List of tools
The Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation Instrument II (AGREE II)
The Appraisal of Guidelines for REsearch & Evaluation (AGREE) Instrument was developed to address the issue of variability in guideline quality. To that end, the AGREE instrument is a tool that as...
Behavioural and social drivers of vaccination: tools and practical guidance for achieving high uptake
Understanding how people think, feel and act in relation to vaccination is vital to informing the development of strategies to generate acceptance and uptake for the vaccines. Generating and using dat...
COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction and deployment Costing tool (CVIC tool)
The CVIC tool supports credible COVID-19 vaccination costing to facilitate a dialogue with stakeholders, while maintaining sensitivity to protect essential health services.The CVIC tool provides a str...
OneHealth Tool
The OneHealth Tool is a software tool designed to inform national and subnational strategic health planning in low- and middle-income countries.While many costing tools take a narrow disease-specific...
SCORE for Health Data Technical Package
The SCORE for Health Data Technical Package has been developed by WHO and partners to assist Member States in strengthening country data systems and capacities to monitor and track progress towards th...
Evidence briefs for policy. Using the integrated knowledge translation approach. Guiding manual
Evidence Briefs for Policy (EBPs) are a relatively new, innovative approach to packaging research evidence for policy-makers; however, they are already the most widely used tool. EBPs are prepared by...
SPECTRUM Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
SPECTRUM Generalized Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (GCEA) is a tool developed to facilitate country-level cost-effectiveness analysis of a wide range of health interventions. The tool is populated with...
Policy in action: a tool for measuring alcohol policy implementation
Europe has the highest alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable disease burden in the world. In 2011, all 53 Member States of the WHO European Region endorsed the European action plan to reduce th...
Tools for making good data visualizations: the art of charting
Data visualization is a collection of methods that use visual representations to explore, make sense of and communicate quantitative data. It allows trends and patterns in quantitative data to be seen...
Systems thinking for noncommunicable disease prevention policy: guidance to bring systems approaches into practice
Systems thinking is a comparatively novel but rapidly developing area of knowledge that can offer a number of approaches to address complex public health problems such as the prevention of noncommunic...
How to implement influenza vaccination of pregnant women: An introduction manual for national immunization programme managers and policy makers
This manual serves as a primary resource and a catalogue of optional tools to help users to decide, plan and implement maternal influenza vaccination strategies and to foresee and address potential ch...
E4As guide for advancing health and sustainable development: resources and tools for policy development and implementation
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires working in transformative ways. This guide is a compilation of tools and resources for advancing health and sustainable development in cou...
Support tool to strengthen health information systems: guidance for health information system assessment and strategy development
This tool is an update of the 2015 Support tool to assess health information systems and develop and strengthen health information strategies. Both the global General Programme of Work and the Europea...
Prioritizing areas for action in the field of population-based prevention of childhood obesity: a set of tools for Member States to determine and identify priority areas for action
The purpose of this document is to provide a set of tools for Member States to determine and identify priority areas for action in the field of population-based prevention of childhood obesity. The to...
Assessing financing, education, management and policy context for strategic planning of human resources for health
This document contains a method for assessing the financial, educational and management systems and policy context, essential for strategic planning and policy development for human resources for heal...
Developing national action plans on transport, health and environment: a step-by-step manual for policy-makers and planners
A national transport, health and environment action plan (NTHEAP) is a key tool and mechanism for developing sustainable and healthy transport in a country. NTHEAPs provide a comprehensive and inter...