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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

Prevention of drug use in schools

Ranaweera, S.; and D. Samarashinghe World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2022) C_WHO

Schools are generally the most popular setting for drug-use- prevention programmes, and are used both by governmental and non-governmental agencies. This may be for many reasons: ease of obtaining funding for school drug-use-prevention programmes, the captive audience, and the popular perception ... more

Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Chagas Disease: An Increasing Challenge in Non-Endemic Areas

Suárez, C., Nolder, D., García-Mingo, A. Research and reports in tropical medicine (2022) CC

Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine 2022:13 25–40. Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and it is endemic in Central, South America, Mexico and the South of the United States. It is an important cause of early mortality and morbidity, and it is associated with po ... more

Evaluation Study of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) In 7 States

Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission, Government of India (2011) CC

National Guidelines For The Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections Using Syndromic Approach Ethiopia
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Ministry of Health Ethiopia (2015) CC

Guidelines for The Use of Herbal Medicines in Family Health Care

Ministry of Health Republic of Indonesia (2010) C1

Cities ending the AIDS epidemic

Fast-Track Cities; UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); Mairie de Paris; et al. (2016) C2

UNAIDS / 2016

Priority Assistive Products List

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Improving access to assistive technology for everyone, everywhere. The first WHO Priority Assistive Products List was launched in May 2016. The List includes hearing aids, wheelchairs, communication aids, spectacles, artificial limbs, pill organizers, memory aids and other essential items for many ... more

IOM Yemen COVID-19 Response Update

International Organization for Migration IOM (14 - 27 June 2020) (2020) C1

The roles, training and knowledge of community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

Tsollekile, L.P.; H. Schneider and T. Puoane Curationis (2018) CC

CONCLUSIONS: The roles performed by CHWs are broad, varied and essential for diabetes and hypertension management. However, basic knowledge about diabetes and hypertension remains poor while training is unstandardised and haphazard. These need to be improved if community-based NCD management is to b ... more

Core components, concepts and strategies for parasitic and vector-borne disease elimination with afocus on schistosomiasis: A landscape analysis

Monnier, N.; IT. Barth-Jaegg, S. Knopp, (2020) CC

PLoS Negl TropDis14(10): e0008837. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008837. We conducted alandscape analysis on parasitic and vector-borne disease elimination approaches with the aim toidentify evidence-based strategies, core components and key concepts for achieving and sustaining schistosom ... more

Nigeria Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey (IBBSS) 2014

National AIDS and STIs Control programme (NASCP), Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2015) C1

The human qualities needed to complete the global eradication of polio

Dermot Maher World Health Organization (2013)

Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 91, Number 4, April 2013, 237-312

Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programming in Emergencies
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2009)

This guide focuses on the evaluation of psychosocial programs that are aligned with two main goals: - To promote psychosocial wellbeing by promoting an environment that provides appropriate care, opportunities for development and protects children from exposure to situations that are harmful to thei ... more

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND CHILD TRAUMA: POLICY BRIEF

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) (2017) C2

Provides policymakers and other stakeholders with an overview of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its relationship to child trauma, as well as policy-relevant and child trauma-focused recommendations to assist them in their response to intimate partner violence.

Medical promise of climate solutions

Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (2022) CC

The Faster We Go, the Health We'll Be. The report outlines five climate solutions that research shows will deliver immediate, often localized, health and equity benefits. Our focus is on the solutions that proactively advance both health and health equity, recognizing that some of us face greater h ... more

The Gap Report 2014 People with Disabilities

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) (2014) C2

Situation of Maternal and Newborn Health in Urban Slums of Pune: Key Findings

Save the Children (2016) C2

Objectives of the Study: To understand the community needs, behaviors and perception for MNH Iin urban poor settings. To explore various factors (both demand and supply side) affecting care seeking for MNH. To assess the preparedness of the urban health system for providing MNH services at variou ... more

Yemen COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Snapshot as of 4 July 2020

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) C1