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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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Technical meeting to support Ebola affected countries on the recovery and resilience plans with a focus on GAVI, the Global Fund and other partners' funding - Report, 9-11 June 2015

World Health Organization (2015)

The objectives of the meeting were to agree on coordinated and aligned support to the 3 countries’ national health recovery plans (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone); to identify cross-cutting areas and opportunities for integration; to identify ways to improve implementation modalities; and to identi... more

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Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

The objectives of these guidelines are to provide recommendations outlining a public health approach to managing people presenting with advanced HIV disease, and to provide guidance on the timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV.
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WHO Guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control, 2019 update
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2019) C_WHO

The revised guidelines contain recommendations for specific administrative, environmental controls and respiratory protection, following the assessment made by an external group of experts convened as members of the Guideline Development Group. Moreover, these guidelines focus on interventions speci... more

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Living Conditions among People with Activity Limitations in Zambia: A National Representative Study.

Arne H Eide & ME Loeb SINTEF Health Research (2006) C1

This research report provides results from the study on living conditions among people with disabilities in Zambia. Comparisons are made between individuals with and without disabilities and also between households with and without a disabled family member. Results obtained in Zambia are also compar... more

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WPA guidance on steps, obstacles and mistakes to avoid in the implementation of community mental health care

Thornicroft G, Alem A, Antunes Dos Santos R, et al. (2010) CC

World Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;9(2):67-77. The main recommendations are presented in relation to: the need for coordinated policies, plans and programmes, the requirement to scale up services for whole populations, the importance of promoting community awareness about mental illness to increase levels ... more

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Reaching the every newborn national 2020 milestones: country progress, plans and moving forward

World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF (2017) C_WHO

To complement the Global Strategy progress reporting, this report provides a detailed look at country leadership and action toward the Every Newborn National Milestones by 2020. Countries have taken the initiative to show the way forward and have demonstrated significant progress. As part of monitor... more

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From Research to Action: Advancing Prevention and Response to Violence against Children: Report on the Global Violence against Children Meeting

UNICF (2014)

Growing evidence indicates that large proportions of children around the world experience physical, sexual and emotional violence every year, with enormous implications for human rights, public health and economic and social development.1 Over the last five years, national governments and Together f... more

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Guidelines for Diagnosing and Managing Disseminated Histoplasmosis among People Living with HIV
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. This disease is highly endemic in some regions of North America, Central America, and South America and is also reported in certain countries of Asia and Africa. It often affects people with impaired immunity, including people ... more

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Covid-19 RCCE Strategies for Cross-Border Movement in Eastern and Southern Africa

Social Science in Humanitarian Action (2020) CC

Key Considerations This brief focuses on cross-border movement in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and its implications for development of risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies aimed at preventing transmission of COVID-19 in the ESA region. Given the extensive risk of cross... more

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UNAIDS calls on governments to strengthen HIV-sensitive social protection responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO

UNAIDS calls on governments to live up to their commitment to develop nationally owned and led social protection systems for all, including floors; and scale up and progressively enhance coverage, adequacy and comprehensiveness, thereby improving the responsiveness and quality of interventions to ad... more

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Guidelines on mental health promotive and preventive interventions for adolescents

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The Guidelines on promotive and preventive mental health interventions for adolescents - Helping Adolescents thrive (HAT), provide evidence-informed recommendations on psychosocial interventions to promote mental health, prevent mental disorders, and reduce self-harm and other risk behaviours among ... more

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COVID-19 Socio-economic response and recovery plan

United Nations in Moldova (2020) CC

Updated version – September 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone. Globally, millions of people have been infected with the virus, while hundreds of thousands have lost their lives. In Moldova, the pandemic is placing an ever-increasing pressure on the health care and social protectio... more

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Trend of HIV/AIDS for the last 26 years andpredicting achievement of the 90–90-90 HIV prevention targets by 2020 in Ethiopia:a time series analysis

Girum T., Wasie A. and Worku A. (2018) C1

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2 million African community health workers - Harnessing the demographic dividend, ending AIDS and ensuring sustainable health for all in Africa

UNAIDS (2017) CC

This report makes the case for a major new initiative—to rapidly recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers in Africa. Drawing on a vast body of evidence and substantial regional experience, the report shows how community health workers save lives and improve quality of life and ... more

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Creating HIV prevention cascades — Operational guidance on a tool for monitoring programmes

UNAIDS (2021) C_WHO

This publication provides managers with guidance on how to create basic HIV prevention cascades as a starting point to enhance their ability to monitor and improve their programming and to facilitate comparisons of programme effectiveness across sites.

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Integration of mental health and HIV interventions

World Health Organization WHO, UNICEF (2022) C_WHO

This joint publication by UNAIDS and WHO emphasizes the importance of integrating HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care and mental health services for people living with HIV. It provides a compilation of tools, best practices, recommendations and guidelines that facilitate the integration of i... more

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Financing HIV Programming: How Much Should Low And Middle-Income Countries and their Donors Pay?

Galarraga, O.; V. J. Wirtz; Y. Santa-Ana-Tellez et al. PLOS One (2013) C1

Global HIV control funding falls short of need. To maximize health outcomes, it is critical that national governments sustain reasonable commitments, and that international donor assistance be distributed according to country needs and funding gaps. We develop a country classification framework in t... more

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Strategic Framework for Enhancing Prevention and Control of mpox, 2024-2027

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Mpox continues to affect people around the world. A new framework released today by WHO will guide health authorities, communities and other stakeholders in preventing and controlling mpox outbreaks, eliminating human-to-human transmission of the disease, and reducing spillover of the virus from ani... more

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UNICEF’s HIV Programming in the Context of COVID-19: Building back better for children, adolescents and women

Unicef (2021) CC2

The coronavirus outbreak that began in 2019 (COVID-19) threatens to reverse years of hard-won gains in preventing and treating HIV. Fragile health systems are further stressed as health workers navigate an increased client load and demands at work while also being concerned for their own health and ... more

WHO Guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control, 2019 update recommended

Guidelines for Diagnosing and Managing Disseminated Histoplasmosis among People Living with HIV recommended

WHO Guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control, 2019 update
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Guidelines for Diagnosing and Managing Disseminated Histoplasmosis among People Living with HIV
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