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A Guide to Psychological First Aid (Arabic Version)

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2018) C2

الإسعافات الأولية النفسية دليل PFA for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has several parts that can be used separately or together. It comprises this guide, a small booklet on PFA, and four training modules on PFA. Th ... more

A household-based community health worker programme for non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and maternal health: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in Neno Distr

Wroe, E.B.; Nhlema, B.; Dunbar, E.L. et al. BMJ Global Health (2021) CC

Background: Community health worker (CHW) programmes are a valuable component of primary care in resource-poor settings. The evidence supporting their effectiveness generally shows improvements in disease-specific outcomes relative to the absence of ... more

A health promotion approach for reducing youth exposure to alcogenic environments: Snapshot series on alcohol policies and practice

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The environment in which young people live, learn and play significantly affects their decisions about whether to consume alcohol. Environmental factors are the main risk factors driving alcohol consumption and related harm among young people. Environments that normalize alcohol consumption – term ... more

A Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

Pope Paul VI St. Bartholomew Bulletion (2012) C2

The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. As a community composed of men, united in Christ, they are led by the Holy Spirit toward the ... more

A comparison of cardiovascular imaging practices in Africa, North America, and Europe: two faces of the same coin

Lakshmanan, S.; Mbanze, I. European Society of Cardiology (2023) CC

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are significant differences in the burden of cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors, across high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries. Cardiac imaging by echocardiography, cardia ... more

A guide for caregivers of people with mental illness

MHFA MHFA (2009)

Mental illness can affect not only the life of the person with the illness, but also their close family, partners and friends. Significant people in a person’s life are often a source of supp ... more

A practical clinical definition of epilepsy

R. S. Fisher; C. Acevedo; A. Arzimanoglou; et al. (2014) CC

Epilepsia, 55(4):475–482, 2014 doi: 10.1111/epi.12550

A situational analysis of programmatic management of TB preventive treatment in the WHO South-East Asia Region

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Tuberculosis (TB) prevention is essential for reaching the End TB targets in the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of World Health Organization (WHO)1. The targets of 80% reduction in TB incidence rate and 90% reduction in TB mortality by 2030 (compared to 2015 levels) can be achieved only with addition ... more

A shot at ending AIDS — How new long-acting medicines could revolutionize the HIV response

UNAIDS (2025) C1

Breakthrough innovations have come to light that have proved to be more than 95% effective in preventing HIV infection with injections just twice a year. Once a year might even be possible. They cou ... more

Achieving quality universal health coverage through better water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities: A focus on Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

A two-week mission was conducted by WASH and quality UHC technical experts from WHO headquarters and supported by the WHO Ethiopia Country Office (WASH and health systems teams) in July 2016, to understand how change in WASH services and quality imp ... more

A catholic view of the ethic principle of solidarity. Consequences at the ethic-social level

Bărbat, C. Elsevier (2015) C1

International Workshop on Ideologies, Values and Political Behaviors in Central and Eastern Europe Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 183 ( 2015 ) 135 – 140

A safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine is now available

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) C_CDC

Fotonovela to promote COVID-19 vaccination. This comic-book style graphic tells the story of a daycare worker’s decision to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Philippines: A Training Manual for Health Workers on Healthy Lifestyle - An Approach for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, Trainers Guide

WHO and DOH Philippines (2009) C_WHO

This revised trainer's guide contains a prototype training schedule for four days. Teaching and learning strategies are highly interactive, using participatory and experiential approach. Training outcomes include developing skills in assessment of c ... more

A Roadmap on the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Among People Living With Diabetes

Mitchell, S.; Malanda, B.; Damasceno, A. et al. World Heart Federation (2019) CC

In 2014, the World Heart Federation (WHF) launched an initiative to develop a series of Roadmaps [1e6]. Their aim is to identify potential roadblocks on the pathway to effective prevention, detection, and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD ... more

Include us in education! A qualitative research study on barriers and enablers to education for children with disabilities in Nepal

Zuurmond, M., L.M. Banks, P. Aryal, et al. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Centre for Evidence in Disability, Plan International (2014) C1

A 2013 Plan study across 30 countries found that children with disabilities were on average 10 times less likely to go to school than children without disabilities. This report presents the findings of a ... more

A preventable crisis - El Niño and La Niña events need earlier responses and a renewed focus on prevention

Oxfam (2016) C2

The devastating impacts of the 2015–16 El Niño will be felt well into 2017. This crisis was predicted, yet overall, the response has been too little too late. The looming La Niña event may further hit communities that are already deeply vulnerable. To end this cycle of failure, there is an urgen ... more

A menos actuemos ahora - Resumen ejecutivo

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2015) C_UNICEF

Los niños de hoy, y sus hijos, son los que vivirán las consecuencias del cambio climático.

A people-centred model of TB care (Russian edition)

World Health Organization Europe; Stop TB Partnership; ERS; et al. Всемирная организация здравоохранения (2017) C_WHO

Blueprint for EECA countries, first edition МОДЕЛЬ ПРОТИВОТУБЕРКУЛЕЗНОЙ ПОМОЩИ, ОРИЕНТИРОВАННАЯ НА НУЖДЫ ЛЮДЕЙ Концептуальный проект модели для стран Восточной Европы и Центрально ... more

Guide to Good Prescribing (Romanian version) / Ghid pentru buna prescriere a medicamentelor

World Health Organization (WHO) (2000) C_WHO

A practical manual to good prescription of medicines in Romanian language. - Summary: Aceasta carte se adreseaza in primul rând studentilor la medicina. Ea ofera un ghid în procesul de prescriere rationala ... more

“A re amohelaneng”: A Practical Guide to Interacting with People with Disabilities (Lesotho)

Lesotho National Federation of Organisations of the Disabled (LNFOD) | Skillshare International Lesotho (2018) C2

Accessed online January 2018