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National Training Package on Paediatric HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment. Participants Handbook: Module 2 Diagnosis and Staging of HIV Disease

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania (2015) C1

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Children with disabilities - Ensuring their inclusion in COVID-19 response strategies and evidence generation

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) CC

The publication draws on pre-COVID data to highlight how children with disabilities face greater risks in the midst of this pandemic. It documents what has happened to services for children and adults with disabilities across the world and includes examples of what has been done to address disruptio... more

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Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC

Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. With a broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta...in CHW motivation for high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enhance their programmatic activities. Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose. Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal- lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi- tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec- tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance, manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha- sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for the primary health care systems. more

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Essential prevention and care interventions for adults and adolescents living with HIV in resource-limited settings

World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO

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Coverage, Timelines, and Determinants of Incomplete Immunization in Bangladesh

Sheikh, Nurnabi; Sultana, Marufa et al. (2018) CC

Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 72;
The study identified some key determinants of untimely and incomplete childhood vaccinations in the context of Bangladesh. The findings will contribute to the improvement of age-specific vaccination and support policy makers in taking the necessary control ... more

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The National HIV and AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 2011-2016: The Nigeria National Response Information Management System (NNRIMS) Operational Plan II

National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) (2011) C1

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Health financing for the COVID-19 response: Process guide for national budgetary dialogue. ACT-A Health Systems Connector

World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, Global Financing Facility (GFF) et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) CC

Annual and medium-term budget preparation processes are the platforms through which specific plans are transformed into actual resource allocation decisions. The aim of this Process Guide is to support key stakeholders involved in these processes (such as the Cabinet, Ministries of Finance and Healt... more

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Policy in action

World Health Organization (Europe) (2017) C_WHO

A tool for measuring alcohol policy implementation

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Modelling COVID-19 Risk in Kenya To Enhance Humanitarian Response

Kenya Red Cross (2021) C1

This study looked at structural risk factors to COVID-19 that existed before the outbreak and may have direct and indirect effects on COVID-19 risk across all the 47 counties in Kenya. These factors are COVID-19 exposure and vulnerability and lack of adaptive capacity to COVID-19.

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Nothing About Us Without RIGHTS—Meaningful Engagement of Children and Youth: From Research Prioritization to Clinical Trials, Implementation Science, and Policy

C. Oliveras; L. Cluver; S. Bernays; A. Armstrong JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; PubMed (2018) C2

Supplement Article J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Volume 78, Supplement 1, August 15, 2018 www.jaids.com

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Macroeconomics and health : investing in health for economic development / report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health

World Health Organization WHO (2002) C_WHO

The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) was established by World Health Organization Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in January 2000 to assess the place of health in global economic development. Although health is widely understood to be both a central goal and an important outcome ... more

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Access to HIV care and treatment for migrants between Lesotho and South Africa: a mixed methods study

I. Faturiyele, D. Karletsos, K. Ntene-Sealiete, et al. BMC Public Health (2018) CC

BMC Public Health (2018) 18:668 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5594-3

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Implementation plan and monitoring and evaluation framework of the WHO European framework for action to achieve the highest attainable standard of health for persons with disabilities 2022–2030

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

This background document (‎EUR/RC72/BG/7)‎ was considered and adopted by the WHO Regional Committee for Europe at its 72nd session (‎Tel Aviv, Israel, 12–14 September 2022)‎, together with the working document (‎EUR/RC72/7)‎ and information document (‎EUR/RC72/INF./4)‎. The Regiona... more

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Prevalence, Etiology, and Outcome of Sepsis among Critically Ill Patients in Malawi

Prin, M.; Onofrey, L.; Purcell, L; et al. (2020) CC2

Most of the global burden of sepsis occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but the prevalence and etiology of sepsis in LMICs are not well understood. In particular, the lack of laboratory infrastructure in many LMICs has historically precluded an assessment of the pathogens leading to ... more

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Kangaroo mother care - Implementation strategy for scale-up adaptable to different country contexts

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The KMC implementation strategy targets a broad audience. These include policy-makers and programme managers at national, regional and local levels, government and nongovernmental organizations working in the area of maternal and newborn care, global and national professional associations, public an... more

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Health in 2015: from MDGs, Millennium Development Goals to SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals.

Ties Boerma, Colin Mathers, Carla AbouZahr, Somnath Chatterji, Daniel Hogan and Gretchen Stevens World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO

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Chagas Clinical Research Platform Newsletter

Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative DNDi Latin America (2022) CC

To support its R&D activities on Chagas disease, DNDi launched the Chagas Clinical Research Platform (CCRP). The platform brings together partners, experts, and stakeholders to provide support for evaluation and development of new treatments for Chagas disease. The patient-centred platform aims to f... more

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Role of EEG in management of convulsive epilepsy

World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO

Q5: What is the added advantage of doing an electroencephalography (EEG) in people with convulsive epilepsy in non- specialist settings in low and middle income countries?

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Publications Resource Platform COVID-19

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2021) CC

A non-exhaustive repository of COVID-19 related scientific publications undertaken by LSHTM researchers since the beginning of the outbreak.

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COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

National Department of Health, South Africa (2022) CC

Updated Treatment Guidelines