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Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Leprosy
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World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Leprosy provide state-of-the-art knowledge and evidence on leprosy diagnosis, treatment and prevention based on a public health approach in endemic countries. The target audience of this document includes policy-makers in leprosy or infec... more

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Emergency Toolkit for Food Security and Nutrition Protection: Cholera Disease Preparedness Community Group Module

CoreGroup USAID; Tops Small Grant; Hesperian, et al. (2017) C1

CORE Group has developed a module to improve preparedness for and response of communities in countries at risk of a cholera epidemic. The module consists of four lesson plans with accompanying flipcharts, intended to be delivered through community health workers. The lessons target mothers and careg... more

Operational considerations for managing COVID-19 cases/outbreak on board ships

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C1

This document has been prepared based on the evidence currently available about Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission (human-to-human transmission via respiratory droplets or direct contact from an infected individual). It is recommended to use it in conjunction with the published World... more

Operational Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks in Aviation

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

At the end of this course, you should be able to: - draft an airport public health contingency plan for managing COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in aviation; - manage an outbreak of COVID-19 disease in aviation. Target audience: - National IHR Focal Points (NFPs) - Airport health authorities and... more

Operational Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks on Board Ships

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

At the end of this course, you should be able to: - Draft an outbreak management plan for managing COVID-19 cases and outbreaks onboard ships; - Manage an outbreak of COVID-19 disease on board a ship; - Perform follow-up epidemiological and environmental investigation. Target audience: - Nation... more

WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination is intended to offer guidance on the prioritization of groups for vaccination when vaccine supply is limited. It provides a values foundation for the objectives of COVID-19 vaccination programmes and links t... more

WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination (Arabic Version)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination is intended to offer guidance on the prioritization of groups for vaccination when vaccine supply is limited. It provides a values foundation for the objectives of COVID-19 vaccination programmes and links t... more

Cadre de valeurs du SAGE de l’OMS pour l’attribution des vaccins anti-COVID-19 et la détermination des groupes à vacciner en priorité, 14 septembre 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO SAGE values framework for the allocation and prioritization of COVID-19 vaccination is intended to offer guidance on the prioritization of groups for vaccination when vaccine supply is limited. It provides a values foundation for the objectives of COVID-19 vaccination programmes and links t... more

Systematic screening for TB disease

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Systematic screening for TB disease is the systematic identification of people at risk for TB disease, in a predetermined target group, by assessing symptoms and using tests, examinations or other procedures that can be applied rapidly. Systematic screening can benefit people who are at risk of get... more

Young people and COVID-19: Behavioural considerations for promoting safe behaviours

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

In the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response, WHO identifies young people as a priority target audience with specific concerns, experiences and behaviours. This policy brief provides relevant insights from behavioural evidence and a set of behavioural considerations for tho... more

IFRC Monitoring and evaluation framework for psychosocial support interventions – Toolbox (Dari Version)

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2018) C2

The toolbox contains guidance and tools (sample templates) for data collection in M&E of PSS programmes. The tools can be adapted to PSS programme, depending upon target group, activities and scope. These are tools that may be useful for your programme and many are drawn from existing PSS programme ... more

WHO recommendations for care of the preterm or low-birth-weight infant
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The recommendations in this guideline are intended to inform development of national and subnational health policies, clinical protocols and programmatic guides. The target audience includes national and subnational public health policy-makers, implementers and managers of maternal, newborn and chil... more

Kenya national action plan on antimicrobial resistance: review of progress in the human health sector

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This policy brief aims to provide a review of the current progress on implementing the Kenya national action plan on AMR, identifies critical gaps, and highlights findings to accelerate further progress in the human health sector. The target audience includes all those concerned with implementing ac... more

Saving Lives and Livelihoods

Africa CDC: Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) CC

Currently, Mauritius and Seychelles have 85 and 82 percent vaccination rates, respectively, surpassing the 70 percent target set by the WHO in 2021. Countries that have attained vaccination rates of between 50 and 70 percent include Liberia at 67 percent, Rwanda at 66 percent, Morocco at 62 percent... more

Congenital Chagas disease: Updated recommendations for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of newborns and siblings, girls, women of childbearing age, and pregnant women

Carlier, Y.; Altcheh, J.; Angheben, A. et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2019) CC

In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Chagas disease (CD; Trypanosoma cruzi infection) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) [1] and included it into the global plan to combat NTDs [2]. The Target 3.3 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN/SDG) aims at ending the e... more

Health professionals’ knowledge about prevention and control of leishmaniosis

Alves, G., de Oliveira T., Nodari N. et al. Journal of Community Medicine (2019) CC

Leishmaniasis is an important worldwide disease with a zoonotic potential that presenting visceral and cutaneous clinical forms. The domestic dog is seen as the main reservoir of Leishmania spp. and for this reason, it is the target of the control program in some countries. The health professiona... more

Africa Scorecard on Domestic Financing for Health

African Union (AU) African Union (AU) (2023) CC

The Africa Scorecard on Domestic Financing for Health is an advocacy tool for member states to use in financial planning and expenditure tracking. It is a tool for measuring only AIDS, TB and malaria spending and is intended to measure only the Abuja Declaration 15% target. Accessed on 21.07.2023

Abuja Declaration on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Other Infectious Diseases

African Union (AU) African Union (AU) (2001) CC

The Abuja declaration identifies that the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and related infectious diseases must come with additional financial resources. Therefore, African governments agreed on setting the target of allocating at least 15 per cent of each country’s annual budget ... more

Supporting member states in reaching informed decision-making on engaging with private sector entities for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: a practical tool

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

In 2015, Member States and the global health community committed to reduce premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by one third by 2030 (SDG target 3.4). Despite growing efforts, the pace of change in most countries, and the policies and regulations required to achieve this goal, ... more

Kerala State COPD Control Program Module for Medical Officers

National Health Mission State Health Systems Resource Center- Kerala Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (2021) CC2

Kerala state is moving towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25th September 2015. Goal 3 of the SDG addresses “Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages”. The sub-goal 3.4 of the SDG has the targe... more