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WHO manual for organizing a national external quality assessment programme for health laboratories and other testing sites

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

This manual describes some of the strategic, managerial, financial, technical and scientific aspects to be considered in establishing a national EQA programme for clinical laboratories and other testing services at all health care levels

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Guidelines for the Management of Snake-bites. 2nd edition
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Word Health Organization Regional Office of South-East Asia Word Health Organization Regional Office of South-East Asia (2016) C_WHO

Snakebites are well-known medical emergencies in many parts of the world, especially in rural areas. Agricultural workers and children are the most affected. The incidence of snakebite mortality is particularly high in South-East Asia. Rational use of snake anti-venom can substantially reduce mortal... more

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National Health Care Waste Management Standart Operating Procedures

Ministry of Health. The Goverment of the Kingdom of Swaziland (2015) C1

Accessed 15th of October 2015

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A Review of Needs Assessment Tools, Response Analysis Frameworks, and Targeting Guidance for Urban Humanitarian Response

Lili Mohiddin, Gabrielle Smith International Institute for Environment and Development, Norwegian Refugee Council, International Rescue Committee, World Vision (2016) C1

The magnitude of urban disasters, high population densities, and a complex social, political and institutional environment has challenged the manner in which humanitarian agencies are used to working. Humanitarian agencies are now grappling with how to change their approaches to this reality. This d... more

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2016 Africa Report on Internal Displacement

Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (2016) C1

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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

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The Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies, UN Development Programme (2015) C1

The Handbook on Law and Disaster Risk Reduction (the Handbook) has been developed to provide guidance on how to use the Checklist and conduct related legislative reviews and reform processes. While the methodology for using the Checklist needs to be tailored to each country’s context and respectiv... more

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Standard Operating Procedures - Bacteriology

Indian Council of Medical Research (2015) C1

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research Network | This manual describes well accepted methods to carry out drug susceptibility testing on important gram positive and gram negative clinically relevant bacteria. Methods of specimen collection, transport, culture, anti-microbial drug suscept... more

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Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders

Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Tarun Dua et al. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The World Bank (2016) CC

Disease Control Priorities, 3rdEdition: Volume 4. Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of these disorders on the social and economic well-beingof individuals, families, and societies is large... more

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Zika Strategic Response Plan Quarterly update, October 2016

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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Plan of Action for the Elimination of Neglected Infectious Diseases and Post-Elimination Actions 2016-2022

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2016) C_WHO

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Drug Resistance Through The Back Door: How The Pharmaceutical Industry Is Fuelling The Rise Of Superbugs Through Pollution In Its Supply Chains

Sascha Marchang, Natasha Hurley European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Changing Markets (2016) C1

Irresponsible pharmaceutical companies fuel the proliferation of superbugs through supply chain pollution, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) reports. The advocacy group uncovered lapses such as dirty production and inadequate waste disposal in the production of antimicrobials in China and I... more

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A practical guide to auditing water safety plans

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

The WHO/IWA document A practical guide to auditing water safety plans provides guidance on developing and implementing a WSP auditing scheme, covering such topics as the aim and role of auditing, auditor training and certification, audit criteria, audit timing and frequency and audit reportin... more

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Targeting stroke risk and improving outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation in Latin America

B. StamblerI; F. ScazzusoII Sao Paulo Medical Journal (2016) C2

Identificando o risco de acidente vascular cerebral e melhorando desfechos em pacientes com fibrilação atrial na América Latina DOI: 10.1590/1516-3180.2015.0222110716 Sao Paulo Med J. 2016; 134(6):534-42

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Practice manual for establishing and maintaining surveillance systems for suicide attempts and self-harm

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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India: National Dialysis Program under National Health Mission. Operational Plan

National Health Mission; Ministry of Health & Social Welfare India (2016) C1

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WHO Prequalification of In Vitro Diagnostics Programme - Public Report (Product: MP Diagnostics HIV Blot 2.2, Number: PQDx 0198-071-00)

World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

PQDx 0198-071-00 WHO PQDx PR April/2016, version 2.0

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Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance Policy Handbook, 2nd ed.

Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) | Ministry of Health and Child Care (2016) C2

The Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance Policy Handbook, 2nd Edition updates the November 2013 version to indicate the Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance (PV) Centre’s compliance with the WHO Pharmacovigilance Indicators Handbook 2015.

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Oxfam Minimum Requirements for WASH Programmes: MR-WASH

Oxfam (2016) CC

This paper is Oxfam’s essential guide for WASH staff and partners. It describes the processes and standards that Oxfam WASH programmes should follow if they are to be carried out effectively, consistently and in a way which treats affected communities with respect. All WASH staff members are expe... more

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

Guidelines for the Management of Snake-bites. 2nd edition recommended

Guidelines for the Management of Snake-bites. 2nd edition
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