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Access to medicine Index 2022

Access to Medicine Foundation (2022) C2

Globally each year, millions of people suffer illness or lose their lives because the vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tests that they need are either unavailable or unaffordable – and this lack of access to medicine is acute in low- and middle-in- come countries (LMICs). While the COVID-19 pan ... more

Panorama of Diabetes in the Americas by Pan American Health Organization

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2022) C_WHO

The burden of diabetes is enormous, positioning it as one of the main challenges facing public health today. Currently, it is estimated that 62 million people are living with diabetes in the Region of the Americas and projections show its prevalence will continue rising over the following years. The ... more

HIV Testing Services Strategy 2017-2020

Zimbabwe, Ministry of Health and Child Care (2017) C1

Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their settings and communities. Therefore, evidence-based infection prevention ... more

Ending violence against women - an Oxfam Guide

Oxfam (2012) C2

What is Violence Against Women? Why does it happen? What does it have to do with development? What does Oxfam do to end violence against women? What does it mean to do that work with a transformative approach? Available in: English, Arabic, French, Spanish: https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publ ... more

Indonesia: National AIDS Commission 2007-2010 HIV and AIDS Response Strategies

National AIDS Commission Indonesia (2007) C1

Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the national level
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This document is the national level companion to a broader document on health care facility level developed by the WHO Health Emergencies Programme for national level stakeholders

WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities (Guidelines) (Chinese Version)

World Health Organization 世界卫生组织 (2012) C_WHO

Guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders 世界卫生组织结核菌/艾滋病病毒双重感染防治政策指南 ——适用于国家规划和利益攸关方

Protocolo para el fortalecimiento de la vigilancia de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos basada en aislamientos en las Américas. Primera fase: hemocultivos

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

La vigilancia de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) desempeña un papel importante en la detección temprana de cepas resistentes que revisten gran importancia para la salud pública, así como en la respuesta rápida a los brotes en los hospitales y en la comunidad. Los resultados de la vig ... more

Pharmaceutical Services in Mozambique: foreign aid in public provision of medicines

Sachy, M; Almeida C; Pepe VLE (2018) CC

This article examines the activities of national and international actors in Pharmaceutical Services (PS) in Mozambique from 2007 to 2012, focusing on the public provision of HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis medicines. It describes how PS functions in the country, what actors are involved in this ... more

The World Health Report 2008: Primary Health Care - Now more than ever

World Health Organization (2008) C_WHO

Primary care - Putting people first: This chapter describes how primary care brings promotion and prevention, cure and care together in a safe, effective and socially productive way at the interface between the population and the health system.

The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic

Sachs, J., Karim, S., Aknin, L. et al. The Lancet Commissions (2022) CC

This Commission report aims to contribute to a new era of multilateral cooperation based on strong UN institutions to reduce the dangers of COVID-19, forestall the next pandemic, and enable the world to achieve the agreed goals of sustainable development, human rights, and peace that governments are ... more

National Guidelines for the Facility-based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in Bangladesh

Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate General of Health Services ... (2017) C1

Level of stunting among Bangladeshi children <5years declined from 51% in 2004 to 36% and underweight from 41% in 2007 to 33% (BDHS 2014). But the decrease in wasting rate is not as expected, which is only from 17% to 14.3 % over last decade. Approximately 3.1 % (BDHS 2014) of under-5 children suffering from SAM only b ... more

Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa

Sikora, R.A.; et al. Routledge (2020) CC

Constraints, Technologies, Policies and Processes

Feuille de route pour la risposte au virus Ebola

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2014) C_WHO

Consolidated strategic information guidelines for HIV in the health sector

World Health Organization (2020) C_WHO

These guidelines – an update to the World Health Organization’s 2015 publication Consolidated strategic information guidelines – present a set of essential aggregate indicators and guidance on choosing, collecting and systematically analysing strategic information to manage and monitor the nat ... more

Zika virus and safety of substances of human origin – A guide for preparedness activities in Europe

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2016) CC

The objective of this document is to guide the preparation and implementation of national preparedness plans for the safety of substances of human origin during outbreaks of Zika virus infection, both in affected and non-affected areas.

A Decision Makers Guide: Medical Planning and Response for a Nuclear Detonation

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2017) C1

Successful detonation of an improvised nuclear device (IND) would be a catastrophic event, causing an unprecedented number of injuries and lives lost, as well as economic, political, and social disruption. However, an effective medical response and an infrastructure prepared to protect itself from f ... more

RD Congo: Aperçu des besoins humanitaires - Décembre 2020
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Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2021) C1