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GHETS believes that well trained and supported doctors, nurses and allied health workers are key to sustainable change. Main activities GHETS works with a network of medical and nursing schools in developing countries to train local health personnel to provide comprehensive healthcare.  (...) GHETS uses a long-term strategy to increase local health manpower and comprehensive primary care services. (...) Links to the health workforce crisis GHETS believes that the best, most affordable way to save the most lives and improve overall health is to increase the number of trained local, primary healthcare workers.

Score: 666968.55 - https://www.who.int/workforcea...partners/member_list/ghets/en/

  undt-2018-110.pdf

Score: 666931.25 - www.un.org/en/internalj...dt/judgments/undt-2018-110.pdf

  Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerb

Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerbaijan Global Regions WHO Regional websites Africa Americas South-East Asia Europe Eastern Mediterranean Western Pacific Countries WHO Regional websites Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia France Finland Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Türkiye Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Uzbekistan Select language Select language English Europe Azerbaijan Home Health topics All topics » A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Popular » Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)  Ukraine emergency Nutrition Environment and health Health services delivery  In focus » Vaccines and immunization Mental health Digital health Behavioural and cultural insights Monkeypox » Our work Our work All publications Events Campaigns European Programme of Work » Newsroom All news » News releases  Feature stories  Multimedia » Videos Photo stories  About us About us Initiatives » An introduction to WHO in the European Region RC72 »   Home / News / Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerbaijan Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerbaijan 6 May 2022 News release Reading time: Building on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening access to quality health care through financial reforms, and highlighting life-saving vaccination as the Region marked European Immunization Week, formed just some of the issues on the agenda during a recent 2-day visit to Azerbaijan by Dr Hans Henri P. (...) Working together to find local solutions to local challenges is at the heart of the European Programme of Work 2020–2025 – ‘United Action for Better Health in Europe’, which all countries in the Region have signed up to,” he added. Vaccines save lives During a visit to a training centre and a demonstration project in Shamakhi district, the Regional Director saw first-hand the progress made on primary health care in the country. The project is undertaken with the State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance (SAMHI), the Management Union of Medical Territorial Units (TABIB) and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Shamakhi local government. 

Score: 666917.3 - https://www.who.int/azerbaijan...n-health-reforms-in-azerbaijan

  Microsoft Word - GHWA thematic papers feedback.docx

Health partnerships enable unique working relationships to be created between UK health professionals and those in LMICs; health partnerships are a global response to local needs. (...) At the institutional level, THET works closely with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health, the University of Zambia, the Northern Technical College and other local training institutions to strengthen Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks and build the institutional capacity required for better health programming implementation. (...) THET supports: • Development and implementation of locally appropriate standards and protocols; • Projects that train and educate health workers to improve their performance and ultimately, the quality of care they provide to patients; • Development of health workforce regulatory bodies through its Somaliland Programme.

Score: 666670.2 - https://www.who.int/workforcea...lliance/12_thet_response-2.pdf

  Report on WHO UNECE Protocol on Water and Health at third SC meeting Ukraine 2009 ENG

Public consultations on Protocol implementation in Ukraine in autumn 2009 Being actively involved into project proposal design, MAMA-86 has planned and organized fundraising for the public consultations on the water and health priorities at local-national levels and broad public discussion of the draft of the national targets to the Protocol. (...) As a result of these public consultations: - 253 representatives of state authorities and the public from 40 localities of Ukraine received directly information about the Protocol objectives and implementation progress - and additionally hundreds of thousands of people were informed through the mass media about the Protocol - the local and national water and health problems in context of the Protocol were discussed and prioritized - at Yaremche seminar the attempts to set the local targets were made - the local case studies on water and health were presented and the needed actions to solve concrete local problems were discussed as well as the technical and financial resources for the implementation. (...) The first exercise on national targets establishment is very important and will be use as a model and framework for local target setting. - The public consultations collected the list of the specific and common problems related to water and health.

Score: 666085.55 - https://unece.org/fileadmin/DA..._third_SCmeeting_Ukr2009.E.pdf

  DEPTS-2007-10-0394-2

The ILO, learning from local successful stories of participatory training programmes, has been playing a facilitator role to strengthen local efforts in improving safety and health of informal economy workplaces. (...) Conclusions There were many local initiatives to improve safety, health and working conditions in informal economy workplaces in Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam. (...) Locally trained safety and health trainers and volunteers have played essential roles in extending the participatory OSH training for wider coverage and impacts.

Score: 665927.25 - https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/gro...ts/publication/wcms_110307.pdf

  Local COVID-19 preparedness is key to success

In Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri, local health authorities made special efforts to reach indigenous groups and hard-to-reach populations. (...) In Kampong Chhnang, strong links between health centres and district hospitals meant people were efficiently screened at local health centres and referred to a district hospital if they had symptoms of COVID-19. (...) Dr Li urged the public to remain vigilant and to comply with public health measures implemented by local authorities.

Score: 665641.94 - https://www.who.int/cambodia/n...preparedness-is-key-to-success

  UN Womenwatch | Rural Women - WHO: Good Practice Example - Tackling Poverty and Social Determinants

The goal of CBI is to create development policies and directions that are supportive to health, community empowerment and local governance to ensure health equity and quality of life. (...) These results have been achieved through training of women volunteers who have contributed in improving health indicators in their local areas. The evaluations have also identified that women's involvement in local socioeconomic development including local health planning has increased in the CBI sites. The evaluations have indicated increased participation of women in income-generating activities; empowered communities that feel confident in approaching local governments and other agencies for new projects; and better health coverage indicators.

Score: 665468.65 - https://www.un.org/womenwatch/...alwomen/who-good-practice.html

  AHPSR Flagship Repor

Under the guidance of the Thai FDA, local health authorities managed this initiative with additional assistance from the NHSO and the Health Systems Research Institute. (...) They included hospital directors, provincial health administrators, university researchers, medical and pharmacy students as well as local physicians, nurses and pharmacists. (...) In Cha-lae District in Songkha Province, ASU advocates added the principles of rational use of antibiotics into their own local “health constitution,” and they signed memoranda of understanding with grocery store owners not to sell antibiotics over the counter.

Score: 665135.25 - https://www.who.int/alliance-h...r/resources/FR_Ch5_Annex3a.pdf

  Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerb

Health through the Life Course Groups and networks » EVIPNet Health Evidence Network (HEN) The European Health Report 2021 » Emergencies Focus on » Monkeypox Ukraine emergency Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic Our work in emergencies » About health emergencies Health emergencies newsletter  Health emergencies in the Region » Health emergencies list Ukraine emergency » About us About WHO Europe » Regional Director Executive Council Technical centres Teams Faces of WHO Governance » Regional Committee for Europe Standing Committee Partnerships » Partners  Patrons  Groups and networks Initiatives WHO collaborating centres RC72 »   Home / News / item / Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerbaijan Local solutions to local challenges: Regional Director witnesses progress on health reforms in Azerbaijan 6 May 2022 News release Reading time: Building on the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthening access to quality health care through financial reforms, and highlighting life-saving vaccination as the Region marked European Immunization Week, formed just some of the issues on the agenda during a recent 2-day visit to Azerbaijan by Dr Hans Henri P. (...) Working together to find local solutions to local challenges is at the heart of the European Programme of Work 2020–2025 – ‘United Action for Better Health in Europe’, which all countries in the Region have signed up to,” he added. Vaccines save lives During a visit to a training centre and a demonstration project in Shamakhi district, the Regional Director saw first-hand the progress made on primary health care in the country. The project is undertaken with the State Agency for Mandatory Health Insurance (SAMHI), the Management Union of Medical Territorial Units (TABIB) and the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Shamakhi local government. 

Score: 664259.38 - https://www.who.int/europe/new...n-health-reforms-in-azerbaijan