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Standard operating procedures: responding to a poliovirus event or outbreak
recommended

World Health Organization WHO, CDC; , UNICEF; et al. (2022) C_WHO

Version 4 The purpose of these standard operating procedures (SOPs) is to offer policy guidance and to provide performance standards on how to respond to any type of poliovirus outbreak or event in a timely and effective manner, and specifically, to stop an outbrea ... more

Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness). The Road to Elimination Revisited—Achievements and Remaining Challenges

Burri, E. MDPI (2020) CC

Printed Edition pdf

WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: tuberculosis preventive treatment is the companion, implementation guide to the 2020 WHO guidelines on TB preventive treatment.[1] Just as these guidelines are the first to be released under the rubric of the WHO consolidated TB guidelines, this handbook ... more

Linking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) - Practical tools, approaches and case studies

World Health Organization (WHO) and InterAgency Standing Committee (IASC), Save the Children, et al. (2021) C_WHO

Technical Note Recently, the approach to hazardous events has undergone a considerable shift, away from reactive activities focused on managing and responding to events and towards a more proactive process of emergency and disaster risk management (DRM). The ultimate goal of this shift in focus is ... more

Guidelines for the control of shigellosis, including epidemics due to Shigella dysenteriae type 1

World Health Organization (2005) C_WHO

A child is a child

UNICEF (2017) CC

Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation

Evidence summary: systematic review of oral fexinidazole as first line treatment for rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Guidelines for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. Web Annex A. Commissioned by WHO Cochrane Response

National Guidelines for HIV-1 Viral Load Laboratory Testing
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Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (2018) C1

The National Guidelines for HIV-1 Viral Load Laboratory Testing support plans to scale up viral load (VL) testing to reach the 90-90-90 targets in India. This phased scale-up includes the setup of 70 additional VL testing laboratories nationally. These guidelines include laboratory design considerat ... more

3MDG Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Indicator Guidelines [2nd ed.]

Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) (2016) C1

Version 2, January 2016
The primary purpose of this document is to provide 3MDG stakeholders with some essential information on the MNCH core-indicators for 3MDG, which were derived from the 3MDG Logical Framework, Data Dictionary for Health Service Indicators (2014 June, DoPH, MoH), A ... (MEASURE Evaluation, September 2005) and Monitoring Emergency Obstetric Care (WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/AMDD). Partners are strongly encouraged to integrate the MNCH indicators into their ongoing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities.
These indicators are designed to help Partners assess the current state of their activities, their progress towards achieving their targets, and contribution towards the national response. This guideline is designed to improve the quality and consistency of data collected at the township level, which will enhance the accuracy of conclusions drawn when the data are aggregated. more

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 1: prevention: tuberculosis preventive treatment

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The 2020 recommendations for the programmatic management of TB preventive treatment are the first to be released under the rubric of WHO consolidated TB guidelines (Module 1 – Prevention). The WHO consolidated TB guidelines will gradually group all TB recommendations and will be complemented by ma ... more

Criteria and procedures for the verification of elimination of transmission of "T. b. gambiense" to the human population in a given country

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Having established the goal of eliminating transmission of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) to humans, the HAT-e-TAG considered which elements should be developed to assess this goal.

Strategic review of traps and targets for tsetse and African trypanosomiasis control

Kuzoe, F.A.; and S. Schofield UNDPWorld Bank (2005) C_WHO

Tsetse traps and targets (insecticide-impregnated screens) function by attracting the flies to a device that collects and/or kills them. Traps can be used for entomological surveillance, and also for control. Targets are simpler than traps, but are not used for surveillance. They are impregnated wit ... more

An atlas of tsetse and animal African trypanosomiasis in Zimbabwe

Shereni, W.; L. Neves, R. Argilés, et al. (2021) CC

Parasites Vectors 14, 50 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04555-8

Malaria Operational Plan – FY 2012 ZIMBABWE

PRESIDENT’S MALARIA INITIATIVE (2012) C1

Provisional considerations for the care of pregnant women in settings with high Zika virus circulation: document for health care professionals

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2016) C_WHO

Guidelines for Developing Emergency Simulations and Drills

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2011) C_WHO

Conducting simulations and drills is the most effective way to evaluate and test disaster preparedness plans; these exercises are used widely by organizations and institutions working in development and in disaster response. Drills and simulations are also excellent tools for training, and for asses ... more

Operational Plan Non Communicable Disease Control July 2011-June 2016

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (2011) C1

School Eye Health Guidelines

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (2024) CC

The IAPB School Eye Health Workgroup has released these guidelines to help deliver standardised comprehensive eye health services to more than 700 million children attending schools around the world. These guidelines direct the planning and implementation of school eye health initiatives for policym ... more

Diagnostic target product profiles for trachoma surveillance
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World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. In April 2023, it was a public health problem in approximately 40 countries, with an estimated 116 million people at risk and 1.5 million people affected by the late blinding stage of the disease (1). About 84% of those at risk of tr ... more

Plague manual: epidemiology, distribution, surveillance and control Chapter 6-7

World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO

Chapter 6-7