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HEALTH SYSTEMS FINANCING The path to universal coverage

World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO

Promoting and protecting health is essential to human welfare and sustained economic and social development. This was recognized more than 30 years ago by the Alma-Ata Declaration signatories, who noted that Health for All would contribute both to a better quality of life and also to global peace a ... more

Standard treatment guidelines haemodialysis

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India; Indian Society of Nephrology (2020) C1

Accessed Febr. 6, 2020

Ebola outbreak in West Africa 23 months on: Sierra Leone university students’ views on the crisis

ACAPS (2015) CC

ACAPS Primary Data Collection report: November 2015. This report reflects the views and voices of 53 university students in Sierra Leone and results from a focus group discussion held at the Geography Department, at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, on 20 October 2015. As th ... more

Pre-referral treatment with rectal artesunate of children with suspected severe malaria: a field guide

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Prompt, effective antimalarial treatment, and supportive care can substantially reduce the rate of mortality from severe malaria. However, many children in malaria-endemic countries do not have access to health facilities or a qualified health care provider and do not receive the necessary care in a ... more

ORAL REHYDRATION SALTS Production of the new ORS

World Health Organization; UNICEF World Health Organization (WHO) (2006) C_WHO

The document provides detailed guidelines for the production, formulation, and implementation of oral rehydration salts (ORS) to combat dehydration caused by diarrhoea, particularly in children. It focuses on the composition, quality standards, and packaging requirements of ORS, aiming to support na ... more

Diabetes prevention, screening and management

International Pharmaceutical Federation (2021) CC2

Diabetes is a significant public health issue that affects approximately one in 10 adults globally, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90–95% of cases. This chronic condition causes considerable morbidity and mortality and is growing in impact, with cases projected to rise from 537 million in 202 ... more

Global burden of childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea

Christa L Fischer Walker, Igor Rudan, Li Liu, Harish Nair, et al. The Lancet (2013) C1

Lancet 2013; 381: 1405–16 Series: Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea no.1

All in to end the Adolescents AIDS epidemic

UNAIDS; Unicef (2016)

A progress report

The African report on children with disabilities: promising starts and persisting

by Mark Nunn, Annalies Borrel, Allison deFranco et al. The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) (2014) CC

This pan-African report describes and analyses the cultural, social, physical and other societal barriers preventing children with disabilities in Africa from realising their full human potential. It also describes the opportunities, initiatives and good practices that exist, that indicate the progr ... more

Maximising the Nutritional Impact of Food Security and Livelihoods Interventions: A manual for field workers

Geraldine Le Cuziat, Geraldine; Mattinen, Hanna ACF International (2011) C1

This manual aims to provide practical guidance to field workers in order to maximise the nutritional impact of food security & livelihoods (FSL) interventions. This requires the systematic use of a ‘nutrition lens’ at each step of the project cycle and a close collaboration between sectors.

Report of the fifth annual meeting of the network of Buruli ulcer PCR laboratories in the WHO African Region, Accra, Ghana, 23-25 October 2023

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

The aim of the meeting was to broaden the network’s initiatives. Preliminary work involved integrating laboratory testing for skin NTDs other than Buruli ulcer, such as cutaneous leishmaniasis, mycetoma, leprosy and yaws, while extending the network’s reach to encompass additional laboratories.

Report: First National TB Prevalence Survey 2012, Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Republic of Nigeria (2012) C_WHO

Standard operating procedures: responding to a poliovirus event or outbreak
recommended

World Health Organization WHO, CDC; , UNICEF; et al. (2022) C_WHO

Version 4 The purpose of these standard operating procedures (SOPs) is to offer policy guidance and to provide performance standards on how to respond to any type of poliovirus outbreak or event in a timely and effective manner, and specifically, to stop an outbrea ... more

Guidelines for the control of shigellosis, including epidemics due to Shigella dysenteriae type 1

World Health Organization (2005) C_WHO

Women's Empowerment and Spousal Violence in Relation to Health Outcomes in Nepal: Further analysis of the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey

Tuladhar S., Khanal K.R., K.C. Lila, Ghimire P.K., Onta K. Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, New ERA, and ICF International (2013) C2

Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions

Pan American Health Organization PAHO, World Health Organization WHO (2013) CC

Organizing and Delivering High Quality Care for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in the Americas

Climate risk country profile Brazil

World Bank Group (2021) C1

This profile is part of a series of Climate Risk Country Profiles developed by the World Bank Group (WBG). The country profile synthesizes most relevant data and information on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation actions and policies at the country level. The country profile se ... more

Ebola Outbreak in West Africa: Lessons Learned from Quarantine – Sierra Leone and Liberia

Assessment Capacities Project (2015)

Summary of lessons learned Self-imposed quarantine has proved less problematic. The timely and reliable delivery of resources (e.g. food/water) and expertise (e.g. contact tracing/safe and dignified burials) is essential to ensure cooperation and deter quarantine violation. The commun ... more

Area-Based Assessment with Key Informants - A Practical Guide

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, REACH Initiative (2019) C1

Much remains unknown about displaced communities in out-of-camp areas as identification constraints hinder knowledge on the overall situation and preeminent needs of an area. When compared to regularly monitored in-camp populations, less is known about the health, sanitation, livelihoods, food secur ... more

Management of Solid Health-Care Waste at Primary Health-Care Centres

Richard Carr, Yves Chartier, Windy Gancayco Prohom et al. WHO (2005) CC