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Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Field Guide

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2005) C_WHO

In many countries neonatal tetanus is responsible for half of all neonatal deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases and for almost 14% of al¡ infant deaths. It is estimated that in the 1970s more than 10,000 newborns died annually from neonatal tetanus in the Americas. Neonatal tetanus is prevent... more

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Guidelines for: Adaptation of dignity kits & revision of distribution standards for risk mitigation during COVID-19 pandemic

Reliefweb; OCHA Services; UNFPA Asia-Pacific Regional Office (2020) C2

Many countries are taking strict measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with lockdowns, curfews, and closure of public spaces and services. As a result of stress and uncertainty caused by these strict measures, women and girls are at even greater risk of violence at a time when their access to s... more

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Operational considerations for COVID-19 management in the accommodation sector: interim guidance, 30 April 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Several countries have demonstrated that COVID-19 transmission from one person to another can be slowed or stopped. This document has been prepared based on the evidence currently available about Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission (human-to-human transmission primarily via respiratory... more

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Addressing violence against children, women and older people during the covid-19 pandemic: Key actions

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Several countries affected by COVID-19, have seen increases in levels of violence occurring in the home, including violence against children, intimate partner violence and violence against older people. Countries also face increasing challenges in maintaining support and care for survivors of violen... more

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Factsheet: The End TB Strategy - Main Indicators in the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

12 countries have a high TB estimated burden with an incidence rate more than 45 per 100 000 population They represent 88 of the cases in the Region In 2019 the TB case detection gap in the Region was 52 500 cases

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Factsheet: Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

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WHO’s Science in 5 Episode #54: Mixed and fractional vaccine doses

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Many countries are using the approach of mixing vaccine doses from different manufacturers. What do we know about the safety and efficacy of this approach? What does the evidence tell us about using a fraction of the vaccine dose ? Dr Katherine O’Brien explains in Science in 5 this week. Closed C... more

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Quality health services and palliative care: practical approaches and resources to support policy, strategy and practice

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

As countries commit to achieving universal health coverage, it is imperative to ensure that the design and delivery of palliative care services place attention on quality of care, with action needed across all domains of quality health services: effectiveness, safety, people-centredness, timeliness,... more

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Global clinical data platform for severe acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children case report form (CRF)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Multiple countries are reporting severe acute cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children, in several regions of the world. WHO has developed this clinical case report form (CRF) to support and facilitate reporting of anonymized, patient-level data of acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology.

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The impact of residual infections on Anopheles-transmitted Wuchereria bancrofti after multiple rounds of mass drug administration

D. K. de Souza; Ansumana, R.; Sessay, S.; et al. Parasites & Vectors (2015) CC

Many countries have made significant progress in the implementation of World Health Organization recommended preventive chemotherapy strategy, to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF). However, pertinent challenges such as the existence of areas of residual infections in disease endemic districts pose... more

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The impact of the war in Ukraine and subsequent economic downturn on child poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Richardson, D., Otchere, F., Musatti, A. UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF

Data from 22 countries across the region featured in the study shows children are bearing the heaviest burden of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. While children make up 25 per cent of the population, they account for nearly 40 per cent of the additional 10.4 million people experienc... more

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Brochure: Protection and promotion of human rights in mental health

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023) C_WHO

PAHO advocates for countries to comply with the international conventions they have signed and ratified on health-related issues, and in this specific case, to promote and protect the human rights of people with mental health problems.

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Statement from the Steering Committee of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC)

Global Task Force On Cholera Control (GTFCC) (2023) CC

Many of the countries that faced cholera outbreaks in 2022 were badly affected by extreme weather events. As the climate emergency worsens, human displacement will intensify, along with droughts and flooding – all conditions that give rise to cholera outbreaks. Unless we invest in systems that b... more

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High-Performance Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage

The World Bank The World Bank (2019) CC

The majority of developing countries will fail to achieve their targets for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)1 and the health- and poverty-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) unless they take urgent steps to strengthen their health financing. Just over a decade out from the SDG deadline of 20... more

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Assessing development assistance for child survival between 2000 and 2014: A multisectoral perspective

Lu, C.; A. Chu, Z. Li et al. PLOS One (2017) CC

The majority of Countdown countries did not reach the fourth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 4) on reducing child mortality, despite the fact that donor funding to the health sector has drastically increased. When tracking aid invested in child survival, previous studies have exclusively focused on... more

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Development assistance for health and the Middle East and North Africa

Zhao, Y.; A. E. Micah; S. Gloyd et al. Globalization and Health (2020) C1

Background: Donor countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been among the largest donors in the world. However, little is known about their contributions for health. In this study, we addressed this gap by estimating the ... more

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Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

The mhGAP guideline supports countries to strengthen capacity to deal with the growing burden of mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) conditions and narrow the treatment gap. This new edition includes 30 updated and 18 new recommendations, alongside 90 pre-existing recommendations. This is t... more

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The Missing Middle- Or is there an obvious resource gap for LMICS?

Dercon S.; Nick L. (2015) CC

About reesource gaps for low and middle income countries

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Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Module 1: Planning for respiratory pathogen pandemics

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Through technical consultations with countries and partners, WHO has led the development of Preparedness and Resilience for Emerging Threats Module 1: Planning for respiratory pathogen pandemics. Version 1.0. The Module, currently available as an advanced draft, builds on previous pandemic lessons a... more

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Nurse-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education Improves Clinical Parameters in Ethiopia

Balcha Hailu, F.; Hjortdahl, Per.; Moen, A. frontiers (2018) CC2

Unlike in developed countries, the clinical effectiveness of diabetes self-management education (DSME) is not well-studied in the African context. Thus, this study sought to determine effects of DSME on clinical outcomes among type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients in Ethiopia.