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Limited access to CVD medicines in low-income and middle-income countries: poverty is at the heart of the matter

Agyemang, C.; van den Born, B. The Lancet Global Health (2018) CC

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a substantial threat to many health systems, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) where they are already overstretched. In the past few decades, deaths from NCDs in LMICs have spiked, whereas numbers in high-income countries have stabilis ... more

Targeting and prioritization of impoverished and food-insecure populations affected by COVID-19 | Safeguarding and scaling up assistance for people most at risk

WFP (2020) CC

The outbreak of COVID-19 comes with unpredictable primary and secondary impacts on vulnerable and food-insecure populations across the world. Mortality and morbidity appear to be most acute for elderly people, and those with underlying health conditions. At the same time, the widely anti ... more

HIV Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors: Analysis of Change Over Time in Mainland Tanzania

Mmbaga, Elia John ICF International (2013) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 85

Guidelines on Estimating the Size of Populations Most at Risk to HIV

UNAIDS; World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO

UNAIDS/WHO Working Group on Global HIV/AIDS and STI Surveillance

Biobehavioural Survey Guidelines - For Populations at risk for HIV

A. Abdul-Quader; M. Berry; T. Bingham; J. Burnett; et al. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention; UNAIDS; World Health Organization; et al. (2017) C_WHO

Global HIV Strategic Information Working Group

Early detection of TB among the most-at-risk populations. Training manual (Russian version)

O. Sidorenko, O. Leonenko-Brodetskaja, I. Zharuk, et al. Alliance for Public Health (2014) C1

Раннее выявление туберкулеза среди представителейгрупп риска Пособие по проведению тренинга

Factsheet 2: Cumulative HIV Cases in Nepal, as of Asar 2073 (July 2016)

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (2016) C1

COVID-19 Managment: Curriculum for Community Health Workers
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa has only 3% of the world’s health workers to cater for 11% of the world population, bearing over 25% of the global disease burden (WHO, 2014). With a steady increase in reported ... more

Mapping Key Populations in Pakistan 2015-16

National AIDS Control Program (2016) C1

2nd Generation HIV Surveillance in Pakistan, Round 5
The Overall objective of this mapping study was to update population size estimates of selected key populations (PWID, FSWs, MSM & TGs) to create evidence for developing action plans for HIV ... more

Estimating the Size of Populations through a Household Survey (ESPHS) - RWANDA 2011

Rwanda Biomedical CenterInstitute of HIV (2012) C2

This report presents the findings of the Estimating the Size of Populations through a Household Survey (ESPHS) study that took place in 2011. The study utilized a single household survey to estimate the size of several key populations, including sex workers, men who have sex with men (MSM), injectin ... more

Tobacco

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Tobacco kills up to half of its users who don’t quit (1-3). Tobacco kills more than 8 million people each year, including an estimated 1.3 million non-smokers who are exposed to second-hand smoke Around 80% of the world's 1.3 billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries.In 2020, ... more

What is Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)?

American Heart Association (2021) CC

Peripheral artery disease is similar to coronary artery disease (CAD). Peripheral artery disease is a narrowing of the peripheral arteries that carry blood away from the heart to other parts of the body. The most common type is lower-extremity PAD, in which blood flow is reduced to the legs and fee ... more

Nutrition Gardens: A Sustainable Model for Food Security and Diversity

Suri, S. Observer Research Foundation (2020) CC

India may be the world’s second largest producer of food, but it has its second largest undernourished population. Further, more than half of women in India suffer from anaemia, which is one of the reasons for the high rate of low-birth weight bab ... more

Survey Report on 2015 Floods: The Project on Establishment of End-to-End Early Warning System for Natural Disaster

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)) (2016) C1

Torrential rains and the onset of Cyclone Komen triggered severe and widespread floods and landslides in July and August 2015 across 12 out of 14 states and regions in Myanmar. An estimated 1.6 million individuals were recorded as having been temporarily displaced from their homes by the disaster, a ... more

HEARTS. Technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care. Systems of Monitoring

World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2018) C_WHO

Monitoring is a crucial element in any successful programme. It is important to know if health care facilities – and ultimately countries – are meeting the agreed goals and objectives for preventing and managing cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Monitoring is the on-going collection, management ... and use of information to assess whether an activity or programme is proceeding according to plan and/ or achieving defined targets. Not all outcomes of interest can be monitored. Clear outcomes must be identified that relate to the most important changes expected to result from the project and to what is realistic and measurable within the timescale of the project. Once these outcomes have been articulated, indicators can be chosen that best measure whether the desired outcomes are being met. To allow progress to be monitored, this module provides a set of indicators on CVD management. Agreeing on a set of indicators allows countries to compare progress in CVD management and treatment across different districts or subnational jurisdictions, as well as at a facility level, identify where performance can be improved, and track trends in implementation over time. Monitoring these indicators also helps identify problems that may be encountered so that implementation efforts can be redirected. This module starts from the collection of data at facility level, which is then “transferred up” the system: facility-level data are aggregated at subnational level to produce reports that allow tracking of facility and subnational performance over time and allow for comparison among facilities. National-level data are obtained through population-based surveys. Implementing a monitoring system requires action at many levels. At national and subnational levels, staff can determine how best to integrate data elements into existing data collection systems – such as the routine service-delivery data that are collected through facility-level Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). In the facility setting, personnel must be aware of what data are needed. Sample data-collection tools are included, recognizing that countries use different datamanagement systems for HMIS, so the CVD monitoring tools will be adapted to work with the HMIS system being used by the country, such that the indicators can be collected with minimal disruption/work to existing systems and tools more

Leishmaniasis

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

There are 3 main forms of leishmaniases: visceral (the most serious form because it is almost always fatal without treatment), cutaneous (the most common, usually causing skin ulcers), and mucocutaneous (affecting mouth, nose and throat). Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan parasites which are tra ... more

The Kenya HIV Testing Services Guidelines, 3rd ed.

Ministry of Health [Kenya], National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP) (2015) C1

Nepal: SAARC Regional Strategy on HIV/AIDS 2013-2017

SAARC Tuberculosis and HIVAIDS Centre Nepal (2012) C1

STATISTICAL REVIEW OF PROGRESS TOWARDS THE MID-TERM TARGETS OF THE KENYA HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN 2014–2018

Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya (2016) C2