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Dengue and Zika Virus testing Guidance: Symptomatic Pregnant Women with a Clinically Compatible Illness and Risk for Infection with Both Viruses

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2019) C_CDC

Testing Guidance and Interpretation of Results for Healthcare providers

Dengue and Zika Virus Testing Guidance: Symptomatic Non-Pregnant People with a Clinically Compatible Illness and Risk for Infection with Both Viruses

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2019) C_CDC

Testing Guidance and Interpretation of Results for Healthcare Providers Dengue and Zika Virus

Introduction to HIV, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance - Surveillance of Most-At-Risk Populations (MARPS)

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. (2012) C2

Participant Manual September 2012 Surveillance of Populations at High Risk for HIV Transmission

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

Participant Manual February 2011 Edition 3.0

Efforts to Build Infection Control Capacity in in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone During the Ongoing Ebola Outbreak

Benjamin J. Park, MD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Department of Health and Human Services - USA (2015) C_CDC

Guidelines for screening for Tuberculosis infection and disease during the domestic medical examination for newly arrived refugees

U.S. Department of Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectios Diseases (2012) C_CDC

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine April 16, 2012

Transmission-based precautions for the prevention and control of infections: aide-memoire
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Transmission-based precautions (TBP) are used in addition to standard precautions for patients with known or suspected infection or colonization with transmissible and/or epidemiologically significant pathogens. The type of TBP assigned to a patient ... more

Standard precautions for the prevention and control of infections: aide-memoire
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Standard precautions aim to protect both health workers and patients by reducing the risk of transmission of microorganisms from both recognized and unrecognized sources. They are the minimum standard of infection ... more

Diagnostic, traitement et prévention du paludisme : directive pour le personnel médical

Division of Healthcare Management and Occupational Safety and Health (DHMOSH) – Section de santé publique Department of Operational Support, United Nations (2019) C2

Ce document intitulé « Diagnostic, traitement et prévention du paludisme : directive pour le personnel médical », publié par les Nations Unies en avril 2019, fournit des recommandations pratiques pour le personnel médical travaillant dans des ... more

Infection Control Assessment Tool: A Standardized Approach for Improving Hospital Infection Control Practices

South Africa's Dept. of Health; USAID; SIAPS (2010) C1

The ICAT is a simple and practical approach for assessing the adequacy of existing infection prevention and control practices and provides specific recommendations for improving practices and monito ... more

Infection Control Assessment Tool for Primary Health Care Facilities

SIAPS USAID (2013) C1

Nosocomial or health-facility-acquired infections are a serious issue, representing one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality in healthcare systems and consuming many scarce resources, especially in developing countries. Although much has been done, particularly in the hospital s ... more

Cholera Prevention Video: Prevansyon de kolera an kreyòl ayisyen (kirye sòti D'Ayiti)

Scientific Animation without Borders SAWBO (2016) C1

Cholera is an intestinal infection caused by bacteria known as Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms of this disease are diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission of cholera primarily occurs by consumption of contaminated food or drinking water. In the video ... more

Cholera Prevention Video

Scientific Animation without Borders SAWBO (2016) C1

Cholera Prevention. Arabic Version. Video

SAWBO Scientific Animation withouth Borders (2017) CC

Protocol for assessment of potential risk factors for 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among health care workers in a health care setting
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This is a case-ascertained prospective investigation of all identified health care contacts working in a health care facility in which a laboratory confirmed 2019-nCoV infected patient (see 2.2 Study population) receives care. Note that this study can be done in health care facilities at all 3 level ... more

Prevention Leishmaniasis

Centers for disease control and prevention CDC (2024) C_CDC

No vaccines or drugs to prevent infection are available. The best way for travelers to prevent infection is to protect themselves from sand fly bites. To decrease the risk of being bitten, follow th ... more

The Somali strategy for Cholera prevention and control 2020-2024
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Government of SomaliaWorld Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Cholera is an acute gastrointestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae serogroup O1 or O139, and is often linked to unsafe drinking water, lack of proper sanitation and personal hygiene. It adversely affects mostly the poor and vulne ... more

Community-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Control of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Polidano, K.; Wenning, B.; Ruiz-Cadavid. et al Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute MDPI (2022) CC

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic disease caused by infection with a vector-borne protozoan parasite of the genus Leishmania spp. The parasite is transmitted by the bite of an infected phlebotomine sand fly. ... more

Dengue Prevention Video

Scientific Animation without Borders SAWBO (2016) C1

This 3 minutes and 24 second animation describes Dengue transmission, infection and the different symptoms associated with this disease. Also, the animation gives additional information about the habits of this mosquito. This video illustrates sever ... more