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Lifestyle Diseases – An Increasing Cause Of Health Loss

Helen K., Gladwell G., Calestus N. and Wangia E. UNFPA, WHO, World Bank, et al. (2019) C1

Kenya in undergoing an epidemiological transition marked by a decline in morbidity and mortality due to communicable conditions, and an increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which include diseases such as diabetes, cancers, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory infect ... more

HIV and COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean

Garcia, P.J.; et al. (2022) C1

Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2022; 19(1): 37–45. Published online 2022 Jan 29. doi: 10.1007/s11904-021-00589-4. COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on the cascade-of-care among PLWH in LAC. There is a need for longitudinal studies that assess clinic implication of these pandemic interactions in LAC. ... more

Questions and answers: COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy, 15 February 2022
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Anesthesia Safety Checklist

World Health Organization (2014)

Accessed 26 June 2014

Uganda Clinical Guidelines. National Guidelines on Management of Common Conditions
recommended

Ministry of Health, Uganda (2016) C1

This new edition and fully updated publication replaces the 2012 UCG and is being circulated free of charge to all public and private sector prescribers, pharmacists, and regulatory authorities in the country

Multimorbidity, control and treatment of noncommunicable diseases among primary healthcare attenders in the Western Cape, South Africa

Folb, N., Levitt, N.S., Backmann, M.O., et al (2015) CC

Infiltration and Topical and Anesthesia - Handout

International federation of nurse anesthetics (2014) C4

Handout presentations in PDF for illustrating lectures Accessed May 2014

Bangladesh: Demographic Health Survey 2017-2018

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) and ICF USAID (from the american people) (2020) C2

The survey highlights changes that have taken place in Bangladesh’s demographic and health situation since the previous BDHS surveys. The survey provides important information for policymakers and program personnel in addressing the monitoring and evaluation needs of the 4th Health, Population and ... more

Directives SRMNEA-Nut dans le context du COVID-19 en République Démocratique du Congo

République Démocratique du Congo, Ministère de la Santé (2020) CC

Mai 2020

Philippines: A Training Manual for Health Workers on Healthy Lifestyle - Overview of Major Noncommunicable Diseases (Module 1/6)

World Health Organization (WHO) and DOH Philippines (2009) C_WHO

COVID-19 Managment: Curriculum for Community Health Workers
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa has only 3% of the world’s health workers to cater for 11% of the world population, bearing over 25% of the global disease burden (WHO, 2014). With a steady increase in reported cases on the African Continent, the current COVID-1 ... more

The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High STI/HIV Prevalence Settings. Counseling Cards, 3rd ed.

Population Council (2015) C1

A comprehensive review of the policy and programmatic response to chronic non-communicable disease in Ghana

Bosu, WK (2012) CC

Ghana Med J. 2012 Jun;46(2 Suppl):69-78.

Improving dietary intake and achieving food product improvement: Policy opportunities and challenges for the WHO European Region in reducing salt and sugar in the diet (2020)

World Health Organization WHOEurope (2020) C_WHO

This paper provides case studies of several food product improvement policies from across the WHO European Region. The aim is to share country experience, assess the various merits of the different approaches, discuss lessons learned, and provide guidance for best practice that may be more widely ap ... more

Health Problems and Health Care Seeking Behaviour of Rohingya Refugees

Y. Arafat, R.Kabir, A.A.Masud (2017) CC

DOI10.5281/zenodo.344972

Recommendations for governments concerning the care of refugees and migrants living with HIV in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

OCHA; Reliefweb; UNAIDS; Response for Venezuelans (R4V) (2020) C2

Version dated April 1st, 2020. The flow of migrants and refugees from Venezuela constitutes the largest mobilization of people in the history of Latin America. By March 2020, more than 4.9 million Venezuelans have left their country and from these, more than 4.1 million have been mobilized to count ... more

Philippines: Mabuhayka Pusong Pinay! Assessment and mangement of cardiovascular risks in women

Philippine Heart Association, Counsil on Women's Cardiovascular Health (2005) C1

A short Guide for Health Practitioners

Situational Brief: Transit Migration in Mexico during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Sedas A. C., M. Aguerrebere, L. A. Martinez Juarez, et al. Lancet Migration (2020) CC

Aligned to the Lancet Migration Global Statement to include migrants and refugees incountries’response to COVID-19, this update focuses on Mexico’s challenges and opportunities to build an inclusive response that is based on a contextualized adaptation of there commendations published by th ... more

Case characteristics, resource use, and outcomes of 10021 patients with COVID-19 admitted to 920 German hospitals: an observational study

Karagiannidis, C.; et al. (2020) C1

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30316-7 The Lancet Respiratory Medicine