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Assessing the quality of primary care in Haiti

Gage A., Leslie H., Bitton A., et al. World Health Organisation (2016) C_WHO

Capacity building for cancer prevention and early detection in the Ugandan primary healthcare facilities: Working toward reducing the unmet needs of cancer control services

Jatho A., Mugisha N.M., Kafeero J. et al Cancer Medicine (2020) C2

In 2018, approximately 60,000 Ugandans were estimated to be suffering from cancer. It was also reported that only 5% of cancer patients access cancer care and 77% present with late-stage cancer coupled with low level of cancer health literacy in the population despite ... more

Factors associated with tuberculosis treatment failure in the Central East Health region of Burkina Faso

Diallo A., D. L. Dahourou, T. T. E. Dah et al. Panafrican Med Jounal (2018) C2

Tuberculosis treatment failure results in increased risk of morbidity, drug resistance, transmission and mortality. There are few data about tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Burkina Faso. The current study investigated the factors associated with tuberculosis treatment failure in the central east ... more

Action on the Social Determinants of Health: learning from previous experiences.

Irwin A, Scali E World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO

Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper 1 (Debates). This paper was prepared for the launch of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) by its secretariat based at WHO in Geneva. It was discussed by the Commissioners and then revised considering their input.

Tuberculosis care and control in refugee and displaced populations: an inter-agency field manual

M.A. Connolly, M. Gayer and S. Ottmani World Health Organization (2007) C_WHO

Situational Brief: Transit Migration in Mexico during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sedas A. C., M. Aguerrebere, L. A. Martinez Juarez, et al. Lancet Migration (2020) CC

Aligned to the Lancet Migration Global Statement to include migrants and refugees incountries’response to COVID-19, this update focuses on Mexico’s challenges and opportunities to build an inclusive response that is based on a contextualized ada ... more

Factors Associated with Stunting in Children under Age 2 in the Cambodia and Kenya 2014 Demographic and Health Surveys

Grace A. K. Ettyang & Caroline J. Sawe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (2016) C2

DHS WORKING PAPERS 2016 No. 126 | DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS

Indicators of young women’s modern contraceptive use in Burkina Faso and Mali from Demographic and Health Survey data

Regan A., Thompson G. (2017) C2

nContraception and Reproductive Medicine (2017) 2:26 DOI 10.1186/s40834-017-0053-6 Young women in Burkina Faso and Mali are increasingly using modern contraceptives for family planning; however, the LAPM contraceptive prevalence rate remains low. Our analysis indicates that social norms around idea ... more

CoroNo. Cappuccio di protezione contro le infezioni per il personale di servizio e di soccorso

Bimberg, L.; J. Gardemann and A.M. Buschmann (2020) CC

Crisis threatens science progress

Jorge A. Huete-Pérez, Gioconda Cunto de San Blas and Jeremy N. McNeill (2019) CC

DOI: 10.1126/science.aax2196; Science 08 Mar 2019: Vol. 363, Issue 6431, pp. 1017

Chronic Respiratory Disease - Asbestosis

Hall A.G. Mediclinic Southern Africa (2008) CC2

The webpage provides detailed information about asbestosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos fibers. It outlines various asbestos-related diseases, including benign and malignant pleural conditions as well as lung cancer. Asbestosis is des ... more

Rethinking the Top-Down Approach to Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa

Onasanya A. et al. (2021) CC

Front. Public Health 9:622809 The control and elimination of schistosomiasis have over the last two decades involved several strategies, with the current strategy by the World Health Organization (WHO) focusing mainly on treatment with praziquantel during mass drug administration (MDA). However, th ... more

Overlapping Risk Factors But No Association Between HIV and Drug Resistance Among TB Patients in Kazakhstan

Tursynbayeva A.; Pak S.; Ismailov Sh.; van den Hof S. USAID; TB CARE 1; KNCV (To eliminate TB); et al. (2019) C2

Accessed: 26.09.2019

Prise en charge de la tuberculose en milieu carceral Senegalais: Étas des lieux et recommendations - Rapport final

CollSeck,A.M.; S. Kaba Ministère de la Santé et de l’Action Sociale et Ministère de la Justice (2014) C2

La lutte contre la tuberculose est une des priorités du ministère de la santé. C’est ainsi que le Plan Stratégique National de lutte contre la Tuberculose 2013-2017 du Sénégal a inscrit dans son programme d’actions la préoccupation de mie ... more

Les campagnes communautaires de promotion du depistage VIH en Afrique de l’Ouest : perceptions des usagers au Burkina Faso

Desclaux A., O. Ky-Zerbo, J.-F. Somé et. al. NIH Public Access (2014) C2

La politique actuelle de lutte contre le sida qui repose sur l’extension de l’accès aux traitements et à la prévention exige qu’une proportion élevée de la population connaisse son statut en matière de VIH. Pour cela, l’OMS ... more

Programmatic and Training Brief: Engaging Frontline Community Health Workers in Providing Oral Rapid HIV Testing to Pregnant Women in India

Sarkar A, Mburu G, Shukla S, Behara J, et al. (2016) C1