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Country overview: Kazakhstan

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2015) C2

Social capital insights from Healthy Settings needs assessment in Malawi

Rippon, S.; Beattie, T. K.; Lungu, K.; et al. (2018) CC2

Healthy Settings, a key component of Malawi’s Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) 2011–2016, is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) holistic community-led approach to achieving health improvement by addressing social determinants of health, an approach which is central to the current WHO fra ... more

Transformer les plans en action contre la resistance aux antimicrobiens Document de travail2.0: Mise en œuvre et coordination

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Le présent document a été élaboré pour aiderles comités de coordination RAM et d’autres comités chargés de la RAM au niveau des pays àparvenir à cet objectif. S’appuyant sur la littérature publiée ainsi que sur l’expérience opérationnelle et l’expertise de différents PRFI, le ... more

Health and the Economy: A Convergence Needed to Address COVID-19 and Retake the Path of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

he pandemic has produced an unprecedented economic and social crisis, and it could generate a food, humanitarian, and political crisis if urgent measures are not taken. The policy options for addressing the pandemic entail consolidating national plans and achieving intersectoral consensus. The respo ... more

Guidance for the prevention of COVID-19 infections among high-risk individuals in urban settings

Caroline Favas London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2020) C2

This document provides guidance on the implementation of the shielding approach in urban areas in LICs and crisis-affected regions. It is intended for the community itself, national and local governance institutions, and humanitarian and development actors operating in the country.

The Situation of Children and Women in Indonesia 2000-2010 : Working Towards Progress with Equity under Decentralisation

UNICEF Indonesia (2011)

Mental Health Atlas: Swaziland

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization (2011) C_WHO

Diagnosis of dementia

World Health Organization (2012) C_WHO

Q6: Can dementia be diagnosed at first or second level care by non-specialist health care providers? What should be the assessment process for the diagnosis of dementia?

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of group support psychotherapy delivered by trained lay health workers for depression treatment among people with HIV in Uganda

Nakimuli-Mpungu, E.; S. Musisi, K. Wamala, et al. (2020) CC

: a cluster-randomised trial. Lancet Glob Health 2020; 8: e387–98

Kenya National Survey for Persons with Disabilities: Preliminary Report

National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development (2008) C1

Delivering trauma and rehabilitation interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic review

Jain, R.P., et al. (2020) CC

BMJ Global Health2020;5:e001980. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-00198

Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee Situation: IOM Regional Response Overview, July - September 2020

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C1

Investigation of the Quality of the 12 Most-Used Antibiotics Available in Retail Private Pharmacies in Rwanda

Bizimana, T.; Kagisha, V.; Nyandwi, J.B: et al. MDPI Antibiotics (2022) CC

Antibiotics 2022, 11(3), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030329. The authors found that the most-represented antibiotics on the Rwandan market were amoxicillin, co-trimoxazole and cloxacillin. No counterfeit antibiotics were found in this study. However, substandard batches with moderate ... more

Swaziland - Nutrition

Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) (2013) C1

Guide for ANM

India Hypertension Control Initiative (2022) CC

This guide can be used to train ANM staff in the field to succeed in their role in the hypertension program. It teaches how to screen patients correctly, register and follow-up with patients, retrieve defaulters, record patient visits, and to report data

iSupport, an online training and support program for caregivers of people with dementia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in India

Mehta, M.K.; et al. (2018) CC

Trials (2018) 19:271 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2604-9 Based on the findings of this trial, we will examine the potential use and scale up of iSupport for caregiver distress in India. This style of online self-help programs could be expanded to other regions or countries or to other suitabl ... more

Engagement with health in national climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement: a global mixed-methods analysis of the nationally determined contributions

Dasandi, N.; Graham H., Lampard P., et al. (2021) C1

Lancet Planet Health 2021; 5: e93–101

Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21

OVID-19 Excess Mortality Collaborators (2022) CC

Mortality statistics are fundamental to public health decision making. Mortality varies by time and location, and its measurement is affected by well known biases that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to estimate excess mortality from ... more