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Global Strategy on Digital Health: collective opportunities for catalyzing collaborative action

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
Seminar/Webinar
Activity Description

The panel discussion aims to learn and share ongoing activities on how each constituency can plan a catalytic role in advancing the components of the Digital Strategy, whether at a global, regional, or country level.

Topics
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Physical and technical resources » Medical technology

An introduction to systemic health workforce planning

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
Seminar/Webinar
Activity Description

WHO and Health Education England (HEE) are working in collaboration to develop the next international generation of Human Resources for Health (HRH) system leaders. The desire is to create a lasting impact in strengthening health systems in partner countries.

Topics
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Health employment and education » Workforce other

“Video games and noncommunicable diseases”: a public WHO webinar

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
Seminar/Webinar
Activity Description

Video-gaming – one of the most popular leisure activities globally – is associated with certain health risks but also has the potential to help in the context of noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention.

Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases

Understanding Vaccine Acceptance & Strategies to Increase Vaccine Uptake

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
e-Learning
Activity Description

This e-learning course, developed in November 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, aims at increasing understanding of the drivers of vaccine acceptance and design targeted strategies to increase vaccine uptake. 

Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Covid-19;
Health systems » Health system performance » Quality » Vaccination coverage;
Policy » Response Plan

Contact tracing in the context of COVID-19 response

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
e-Learning
Activity Description

This e-learning course is non-moderated and self-paced. You can decide when to start it, interrupt and resume to continue at any time. In total, the course is designed to take approximately 2 hours to complete.

Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Covid-19;
Policy » Response Plan;
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Physical and technical resources » Medical technology;
Policy » Interventions » Contact tracing

Cross-border sharing of public health data e-learning course

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
e-Learning
Activity Description

This introductory e-learning course aims to provide the participants with a basic understanding of the practical aspects of the legislation that applies to cross-border sharing of public health data.

Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases;
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Health employment and education » Workforce other

Tackling noncommunicable diseases through digital solutions

Type of settings
Blended Course
Category of capacity building activity
Conference
Activity Description

The conference aims to unpack the public health benefits and deficits of emerging technologies and provide an evidence base for their broad-scale adoption in combating noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases;
Health systems » Health resources and activities » Physical and technical resources » Medical technology

Global expenditure on health: Public spending on the rise?

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
Seminar/Webinar
Activity Description

WHO recently released the Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED) for the UHC day. The updated GHED covers over 190 countries for the years 2000 to 2019. Together with the data publication, we also released the annual global report.

Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Communicable diseases » Covid-19;
Health systems » Health system performance » Costs/expenditure

Improving access to NTD health products to achieve the 2030 road map targets

Type of settings
On-line
Category of capacity building activity
Seminar/Webinar
Activity Description

The availability, accessibility, acceptability, and affordability of medicines and vaccines of assured quality need to be addressed to achieve the 2030 road map targets and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Topics
Health systems » Health system performance » Access » Delivery and supply chain;
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases;
Policy