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HIV and tuberculosis co-infection programmes

Avert Avert (2019) C2

People living with HIV who have a low CD4 count are at a much higher risk of falling ill from TB infection than HIV negative people. It is important to offer both HIV testing to TB patients and TB diagnosis in HIV patients. Early detection and effective treatment are essential to preventing TB... more

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WHO: 10 facts on disability

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

People with disabilities are among the most marginalized groups in the world. People with disabilities have poorer health outcomes, lower education achievements, less economic participation and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities.

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Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into paediatrics: a WHO guide for health-care planners, implementers and managers

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

People younger than 20 years comprise 35% of the global population and 40% of the global population of least-developed nations. The number of children - neonates, infants, children, and adolescents up to 19 years of age - who need pediatric palliative care (PPC) each year may be as high as 21 millio... more

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COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) and global ageing

Cochrane Library (2020) C1

Older people are at higher risk for more serious complications from COVID-19. COVID-19 is a new disease and we are learning more about it every day.

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Frequently asked questions about prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention

World Health Organization (Europe) (2020) C_WHO

People in prisons and other places of detention live in a closed environment and in close proximity with one another – conditions that facilitate transmission of diseases. They also have a greater underlying burden of disease and worse health conditions than the general population, and frequently ... more

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Information note on HIV and COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

People living with HIV depend on life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) and access to ART must be maintained during periods of travel restrictions and lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Information note on HIV and COVID-19 addresses common concerns people living with HIV have rega... more

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Addressing non communicable diseases in the COVID-19 response

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

People with underlying noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and cancer have a high risk for developing severe and even fatal COVID-19. It is important for them to strictly follow basic protective measures and make sure th... more

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COVID-19 response: Considerations for Children and Adults with Disabilities

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

People experiencing social disadvantage and marginalization are known to be disproportionately impacted by ill-health. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, persons with disabilities may have increased risk for exposure, complications, and death

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Yemen: Shelter Cluster - End Year Report 2019

CCCM Cluster Shelter Cluster UNHCR (2020) C1

Yemeni people continue to show incredible resilience after five years of conflict, recurrent flooding, constant threats of famine and cholera, extreme hardship to access basic services like education or health and dwindling livelihoods opportunities– and now, COVID-19. Nearly four million people h... more

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Averting ethnocide: : Indigenous peoples and territorial rights in crisis in the face of COVID-19 in Latin America

Oxfam (2020) CC

There are indigenous communities at high risk in every country of the region. At stake are the lives of 45 million people who belong to more than 800 indigenous peoples. Of these, some 100 are spread across several countries, around 200 maintain voluntary isolation or are in initial contact, and nea... more

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COVID-19 Vaccination. Recipient Education

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2021) CC

Many people have questions about the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. As vaccine recipients’ most-trusted source of information on vaccines, you play a critical role in helping them understand the importance of COVID-19 vaccination, as well as if and when it is likely to be recomm... more

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Asthma and COVID-19: scientific brief, 19 April 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

People with asthma (PWA) generally are considered at higher risk from respiratory infections, as is seen annually with influenza. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, PWA were widely assumed to be at increased risk from COVID-19. However, as data emerged throughout 2020, the association between a... more

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Managing family risk: A facilitator’s toolbox for empowering families to manage risks during COVID-19. Part 1

World Health Organization WHO; IFRC; UNICEF and GOARN (2021) C_WHO

People-centered approaches that help communities maintain protective behaviours and follow guidelines set out by public health and government agencies are more important than ever. The evidence is clear, communities play a role in preventing and controlling epidemics and they are best able to take a... more

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The climate crisis is a child rights crisis: Introducing the children’s climate risk index

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, and exposing them to deadly diseases. The report is the first comprehensive analysis of climate ri... more

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Ways out of the global health crisis

Seitz, K. Misereor, Brot für die Welt, Global Policy Forum GPF (2021) C1

Healthy people, healthy animals and a healthy environment worldwide with the One Health approach. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically demonstrated just how close the link is between humans, animals, and the environment, and has highlighted and aggravated existing challenges. The destruction of na... more

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Advance Good Food for All

The Rockefeller Foundation (2022) CC

Nourish People and Planet. Good Food empowers us to live full and productive lives. It supports healthy brains and bodies and significantly reduces the risk of disease and disability. Good Food benefits the planet and curbs climate change, making food supply chains more regenerative and encouraging... more

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Fact-sheet: If I have Diabetes, what do I need to know about COVID-19? Q and A on Covid-19 and NCDS

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

ARE PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MORE LIKELY TO GET COVID-19? People with diabetes are more likely to become seriously ill from COVID-19, than those who do not have diabetes. Unfortunately, persons with diabetes who get COVID-19 are more likely to die than those without diabetes.

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Si tengo diabetes, ¿qué debo saber acerca de la COVID-19? 21 de mayo del 2020

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

ARE PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MORE LIKELY TO GET COVID-19? • People with diabetes are more likely to become seriously ill from COVID-19, than those who do not have diabetes. • Unfortunately, persons with diabetes who get COVID-19 are more likely to die than those without diabetes.

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Se tenho diabetes, o que preciso saber sobre a COVID-19?

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

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Hooking the next generation: how the tobacco industry captures young customers

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) CC

Young people across the world are urging governments to shield them from predatory tobacco marketing tactics. The industry targets youth for a lifetime of profits, creating a new wave of addiction. The latest data show that children are using e-cigarettes at rates higher than adults in many countrie... more