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Analysis of drug markets - Opiates, cocaine, cannabis, synthetic drugs

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2018) C2

World Drug Report 2018 -3-

Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best

Sokolow SH, CL Wood, IJ Jones, (2016) CC

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(7): e0004794. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004794

Global Burden of Human Mycetoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Van de Sande, W. PLoS Neglected Tropical diseases (2013) CC

Mycetoma is a chronic infectious disease of the subcutaneous tissue with a high morbidity. This disease has been reported from countries between 30°N and 15°S since 1840 but the exact burden of disease is not known. It is currently unknown what the incidence, prevalence and the number of reported ... more

National strategy and plan of action for pharmaceutical manufacturing development in Ethiopia (2015–2025)

Ministry of Health and Ministry of Industry, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2015) C1

Strategy plan

A Second Revolution: Thirty years of child rights, and the unfinished agenda

Terre des hommes, Save the Children, Plan International, SOS Children's Villages International, World Vision, ChildFund Alliance (2019) C2

The report showed commitments made three decades ago to protect the rights of children remain unfulfilled for millions. Violence still affects countless children. Discrimination based on age, gender, disability, sexual orientation and religion harms children worldwide. Key factors include a lack ... more

Explosive Weapon Effects - final report

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) (2017) C3

States, the United Nations and civil society organisations continue to raise concerns about the humanitarian impact caused by the use of explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA). This issue is currently being examined from political, legal, socio-economic and humanitarian perspectives. The GICHD ... more

Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of D

GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators The Lancet (2020) CC

Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans

Ojji, D.B.; et al. (2019) C1

N Engl J Med 2019;380:2429-39.DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1901113

Health, Rights and Drugs
recommended

UNAIDS (2019) C_WHO

Harm Reducation, Decriminalization and Zero Discrimination for People who use Drugs

Population mobility and malaria

World Health Organization ( WHO), Regional Oﬃce for South-East-Asia (2017) C_WHO

Review of International, Regional and National Policies and Legal Frameworks that Promote Migrants and Mobile Populations' Access to Health and Malaria Services in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam)
Migrants and mobile popul ... more

Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

GBD 2019 Tuberculosis Collaborators (2022) CC

Lancet Infect Dis 2022; 22: 222–4

A Roadmap to combat postpartum haemorrhage between 2023 and 2030

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

WHO today released its first roadmap to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) – defined as excessive bleeding after childbirth - which affects millions of women annually and is the world’s leading cause of maternal deaths. Despite being preventable and treatable, PPH results in around 70 000 de ... aths every year. For those who survive, it can cause disabilities and psychological trauma that last for years. “Severe bleeding in childbirth is one of the most common causes of maternal mortality, yet it is highly preventable and treatable,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “This new roadmap charts a path forward to a world in which more women have a safe birth and a healthy future with their families.” The Roadmap aims to help countries address stark differences in survival outcomes from PPH, which reflect major inequities in access to essential health services. Over 85% of deaths from PPH happen in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Risk factors include anaemia, placental abnormalities, and other complications in pregnancy such as infections and pre-eclampsia. Many risk factors can be managed if there is quality antenatal care, including access to ultrasound, alongside effective monitoring in the hours after birth. If bleeding starts, it also needs to be detected and treated extremely quickly. Too often, however, health facilities lack necessary healthcare workers or resources, including lifesaving commodities such as oxytocin, tranexamic acid or blood for transfusions. “Addressing postpartum haemorrhage needs a multipronged approach focusing on both prevention and response - preventing risk factors and providing immediate access to treatments when needed - alongside broader efforts to strengthen women’s rights,” said Dr Pascale Allotey, WHO Director for Sexual and Reproductive Health and HRP, the UN’s special programme on research development and training in human reproduction. “Every woman, no matter where she lives, should have access to timely, high quality maternity care, with trained health workers, essential equipment and shelves stocked with appropriate and effective commodities – this is crucial for treating postpartum bleeding and reducing maternal deaths.” more

Atlas - Country Resources for neurological disorders

World Health Organization, WFN (2017) C_WHO

Second edition

Сводное руководство ВОЗ по туберкулезу. Модуль 4: лечение. Лечение лекарственно-устойчивого туберкулеза‎

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

WHO/OIE Manual on Echinococcosis in Humans and Animals: a Public Health Problem of Global Concern

WHOOIE (2001)

This Manual covers all important aspects of echinococcosis, including parasite biology and life-cycles, geographic distribution and prevalence, epidemiology, clinical presentation in humans and animals, diagnosis and treatment, as well as control and prevention using newly developed tools and method ... more

GRID 2021 Internal displacement in a changing climate

Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (2021) C1

New displacements by conflict and disasters in 2020

The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Lenzen, M.; A. Malik, M.Li, et al. (2020) CC

Lancet Planet Health 2020; 4: e271–79

Health and Human Rights in the new world (dis)order

British Medical Association BMA (2022) CC

Building on our decades of commitment to human rights in medicine and healthcare, we have published a new report on emerging threats in health-related human rights both globally and in the UK. 'Health and human rights in the new world (dis)order' outlines a shifting rights landscape in which new ... more

Perceptions and experiences of nurses about the mobile clinic work environment

Stemmet, C.L. (2016) C1

Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University. The mobile clinic health care services fulfil an essential role in delivering primary health care to the dwellers in the rural commun ... more