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Engaging health and care workers in health emergencies: implementation toolkit

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

The active participation and engagement of health and care workers (‎HCWs)‎ in health emergency preparedness, readiness and response is crucial to support risk communication, community engagement and infodemic management (‎RCCE-IM)‎ interventions during emergencies. HCWs hold unique position ... more

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

10 promising practices from the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) in Europe

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2023) CC

UNHCR invested significantly in risk mitigation, prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) in the Europe region in 2022-2023, in particular in connection with the Ukraine emergency, where the risks were considered high due to the unprecedented scale and speed of displacement, mo ... more

Reaching Resilience - Handbook Resilience 2.0 for aid practitioners and policymakers in Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Poverty Reduction

Annelies Heijmans European Commission; Wageningen University; care; u.r.d. (2014) C2

Accessed 2014

Recommendations for national SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies and diagnostic capacities
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Interium guidance, 25 June 2021Timely and accurate diagnostic testing is an essential tool in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19. This document describes recommendations for national testing strategies and the use of PCR and rapid antigen tests in different transmission scenarios of t ... more

Fact sheets on sustainable development goals: health targets - HIV

World Health Organization (Europe); 3 Good Health and well-beeing (2017) C_WHO

SDG target 3.3: by 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, waterborne diseases and other communicable diseases.

Haiti: Recovery Shelter Programme Review

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2012)

A Review of the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies) Secretariat Recovery Shelter Programme in Haiti 2010-2011

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 Prison Conditions by Strengthening the Monitoring of HIV, HCV, TB and Harm Reduction (Greece)

C. Kalpaki, M. Moudatsou, E. Maraki, et al. PRAKSIS; European Union (2015) C2

Mapping Report - Greece.

World report on disability

World Health Organization (WHO) (2011) C_WHO

A study on the public health and socioeconomic impact of substandard and falsified medical products. Executive Summary

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Policy Analysis and Advocacy Decision Model for HIV-Related Services

B. Pick; D. Wolfe; D. Burrows; F. Hariga; et al. USAID (From the American People); REPFAR; EURASIAN Harm Reduction Network; Health Policy Project (2012) C2

People Who Inject Drugs In addition, the following individuals of our external expert advisory committee made instrumental contributions to the initial design and content of the document: Billy Pick, USAID; Daniel Wolfe, Open Society Foundations; Dave Burrows, AIDS Projects Management Group; Fabi ... more

Ensuring efforts to scale up, strengthen and sustain HIV responses

D. Barr Joep Lange Institut (2018) C2

Report A Project of the Joep Lange Institute July, 2018

Ghana 2017 Maternal Health Survey Key Findings

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS), and ICF. (2018) CC

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

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

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

Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air

World Health Organization (2018) C_WHO

This report summarizes the latest scientific knowledge on the links between exposure to air pollution and adverse health effects in children. It is intended to inform and motivate individual and collective action by health care professionals to prevent damage to children’s health from exposure to ... more

Turn Down The Heat

The World Bank (2012) CC

Why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided

Mineurs

Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2016) C1

Rapport sur les populations clés.