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Revised Common Protocol for Uniform Evaluation of Public Health Pesticides including Bio-larvicides for use in Vector Control

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP); National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) (2014) C1

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Human Resource Capacity Development in Public Health Supply Chain Management: Assessment Guide and Tool

USAID; Deliver Project (2013)

this toolkit presents a structured, rating-based methodology designed to provide a rapid, comprehensive assessment of the capacity of the human resource support system for a country’s supply chain. Data are gathered from a document review, focus group discussions, and in-country stakeholder interv... more

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Blueprint for a Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy

Tracy Pugh, Julie Netherland, Ruth Finkelstein The New York Academy of Medicine, Drug Policy Alliance (2013) C2

"Some of the problems with our current drug policies stem from the fact that these policies have been largely bifurcated between two different and often contradictory approaches. One treats drug use as a crime that cannot be tolerated and should be punished; the other views addiction as a chronic re... more

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Encouraging Public Officials to Lead on Climate and Health

Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (2022) CC

The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health shares a communication guide for health professionals to effectively communicate with public officials on the need for climate action. In seven steps, the guide provides prompts and examples on how to frame climate issues in a way public officials... more

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Framework for Supply Chain Management for Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

1 February 2021

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COVID-19: Guidelines for case-finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South Africa
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Bham A., J. Bhiman, F. Bongweni et al. Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis and Outbreak Response (2020) C2

The information contained in this document, be it guidelines, recommendations, diagnostic algorithms or treatment regimens, are offered in this document in the public interest. To the best of the knowledge of the guideline writing team, the information contained in these guidelines is correct. Imple... more

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Emerging and re-emerging human infectious diseases: A systematic review of the role of wild animals with a focus on public health impact

Cupertino, M. C.; Resende, M. B.; et al (2020) C2

Infectious diseases continue to impose unpredictable burdens on global health and economies, a subject that requires constant research and updates. In this sense, the objective of the present article was to review studies on the role of wild animals as reservoirs and/or dispersers of etiological age... more

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Optimization of ART in Ukraine: general principles of ART optimization from a public health perspective

Professor J. Lundgren World Health Organization (Europe); Centre for Health & Infectious Disease Research (2016) C_WHO

Mission report April 2016

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Technical update on treatment optimization: use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in HIV-infected children and adolescents aged 2–18 years: a public health perspective

World Health Organization (2012)

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Commentary: Chagas Disease — An Underestimated Global Public Health Challenge

Liu, Q., Chen, M., Zhou, X. China CDC Weekly (2020) C_CDC

American trypanosomiasis, commonly called Chagas disease (CD), was prevalent once in rural areas of Latin America where poverty is widespread and was considered a silent and poorly visible disease. It has become a global neglected tropical disease and a significant public health th... more

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Genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: a guide to implementation for maximum impact on public health

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

8 January 2021 Sequencing enabled the world to rapidly identify SARS-CoV-2 and develop diagnostic tests and other tools for outbreak management. Continued genome sequencing supports the monitoring of the disease’s spread and evolution of the virus. Accelerated integration of genome sequencing int... more

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The Oxford Statement on Medicine Quality and Public Health

Nuffield Dept. of Medicine Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health (2018) CC

In September, 2018, the first international Medicine Quality and Public Health Conference was held at Oxford University, UK, to discuss opportunities and solutions to ensure that all people have access to affordable and quality-assured medical products. Delegates developed the short Oxford Statement... more

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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (SOP) FOR INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PESTICIDES INCLUDING BIOLARVICIDES IN THE NATIONAL VECTOR CONTROL PROGRAMME

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP); National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) (2014) C1

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Introduction to HIV, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance - Overview of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic with an Introduction to Public Health Surveillance

United States Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS-CDC); Global AIDS Program (GAP); et al. United States Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS-CDC); Global AIDS Program (GAP); et al. (2011) C2

Participant Manual February 2011 Edition 3.0

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Drug use disorders: impact of a public health rather than a criminal justice approach

N. D. Volkow; V. Poznyak; S. Saxena; et al. Wiley Online Library (2017) CC

World Psychiatry16:2 - June 2017 First published: 12 May 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20428 Volume16, Issue2; Pages 213-214

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Guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among adults, adolescents, and children: recommendations for a public health approa

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

Guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among adults, adolescents, and children: recommendations for a public health approach : December 2014 supplement to the 2013 Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs... more

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Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples: recommendations for a public health approach

World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO

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Current challenges for confronting the public health problem of snakebite envenoming in Central America

Gutiéerrez, J. (2014) CC

Snakebite envenoming is a serious public health problem in Central America, where approximately 5,500 cases occur every year. Panama has the highest incidence and El Salvador the lowest. The majority, and most severe, cases are inflicted by the pit viper Bothrops asper (family Viperidae), locally kn... more

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Can ‘‘Giving Preference to My Patients’’ be Explained as a Role Related Duty in Public Health Care Systems?

Holm, S Health Care Analysis (-2011) CC

One of the most obvious ways in which to ensure impartiality in a health care system is to require impartiality of all actors in the system, i.e. to give health care professionals a duty to treat everyone impartially and to deny them the ‘right’ to give their patients preferential treatment. And... more

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Using media and communication to respond to public health emergencies: lessons learned from Ebola

Wilkinson, S. BBC Media Action (2016) CC

The paper sets out the specific communication challenge posed by Ebola and why it was so difficult to get to grips with this in the early months of the outbreak. It thendocuments when the health communication response became more useful and explores what that tells us about effective media and commu... more

COVID-19: Guidelines for case-finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South Africa recommended

COVID-19: Guidelines for case-finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South Africa
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