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Surveillance tools for meningitis sentinel hospital surveillance: field guide to rapidly estimate the hospital catchment population (denominator) and the annual rate of hospitalisations

World Health Organization (2015)

The document will provide information for Ministries of Health and hospital sentinel sites on why and how to determine the denominator of at-risk children <5 years of age and rate of meningitis hospitalizations for a sentinel hospital site conducting IB-VPD surveillance. Such a methodology is curren... more

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Module on child functioning tabulation plan, narrative and syntax

UNICEF Washington Group on Disability Statistics (2017)

These documents provide guidance on data analysis and calculation of the recommended indicators on prevalence of children with disabilities in the population using the Module on Child Functioning. The tabulation plan provides the template for presentation of the data analysis and calculation of the ... more

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National Gender Statistics report, 2016

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) (2016) C2

This third edition of the National Gender Statistics Report provides the updated sex-disaggregated data in twelve fields: Population and Youth; Education; Health and Nutrition; Economic Activity and time use; Poverty & Social Protection; Justice & Human rights; Environment and Natural Resources; Dec... more

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Maternal and Newborn Health Focus in Urban Health Management Information Systems - Experience from Pune and Bhubaneswar 2014-2015

Save the Children (2017) C2

Slum population in India is growing fast (25.1% decadal growth – Census 2011). Its health and nutrition indicators are worse than that of the non slum urban areas and comparable to that of rural India. The National Urban Health Mission (HUHM), launched in 2013, focuses on improving the health of ... more

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Noncommunicable diseases in Africa: Youth are key to curbing the epidemic and achieving sustainable development
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Naik, W. & Kaneda, T. Population Reference Bureau (2015) C2

Policy Brief | April 2015 | This brief accompanies the data sheet, Addressing Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases Among Young People in Africa: Key to Prevention and Sustainable Development, and its data appendix, which provide all available country-specific data on four key NCD risk factors a... more

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UNFPA Myanmar Annual Report 2016

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2017) C1

Census data shows that Myanmar can harness a double dividend – both youth and gender. This year’s annual report provides many facets of the journey to gender equality. It tells a story of widening horizons for women and girls who are capable in their own right. It is also a story of women fulfil... more

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A gender analysis of the right to a nationality in Myanmar

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), UN Women et al. (2018) C1

According to 2014 Census data, almost a third of the population in Myanmar do not have adequate identity and civil documentation. Of these, 54 percent are women.
Women who live in remote or conflict affected areas, who are displaced or belong to stateless ethnic and religious minorities face the... more

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Trends in infant mortality in Venezuela between 1985 and 2016: a systematic analysis of demographic data

Jenny García, Gerardo Correa, Brenda Rousset (2019) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2019 Published Online January 24, 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30479-0 The health-care system collapse underway in Venezuela is a cause of utmost concern for its people and, increasingly, for the wider region. Declines in provision of basic services, such as ... more

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Results from the demogrphic and health surveys - Burkina Faso - 2010

The Population Council, Inc. ICF International (2013) C2

The Burkina Faso Demographic and Health and Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey 2010 (DHS-MICS), or Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples du Burkina Faso 2010, was conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) of the Ministry of Economy a... more

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COVID-19: Working with and for young people - May 2020 version 1.0

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies IFRC; United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2020) C1

This guidance note is meant to assist humanitarian actors, youth-led organizations, and young people themselves across sectors, working at local, country, regional, and global levels in their response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. It begins diagnostically, exploring the impacts of coronavirus d... more

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Mapping HIV prevalence in Africa for a better understanding of epidemics: example from Burkina Faso using 2003 Demographic and Health Survey data

Larmarnage J., Vallo R., Yaro S. et. al. (2010) C2

Since 2001, several Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) include HIV testing. For many countries, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, DHS are the only national source of data in general population. Several DHS collect latitude and longitude of surveyed clusters but the sampling method is not ap... more

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Disruption in essential health services in Mexico during COVID-19: an interrupted time series analysis of health information system data

Doubova SV, Leslie HH, Kruk ME, et al. BMJ Global Health (2021) CC

INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted health systems around the world. The objectives of this study are to estimate the overall effect of the pandemic on essential health service use and outcomes in Mexico, describe observed and predicted trends in services over 24 months, and to estimat... more

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The Development Impact of the War in Ukraine: Initial projections

UNDP (2022) C1

Early data estimates suggest that 90% of the Ukrainian population could be facing poverty and extreme economic vulnerability should the war deepen, setting the country – and the region – back decades and leaving deep social and economic scars for generations to come

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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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Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population Division

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Every day in 2020, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth - meaning that a woman dies around every two minutes. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.1 is to reduce maternal mortality to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by ... more

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Leishmaniasis Treatment Market Size, Share, Industry Growth, Trend, Business Opportunities, Challenges, Drivers and Restraint Research Report by 2028

Reports and Data BioSpace (2022) C1

High prevalence of target diseases in rural and developing nations, increased prevalence of malnutrition across the globe, lack of hygiene and poor sanitation facilities, Migratory patterns of population, introduction of new chemical entity in the field of therapeutics, favorable government regulati... more

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Self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights to advance universal health coverage: 2023 joint statement by HRP, WHO, UNDP, UNFPA and the World Bank

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

According to the latest available data, over half of the world’s population lack access to essential health services, and health worker shortages are estimated to reach 10 million by 2030. These contextual factors point to an urgent need to explore innovative strategies – that go beyond a conven... more

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Cardiovascular disease risk profile and management practices in 45 low-income and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level survey data

Peiris, D.; Ghosh, A.; Manne-Goehler, J. et al. PLoS Medicine (2021) CC

Global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is high and rising, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Focussing on 45 LMICs, we aimed to determine (1) the adult population’s median 10-year predicted CVD risk, including its variation within countries by socio-demographic char... more

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Development of a capacity building program for Village Health Volunteers to support Self-Management in a high risk population for diabetes in a rural community in northeast Thailand

Srisarakham, P.; Amnatsatsue, K.; Kerdmongkol, P.; Leerapan, P. (2016) CC2

Similar to other parts of the world, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Asia-Pacific Region has rapidly increased during the last few decades. The purposes of this pilot study were to determine the feasibility and the effects of a capacity building program for Village Health Vo... more

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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

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