Guidelines
Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia: WHO guidelines, second edition
Global
2026
Summary:
- The WHO Guidelines on Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia (Second Edition) emphasize preventing or delaying dementia through healthy lifestyles and effective management of modifiable risk factors. Key recommendations include regular physical activity, healthy diet, smoking cessation, limited alcohol use, cognitive and social engagement, quality sleep, and control of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, hearing loss, depression, and other chronic conditions.
WHO unveils third addendum to Guidelines for drinking-water quality
Global
2026
Summary:
- WHO has released its updated Guidelines for drinking-water quality, providing the latest global guidance to support countries in protecting public health through safe drinking-water. Yet despite progress, the challenge remains stark: 2.1 billion people still lack safely managed drinking-water, including 106 million who drink directly from rivers, lakes or other surface water sources.
2026 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health: American Heart Association
Global
2026
Summary:
- Amidst the growing concern of Cardiovascular diseases, the American Heart Association offers an update on the dietary guidelines to reduce the risk of heart diseases.
WHO calls for a global shift to environmentally friendly, less invasive and affordable oral health care
Global
2026
Summary:
- Guideline advances the implementation of the WHO Global Oral Health Action Plan 2023–2030, which calls for all countries to ensure access to essential, promotive, preventive and curative oral health services as part of universal health coverage.
Policies and interventions to create healthy school food environments WHO guideline
Global
2026
Summary:
- The World Health Organization released a global guideline to help countries improve school food environments by recommending policies that ensure foods and beverages provided, sold, or promoted in and around schools are healthy and safe. It encourages evidence-based standards and interventions to increase children’s consumption of nutritious foods and reduce unhealthy options, supporting lifelong healthy eating habits and better nutrition outcomes for students.
WHO Publications
Global
2024
Summary:
- The World Health Organization (WHO) publications page offers a comprehensive collection of reports, guidelines, and research papers focused on global health topics. These resources cover a wide range of subjects, including disease prevention, health policies, and medical advancements, aimed at improving global health outcomes.
Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 Ministry of Women & Child Development
India
2022
Summary:
- Poshan 2.0 is crucial for India’s development as women and children comprise over twothirds of India’s population. The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals lies at the fore-front of this programme design. Poshan 2.0 shall contribute to the SDGs, specifically, SDG 2 on Zero Hunger and SDG 4 on Quality Education.
National Centre of Excellence for Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition
India
2020
Summary:
- Centre of Excellence for Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition Network is an association of institutions providing technical assistance to the functionaries involved in management of children with SAM, in improving the quality of care and services in the facility and community.
Indian Academy of Pediatrics: recommendations and guidelines
India
2020
Summary:
- IAP is committed to the improvement of health and well-being of children.
- It is the largest and most representative assosciations of Pediatricians in India.
- The activities performed to fulfill the mission are Professional education,Support for Pediatricians, Education of parents and public and Consultancy.
Publications Popular, Indian Council for Medical Research
India
2024
Summary:
- Several informative and low-priced books and journals are brought out by the Institute in English as well as in some regional languages. These publications contain the quintessence of Institute's research endeavors over the years. To popularise these publications among people, a short write-up describing the essential features of these publications is given.
- It also provides recommend dietary allowances for Indians, diet and diabetes, diet and heart diseases, diet during pregnancy.
- Influence policies are given such as ICDS, CM SAM etc.
Dietary Guidelines for Indians
India
2024
Summary:
- These guidelines emphasize on promotion of health and prevention of disease, of all age groups with specific focus on vulnerable segments of the population such as infants,children, and adolescents, pregnant and lactating women and the elderly. The formulation of dietary goals and specific guidelines would help in providing required guidance to people in ensuring nutritional adequacy
WHO guideline recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening
Global
2019
Summary:
- The vital point of this guideline is to introduce suggestions based on a basic assessment of evidence based digital health interventions that will add up to the wellbeing framework improvements, based on evaluation of the advantages, dis advantages, adequacy, plausibility, resource usability etc.The strategy is designed to be fit for purpose and for use by all Member States including those with limited access to digital technologies, goods and services.
Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2025
Global
2021
Summary:
- The purpose of this global strategy is to strengthen health systems through the application of digital health technologies for consumers, health professionals, health care providers and industry towards empowering patients and achieving the vision of health for all.
Electronic Health Records Standards for India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GoI
India
2016
Summary:
- The objective of this scheme is to provide a standard based system for creation and maintenance of electronic health records by the health care providers, ministry of health and family welfare.
National Agricultural Library Digital Collections, US Department of Agriculture
United States
N/A
Summary:
- The Historical Dietary Guidance Digital Collection allows the public to discover and research the history of nutrition education and dietary advice online.
- Materials in this collection include historical nutrition education materials, such as posters, recipes, and radio transcripts, as well as current nutrition education materials.
- Use this site to explore several collections of full-text historical documents on the agricultural and food sciences.