. Specifically, WHO is: 1. supporting countries in the development, refinement and implementation of national quality policies and strategies for an integrated approach to quality health services; 2. working with partne...
This first-ever joint global report from World Health Organization (WHO), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank Group makes clear that poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels. Key findings in the report include:
On this page, we provide an overview of global health, emphasizing data on health outcomes – such as disease and death – and the effects of healthcare investments. We begin by examining life expectancy, a primary indicator of population health.
The World health statistics report is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual compilation of the most recent available data on health and health-related indicators for its 194 Member States. The 2021 edition features the latest data for 50+ health-related indicators from the Sustainable
