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Guidance on tuberculosis control in vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations

Andreas Sandgren, Marieke J. van der Werf, Netta Beer et al. (2016) CC

This guidance provides an overview of interventions to improve early diagnosis of TB and treatment completion in these populations, as well as factors to consider when developing programmes for health communication, awareness and education, and programme monitoring and evaluation

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Myanmar’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) to Climate Change

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, National Environmental Conservation Committee (2012) C1

Sectors in which Priority Adaptation Projects should be implemented first include:
- 1) Agriculture, Early Warning Systems and Forest (First Priority Level Sectors). This is followed by:
- 2) Public Health and Water Resources (Second Priority Level Sectors);
- 3) Coastal Zone (Thir... more

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Benin: Rapid Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Linkages

IPPF, UNFPA, WHO, UNAIDS (2011) C2

This summary highlights the experiences, results and actions from the implementation of the Rapid Assessment Tool for Sexual and The tool – developed by IPPF, UNFPA, WHO, UNAIDS, GNP+, ICW and Young Positives in 2009 – supports national assessments of the bi-directional linkages between sexu... more

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Synchronizing Gender Strategies: A Cooperative Model for Improving Reproductive Health and Transforming Gender Relations

Margaret E. Greene and Andrew Levack IGWG (2010)

This publication makes the case for working with men and women, boys and girls, together in an intentional and mutually reinforcing way that challenges gender norms in the pursuit of improved health and gender equality. In addition to providing a definition for the new concept of gender synchronizat... more

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WASH FIT: A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities (Second edition)

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Fully functioning water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and health care waste management services are a critical aspect of infection prevention and control (IPC) practices, and ensuring patient safety and quality of care. Such services are also essential for creating an environment that supports the dig... more

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Statement of guidance and recommendations to African Union Member States on the epidemic modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1

Many African countries were amongst the most rapid to respond to the emerging threat of COVID-19, implementing large-scale interventions at very early stages of their epidemic. As demonstrated in this document using very simple models, this rapid mobilization and timeliness of implementing control m... more

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Modelling the pandemic: attuning models to their contexts

Rhodes, T.; K. Lancaster; S. Lees et al. WHO (2020) C_WHO

BMJ Global Health2020;5:e002914. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002914 The evidence produced in mathematical models plays a key role in shaping policy decisions in pandemics. A key question is therefore how well pandemic models relate to their implementation contexts. Drawing on the cases of Ebola and in... more

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“Without Education They Lose Their Future” Denial of Education to Child Asylum Seekers on the Greek Islands

Human Rights Watch (2018) C1

This report found that fewer than 15 percent of more than 3,000 school-age asylum-seeking children on the islands were enrolled in public school at the end of the 2017-2018 school year, and that in government-run camps on the islands, only about 100 children, all preschoolers, had access to formal e... more

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Guiding framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Development Cooperation

German Cooperation Deutsche Zusammenarbeit (2018) CC

This paper was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in 2015, and produced by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, in cooperation with German civil society actors and freelance psychologists working in the field... more

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Needs and barriers for mental health and psychosocial support among syrian refugees in lebanon: perspectives for future interventions

European Union Civil protection and Humanitarian Aid European Union Civil protection and Humanitarian Aid (2018) CC

Results Recommendations• NGOs should provide MHPSS services with a focus on empowerment and self-reliance • Introduce interventions focusing on pain mechanisms, coping strategies and physical resilience • Implement livelihood programmes • Increase service accessibility and outreach activ... more

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Examining trends in family planning among harder-to-reach women in Senegal 1992–2014

Cavallaro F. L., L. Benova, D. Macleod et. al. Scientific reports (2017) C2

Recent increases in family planning (FP) use have been reported among women of reproductive age in union (WRAU) in Senegal. However, trends have not been monitored among harder-to-reach groups (including adolescents, unmarried and rural poor women), key to understanding whether FP progress is equita... more

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Module: Other significant mental health complaints

WHO WHO (2015) C_WHO

Overview Learning objectives • Promote respect and dignity for people with other significant mental health complaints. • Know the common presentation of other significant mental health complaints. • Know the assessment principles of other significant mental health complaints. • Know the... more

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The climate crisis and Cholera: Integrating data and research to inform decision making

Global Task Force On Cholera Control (GTFCC) (2023) CC

From February 22-23, 2023, the Wellcome Trust and the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) brought together researchers, decision makers, and public health implementers to participate in a virtual workshop focused on cholera and climate. Day 1 involved a technical workshop to identify key re... more

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Elimination of human rabies in Goa, India through an integrated One Health approach

Gibson, A.; Yale, G.; Corfmat, J.; et al. nature communications (2022) CC

Rabies is a devastating and societally important zoonotic disease, which is transmitted principally to humans through the bite of infected dogs. This acute, progressive viral encephalitis has the highest case fatality of any infectious disease and kills tens of thousands of people annually, with chi... more

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EU Guidelines for the prudent use of antimicrobials in human health

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2017) C_CDC

These Guidelines on prudent use of antimicrobials in human health are based on a technical report prepared by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) with input from EU Member States experts and stakeholders, which should be referred to for details of the methodology used in cr... more

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Brazil‘s Social Policy Response to Covid-19: Healthcare and Poverty Alleviation

Massard da Fonseca, E.; Arantes Beatriz, L. B.; Portella, C. Global Dynamics of Social Policy; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (2022) CC

During the pandemic, Brazil has provided its citizens with support in the areas of long-term care and disability, the labor market, social assistance, education, and pensions. This report focuses on two social policy areas, health-care and family benefits (including labor policies), as these were th... more

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Spiritual Care Education of Health Care Professionals

Baldacchino, D. University of Malta (2015) CC

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Code of Ethics ([1], p. 5) specifies the nurse’s role of promoting “an environment in which the human rights, values, customs and spiritual beliefs of the individual, family and community are respected”. The Malta Code of Ethics supports this for nurse... more

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Impact of COVID‑19 pandemic on maternal and child health services in Uttar Pradesh, India

Singh, A. K.; P. K. Jain; N. P. Singh; et al. (2021) CC

In the wake of the Covid‑19 Pandemic, parts of the public health system at increased risk of reduced efficiency include healthcare services for women and children. This in turn could reverse all the progress achieved over the years in reducing maternal and child mortality. In th... more

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C20 Eight Proposed Recommendations for Effective G20 Agenda on Finance and Health

Civil Society 20 (C20) - Saudi Arabia 2020 (2020) CC

As a global community of +750 representatives of the world’s civil society, the C20 official Engagement Group of the G20 is submitting a list of policy priorities for the upcoming G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors meeting on July 18th and the G20 Extraordinary Sherpa Meeting on July 2... more

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Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Ministry of Health - Comprehensive TB Guidelines for National Tuberculosis Program, V Edition

Government of Timor-Leste; World Health Organization (2023) CC

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has the highest TB incidence rate in the South East Asian Region - 498 per 100,000, which is the seventh highest in the world. In Timor-Leste TB is the eighth most common cause of death. The salient observations are as follows: In 2018, 487 (12.5%) of the... more