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Operational Guidelines on Facility Based Management of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Child Health Division, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of India (2011) C1

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Antimicrobial resistance

World Health Organization; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2016) C_WHO

A manual for developing national action plans.This manual for developing national action plans to address antimicrobial resistance has been developed at the request of the World Health Assembly to assist countries in the initial phase of developing new, or refining existing national action plans in ... more

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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

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Health Bulletin 2017 (Bangladesh)

Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2018) C1

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NATIONAL MEDICAL STANDARD FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Vol I

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population Family Health Division (2010)

4th Edition

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Toward Resilience
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Marilise Turnbull, Charlotte L. Sterrett, and Amy Hilleboe Practical Action Publishing Ltd, Catholic Relief Services (2013) C1

A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

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Nutrition matters: Guidance for nutrition programming

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2016) CC

This guidance highlights tangible, evidence-based priority actions in health and WASH programs to achieve the Global Targets for nutrition. Throughout the guidance the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration within and outside the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement to holistically address nutrition ... more

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International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders
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World Health Organization, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2017) C2

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Gender-Age Marker Toolkit

European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (2010)

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EPI Comprehensive Multiyear Plan 2012-2016

Republic of Senegal , Ministry of Public Health and Prevention, Department of Medical Prevention (2011) C1

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Bangladesh Health System Review

Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (2015) C1

Health Systems in Transition. Vol. 5 No.3 2015

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Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (2025) CC

Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted structural vulnerabilities. This collapse is placing immense pressure on Africa’s already fragile health systems as ODA ...is seen as the backbone of critical health programs: pandemic preparedness, maternal and child health services, disease control programs are all at risk, threatening Sustainable Development Goal 3 and Universal Health Coverage. Compounding this is Africa’s spiraling debt, with countries expected to service USD 81 billion by 2025—surpassing anticipated external financing inflows—further eroding fiscal space for health investments. Level of domestic resources is low. TThe Abuja Declaration of 2001, a pivotal commitment made by African Union (AU) member states, aimed to reverse this trend by pledging to allocate at least 15% of national budgets to the health sector. However, more than two decades later, only three countries—Rwanda, Botswana, and Cabo Verde—have consistently met or exceeded this target (WHO, 2023). In contrast, over 30 AU member states remain well below the 10% benchmark, with some allocating as little as 5–7% of their national budgets to health. In addition, only 16 (29%) of African countries currently have updated versions of National Health Development Plan (NHDP) supported by a National Health Financing Plan (NHFP). These two documents play a critical role in driving internal resource mobilisation. At the same time, public health emergencies are surging, rising 41%—from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024—exposing severe under-resourcing of health infrastructure and workforce. Recurring outbreaks (Mpox, Ebola, cholera, measles, Marburg…) alongside effects of climate change and humanitarian crises in Eastern DRC, the Sahel, and Sudan, are overwhelming systems stretched by chronic underfunding. The situation is worsened by Africa’s heavy dependency with over 90% of vaccines, medicines, and diagnostics being externally sourced—leaving countries vulnerable to global supply chain shocks. Health worker shortages persist, with only 2.3 professionals per 1,000 people (below the WHO’s recommended 4.45), and fewer than 30% of systems are digitized, undermining disease surveillance and early warning. Without decisive action, Africa CDC projects the continent could reverse two decades of health progress, face 2 to 4 million additional preventable deaths annually, and a heightened risk of a pandemic emerging from within. Furthermore, 39 million more Africans could be pushed into poverty by 2030 due to intertwined health and economic shocks. This is not just a sectoral crisis—it is an existential threat to Africa’s political, social, and economic resilience, and global stability. In response, African leaders, under Africa CDC’s stewardship, are advancing a comprehensive three-pillar strategy centered on domestic resource mobilization, innovative financing, and blended finance. more

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Mpox Surveillance Reporting Protocol for African Union Member States

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2024) CC

On 13 August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) declared the multi-country mpox outbreak a public health emergency of continental security, with strong recommendations to improve surveillance and vaccine deployment in all AU Member States. On 14 August 2024, the WHO Director-G... more

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The Adolescent Girls Vulnerability Index: Guiding Strategic Investment in Uganda

The Population Council; The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Uganda; unicef (2013)

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Integration of childhood TB into guidelines for the management of acute malnutrition in high burden countries

L. N. Patel,and A. K. Detjen The Union (2017) C2

Public Health Action PHA 2017; 7(2): 110–115

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Field Guide for the Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
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A. Piubello The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2018)

A practical tool to help health workers in the clinical and operational management of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis with special focus on the introduction, implementation and management of the nine-month treatment regimen.

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Living Life Positively

National Institute of Health and Family Welfare New Delhi World Health Organisation (WHO) (2016) C1

Facilitator's Manual on life Skill Education, Stress Management and Suicide Prevention Workshops

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Antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population

National Institut for Health and Care Excellence NICE (2017) C2

This guideline covers making people aware of how to correctly use antimicrobial medicines (including antibiotics) and the dangers associated with their overuse and misuse. It also includesmeasures to prevent and control infection that can stop people needing antimicrobials or spreadinginfection to o... more