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Western Cape Government (health); University of Cape Town; Knowledge Translation Unit (University of Cape Tow Lung Institute) Western Cape Government (health); University of Cape Town; Knowledge Translation Unit (University of Cape Tow Lung Institute) (2020) C2

Updated 24 March 2020

Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (5 edition)

World Health Organization WHO (2015)

This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, ... more

Human Leptospirosis: Guidance for diagnosis, surveillance and control

World Health Organization (2002)

Regulatory guidance for assessment and management of applications for marketing authorization of oxytocin

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Pharmaceutical regulators are at the forefront of ensuring that only safe and effective medicines are authorized and available in the market. This document builds on the recommendations in the above publication and has been prepared to specifically assist national medicines regulatory authorities to ... more

Identifying characteristics associated with performing recommended practices in maternal and newborn care among health facilities in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

Sipsma, H.L., Curry, L.A., Kakoma, J.P., Linnander, E.L., & Bradley, E.H. Human Resources for Health (2012) CC

This study examined the quality of facility-based maternal and newborn health care by describing the implementation of recommended practices for maternal and newborn care among ... more

Diphtheria - Fact Sheet for the Public

Department of Health, Province of Kwazulu-Natal (2015) C1

Accessed 7 July 2015

Recommendations for Adapting Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) at Temporary COVID-19 Vaccination Sites. Preliminary Document, Version 2.3 - November 2021

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO WHO (2021) C_WHO

Emergency medical teams (EMTs) play an important role in strengthening health service networks in terms of their strategies and tactics for planning mass vaccination programs, especially in remote o ... more

Diagnostic target product profiles for trachoma surveillance
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. In April 2023, it was a public health problem in approximately 40 countries, with an estimated 116 million people at risk and 1.5 million people affected by the late blinding stage o ... more

Keeping the vector out: housing improvements for vector control and sustainable development

Kraef, C.; Röbbel, N. World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Vector-borne diseases are responsible for 17% of the global burden of communicable diseases and more than 500 000 deaths annually. The ambitious global targets for the control of vector-borne diseas ... more

Treatment Guidelines for Antimicrobial Use in Common Syndromes

Indian Council of Medical Research - Department of Health Research (2017) C1

The publication of the of the Antimicrobial Treatment Guidelines represents the culmination of the efforts of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program of ICMR to publish treatment guidelines for common syndromes in India. These guidelines are targeted ... more

Maintenance Manual For Laboratory Equipement

WHO, Pan American Health Organization (2008) C_WHO

COVID-19 Glossary: Outbreaks and Epidemics. A resource for journalists and communicators

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

Training module on malaria elimination. Guide for Participants

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

This Training module on malaria elimination has been developed by WHO to support health professionals in planning, managing, monitoring and evaluating malaria elimination programmes

Innovative financing for HIV response in sub–Saharan Africa

Atun, R.; Silva, S.; Ncube, M.; Vassall, A. Journal of global health (2016) CC

In 2015 around 15 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub–Saharan Africa. Sustained provision of ART, though both prudent and necessary, creates substantial long–term fiscal obligations for countries a ... more

Guidelines for Medical Record Documentation

NCQA - Measuring qualtiy. Improving health care (2018) C1

Consistent, current and complete documentation in the medical record is an essential component of quality patient care. The following 21 elements reflect a set of commonly accepted standards for medical record documentation. An organization may use ... more

Acceptable medical reasons for use of breast-milk substitutes

World Health Organization (2009)

National Guidelines for Vitamin A programm in Bangladesh

Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN) et al Micronutrient Initiative (2008) C1

Web annex e. recommendations for use of hormonal contraception for women living with HIV using antiretroviral therapy (ART)

World Health Organization (2018) C_WHO

Updated recommendations on first-line and second-line antiretroviral regimens and post-exposure prophylaxis and recommendations on early infant diagnosis of HIV: interim guidelines. Supplement to the 2016 consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs ... more

Critically important antimicrobials for human medicine: 6th Revision 2018

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The WHO CIA List should be used as a reference to help formulate and prioritize risk assessment and risk management strategies for containing antimicrobial resistance. The WHO CIA List supports strategies to mitigate the human ... more

Draft WHO list of Personal Protective Equipment for Infection and Prevention Control with Focus on Ebola - CLEANING, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND, SAFE AND DIGNIFIED BURIALS

World Health Organization (2014)