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The handbook includes evidence-based mental health interventions, drawn from the WHO mhGAP guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders (3), particularly those listed in the UHC Compendium. Evidencebased interventions to reduce population health-related stigma and discriminatio
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El Centro Colaborador de la OPS/OMS para el Estudio del Dengue y su Control, el Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kouri”, la Sociedad Cubana de Microbiología y Parasitología y el Ministerio de Salud Pública de la República de Cuba, y la Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organizació
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WHO guideline on contact tracing
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This practical guideline establishes definitions for “contact”, “contact person”, “contact tracing” and other associated concepts. It allows for improvement of contact tracing strategies and provides recommendations attempting to answer some, though not all, questions that arose during t
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Issue Brief: Neglected Tropical Diseases Part 2
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In this subsequent part of the issue brief on the NTD Toolbox you will learn about general strategies, roadmaps, key
treatment guidelines, reports, and training material on Dengue & Chikungunya, Human African Trypanosomiasis and
Leprosy.
Highlighted Diagnostic Resources on Schistosomiasis
The collection provides information in English and French
Leprosy/Hansen disease is a chronic infectious disease primarily impacting the skin and peripheral nerves. If left untreated, leprosy can have long-term consequences, including deformities and disabilities, which are associated with stigma. Leprosy is one of the 21 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
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La Plataforma BeatChagas es el canal que utiliza el Grupo Técnico Nro. 6 en Información, Educación y Comunicación (TG6-IEC Chagas) del Programa de Chagas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para comunicar y compartir herramientas de información, educación y comunicación (IEC) vincul
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Almost half of the world's population, about 4 billion people, live in areas with a risk of dengue. Anyone who lives in or travels to an area with risk of dengue is at risk for infection.Before you travel, find country-specific travel information to help you plan and pack.
Casi la mitad de la población mundial, alrededor de 4000 millones de personas, vive en áreas con riesgo de dengue.
Cualquier persona que viva en un área con riesgo de dengue o viaje a ella está en riesgo de contraer la infección.
Antes de viajar, busque información para viajeros específica
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Chagas disease is a parasitic, systemic, and chronic disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, with risk factors strongly link to low socioeconomic factors. Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease. It is endemic in 21 countries in the Americas, although the migration of in
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Issue Brief NTDs Part 3 : Schistosomiasis
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In this subsequent part of the issue brief on the NTD Toolbox you will learn about general strategies, roadmaps, key treatment guidelines, reports, and training material on Schistosomiasis
Explore a world of health data
Gain insights from epidemiological data on dengue coincidence, prevalence & deaths from around the world
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes to humans. The word ‘chikungunya’ means 'that which bends up', an allusion to the posture of the suffering patients. The most common clinical form associates fever, arthralgia and rash. Recovery is the usual outcome but chronic arthr
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The webinar presented a new, comprehensive scoping review, published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, which summarises over a decade of research exploring how climate shifts may affect disease dynamics. The review emphasises the need for expanded research to bet
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The World Health Organization recently redefined leprosy elimination as a phased process, with the first milestone being the
interruption of transmission, achieved when no new child cases (defined as younger than 15 years) are reported for five consecutive years.
In Pakistan, the well-functioning
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Buruli ulcer (BU) is a skin-related neglected tropical disease (skin NTD) caused by infection with
Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU is the third most common mycobacterial disease after tuberculosis and leprosy
in people who are not immunocompromised. The infection manifests in non-ulcerative forms as no
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Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease that predominantly affects impoverished populations. It remains a significant health issue in four eco-epidemiological regions: the Americas, East Africa, North Africa, and West Asia and Southeast Asia. According to WHO’s Weekly epidemiological record
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