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Nambia: NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR MEDICINES SAFETY SURVEILLANCE

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) (2011) C2

Therapeutics Information and Pharmacovigilance Centre | TIPC

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Standards and recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Caring for burns patients from the incident scene to definitive treatment can be a complex, resource-consuming process with the potential to overwhelm health system capacity.This document provides practical guidance for building capacity and capability for burns care from clinical, human resources a... more

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Climate Change, Health, and Equity: A Guide For Local Health Departments

Rudolf,L-; C. Harrison et al. Public Health Institute (2018) CC

This 400 page guide, created by PHI’s Center for Climate Change and Health and the American Public Health Association (APHA), with support from the California Department of Public Health helps local health departments prepare for and mitigate climate change effects—from drought and heat to flood... more

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Unless we act now: The impact of climate change on children

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2015) C_UNICEF

Today’s children, and their children, are the ones who will live with the consequences of climate change.

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Female genital mutilation in Egypt

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

The prevalence of FGM is high across many population groups in Egypt, but the practice is somewhat more common in rural areas, in less wealthy households and among girls and women with less education

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A toolkit for integrated vector management in sub-Saharan Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

This toolkit for integrated vector management (IVM) is designed to help national and regional programme managers coordinate across sectors to design and run large IVM programmes.
The toolkit provides the technical detail required to plan, implement, monitor and evaluate an IVM approach. IVM can... more

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Latent Tuberculosis Infection : Updated and consolidated guidelines for programmatic management. Annex 2

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Evidence-to-Decision and Grade tables

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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.

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Remote psychological first aid during the COVID-19 outbreak

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) CC

Psychological first aid (PFA) is a method of helping people in distress so they feel calm and supported to cope better with their challenges. It is a way of assisting someone to manage their situation and make informed decisions. The basis of psychological first aid is caring about the person in dis... 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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WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The aims of these guidelines are to provide guidance to health-care providers (i.e. the end-users of these guidelines: physicians, nurses, pharmacists and caregivers) on the adequate relief of pain associated with cancer. They also assist policy-makers, programme managers and public health personnel... more

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Turn Down The Heat

The World Bank (2012) CC

Why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided

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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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Norms, standards and processes underpinning WHO vector control policy recommendations

World Health Organization WHO WHO (2020) C_WHO

This document outlines the evaluation process that WHO undertakes to assess novel tools and strategies targeted at VBDs. Its aim is to articulate the linkage between the generation of evidence that demonstrates public health impact of novel interventions, and the development of policy recommendation... more

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Transitional Settlement - Displaced Populations

Tom Corsellis and Antonella Vitale University of Cambridge shelterproject; Oxfam (2005)

For the estimated 20 million refugees and 25 million internally displaced people worldwide, well-planned settlements can help to maximise their protection and security, and support them to minimise the spread of disease, manage natural resources sustainably, and maintain good relations with their ho... more

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West Nile Virus in the United States: Guidelines for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013)

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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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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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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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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

WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents recommended

WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents
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