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Unlocking the community health workforce potential, post-Ebola: what models and strategies work?

Wilton Park mPowering; USAID; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, et al. (2016) CC

There is strong evidence of the impact CHWs can have on health outcomes for their communities. Justification for investment in in CHWs has been well established, but there remain questions about how to find the resources to do this sustainably. Real and practical challenges to building and supportin ... more

Non-communicable diseases in Mozambique: risk factors, burden, response and outcomes to date

Carla Silva-Matos; David Beran (2012) C1

This revision covers the main non-communicable diseases in Mozambique as well as the National Strategic Plan's aim to create a positive environment to minimize or eliminate the exposure to risk factors and guarantee access to care.

Ghana National Newborn Heath Strategy and Action Plan 2014-2018

Ministry of Health, Ghana (2014) C2

This document, Ghana’s National Newborn Health Strategy and Action Plan 2014–2018 outlines a targeted strategy for accelerating the reduction of newborn deaths in Ghana. Furthermore it provides a costed action plan with clearly marked timelines for implementation to facilitate resource mobilisat ... more

Community health worker models in South Africa: a qualitative study on policy implementation of the 2018/19 revised framework

Murphy, J.P.; A. Moolla, S. Kgowedi et al. Health Policy and Planning (2020) C1

South Africa has a long history of community health workers (CHWs). It has been a journey that has required balancing constrained resources and competing priorities. CHWs form a bridge between communities and healthcare service provision within health facilities and act as the cornerstone of South A ... more

Technical guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response in Ghana

Ministry of Health Ghana (2002) C1

Gaps in service Utilization and service provision: an analysis of DHS and SPA Malaria data from Malawi, Senegal, and Tanzania

C. Taylor, A. Linn, W. Wang, and H. Moussa (2018) C2

Barriers to the prompt and effective diagnosis and treatment of malaria exist at both the community and health facility level. Household surveys measure malaria case management at the population level with standard indicators that assess treatment-seeking behavior, access to diagnostic testing, and ... more

Guide to cancer early diagnosis
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World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Compendium of resources: A Supporting Document to UNICEF's Operational Guidance: Community based Child Protection

Hijazi, Z. UNICEF (2015) CC

For applying the new operational guidance on CB-MHPSS in the field, UNICEF country offices and partners will need ready access to tools and resources that can be used to implement the programs. By bringing together resources from different contexts, the compendium makes options available to country ... more

Zambia Malaria Operational Plan FY 2019

US President's Malaria Initiative USAID (2019) C1

Clinical management of patients with viral haemorrhagic fever. A pocket guide for the front-line health worker
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World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa; (2016) C_WHO

The purpose of this pocketbook is to provide clear guidance on current best management practices for VHF across health-care facilities

National Strategy for Reproductive and Sexual Health in Cambodia 2006-2010

National Reproductive Health Programme Ministry of Health (2006) CC

National AIDS Commission of Liberia: 2015 Annual Report

National AIDS Commission of Liberia (2016) C1

CHILDHOOD DISABILITY IN RURAL ZAMBIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE USE OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Hege Johanne Asting Magnussen University of Oslo (2011) C1

Africa CDC: Event based Surveillance Framework

Africa CDC (2018) C_CDC

Event-based surveillance (EBS) is defined as the organized collection, monitoring, assessment and interpretation of mainly unstructured ad hoc information regarding health events or risks, which may represent an acute risk to health. Both indicator-based and event-based surveillance components serve ... more

Access to and Quality of Menstrual Regulation and Postabortion Care in Bangladesh: Evdence from a Survey of Health Facilities, 2014

Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Meghan Ingerick et al. Guttmacher Institute (2017) C1

The lives of children with disabilities in Africa: A glimpse into a hidden world

Nafisa Baboo The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) (2011) C2

J10. History of child psychiatry

Joseph M. Rey, Francisco B. Assumpção Jr, Carlos A. Bernad, Füsun Çetin Çuhadaroğlu, Bonnie Evans, Daniel Fung, Gordon Harper, Loïc Loidreau, Yoshiro Ono, Dainius Pūras, Helmut Remschmidt, Brian Robertson, Olga A. Rusakoskaya, Kari Schleimer IACAPAP (2015) C1

Namibia Child Survival Strategy 2014 - 2018

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) (2014) C1

Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Internationl Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2018) C1

These ICRC guidelines outline the organization’s approach to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) during and after armed conflict and other situations of violence. They provide a framework for harmonizing MHPSS programmes within the organization, and an insight into its strategic process ... more

My future is my choice facilitator Training - A Guide for the Trainers of Trainers

UNICEF; Namibian Ministry of Basic Education; Culture and the Namibian Ministry of Youth and Sports; United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF-Namibia); University of Maryland School of Medicine; et al. (2001)

The Youth Health and Development Programme Government of the Republic of Namibia and UNICEF Programme of Cooperation 1997-2001