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WHO consolidated guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
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World Health Organization WHO; Stop TB (2019) C_WHO

The present Consolidated guidelines include a comprehensive set of WHO recommendations for the treatment and care of DR-TB, derived from these WHO guidelines documents. The consolidated guidelines include policy recommendations on treatment regimens for isoniazid-resistant TB (Hr-TB) and MDR/RR-TB, ... more

Epidemiology and Challenges of Managing COPD in sub-Saharan Africa

Magitta, N.F.; Sciences, A. Acta Scientific Medical Sciences (2018) CC2

There is paucity of data on the burden and specific drivers operative in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the African setting and populations. Lack of awareness and inadequate knowledge on the aetio-pathogenesis of the disease together with inadequate capacity for ... more

Patterns of funding allocation for tuberculosis control in fragile states

Warsame A.; Patel P.; Checchi F. International Journal of Tubercolosis and Lung Disease (2014) CC

The Creditor Reporting System was analysed for official development assistance funding disbursements towards TB control in 11 conflict-affectedstates, 17 non-conflict-affected fragile states and 38 comparable non-fragile states. The amounts of funding, funding relative to burden, funding relative to ... more

West & Central Africa HIV catch-up - WHO in an era of transformation

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The Transformation Agenda (TA) ushered in an ambitious reform process intended to transform the World Health Organization (WHO) into an organization that is proactive, results-driven, accountable and which meets stakeholder expectations, towards transforming and improving public health services in t ... he African Region. It aimed to achieve a WHO that is pro-results, which optimally and creatively targets technical work as well as make operations more responsive, with greater effectiveness in both communications and partnerships. The Africa Region has been the epicentre of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and it’s one of the leading causes of disease and death on the continent. The WHO, with partners, has worked tirelessly for many years to control the threat and reduce the negative impact of the disease. Since the early 2000s, significant progress has been made in the global fight against the scourge of HIV. However, the WCA subregion was falling concerningly behind ESA on several key indicators of progress. In 2016, the WHO joined UNAIDS, UNICEF and other partners in a call for a strong and urgent response to support WCA countries to develop catch-up plans to triple and fast-track ART coverage, to enable the region to catch up with ESA by the end of 2020. Implementation of a widespread test-and-treat strategy, coupled with the scale-up of differentiated service delivery (DSD) and mobilization of requisite funding, accelerated WCA’s progress towards this goal. The HIV treatment catch-up and fast-track plan has achieved its target of seeing the West and Central African region (WCA) catch up with the Eastern and Southern African region’s (ESA) antiretroviral coverage rate of 78% in 2021, albeit later than the 2020 target time frame. A 33% improvement was achieved in WCA, against 21% in ESA, between 2015–2020. WCA achieved a significant 42% increase, compared to ESA’s 23%, between 2015 and 2021, to see WCA draw level with ESA at 78%. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) alone, progress of up to 47% was observed between 2015 and 2020, for example. In addition, 1.6 million more People Living with HIV (PLHIV) were enrolled on antiretroviral treatment (ART) between 2015 and 2020. more

User manual for WHO cervical cancer prevention and control costing tool: HPV vaccination module (‎C4P-HPV tool)

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide in 2018, with 570,000 new cases and 311,000 deaths occurring annually.T he highest incidence rates are in Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, SubSaharan Africa, Western Africa, Melanesia, and Middle Africa . It also ranks as the leadin ... more

Modelling COVID-19 vaccination status and adherence to public health and social measures, Eastern Mediterranean Region and Algeria

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The introduction of vaccines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) added another measure to the existing set of recommended preventive measures (wearing a mask in public, keeping a distance from other people and regular handwashing). The roll-out of the vaccines, however, raised concerns that vac ... more

Guía de Práctica Clínica - Problema de Salud AUGE N°18 Síndrome de la Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida VIH/SIDA

Ministerio de Salud, Gobierno de Chile (2022) C1

Pediátrico Recomendaciones GRADE accessed August 2022

Uptake of HIV testing in Burkina Faso: an assessment of individual and community level determinants

Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F., K. Jean, M. Maheu-Giroux BMC Public Health (2017) C2

Previous studies have highlighted a range of individual determinants associated with HIV testing but few have assessed the role of contextual factors. The objective of this paper is to examine the influence of both individual and community-level determinants of HIV testing uptake in Burkina Faso.

HIV and AIDS

Rediscovering Biology (2019) C2

Rediscovering Biology Molecular to Global Perspectives Accessed: 03.09.2019

African Union Health Information Exchange Guidelines and Standards

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) CC

The application of digital health technology is growing at a rapid rate in Africa, with the goals of improving the delivery of healthcare services and more effectively reaching out to remote and underserved communities. The lack of enabling guidelines and standards across the continent, on the other ... more

Приоритетные аспекты изучения проблемы ТБ/ВИЧ в условиях высокой распространенности ВИЧ-инфекции и ограниченных ресурсов

Delphine Sculier, Haileyesus Getahun, Reuben Granich World Health Organization, TB HIV working group, Stop TB Partnership (2011) C_WHO

Цель этого документа – повысить уровень осознания актуальности приоритетных направлений научных исследований по проблеме ТБ/ВИЧ (то есть по тем направлениям, кот ... more

HIV in Albania: An Epidemiological Review

I. Bozicevic; A. Brown; V. Delpech; S.Dvoriak World Health Organization (Europe) (2015) C_WHO

September 2014

Le dépistage de l’infection par le virus de l’immunodéficience humaine chez les tuberculeux à Antananarivo, Madagascar

E.J. Rakotonirina, L.A. Raharitiana, L. Ravaoariso, et al. La Revue Médicale de Madagascar (2013) C1

Implementation of Option B+ for prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV: The Malawi Experience

World Health Organization; Regional Office for Africa (2014) C_WHO

WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities (Guidelines) (Chinese Version)

World Health Organization 世界卫生组织 (2012) C_WHO

Guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders 世界卫生组织结核菌/艾滋病病毒双重感染防治政策指南 ——适用于国家规划和利益攸关方

HIV / AIDS Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior among Hepatitis C patients who inject drugs, Tbilisi (Georgia)

S. Gogochashvili; M. Sologashvili; M. Gogia; M.Revishvili AFEW (2017) C2

Researcher: Sophiko Gogochashvili Co researchers: Manana Sologashvili, Maka Gogia, Maka Revishvili Nongovernmental organization "Hepa plus" 2017