HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesISSN: (Online) 2072-8050, (Print) 0259-9422P
Many countries have made significant progress in the implementation of World Health Organization recommended preventive chemotherapy strategy, to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF). However, pertinent challenges such as the existence of areas of residual infections in disease endemic districts pose... potential threats to the achievements made. Thus, this study was undertaken to assess the importance of these areas in implementation units (districts) where microfilaria (MF) positive individuals could not be found during the mid-term assessment after three rounds of mass drug administration.
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Journal of Land Use Science, 16:3, 223-239, DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2021.1933226
Guidelines and tools for Health Professionals
The Capacity Project worked to strengthen HRIS in several low-resource countries to assist decision-makers and human resources managers in identifying and responding to critical gaps in HRH. The findings and recommendations in this report cover the Capacity Project’s implementation of HRIS in Swaz...iland, Rwanda and Uganda.
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Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 8 ( 2016 ) 792 – 797
Training Programme for Health Professionals
Since 2002, development assistance for health has substantially increased,
especially investments for HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria control. We
undertook a systematic review to assess and synthesize the existing evidence in
the scientific literature on the health impacts of these investments
This paper examines Japan’s ODA to the Philippines from a historical perspective. It traces the evolution of
aid institutions and policy framework over time; the disbursement patterns and strategic priorities of Japanese
assistance to the Philippines and the evolving and deepening aid relations ...of the two nations. In doing so, the
research highlights the role of initial aid priorities and practices and their persistence over time. Japan’s ODA
to the Philippines came in four waves which were shaped by critical historical juncture. The case of the
Philippines demonstrates that the interests of the donor and Philippine leaders crucially shape the aid priorities
and programs.
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A community-based approach.
These guidelines focus on manmade rather than natural disasters, but our experiences in India, El Salvador and Pakistan (earthquake interventions), and following the 2004 tsunami, cyclone Nargis in 2008 and the Haiti earthquake in 2010, showed that the principles describ...ed also work well in contexts of natural disasters.
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Suivi de la Déclaration Politique sur le VIH/SIDA de 2011
Vaccination against COVID-19 in Indigenous peoples and nationalities,
Afro-Ecuadorian and Montubio peoples and nationalities of Ecuador
Operational Guidelines
Objetivo general: Delinear las recomendaciones para la atención médica de niños, adolescentes y adultos infectados por el T. cruzi, en cualquiera de sus fases y formas clínicas. Se espera de esta forma optimizar el uso de recursos y mejorar la calidad de atención de los pacientes, con el fin de... aumentar el número de personas diagnosticadas, controladas y tratadas, y contribuir a disminuir la morbimortalidad y la transmisión de la Enfermedad de Chagas en Argentina.
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Mycetoma is a chronic infectious disease of the subcutaneous tissue with a high morbidity. This disease has been reported from countries between 30°N and 15°S since 1840 but the exact burden of disease is not known. It is currently unknown what the incidence, prevalence and the number of reported ...cases per year per country is. In order to estimate what the global burden of mycetoma is, a meta-analysis was performed. In total 50 studies were included, which resulted in a total of 8763 mycetoma cases. Most cases were found in men between 11 and 40 years of age. The foot was most commonly affected.
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