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World Health Organization WHO, Western Pacific Region (2020) C_WHO

Best practice for hand hygiene requires the availability of clean water, soap, and single use disposable towels or alcohol based hand sanitiser with a concentration of 70%. Availability of these resources is not always assured. When resources for hand hygiene are not available other materials need t... more

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Smallholder Farmers’ Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation Practices for Maize Production in Eastern Ethiopia

Teshome H.; Tesfaye K.; et al. (2021) CC

Climate change and variability is affecting maize (Zea mays L.) production in eastern Ethiopia but how farmers perceive the challenge and respond to it is not well documented. A study was conducted to analyze smallholder maize farmers’ perception of climate change/variability and identify their ad... more

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Mental health, human rights and standards of care
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2018) C_WHO

Assessment of the quality of institutional care for adults with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in the WHO European Region. The specific objectives of the project were to address gaps in knowledge about the number and characteristics of such long-term institutions and to identify deficie... more

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Addressing the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Communities through Identification and Selection of at-risk Project Sites (Burmese Version)

Myanmar Red Cross Society (2011) C1

CBDRR Practice. Case Studies 1
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mhGAP Intervention Guide Mental Health Gap Action Programme Version 2.0 for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings
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Tarun Dua, Nicolas Clark, Neerja Chowdhary et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

The key updates include: content update in various sections based on new evidence; design changes for enhanced usability; a streamlined and simplified clinical assessment that includes an algorithm for follow-up; inclusion of two new modules - Essential Care and Practice that includes general guid... more

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Closing the mental health treatment gap in South Africa: a review of costs and cost-effectiveness

Jack, H.; R.G. Wagner, I. Petersen, et al. (2014) CC

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COVID-19 infection prevention and control living guideline: mask use in community settings, 22 December 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

22 December 2021

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Guía de intervención mhGAP para los trastornos mentales, neurológicos y por consumo de sustancias en el nivel de atención de salud no especializada Versión 2.0
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World Health Organization WHO PAHO (2017) C_WHO

Las directrices actualizadas del mhGAP, la retroalimentación de información y la evaluación de la versión 1.0 de la GI-mhGAP por los usuarios han permitido la revisión y elaboración de esta versión actualizada de la guía. En el año 2015, se llevó a cabo y se publicó una actualización... more

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Manual on Cyclone: Causes, Effects & Preparedness (Burmese Version)

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department; UN-Habitat (2010) C1

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Towards universal health coverage for reproductive health services in Ethiopia: two policy recommendations

K. H. Onarheim, M. Taddesse, O. F. Norheim, et al. (2015) C1

Considerations for community hand hygiene practices in low-resource situations