Digital adaptation kit for HIV: operational requirements for implementing WHO recommendations in digital systems
Digital adaptation kit for HIV: operational requirements for implementing WHO recommendations in digital systems

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2022-07-29

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9240054421

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Digital Adaptation Kits (DAKs) are part of the WHO SMART guidelines initiative and include data and health content consistent with WHO’s HIV recommendations that are generically applicable to digital systems. They are software-neutral, operational, and structured documentation based on WHO clinical, health system and data use recommendations to systematically and transparently inform the design of digital systems. The components include: (1) linked health interventions and recommendations; (2) personas; (3) user scenarios; (4) business processes and workflows; (5) core data elements mapped to standard terminology codes (e.g. ICD); (6) decision support; (7) programme indicators; and (8) functional and non-functional requirements. This DAK focuses on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment.

Digital adaptation kit for HIV: operational requirements for implementing WHO recommendations in digital systems
Digital adaptation kit for HIV: operational requirements for implementing WHO recommendations in digital systems

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9240085130

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To ensure that countries can effectively benefit from digital health investments, “digital adaptation kits” (DAKs) are designed to facilitate the accurate reflection of WHO’s clinical, public health and data use guidelines in the digital systems that countries are adopting. DAKs are operational, software-neutral, standardized documentations that distil clinical, public health and data use guidance into a format that can be transparently incorporated into digital systems. For this particular DAK, the operational requirements are based on systems that provide the functionalities of digital tracking and decision support (DTDS) and include components such as personas, workflows, core data elements, decision-support algorithms, scheduling logic and reporting indicators. Web annexes provide certain components in additional detail including: data dictionary (Web Annex A), decision-support logic (Web Annex B), indicator definitions (Web Annex C), and functional and non-functional requirements (Web Annex D). Data elements within the DAK (Web Annex A) are mapped to standards-based terminology, such as the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), to facilitate interoperability. This DAK focuses on providing the content requirements for a DTDS system for HIV care used by health workers in primary health care settings. It also includes cross- cutting elements focused on the client, such as self-care interventions.

Consolidated guidelines on person-centred HIV strategic information
Consolidated guidelines on person-centred HIV strategic information

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2022-07-29

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9240055312

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These consolidated guidelines are aimed at supporting the generation of responsive person-centred data from routine national health management information systems across the HIV cascade, from prevention, testing and treatment to longer-term health care. They build upon the 2017 Consolidated guidelines on person-centred HIV patient monitoring and case surveillance, which describe information that should be collected in primary HIV patient monitoring tools, and the 2020 Consolidated HIV strategic information guidelines, which cover aggregate indicators for managing and monitoring programmes. The purpose of this guideline consolidation is to provide the recommended data elements, indicators and guidance on data systems and their use across the spectrum of health sector HIV services in one place. This document focuses on strengthening the analysis and use of routine data at each stage of the cascade and emphasizes?/addresses? person-centred HIV prevention, testing and treatment, integration of HIV-related infections, the use of routine surveillance data to measure impact, and the development and use of digital health data systems and their governance. It also identifies the gaps and limitations in these data, and the need for strengthening the use of data in all HIV-related strategic information, including population-based surveys, modelling, community-led monitoring and other sources.

Digital adaptation kit for tuberculosis
Digital adaptation kit for tuberculosis

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-05-01

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9240086617

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Digital Adaptation Kits (DAKs) are part of WHO’s SMART guidelines initiative. This aims to ensure that the content of WHO’s evidence-based guidelines is accurately reflected in the digital systems being used at country level. The DAKs provide software-neutral, operational, and structured documentation based on WHO recommendations related to clinical care, health systems and use of data, to systematically and transparently inform the design of digital systems. Standard components of each DAK include: (1) linked health interventions and recommendations; (2) user personas; (3) user scenarios; (4) business processes and workflows; (5) core data elements mapped to standard terminology codes (e.g. the international classification of diseases); (6) decision support; (7) programme indicators; and (8) functional and non-functional requirements.

Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!)
Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!)

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2023-10-11

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 9240081763

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The second edition of the AA-HA! guidance is a collaborative effort spearheaded by the World Health Organization in collaboration with UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN WOMEN, World Bank, the World Food Program and PMNCH. Building on the solid foundation of the first edition and voices of adolescents and young adults around the world, this multi-agency product has evolved to incorporate valuable learnings from the past five years, including of the COVID-19 pandemic's impacts. Latest estimates of mortality and disease burden, updated evidence, and a broader focus on wellbeing make our second edition a cutting-edge resource for policy makers in the area of adolescent health and well-being. AA-HA! 2.0 offers insights into the current health and well-being landscape of the world’s over 1.2 billion adolescents, underlining evidence-based solutions and presenting strategies for priority setting, planning, implementing, and evaluating health and well-being programmes. The inclusion of key implementation strategies and real-world case studies make this guide a practical tool for governments in designing and implementing a new generation of adolescent health and well-being programmes.

Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030
Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-05-21

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 924009492X

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This report is the first of a series of biennial progress reports on the implementation of the Global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022–2030. It draws attention to areas of progress and gaps in preparation for the mid-term review of the strategies in 2026.

Supporting re-engagement in HIV treatment services
Supporting re-engagement in HIV treatment services

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-07-11

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 9240097333

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This policy brief provides an overview of the complexities and challenges of people re-engaging in HIV treatment services. It highlights person-centred interventions that address the reasons for disengagement, the importance of providing support at re-engagement tailored to individual needs and country examples of tracing and re-engagement interventions. The brief summarizes WHO guidance and emphasizes the importance of implementing relevant recommendations to support adherence, continuous engagement, tracing and sustained re-engagement. This brief aims to assist health policy-makers, health ministries, practitioners, implementers and communities to improve understanding of the various challenges and solutions for re-engaging individuals to support better health outcomes. It provides guidance on supporting people living with HIV to sustain re-engagement without further interruptions in treatment and care. The goal is to reduce HIV-related morbidity and mortality, prevent new infections and the risk of drug resistance.