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WHO training package on environmental cleaning: Evaluation methodology guide

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

This purpose of this guide is to inform robust evaluations of the WHO training package – a package aimed at personnel whose primary role in health-care facilities is environmental cleaning, hereafter referred to as cleaners. The WHO training package – Environmental cleaning and infection prev ... more

WHEELCHAIR SERVICE TRAINING PACKAGE Reference Manual for Participants (Intermediate level)

Sarah Frost, Kylie Mines, Jamie Noon, Elsje Scheffler, and Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle WHO; USAID (2013) C_WHO

Following the release of the Wheelchair Service Training Package – Basic level (WSTP-B), WHO in partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has developed the Wheelchair Service Training Package – Intermediate Level (WSTP-I). WSTP-I is the second part of the WHO w ... more

Diabetes in older people

Help Age Internationl (2016) CC

This factsheet shows that type 2 diabetes in older age groups is high and growing rapidly in many parts of the world, but can be managed inexpensively with early diagnosis, treatment and information.

Xpert MTB/RIF test Rollout and Implementation Plan

National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania (2016) C1

The overall objective of this implementation plan is to define the strategy for implementation of the Xpert MTB/RIF test for rapid detection of TB and rifampicin (RIF) resistance in Tanzania, within the context of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP) strategic plan and other nation ... more

Working with Individuals, Families and Communities to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health. Module 1

World Health Organization WHO; PAHO Pan American Health Organization, Enfant du Monde (2017) C_WHO

A Toolkit for Implementation. Module 1: An Overview of Implementation at National, Province and District Levels

Nigeria: Manual for Training Doctors and Nurse/Midwives on long-acting reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Methods - Trainers' Manual

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2015) C1

India: Guidelines on Prevention and Management of TB in PLHIV at ART Centres

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India (2016) C1

Tuberculosis control in prisons: current situation and research gaps

M. Dara, C. D. Acosta, M. V. S. Vinklers Melchers, et al. International Journal of Infectious Diseases (2015) C2

International Journal of Infectious Diseases 32 (2015) 111–117

2022 UNFPA Humanitarian Response in Yemen

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2022) C1

Yemen remains the site of one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. A staggering 23.4 million people — 73 per cent of the population — require some form of humanitarian assistance in 2022, the result of seven years of escalating conflict. Millions have been uprooted from their homes, ... more

Syria: 2017 Summary of Humanitarian Response Plan End of Year Report (January - December 2017)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2017) C1

Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

The objectives of these guidelines are to provide recommendations outlining a public health approach to managing people presenting with advanced HIV disease, and to provide guidance on the timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV.
WHO recommends that a ... more

Service Standards and Service Delivery Standards for the Health Sector

Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Health (2016) C1

The Ministry of Health has developed the first version of the Service Standards and Service Delivery Standards for the health sector in Uganda. The main objective is to provide a common understanding of what is expected by the public, service users and service providers in ensuring provision of cons ... more

WHO guideline on syphilis screening and treatment for pregnant women

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Community Management of Acute Malnutrition CMAM Guidelines

Republic of South Sudan (2017) C1

Maternal and child malnutrition is a significant public health problem in South Sudan. Among children aged 6-59 months, 31% are stunted, 28% are underweight, and nearly 23% are acutely malnourished of which 13% are estimated to suffer from moderate acute malnutrition and 10% from severe acute malnut ... more

Kenya Health Assessment 2010

USAID, SPS, Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems Program-Kenya (2010) C1

Depression. First Aid Guidelines

Mental Health First Aid (2008) C2

If you notice changes in the person’s mood, behaviour, energy levels, habits or personality, you should consider depression as a possible reason for these changes. However, you should not attempt to diagnose the person with depression, as only a trained professional can do this. Do not ignore t ... more

Clinical decisions and stigmatizing attitudes towards mental health problems in primary care physicians from Latin American countries

A. O. Rojas Vistorte , W. Ribeiro, C. Ziebold, et al. (2018) CC

The aim of this paper is to investigate how doctors working in primary health care in Latin American address patients with common mental disorders and to investigate how stigma can affect their clinical decisions PLoSONE 13(11):e0206440.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206440

Optimized Supportive Care for Ebola Virus Disease
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Clinical management standard operating procedures. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a life-threatening multisystem illness associated with fever and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms that frequently leads to hypovolaemia, metabolic acidosis, hypoglycaemia, and multi-organ failure. The prolonged 2013–201 ... more

Stronger collaboration, better health: global action plan for healthy lives and well-being for all
recommended

World Health Organization WHO; The Global Fund; UNAIDS, et al. (2019) C_WHO

The overall objective of the Global Action Plan is to enhance collaboration among 12 global organizations engaged in health, development and humanitarian responses to accelerate country progress on the health-related SDG targets. The Plan presents a new approach to strengthening collaboration among ... more

WHO Guidelines on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE)
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

he WHO Guidelines on Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) propose evidence-based recommendations for health care professionals to prevent, slow or reverse declines in the physical and mental capacities of older people. These recommendations require countries to place the needs and preferences of ... more