Learning from the Use of Data, Information, and Digital Technologies in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak Response
On the road to ending TB
Highlights from the 30 highest TB burden countries
Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 808–817 | DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00840-2016
Health care waste management (HCWM) and infection prevention and control (IPC) represent serious concerns for HIV programs. Improperly handled infectious health care waste poses risks to health workers, their clients, the community, and the environment. Improper injection practices can lead to new H...IV and other infections for health workers and clients. Beginning in 2015, AIDSFree continued the work started by the Government of Nigeria and USAID in 2004 to strengthen activities in IPC and HCWM. This report describes AIDSFree's results over 15 months of implementation of HCWM and IPC activities in seven Nigerian states prioritized by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
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Editorial
Rev Panam Salud Publica 40(6), 2016
A survival guide for clinicans.
3rd edition.
Public health Panoram, Vol.2 Issue 1 March 2016
This note sets out actions to be undertaken throughout the humanitarian programme cycle (HPC) to fulfill commitments on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) and to ensure that protection is central to humanitarian response. It sets out the fundamental link between accountability systems and ...protection in humanitarian action, and then describes, for each stage of the HPC, the accountability mechanisms that should be established and actions required at country-level.
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