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Guidance on mainstreaming biodiversity for nutrition and health

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This report aims to support countries in the necessary transition toward healthier, more sustainable diets by integrating biodiversity in food-based interventions to support nutrition and health. It is intended to help guide decision-makers in the health, nutrition and other sectors, to: Consider ... the important role of biodiversity in food systems for the development of integrated interventions to support healthy, diverse and sustainable diets; To focus investments and country support for more comprehensive, coordinated and cross-cutting public health and nutrition projects and policies; and To strengthen the resilience of food systems, health systems, and societies, each of which are each increasingly compromised by widespread ecological degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change. Biodiversity at every level (genetic, species and ecosystem level) is a foundational pillar for food security, nutrition, and dietary quality. It is the basic source of variety in essential foods, nutrients, vitamins and minerals, and medicines, and underpins life-sustaining ecosystem services. It is a core environmental determinant of health, often a vital ingredient of healthy nutritional outcomes and livelihoods, gender equality, social equity, and other health determinants. Biodiversity can play a more prominent role in planning for nutritional outcomes in various ways, e.g. by facilitating the production of nutritious fruits and plant products, sustaining livelihoods through more efficient production and increasing the diversity of products available in markets. This Guidance presents and expands on six core building blocks for mainstreaming biodiversity for nutrition and health: Cross-sectoral knowledge development and knowledge co-production; Enabling environments; Integration; Conservation and the wider use of biodiversity; Education and awareness-raising; Monitoring and evaluation; This WHO report builds on an unprecedented opportunity to mainstream biodiversity in order to support healthy and sustainable diets, and offers the necessary technical guidance to catalyze and support a transformation of the global food system and transition to healthier, more sustainable diets. more

The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022

United Nations (2022) C2

According to the Report, cascading and interlinked crises are putting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in grave danger, along with humanity’s very own survival. The Report highlights the severity and magnitude of the challenges before u ... more

Manual for male circumcision under local anaesthesia and HIV prevention services for adolescent boys and men
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

This Manual takes into account those lessons to improve and maintain high quality services. It is aligned with updated recommendations on infection prevention and control -- a foundation for all health care services. Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention programs also afford a uniqu ... more

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

The state of the health workforce in the WHO African Region, 2021

WHO Universal Health CoverageLife Course Cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa (2021) C_WHO

Key considerations: the context of North Kivu province, DRC

Social Science in Humanitarian Action: A Communication for Development Platform (2018) C1

This brief focuses specifically on the Grand Nord (Great North): the Beni and Lubero territories of northern North Kivu that are the epicentre of the outbreak. Further participatory enquiry should b ... more

National guideline for comprehensive package of HIV interventions for key populations

Ministry of Heatlh and Social Welfare, Tanzania (2014) C1

Scale-up of severe wasting management within the health system: A stakeholder perspective on current progress

Emergency Nutrition Network ENN (2021) CC

A wide range of potential enablers and barriers were identified for influencing progress for the scale-up of severe wasting services within national health systems. Findings were categorised accordi ... more

Joint Government of the Repubic of Zambia and the United Nations Population Fund 2007 – 2010 Evaluation Report

Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia (2010) C1

Integrating mental health into South Africa’s health system: current status and way forward

Schneider, M.; E. Baron, E. Breuer, et al. (2016) CC

European guideline on the management of syphilis

M. Janier, V. Hegyi, N. Dupin et al (2014)

J. European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 4 August 2014

Management of pneumonia in community settings
recommended

World Health Organization (2004)

Point-of-use fortification with micronutrient powders (mnp)improving the nutrition of infants and young children aged 6-23 months (Healthcare Providers)

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2020) C1

The micronutrient powders will be distributed at the health facilities where instructions on use will be provided by Health Care Providers. Community Health Volunteers will educate, counsel, and mobilize caregivers at the community level to visit health facilities for nutrition assessment and provis ... more

Assessment of Learning Disabilities: Cooperation between Teachers, Psychologists and Parents

Tuija Aro and Timo Ahonen Niilo Mäki Institute (2011) C2

African edition

Assessment of prison life of persons with disability in Ghana

Joslin Dogbe, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Anthony Edusei et al. (2016) CC

BioMed Central; BMC International Health and Human Rights (2016) 16:20; DOI 10.1186/s12914-016-0094-y

Implementation of Early Warning and Response with a focus on Event-Based Surveillance

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

Early detection, assessment and response to acute public health events:

Universal Periodic Review of Albania - 33rd Session

Albania Center for Population and Development (ACPD); Albanian Association of People Living with HIVAIS; Roma Active Albania; STOP AIDS; Aksion Plus; et al. (2019) C2

Joint Stakeholder Submission Accessed: 29.09.2019

Ethnic conflicts and symptoms of post-traumatic stress in children: A study of children from Bawku in north-eastern Ghana

Francis E. Klutse Dagbah University of Oslo (2010) C1

Post-traumatic symptoms in Ghanaian children. Thesis for Master of Philosophy in Peace and Conflict Studies (PECOS). This study investigated whether Ghanaian children exposed to low intensity warfare experience symptoms ... more

Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

GBD2019 Dementia Forecasting Coolaborators (2022) CC

Lancet Public health 2022 January 6, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S2468-2667(21)00249-8 Growth in the number of individuals living with dementia underscores the need for public health planning efforts and policy to address the needs ... more