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Global Assessment of National Health Sector Emergency Preparedness and Response

World Health Organization (2008)

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Details of the Certificate and Diploma in Mental Health Programme Proposed for 2011/0212 Academic Year

Faculty of Nursing, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone (2011) C2

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Toolkit for assessing health system capacity to manage large influxes of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants

World Health Organization (WHO); Regional Office for Europe UNHCR; IOM (2016) C_WHO

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Ensuring Better Health Care for the Elderly. A Manual for Trainers of Community Health Worker

Dey, B. and .Krishnaswamy (2010) C1

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Honduras: Health Emergency – Zika - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF Operation n° MDRHN009

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2016) C1

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Quality of Care in Family Planning Services at Health Facilities in Senegal

Assaf, Shireen, Wenjuan Wang, and Lindsay Mallick ICF International (2015) C2

DHS Analytical Studies No. 55.

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Exploring the impact of the Ebola outbreak on routine maternal health services

Jones, S.; C. Ameh Voluntary Service Overseas (2016) CC

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Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Filovirus Haemorrhagic Fever in Health-Care Settings, with Focus on Ebola
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World Health Organization (2014)

This document provides a summary of infection control recommendations when providing direct and non-direct care to patients with suspected or confirmed Filovirus haemorrhagic fever (HF), including Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fevers. These recommendations are interim and will be updated when additi... more

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A Time of Joy, a Time of Challenge: The Health of Mothers & Newborn in Namibia

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2009)

A supplement to The State of the World’s Children Report 2009

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Guidelines for the Development of Pharmaceutical Services in Primary Health Care

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2011) C_WHO

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Social determinants of mental health

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

Good mental health is integral to human health and well being. A person’s mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped by various social, economic, and physical environments operating at different stages of life. Risk factors for many common mental disorders are heavily associated wit... more

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Comprehensive Evaluation of the Community Health Program in Rwanda (FINAL REPORT)

Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health (CMNH), from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) (2016) C2

The objective of the evaluation is to understand whether the CHW program has achieved its intended objectives, thus contributing to the overarching objectives defined in the HSSP III of improving the health status of the population by “Ensuring universal accessibility of quality health services fo... more

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Improving health and learning through better water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe; UNICEF; UNESCO (2019) C_WHO

An information package for school staff

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Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities
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Bernadette Daelmans, Olufemi Oladapo, Özge Tuncalp et al World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

The standards of care cover the routine care and management of complications occurring for women and their babies during labour, childbirth and the early postnatal period, including those of small babies during the first week of life. They define priorities for improving the quality of maternal and ... more

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Health workers’ experiences of coping with the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone’s health system: a qualitative study

Joanna Raven, H. Wurie and S. Witter BMC Health Services Research (2018) CC

BMC Health Services Research BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201818:251; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3072-3

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A case study of the role of an Essential Health Benefit in the delivery of integrated health services in Zambia

Luwabelwa, M.; Banda, P; Palale M.; Chama-Chiliba, C. Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2017) C1

Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 111
The health services delivery system in Zambia is pyramid in structure, with primary healthcare (PHC) services at community level, at the base, followed by first and second level hospitals at distric... more

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On Life Support - A battered health system leaves DRC children at the mercy of killer diseases

UNICEF (2020) C1

ON LIFE SUPPORT3The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak has been contained, but confl ict and under-development leave over three million children at risk from measles and other killer diseases. The country’s medical services – ill-equipped and under-resourced – are on life support ... more

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Health and Socio-Economic Impacts of Physical Distancing for Covid-19 in Africa

Barasa, E.; et al. KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and African Academy of Sciences (2020) CC

Physical distancing measures are important to reduce COVID-19 transmission. However, when stringently applied, they can result in negative health and socio-economic impacts. This report draws on a rapid review of available literature, case studies from across Africa and expert knowledge to make reco... more

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Nature, biodiversity and health: an overview of interconnections

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (2021) C_WHO

Urbanization, land use, global trade and industrialization have led to profound and negative impacts on nature, biodiversity and ecosystems across the world. The ongoing depletion of natural resources not only afects environmental conditions but also has an enormous impact on the well-being and secu... more

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Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC

Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. With a broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta...in CHW motivation for high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enhance their programmatic activities. Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose. Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal- lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi- tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec- tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance, manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha- sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for the primary health care systems. more

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Filovirus Haemorrhagic Fever in Health-Care Settings, with Focus on Ebola recommended

Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities recommended

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Filovirus Haemorrhagic Fever in Health-Care Settings, with Focus on Ebola
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Standards for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities
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