Universal Health Coverage Day: Building efficient health systems that provide access to quality care without financial hardship
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 09.12.2016
Save the Children
On 12 December – Universal Health Coverage Day – WHO reaffirms its commitment to support countries in providing affordable, quality health care for everyone.
In 2012, 193 Member States formally adopted a United Nations resolution to accelerate efforts to move towards universal health coverage (UHC) to ensure that all people are able to access the health services they need without facing financial hardship caused by catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket payments.
New WHO data portal to help track progress towards universal health coverage
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 07.12.2016
News release
7 DECEMBER 2016 | GENEVA - To mark Universal Health Coverage Day, WHO today launched a new data portal to track progress towards universal health coverage (UHC) around the world. The portal shows where countries need to improve access to services, and where they need to improve information.
The portal features the latest data on access to health services globally and in each of WHO’s 194 Member States, along with information about equity of access. Next year WHO will add data on the impact that paying for health services has on household finances.
Europe commits to leaving no child behind
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 07.12.2016
Copenhagen and Paris, 7 December 2016
The health status of people in the WHO European Region is advancing, but not all children have the same chances of healthy growth and millions are being left behind. In 20 out of 28 European Union countries, children are at higher risk of poverty or social exclusion than adults.
For the first time, representatives of the health, social and education sectors from over 40 European countries, including experts from international organizations and civil society, will come together in Paris, France, on 7–8 December 2016 at the WHO high-level conference Working together for better health and well-being. They will take concrete steps to address the social determinants of health and strengthen social protection as a means to give all children the best start in life.
101 examples of improving the health and well-being of children and adolescents through intersectoral action
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 06.12.2016
WHO
Numerous social, economic, environmental, political, cultural and commercial determinants affect the health, well-being, and social, emotional and cognitive development of young people, both in childhood and in later life.
WHO has developed a compendium of case studies and stories showing how working across the health and social, and the health and education sectors contributes to solving complex health inequalities and improving health and well-being. The compendium offers examples of how to craft and implement intersectoral initiatives and programming, and explores why the examples are effective as well as the challenges they faced. It is intended for use across agencies and sectors, including ministries, government stakeholders and public policy-makers.
CEE Bulletin on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights - No 12 (159) 2016
Извор: ASTRA Network – 05.12.2016
Table of contents:
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Burning Issue
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Regional Updates
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Global Updates
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Youth
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Upcoming Events
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Publications
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Member of the month – Women’s Rights Center
New implementation package to support countries’ efforts to transform health services delivery
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 05.12.2016
In the WHO European Region, millions of people do not have access to the right health care services at the right time and in the right place. Health systems looking to meet this challenge are strained by the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases, the re-emergence of several communicable diseases and the fact that people are living longer and with chronic conditions. In this environment, there is a clear need for health services delivery that is proactive rather than reactive; comprehensive and continuous rather than episodic and disease-specific; and founded on lasting patient–provider relationships rather than incidental, provider-led care.
At the 66th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, countries of the Region took an important step towards transforming health services delivery and strengthening people-centred health systems – one of 4 priorities of the Health 2020 policy framework – by unanimously endorsing the European Framework for Action on Integrated Health Services Delivery (EFFA IHSD).
Состојба со ХИВ/СИДА во светски, европски рамки и Р. Македонија, во 2016 година
Извор: Институт за јавно здравје на Р. Македонија - 02.12.2016
ГЛОБАЛНА ХИВ СТАТИСТИКА
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18,2 милиони [16,1 милиони – 19,0 милиони] луѓе имале пристап до антиретровирусна терапија (јуни 2016 година)
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36,7 милиони [34,0 милиони – 39,8 милиони] луѓе во светот живеат со ХИВ (крај на 2015 година)
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2,1 милиони [1.800.000-2.400.000] луѓе станале ново инфицирани со ХИВ (крај на 2015 година)
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1,1 милиони [940 000-1.300.000] луѓе починале од болести поврзани со СИДА (на крајот на 2015 година)
18 million people unable to access HIV treatment
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 29.11.2016
29 November 2016 – In advance of World AIDS Day, WHO has released new guidelines on HIV self-testing to improve access to and uptake of HIV diagnosis. According to a new WHO progress report lack of an HIV diagnosis is a major obstacle to implementing the Organization’s recommendation that everyone with HIV should be offered antiretroviral therapy (ART). The report reveals that more than 18 million people with HIV are currently taking ART, and a similar number is still unable to access treatment, the majority of which are unaware of their HIV positive status.
In the Fight against AIDS, People Who Inject Drugs Are Being Left Behind
Извор: Фондации Отворено Општество - 01.12.2016
Today, on World AIDS Day, you will repeatedly hear the mantra “leave no one behind,” referring to the concerted effort to end AIDS by 2030 pledged in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. But evidence shows that people who use drugs, a population at particular risk of HIV transmission, are in fact being left further and further behind.
The best way to limit the transmission of HIV—along with hepatitis C—among this population is through harm reduction. This refers to specific health interventions, such as drug consumption rooms, needle and syringe programs, opioid substitution therapy, and overdose reversal treatment.
HIV cases reach over 2 million for the first time in Europe
Извор: Светска здравствена организација - 29.11.2016
Copenhagen, 29 November 2016
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 annual number since reporting began in the 1980s. These are the main findings of the new report "HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe 2015", released jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) ahead of World AIDS Day 2016.
“Despite significant efforts, HIV remains among the main public health concerns in the WHO European Region, in particular in its eastern part. 2015 recorded the highest number of new cases in one year, contributing to an appalling 2 million cumulative cases,” says Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
HIV/AIDS - Urgent UN Call for Action to Protect Young Women from HIV/AIDS in Africa
Извор: WUNRN – 01.12.2016
Billboard in Durban, South Africa, highlighting the dangers for young women of having sex with older men. Photograph: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images
UNAids Chief says thousands of girls and young women in Africa are still being infected with HIV every week.
Sarah Boseley Health Editor
21 November 2016 - Urgent action is needed to help and protect girls and young women from Aids in sub-Saharan Africa, thousands of whom are still being infected with HIV every week, the UN says.
