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A comparative analysis of national HIV policies in six African countries with generalized epidemics

K. Church; F. Kiweewa, A.Dasgupta; et al. Bull World Health Organ; PMC (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) (2015) C2

Bull World Health Organ 2015;93:457–467 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.14.147215

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Malaria diagnostics technology and market landscape. 3rd edition
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UNITAID World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

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The ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines. F10 - F19 Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use

World Health Organization (WHO) (1992) C_WHO

This block contains a wide variety of disorders that differ in severity (from uncomplicated intoxication and harmful use to obvious psychotic disorders and dementia), but that are all attributable to the use of one or more psychoactive substances (which may or may not have been medically prescribed)

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HIV self-testing strategic framework - A guide for planning, introducing and scaling up

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

October 2018 HIV testing services

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A conceptual framework for the environmental surveillance of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Patricia M.C. Huijbers, Carl-Fredrik Flach, D.G. Joakim Larsson Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg (2019) C2

The systematic surveillance of antibiotic use and antibiotic re-sistance prevalence in humans and animals is imperative for managingbacterial infectious disease (JPIAMR, 2019;WHO, 2015). Many low-income countries currently face substantial challenges in building national surveillance systems due to ... more

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Cambio climático para profesionales de la salud: un libro de bolsillo
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Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

Con esta guía de referencia rápida podrán reconocer con facilidad las enfermedades y efectos secundarios relacionados con el cambio climático, administrar los tratamientos adecuados y aconsejar a las poblaciones expuestas, presentar información actualizada sobre la relación entre los efectos s... more

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Insecticide-treated nets for malaria transmission control in areas with insecticide-resistant mosquito populations

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Preferred product characteristics” (PPCs) are key tools to incentivize and guide the development of urgently needed health products. The PPC published here describes the characteristics of new types of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to control malaria transmission in areas with insecticide-resist... more

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COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness and response in Ethiopia. Weekly Bulletin

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (2021) CC

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Suicide Mortality in the Americas. Regional Report 2010–2014

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

Suicide is a serious public health problem surrounded by stigma, myths, and taboos. With an annual average of 81,746 suicide deaths in the period 2010–2014 and an age-adjusted suicide rate of 9.3 per 100,000 population (age-unadjusted rate of 9.6), suicide continues to be a public health problem o... more

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Vaccination and trust: how concerns arise and the role of communication in mitigating crises

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) C_WHO

When situations occur in which unwanted events are rightly or wrongly connected with vaccination, they may erode confidence in vaccines and the authorities delivering them. This document presents the scientific evidence behind WHO’s recommendations on building and restoring confidence in vaccines ... more

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Vector control and the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The main purpose of the meeting was to review tsetse control tools, activities and their contribution to the elimination of gHAT and the monitoring thereof. Seven endemic countries provided reports on recent and ongoing vector control interventions at the national level (Angola, Cameroon, Côte d’... more

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Capacité juridique et droit à la décision – Formation de base de QualiyRights de l‘OMS-Services sociaux et de santé mentale

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Les modules de formation et d’orientation QualityRights ont été élaborés pour renforcer les connaissances, les compétences et la compréhension des principales parties prenantes sur la manière de promouvoir les droits des personnes en situation de handicap psychosocial, intellectuel ou cogni... more

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Guidance on the prioritization of insecticide-treated nets in situations where resources are limited

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

In the context of limited resources, national malaria programmes may need to decide on how to prioritize all WHO-recommended interventions . This guidance document has been developed to support national malaria programmes in prioritization decisions, specifically on the deployment scope and product ... more

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Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevalence, Incidence, Impact, and Trends over Time

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The chapter Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevalence, Incidence, Impact, and Trends over Time, is part of the publication series titled “Decade of Healthy Aging: situation and challenges”. This document aims to provide an outline of the current situation in Latin America and the C... more

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WHO standards for prosthetics and orthotics assessment package: assessment guide

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The Assessment package has been developed for countries to evaluate the implementation of the WHO Standards for prosthetics and orthotics. It enables identification of areas in need of strengthening and facilitates relevant planning. The complete Assessment package consists of four components: Asses... more

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Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline

World Health Organisation (WHO) World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This guideline provides evidence-informed guidance on the use of non-sugar sweeteners to reduce the risk of unhealthy weight gain and diet-related noncommunicable diseases in adults and children. The guidance in this guideline is not based on toxicological assessments of the safety of individual no... more

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Safety and quality of water use and reuse in the production and processing of dairy products: meeting report

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

At its 48th session of Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH), the Committee noted the importance of water quality and safety in food production and processing. CCFH requested the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide guidan... more

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Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing: WHO guideline

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Children continue to be exposed to powerful food marketing, which predominantly promotes foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars and/or sodium and uses a wide variety of marketing strategies that are likely to appeal to children. Food marketing has a harmful impact on chi... more

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A systematic examination of international funding flows for Ebola virus and Zika virus outbreaks 2014-2019: donors, recipients and funding purposes

Quirk, E.J.; A. Gheorghe; K. Hauck BMJ Global Health (2021) C1

There has been no systematic comparison of how the policy response to past infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics was funded. This study aims to collate and analyse funding for the Ebola epidemic and Zika outbreak between 2014 and 2019 in order to understand the shortcomings in funding reporting... more

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Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a...t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

Malaria diagnostics technology and market landscape. 3rd edition recommended

Cambio climático para profesionales de la salud: un libro de bolsillo recommended

Malaria diagnostics technology and market landscape. 3rd edition
recommended

Cambio climático para profesionales de la salud: un libro de bolsillo
recommended