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The Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs: 2019

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2019) C_CDC

This document updates the 2014 Core Elements for Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs and incorporates new evidence and lessons learned from experience with the Core Elements. The Core Elements are applicable in all hospitals, regardless of size. There are suggestions specific to small and criti... more

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National Essential Diagnostic List
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Indian Council of Medical Research India (2019) CC

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Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS): Molecular methods

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Molecular methods for antimicrobial resistance (AMR)diagnostics to enhance the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System

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Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: A systematic review and evidence map

Van Katwyk, S. R.; Grimshaw, J. M.; et al (2019) C2

BACKGROUND: Growing political attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) offers a rare opportunity for achieving meaningful action. Many governments have developed national AMR action plans, but most have not yet implemented policy interventions to reduce antimicrobial overuse. A systematic evidenc...e map can support governments in making evidence-informed decisions about implementing programs to reduce AMR, by identifying, describing, and assessing the full range of evaluated government policy options to reduce antimicrobial use in humans. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Seven databases were searched from inception to January 28, 2019, (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PAIS Index, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and PubMed). We identified studies that (1) clearly described a government policy intervention aimed at reducing human antimicrobial use, and (2) applied a quantitative design to measure the impact. We found 69 unique evaluations of government policy interventions carried out across 4 of the 6 WHO regions. These evaluations included randomized controlled trials (n = 4), non-randomized controlled trials (n = 3), controlled before-and-after designs (n = 7), interrupted time series designs (n = 25), uncontrolled before-and-after designs (n = 18), descriptive designs (n = 10), and cohort designs (n = 2). From these we identified 17 unique policy options for governments to reduce the human use of antimicrobials. Many studies evaluated public awareness campaigns (n = 17) and antimicrobial guidelines (n = 13); however, others offered different policy options such as professional regulation, restricted reimbursement, pay for performance, and prescription requirements. Identifying these policies can inform the development of future policies and evaluations in different contexts and health systems. Limitations of our study include the possible omission of unpublished initiatives, and that policies not evaluated with respect to antimicrobial use have not been captured in this review. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge this is the first study to provide policy makers with synthesized evidence on specific government policy interventions addressing AMR. In the future, governments should ensure that AMR policy interventions are evaluated using rigorous study designs and that study results are published. more

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Antimicrobial stewardship programmes in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries. A WHO practical toolkit

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Stewardship is defined as “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care”. It was originally applied in the health-care setting as a tool for optimizing antimicrobial use, termed “antimicrobial stewardship” (AMS). Stewardship has since be... more

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Water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities: practical steps to achieve universal access to quality care

World Health Organization WHO, Unicef (2019) C_WHO

Purpose of this document: to present eight practical steps that Member States can take at the national and sub-national level to improve WASH in health care facilities

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New heroin-assisted treatment - Recent evidence and current practices of supervised injectable heroin treatment in Europe and beyond

J. Strang; T. Groshkova; N. Metrebian European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction; Publications Office (2019) C2

EMCDDA Insights - 11 Accessed: 14.03.2019

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Healthy environments for healthier populations: why do they matter and what can we do?

World Health Organisation WHO (2019) C_WHO

Known avoidable environmental risks to health cause at least 12.6 million deaths every year, and account for about one quarter of the global burden of disease (2016 data) (1). Air pollution alone causes about 7 million deaths a year, placing it among the top global risks to health (2). Global envir... more

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The Burden of Stroke in Europe

E. Stevens; Dr. E. Emmett; Dr. A. Wang; et al. Stroke Alliance for Europe, King's College London (2019) C2

Accessed: 11.03.2019

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National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

A Manual for Medical Officer Developed under the Government of India – WHO Collaborative Programme 2008-2009 Accessed: 11.03.2019

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WHO Methodology for Point Prevalence Survey on Antibiotic Use in Hospitals

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Version 1.1. The WHO protocol has been adapted to resource-limited settings and builds on existing methodologies from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the Global PPS project from University of Antwerp, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Med... more

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National Framework for a Gender Responsive Approach to TB in India
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Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India (2019) C1

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Toolkit for safe listening devices

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

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Tuberculosis Results Profile Ethiopia 2019

The Global Fund (2019) CC

Tuberculosis cases, TB deaths

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Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities: practical steps to achieve universal access to quality care

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF (2019) C_WHO

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Management of Diabetes Mellitus-Tuberculosis
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Lin, Y., et al. The Union (2019) C1

1st edition This resource provides practical guidance for front line health workers responsible for the diagnosis, management and care of patients with these two diseases. Published in collaboration with the World Diabetes Foundation

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Extension of the national emergency action plan for polio eradication 2018/2019 (Pakistan)

End Polio Pakistan (2019) C1

Despite Pakistan's progress in reducing the number of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases to 8 in 2017 and 12 in 2018, 2019 has seen a significant rise in the number of WPV1 cases (41 cases as of July 8 2019). One of the most intractable challenges the Pakistan Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) is ... more

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FEEDcities project A comprehensive characterization of the street food environment in cities (2019)

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Project protocol Introduction Ready-to-eat food sold in the street represents a global phenomenon, more common in urbanized areas, that constitutes an important dietary source in populations from low- and middle-income countries. However, research on the kind of street food offered and its composit... more