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Capacity building in public health nutrition

Geissler, C. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2015) CC

The aim of the present paper is to review capacity building in public health nutrition (PHN), the need for which has been stressed for many years by a range of academics, national and international organisations. Although great strides have been made worldwide in the science of nutrition, there rema ... more

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Health Care Settings

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2020) C2

Accessed: 02.05.2020 These interim IPC recommendations for health settings have been developed through the contributions of many individuals and institutions, such as the Centers for Disease Control-Kenya; ITECH; US Agency for International Development (USAID) Medicines, Technologies, and ... more

World Drug Report 2019 Booklet 3 Drug market trends of Cannabis and Opioids

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (2022) C2

This third booklet of the World Drug Report 2022 has a dual focus: opioids and cannabis. The first chapter of the booklet provides an overview of opioids as a group of substances and their patterns of non-medical use at the global level. It also reviews the latest trends in the global supply of opi ... more

Kenya National Pharmaceutcal Policy: 2008

Dr F Siyoi, Dr C Forshaw, Dr J Mbuva ,Dr M Thuo, Dr N Mucheru, Dr E Ominde-Ogaja, Dr R Mbindyo, Mrs R Kirika Minister for Medical Services (2008) C1

Botswana: Guidelines on Good Manufacturing Practices

Ministry of Health, Gabarone, Botswana (2009) C2

Drug Advisory Board

A double dose of inequality; Pharma companies and the Covid-19 vaccines crisis

Amnesty International (2022) C2

22 Sept. 2021 The rapid development of effective Covid-19 vaccines in 2020 gave hope to the world in the darkest days of the deadly pandemic. However, the vaccine roll-out has been massively skewed towards wealthy nations. While rich states have hoarded vaccines, companies have also played a decisi ... more

Antimicrobials use, reistance and containment baseline survey (Ethiopia)

Drug Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia , et al. (2009) C1

Emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a result of the use, overuse and misuse of antibiotics both in humans and animals. In Ethiopia, there are indications on the misuse of antibiotics by health care providers’, unskilled practitioners, and drug consumers. These coupled with rapid spread of res ... more

Ghana National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2021
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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, et al. (2018) C2

The National Action Plan (NAP) has been developed based on the model recommended in the global Action Plan. Local data on on-going interventions were collected from technical informants in the various areas of work. These were analysed using the policy framework provided by the AMR policy document. ... more

Philippine National Drug Formulary - Essential Medicines List, Volume I (7th Edition)

The National Formulary Committee, National Drug Policy, DOH Philippines (2008) C1

Access to medicines: making market forces serve the poor

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Survey of the Quality of Selected Antimalarial Medicines Circulating in Six Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
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World Health Organization WHO (2011) C_WHO

The survey aimed at evaluating the quality of selected antimalarials in six countries of sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and the United Republic of Tanzania). These countries have been supported by WHO to strengthen their regulatory controls o ... more

Guidelines for COVID-19 testing and quarantine of air travellers - Addendum to the Aviation Health Safety Protocol

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) CC

This joint ECDC-European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) document aims to support Member States in determining a coordinated approach to reduce the risks related to the movement of people by air within and between the EU/EEA countries and the UK in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting th ... more

EU Drug Markets Report

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2016) C2

Strategic Overview

Situation Analysis Antibiotic Use and Resistance in India

Public Health Foundation India (2011) C2

The infectious disease burden in India is among the highest in the world. A large amount of antibiot-ics are consumed in fighting infections, some of them saving lives, but every use adding to antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Antibiotic use is increasing steadily (table 1), particularly ... more

Pharmacy Courses

Future Learn (2022) CC

Explore best practise in pharmacy, and learn how to start a career as a pharmacist, with these online pharmacy courses from FutureLearn.

Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

An Action Framework and annexe to Immunization Agenda 2030 (Draft version) 27 January 2021

Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance and Consumption of Antibiotics in South Africa

National Dept. of Health, South Africa (2019) C2

European nurse: Information and communication guide on microbes

European specialist nurse organisation (ESN) (2020) C2

This manual addresses all the issues. It focus on the cycle of microbes, antibiotics, vaccination, AMR, infection prevention and control. It will support nurses on better action and also on communication towards their patients and families.