The World Health Organization (WHO) works to promote health, improve access to evidence-based health care, and give the world’s most vulnerable people the opportunities that go along with a healthy life. Biotext has been a trusted editing partner for WHO since 2000, covering topics from nutrition and food safety to health accounting and infectious diseases.
International guidelines and reports, especially in the areas of health and social justice, must be clear and consistent. We work to produce WHO guidelines and reports that meet the needs of government policy-makers, programme managers, stakeholders and communities, with clear, accurate language and logical, easy-to-use navigation.
In one series of projects, Biotext worked with WHO to ensure their malaria guidance was clear and helpful for diverse audiences. This set of flagship malaria guidance publications provides clear, evidence-based guidance for health workers and communities working to prevent and respond to malaria.
Our role
- Work with subject matter experts
- Technical editing
- Copyediting and proofreading
Our solution
Malaria is a significant global health issue, with almost 300 million cases each year across more than 80 countries worldwide. WHO has developed a suite of guidance resources to support effective malaria treatment and prevention.
Based on our experience editing technical health guidance, and on our long-term editing partnership with WHO, we identified how this guidance fits within the context of global health issues and WHO’s work. We were able to quickly gain insights into the specific demands of these documents, which need to be easily understood across cultures and by people who speak different languages, and which must work for vastly different resources and contexts. We helped WHO produce consistent content, messaging and tone across this content developed by numerous contributors.
We share a strong commitment to the goals of WHO, and take pride in contributing to the important cause of malaria prevention and response, and progress towards health for all.
Outcomes
Edited documents of around 50,000 words each: