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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a
technical agency which collaborates with Member States in their health
development efforts by providing technical support. To carry out its activities, WHO focuses on
the following six core functions: articulating consistent, ethical and
evidence-based policy and advocacy positions; managing information by
assessing trends and comparing performance; setting the agenda for, and
stimulating research and development; catalysing
change through technical and policy support, in ways that stimulate
cooperation and action and help to
build sustainable national and inter-country capacity; negotiating and
sustaining national and global partnerships; setting, validating, monitoring
and pursuing implementation of norms and
standards; and stimulating the development and testing of new
technologies, tools and guidelines for disease control, risk reduction,
health care management, and service delivery.
The work of the HSD Cluster at the WHO Country
Office encompasses areas of health systems strengthening, health policy,
health care financing and social protection, human resources for health,
health information, health research & ethics, trade agreements &
health and essential drugs and
medicine. It focuses on placing health as an integral part of sustainable
socio-economic development; developing health systems to ensure equity in
health and seeks to ensure access by every individual to essential health
care services by addressing financial, organizational, quality and
information based barriers. WHO, in collaboration with various partners
facilitates the creation of information and database for evidence-based
decisions, including documentation, sharing of lessons and best practices
among states, nationally, and at the global level.
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 About HSD Cluster
Health Systems Strengthening
Health Financing & Social Protection
Health Information
Human Resources for Health
Research and Ethics
Trade Agreement and Health
Governance & Policies for Health
Essential Drugs and Medicines (Traditional Medicine)
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