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Strengthening the collection, analysis and use of health workforce data and information: a handbook

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Access to health workers who are fit for purpose, motivated and protected is a fundamental force of health service delivery and the achievement of universal health coverage and the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals. Data and knowledge of the distribution, skill mix and future d ... more

Global Disease Detection (GDD) Manual “Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Epidemic Diseases”

Center for Disease Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2011) C_CDC

Requirements for the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) with proof of vaccination against yellow fever Countries in the Americas, as of 22 March 2017

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2017) C_WHO

Tracking progress towards universal coverage for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health

Ties Boerma, Jennifer Requejo, Cesar Victora et al. UNICEF; WHO, et al. (2018)

The impact of myopia and high myopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Report of the Joint World Health Organization–Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Scientific Meeting on Myopia | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 16–18 March 2015

Technical note: Girls’ Education, Empowerment, and the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation - arabic version

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global and gendered crisis that is compounding existing inequalities and disproportionately affecting girls and women. Emerging evidence from the COVID-19 crisis in 2020 shows school closures, disruptions in essential services and rising ... more

The West African Initiative for Climate-Smart Agriculture (WAICSA)

Chiriac, D.; et al. GIZ; Bloomberg Philatrhopies, IFAG; et al. (2019) CC

The Lab identifies, develops, and launches sustainable finance instruments that can drive billions to a low-carbon economy. The 2019 Global Lab Cycle targets four specific sectors across mitigation and adaptation: blue carbon in marine & coastal ecosystems; sustainable agriculture for smallholde ... more

Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs, et al. Population Reference Bureau (2014)

Lessons from a decade of Progress

TB, HIV, mothers and children: time for action

Theo Smart Aidsmap (2012)

HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice No. 188

Market and technology landscape HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing

O. Ajose; C. Pérez Casas; H. Ingold; et al. Unitaid (Innovation in Global Health); World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C2

4th edition

Atlas - Child and adolescent mental health resources

World Health Organization; International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions; World Psychiatric Association (2005) C_WHO

Global concerns: Implications for the future Child Mental Health Atlas

Tuberculosis in the WHO African Region: 2023 progress update - September 2023

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This brief update on tuberculosis (TB) in the African region covers the state of TB in the WHO African region, strategic priorities and targets and the impact of COVID-19 on essential services. This is followed by key figures for the region, the role of WHO in country support and, recognizing the im ... more

A FAMILIAR FACE: Violence in the lives of children and adolescents

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017)

This report presents the most current data on four specific forms of violence – violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among adolescents; and sexual violence in childhood and adolescence. The statistics reveal that children expe ... more

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

Polio vaccines: WHO position paper – June 2022
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This position paper on polio vaccines replaces the 2016 WHO position paper, and summarizes recent developments in the field.

Global Atlas On Cardiovascular Disease Prevention And Control

World Health Organization, World Heart Federation, World Stroke Organization (2011) C_WHO

Uptake of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy among Under-Five Children: TB Contact Investigation as an Entry Point

Y. Tadesse, N. Gebre, S. Daba, et al. PLOS One (2016) CC

PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0155525 May 19, 2016, 1 / 11

Ensuring health security in the African region: Emergency preparedness and response flagships progress report #4

World Health Organisation WHO (2022) C_WHO

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship initiatives to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies. They are the r ... more