the aid library

LIST OPTIONS

Filter

2799

Sort by:

Direction:

Download (1389)

View PDF (3026)

Tuberculosis. Practical guide for clinicians, nurses, laboratory technicians and medical auxiliaries

Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2022) C2

This Tuberculosis guide has been developed jointly by Médecins Sans Frontières and Partners In Health. It aims at providing useful information to the clinicians and health staff for the comprehensive management of tuberculosis. Forms of susceptible and resistant tuberculosis, tuberculosis in child... more

Download (1230)

View PDF (6320)

Essential obstetric and newborn care
recommended

Anne-Sophie Coutin, et al. Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2019) C1

Essential obstetric and newborn care is designed as a tool to help protect mothers and their children in adverse environments. It is intended for midwives, doctors with obstetrics training, and health care personnel who deal with obstetric emergencies.

Download (128)

View PDF (158)

Advocacy Toolkit

K. Chalcraft Advocates for action; Students Partnership Worldwide (2019) C2

A toolkit to equip young people with the skills to become powerful advocates for Youth Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (YSRH&R) Accessed: 17.11.2019

Download (222)

View PDF (217)

World Drug Report 2022 Booklet 2 Global Overview of Drug Demand and Supply

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (2022) C1

Constituting the second part of the World Drug Report 2022, the present booklet contains an overview of the global demand for and supply of drugs. The first chapter of the booklet begins with the latest estimates of the number of people who use drugs, the distribution of those users by type of drug... more

Download (245)

View PDF (1529)

Integrating Clinical Research into Epidemic Response: The Ebola Experience

Gerald Keusch, Keith McAdam, Patricia Cuff, Michelle Mancher, and Emily R. Busta National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017) C1

The 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in western Africa was the longest and most deadly Ebola epidemic in history, resulting in 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The Ebola virus has been known since 1976, when two separate outbreaks were identified in the Democratic Repub... more

Download (164)

View PDF (250)

Traumatic stress and psychological functioning in a South African adolescent community sample

Swain, K.D., Pillay, B.J. & Kliewer, W. South African Journal of Psychiatry (2017) CC

Background: Traumatic stress may arise from various incidents often leading to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The lifetime prevalence of PTSD is estimated at 1% – 2% in Western Europe, 6% – 9% in North America and at just over 10% in countries exposed to long-term violence. In South Afri... more

Download (105)

View PDF (135)

HIV in Central Asia: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

D. Wolfe; R. Elovich; A. Boltaev Research Gate; Springer Science+Business Media (2008) C2

Chapter · January 2009 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72711-0_25 D.D. Celentano and C. Beyrer (eds.), Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries, DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72711-0 25, c Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008

Download (125)

View PDF (238)

Direito é Qualidade Ferramenta de análise de documentação e observação

Secretaria de Atenção à Saúde Departamento de Ações Programáticas Estratégicas MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE (2015) C_WHO

Kit de ferramentas de avaliação e melhoria da qualidade e dos direitos humanos em serviços de saúde mental e de assistência social.

Download (79)

View PDF (143)

Ukraine: Emergency Response Plan for the Covid-19 Pandemic

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) C2

The following Emergency Response Plan for the COVID-19 pandemic seeks to set out activities that will be undertaken by humanitarian actors in Ukraine over the course of 2020 to respond to the public health impact of the epidemic – as well as the indirect, socio-economic impact on people’s well-b... more

Download (78)

View PDF (114)

COVID-19 emergency response: Risk communication and community engagement in the Americas
recommended

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) CC

Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted operations and required a different approach to communication with communities. UNHCR communication channels have been rapidly enhanced and enlarged to ensure the continued provision of vital health and protection information.

Download (179)

View PDF (266)

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 us. The confluence of crises, dominated by COVID-19,... more

Download (119)

View PDF (173)

How COVID-19 is changing the world. Vol.II

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

The pandemic presents tough choices for governments, local communities, health and school systems, as well as families and businesses: How to re-open safely? How to safeguard people’s lives and protect their livelihoods? Where to allocate scarce resources? How to protect those unable to protect th... more

Download (78)

View PDF (94)

COVID-19 Socio-economic response and recovery plan

United Nations in Moldova (2020) CC

Updated version – September 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone. Globally, millions of people have been infected with the virus, while hundreds of thousands have lost their lives. In Moldova, the pandemic is placing an ever-increasing pressure on the health care and social protectio... more

Download (114)

View PDF (146)

Nurses as substitutes for doctors in primary care - Review

Laurant M, van der Biezen M, Wijers N et al. Cochrane Library (2018) CC

Current and expected problems such as ageing, increased prevalence of chronic conditions and multi-morbidity, increased emphasison healthy lifestyle and prevention, and substitution for care from hospitals by care provided in the community encourage countries worldwide to develop new models of prima... more

Download (171)

View PDF (154)

Cancer Advocacy Traning Toolkit for Africa

Godfrey, E. AfrOx; ESMO; et al. (2014) CC

One of the most important ways we feel we can help to reduce the burden of cancer in Africa is to work with African cancer advocacy organisations to help educate and advocate about cancer in their countries. To this end in 2010 we designed with our partners, 13 posters for use in Africa giving heal... more

Download (75)

View PDF (119)

Hesitation and Refusal Factors in Individuals' Decision-Making Processes Regarding a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination

Cerda A. A., Garcia L. Y. (2021) C2

Introduction: Considering the global prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a vaccine is being developed to control the disease as a complementary solution to hygiene measures—and better, in social terms, than social distancing. Given that a vaccine will eventually be produced, informa... more

Download (94)

View PDF (127)

Six months after the Russian invasion: Oxfam's humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine

Oxfam (2022) C2

After eight years of armed conflict in the east of the country, the Russian Federation started a military offensive in Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The impact of this war has been devastating. It has so far caused 16,200 civilian casualties and destroyed key infrastructure, such as hospitals, school... more

Download (104)

View PDF (788)

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

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

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 poverty and stigma. A third of the cases evolve into chronic... more

Download (16)

View PDF (130)

Air pollution exposure—the (in)visible risk factor for respiratory diseases

Bălă, G.P.; Râjnoveanu, R.M.; Tudorache, E. et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021) CC

There is increasing interest in understanding the role of air pollution as one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide. Nine of 10 individuals breathe air with polluted compounds that have a great impact on lung tissue. The nature of the relationship is complex, and new or updated data are... more

Download (23)

View PDF (19)

Understanding and controlling asthma in Latin America: A review of recent research informed by the SCAALA programme

Cooper, P. J.; Figueiredo, C. A.; Rodriguez, A.; et al. (2023) CC2

Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease (CRD) worldwide and is estimated to affect 262 million causing significant mortality and morbidity, and has emerged as an important public health problem in many Latin American (LA) countries over the last 30 or so years. LA is a highly diverse r... more

Essential obstetric and newborn care recommended

COVID-19 emergency response: Risk communication and community engagement in the Americas recommended

Essential obstetric and newborn care
recommended

COVID-19 emergency response: Risk communication and community engagement in the Americas
recommended