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Rural Madagascar Comprehensive Food and Nutrition Security and Vulnerability Analysis

UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP) (2011)

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Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

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Clinic Supervisor Manual

Management Sciences for Health; USAID (2006) C1

This Clinic Supervisor’s Manual is helpful for focusing managers on the key elements of integrated primary health care as they simultaneously integrate new interventions for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. This tool contains 12 sections. Section 1 explains how to use the manual. Section 2 hel... more

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Rwanda Poverty Profile Report, 2013/14 - Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) (2015) C2

This report provides an update on the level of poverty based on 2013/14 Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV4) focusing on poverty as measured in consumption terms. The report also highlights other trend dimensions of living conditions captured in other surveys that complement and pro... more

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Preparing for and responding to global health emergencies

Cochrane Convenes (2022) C1

Learnings from the COVID-19 evidence response and recommendations for the future. Reflections and recommendations from the evidence synthesis community.

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Kenya Health Sector Strategic Plan 2018-2023

World Health Organisation (2018) C_WHO

Transforming Health Systems: Achieving Universal Health Coverage by 2022. The development of the Kenya Health Sector Strategic Plan 2018–2023 is guided by the Constitution of 2010, the Kenya Vision 2030 and the Kenya Health Policy 2014–2030.

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Guidelines for the Development of Pharmaceutical Services in Primary Health Care

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2011) C_WHO

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The World Climate and Security Report 2021

Brock, S.; Barrett, O.L.; Birkman, L.; et al. International Military Council on Climate and Security (2021) CC

The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security is a global assessment of the security dimensions of a changing climate and effective means to address them. It is intended to inform timely climate and security po... more

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Philippines: MNCHN Strategy Manual of Operations

Depar tment of Health, National Center for Disease Prevention and Control (2011) C1

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National HIV/Syphilis sero-prevalence sentinel survey among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Health, Dept. of Public Health, National HIVSTI (2005) C1

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Disability and Education. Summary of Results

Jacob R.S. Malungo, D. Nabuzoka, R. Paul, et al. UNICEF; Ministry of Community Development and Social Services Zambia, et al. (2018)

Qualitative study from Zambia on barriers to and facilitators of life-long learning

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Journey of ART Programme in India. Story of a decade

National AIDSControl (NACO), Government of India; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, et al. (2015) C1

Celebrating ten years of success 2004-2014

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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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Nigeria Quality of Care: Technical Report June 2015

National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Abuja Nigeria (2015) C1

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Kenya Comprehensive Refugee Programme 2015

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2015)

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Ethical Decision-Making in Humanitarian Health in Situations of Extreme Violence. Report and Recommendations

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Syrian American Medical Society, et al. (2019) C1

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Costed Regional Action Plan to End Cross-Border Female Genital Mutilation

UNFPA ESARO UNFPA ESARO (2022) CC

This regional action plan provides a broad framework for the regional level to assist governments in accelerating the implementation of existing international, regional and national commitments on ending FGM. Formulating the plan has provided an opportunity for the region to identify broad prioritie... more

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Kenya Malaria Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 2009-2018

JAMES MACHARIA Ministry of Health, Kenya (2014) CC

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Census 2011 Profile of persons with disabilities | Statistics South Africa

Statistics South Africa (2014) CC

Stats SA has released an in-depth report on persons with disabilities. The report, written using Census 2011 data, is the first in a series of in-depth analyses of various Census 2011 variables, such as ageing and education. The report provides statistical evidence relating to the prevalence of dis... more

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Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme DOTS-Plus Guidelines

Central TB Division, Director ate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (2010) C1