WHO promotes and improves health literacy by providing technical support and guidance to Members States to ensure effective management and promotion of health literacy at personal, organizational and systemic levels.

To achieve this, WHO:
supports countries in improving their assessment, monitoring and reporting systems to capture the true burden of limited health literacy using global health literacy measurement tools; provides training on health literacy capacity building targeting health professionals; and develops new tools to support the implementation of health literacy interventions according to specific public health issues.