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Worldwide trends in the burden of asthma symptoms in school-aged children: Global Asthma Network Phase I cross-sectional study

Asher, I.; Rutter, C.E.; Bissell, K. et al. The Lancet (2021) CC

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children globally. The Global Asthma Network (GAN) Phase I study aimed to determine if the worldwide burden of asthma symptoms is changing. This updated cross-sectional study used the same methods as the International study of Asthma and Allergies in Chi...ldhood (ISAAC) Phase III. Asthma symptoms were assessed from centres that completed GAN Phase I and ISAAC Phase I (1993–95), ISAAC Phase III (2001–03), or both. We included individuals from two age groups (children aged 6–7 years and adolescents aged 13–14 years) who self-completed written questionnaires at school. We estimated the 10-year rate of change in prevalence of current wheeze, severe asthma symptoms, ever having asthma, exercise wheeze, and night cough (defined by core questions in the questionnaire) for each centre, and we estimated trends across world regions and income levels using mixed-effects linear regression models with region and country income level as confounders. Overall, 119 795 participants from 27 centres in 14 countries were included: 74 361 adolescents (response rate 90%) and 45 434 children (response rate 79%). About one in ten individuals of both age groups had wheeze in the preceding year, of whom almost half had severe symptoms. Most centres showed a change in prevalence of 2 SE or more between ISAAC Phase III to GAN Phase I. Over the 27-year period (1993–2020), adolescents showed a significant decrease in percentage point prevalence per decade in severe asthma symptoms (–0·37, 95% CI –0·69 to –0·04) and an increase in ever having asthma (1·25, 0·67 to 1·83) and night cough (4·25, 3·06 to 5·44), which was also found in children (3·21, 1·80 to 4·62). The prevalence of current wheeze decreased in low-income countries (–1·37, –2·47 to –0·27], in children and –1·67, –2·70 to –0·64, in adolescents) and increased in lower-middle-income countries (1·99, 0·33 to 3·66, in children and 1·69, 0·13 to 3·25, in adolescents), but it was stable in upper-middle-income and high-income countries. Trends in prevalence and severity of asthma symptoms over the past three decades varied by age group, country income, region, and centre. The high worldwide burden of severe asthma symptoms would be mitigated by enabling access to effective therapies for asthma. more

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Informationen zum Corona-Virus in Leichter Sprache

Robert-Koch-Institut RKI (2020) CC

Internetseite des RKI

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The use of molecular line probe assays for the detection of resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin

World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

Policy update.

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Job Aid for the Community Health Worker in Reproductive and Child Health and the Prevention of Malaria

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania (2006) C1

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Technical and Regulatory Aspects of the Extended Use, Reuse, and Reprocessing of Respirators during Shortages
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Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2020) C_WHO

N95 or equivalent respirators are single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for use by health workers that provide direct care to patients with diseases transmitted by aerosols or during aerosol generating procedures (AGP) for patients with acute respiratory disease, as is the case of ... more

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Поведенческие аспекты употребления алкоголя подростками: тенденции и социальные неравенства в Европейском регионе ВОЗ, 2002–2014 годы

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

В настоящем отчете представлены последние тенденции, выявленные по результатам исследования HBSC в отношении употребления алкоголя 15-летними подростками и поведен... more

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Covid-19 Pandemic: Impact of restriction measures in West Africa

World Food Program WFP (2020) CC

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Strategic Response Plan for the measles emergency in the WHO European Region, September 2019–December 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

This Strategic Response Plan for the measles emergency in the WHO European Region (SRP) articulates the overall status of measles resurgence in the WHO European Region and the priority actions needed to ensure an effective response to interrupt transmission, save lives and reverse the regional trend... more

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Il est temps d'agir - résumé

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2015) C_UNICEF

Today’s children, and their children, are the ones who will live with the consequences of climate change.

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Salut materno infanto juvenil en cifras

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2017) C_UNICEF

Salut materno infanto juvenil en cifras este nuevo boletín, elaborado a partir de datos oficiales proporcionados por la Dirección de Estadísticas e Información en Salud del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación (MSN) y el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC), refleja las cifras so... more

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WHO Generic essential emergency equipment list

World Health Organization (2003)

This checklist of essential emergency equipment for resuscitation describes minimum requirements for emergency and essential surgical care at the first referral health facility

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An investment case for new tuberculosis vaccines

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

This document summarizes the results of the WHO-commissioned full value proposition for new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines. The assessment was commissioned to provide early evidence for national and global decision-makers involved in TB vaccine development and implementation, who include stakeholders in... more

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Communication et mobilisation sociale dans les campagnes de vaccination contre la fièvre jaune

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2015) C_WHO

10 points basés sur l’expérience de terrain

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Postales para redes sociales sobre atención domiciliar

Pan American Health Organization PAHO, World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Esta es una serie de postales para redes sociales sobre atención domiciliar, cuidadores, el enfermo, la familia y COVID-19

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The Global Financial Crisis Has Led To A Slowdown In Growth Of Funding To Improve Health In Many Developing Countries

Laech-Kemon, K.; Chou P.; Schneider M. et al. Health Affairs (2012) CC

How has funding to developing countries for health improvement changed in the wake of the global financial crisis? The question is vital for policy making, planning, and advocacy purposes in donor and recipient countries alike. We measured the total amount of financial and in-kind assistance that fl... more

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Empfehlungen zur Diagnostik und Therapie nichttuberkulöser Mykobakteriosen

N. Schönfeld, W. Haas, E. Richter et al. (2013) C2

des Deutschen Zentralkomitees zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose (DZK) und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin (DGP) Recommendations for Diagnosis and Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterioses of the German Central Committee against Tuberculosis and the German Respirator... more

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Advancing Climate-Resilient Education Technical Guidance

US Agency for International Development USAID (2023) CC

The Advancing Climate-Resilient Education Technical Guidance builds on the USAID 2022–2030 Climate Strategy and the 2018 USAID Education Policy to support USAID Missions and partners who seek to integrate climate action and awareness into education programs and are committed to achieving climate-r... more

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Children, HIV and AIDS

Unicef (2018)

Regional snapshot: Eastern Europe and Central Asia December 2018 https://data.unicef.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/EECA-regional-snapshot-2018.pdf

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Negotiation of humanitarian access in North Kivu: the perception of armed non-State actors, communities and humanitarians
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Geneva Call (2019) C1

In response to the shrinking humanitarian space in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this report seeks to shed light on the humanitarian access negotiation practices of NGOs operating in the area. It explores the way that local communities and armed non-State actors (ANSAs) perceive th... more

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Оценка качества психиатрической помощи: технология социологического опроса пациентов, членов их семей, работников психиатрических учреждений

Т.А. Солохина, В.С. Ястребов, Л.С. Шевченко ФГБУ «Науч. центр психического здоро- вья» РАМН (2014) C2

В методическом пособии приведен анализ основных нормативно-правовых документов по вопросам качества медицинской помощи, изложены методические подходы к оценке к... more

Technical and Regulatory Aspects of the Extended Use, Reuse, and Reprocessing of Respirators during Shortages recommended

Negotiation of humanitarian access in North Kivu: the perception of armed non-State actors, communities and humanitarians recommended

Technical and Regulatory Aspects of the Extended Use, Reuse, and Reprocessing of Respirators during Shortages
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Negotiation of humanitarian access in North Kivu: the perception of armed non-State actors, communities and humanitarians
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