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Implementing Comprehensive HIV and HCV Programmes with People Who Inject Drugs

UNAIDS, UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime); World Health Organization; et al. (2017) C2

Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions

Tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in the German ClinSurv HIV Cohort: long-term incidence and risk factors

B. Karo; W. Haas; C. Kollan; et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2014) CC

Research Article Karo et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14:148 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/148

UNFPA Global Technical Brief - Implications of COVID-19 for Older Persons: Responding to the Pandemic

reliefweb; UNFPA (2020) C2

This technical brief was developed by the UNFPA Global Ageing Network to complement the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs' (UN DESA) Issue Brief: Older Persons and COVID-19, which emphasized the humanitarian imperative of addressing older persons' specific needs within preparedness and re ... more

Guidance on Environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19

Africa CDC (2020) C1

his guidance details basic decontamination principles and procedures that should be followed to decontaminate the physical environment in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surface contamination and transmission risk all differ by the type of setting and the volume of p ... more

Interim Guidance on Public Health and Social Measures for COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Operations in Low Capacity and Humanitarian Settings

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC (2020) C1

This Interim Guidance outlines how key public health and social measures needed to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread and the impact of the disease can be adapted for use in low capacity and humanitarian settings. The recommendations outlined here need to be adjusted to the scale of transmission, co ... more

Spirituality and medical practice: a Christian perspective

Benson Igboin Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (2015) C2

Everyday experience shows that there is a commonality between spirituality and medical practice. A text message I received from a friend recently read, "Please pray for me. I've been getting a mysterious headache for some days now. I will be seeing the doctor today." This clearly speaks of a relatio ... more

Options for the use of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C_CDC

Note of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission in collaboration with the Pontifical Academy for Life “Vaccine for all. 20 points for a fairer and healthier world"

Vatican COVID-19 Commission; Pontifical Academy for Life (2021) CC

Vatican lays out 20 points for a universal and fair destination of vaccines, for a fairer and healthier world

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome

Nalbandian, A.; et al. (2021) CC

Nature Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01283-z

Intensive Care nursing in South Africa

Beer, J. de; P. Brysiewicz and B.R. Bhengu (2011) CC

SAJCC July 2011, Vol. 27, No. 1

Global access to existing and future antimicrobials and diagnostics: antimicrobial subscription and pooled procurement

Berman, D.; et al. (2021) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2021 Published Online December 13, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00463-

Xpert Ultra versus Xpert MTB/RIF for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis

Zifodaya, J.; et al. Cochrane (2021) C1

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2021, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD009593. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009593.pub5.

Control measures for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (‎STEC)‎ associated with meat and dairy products: meeting report

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Although Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) have been isolated from a variety of food production animals, they are most commonly associated with ruminants from which we derive meat and milk. Because of the widespread and diverse nature of ruminant-derived food production, coupled with the ... more

National Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Turkmenistan

MINSITRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY OF TURKMENISTAN (2018) C_WHO

Spread of resistance to antimicrobial agents (AMR) does not know national borders and has reached dimensions, which require immediate actions at the national, regional and global levels. Antibiotic resistance is a natural biological response to improper use of antimicrobial agents (AMA); increasing ... more

WHO Living guideline: Drugs to prevent COVID-19
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Interim guidance 2 march 2021 Current use of drugs to prevent COVID-19 is variable, reflecting large-scale uncertainty. Numerous randomized trials of many different drugs are underway to inform practice. This first version of the Drugs to prevent COVID-19: A WHO living guideline contains new inform ... more

Training Aid : Tradition Tradition
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Training slides. Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care providers play an important role in supporting girls and women living with FGM, and improving their health and well-being. They are in a un ... more

Tool for the accreditation of research ethics committees

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2023) C_WHO

The ethical governance of research assumes the existence of a national entity (or subnational if applicable, according to the constitution of a country) in charge of supervising the research ethics committees (RECs) that review and monitor research with human beings. This supervision includes the ac ... more

Supported self-management for asthma

Hinnock, H. Breathe (2015) CC

This articel summarises the evidence base underpinning supported self-management for asthma. It provides clinicians with a practical approach to providing supported self-management for asthma and suggests an appropriate strategy for implementing supported self-management.