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Hospitals - World Health Organization (WHO) Hospital functions and organization vary according to health-care delivery organizations and each hospital’s unique position in the system. Good management structures ensure coordination among staff, services, infrastructure and supply chains to deliver high-quality care.

Hospitals in Viet Nam - World Health Organization (WHO) Viet Nam's hospital system consists of a public-private mix, in which the public hospitals play substantial roles in providing health care services to the people. Overall, public hospitals are key drivers of efficiency and healthcare cost escalation.

Global report on infection prevention and control 2024 This second global report on IPC provides updated evidence on the harm caused to patients and health workers by HAIs and AMR, and presents an updated global analysis of the implementation of IPC programmes at the national and health care facility levels across all WHO regions.

Hospital emergency response checklist - World Health Organization (WHO) Hospital emergency management is a continuous process requiring the seamless integration of planning and re-sponse efforts with local and national programmes. The principles and recommendations outlined in this tool are generic, applicable to a range of contingencies and based on an all-hazards approach.

Health system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify in ... Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displacement and acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter. Four major hospitals in Gaza (Kamal Adwan Hospital, Indonesia Hospital, Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, and European Gaza Hospital) have had to suspend medical ...

Prehospital Toolkit - World Health Organization (WHO) PEAT allows a situational analysis of a prehospital system, gap identification, and development of an improvement plan. It is a standardised survey tool for system mapping and identification of gaps to inform development plans. PEAT forms part of a broader WHO collection of tools and resources titled the Health Systems Performance Assessment (HSPA) toolkit for UHC. The collection aims to ...

WHO Guidelines The development of global guidelines ensuring the appropriate use of evidence represents one of the core functions of WHO.

Safe management of wastes from health-care activities, 2nd ed. This handbook – the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration – provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies. Future issues such as climate change and the changing patterns of diseases and their impacts on health-care waste management are ...

Health Care Waste Management - World Health Organization (WHO) Health care waste includes all the waste generated by all health care establishments, health research facilities, and health-related laboratories. It also includes waste generated by home health care activities, such as dialysis, insulin injections, etc. (2) (3) (4)

Quality of care - World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of care is the degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes. It is based on evidence-based professional knowledge and is critical for achieving universal health coverage.