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Factors influencing the use of malaria prevention strategies by women in Senegal: a cross-sectional study

Mbengue M. A. S., A. K. Bei, A. Mboup Malaria Journal (2017) C2

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) as a cost-effective intervention for the prevention of malaria during pregnancy in endemic areas. This study was conducted to investigate: (1) the exten ... more

Situation Analysis and Recommendations: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Nepal

Nepal Public Health Foundation (2015) C2

Antibiotic resistance is no longer a concern for the distant future but is a pressing issue, both globally and in Nepal. As part of global effort to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics, the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP)-Nepal was established to doc ... more

Surgical Care At The District Hospital
recommended

WHO (2003) C_WHO

Promotion of the quality of clinical care through the identification, promotion and standardization of appropriate procedures, equipment and materials, particularly at district hospital level.

Global Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – ACT201 South Sudan

Act Alliance (2020) C1

Response strategy for South Sudan to Covid-19 pandemic

COVID-19 Vaccination & Communication
recommended

Mauder, S. MEDBOX (2021) CC

March 9, 2021 Here you can find a collection of useful manuals, videos, infographics and resource platforms. The category "Vaccine hesitancy & myths" will be updated regularly with new documents, videos and information material. Please check this category within the COVID-19 https://medbox.org/fi ... more

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 4: treatment: drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment,update

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

These guidelines group all recommendations on TB care and support in one document and are complemented by an operational handbook. The guidelines are to be used primarily by national TB programmes, or their equivalents in Ministries of Health, stakeholders and technical organizations working on ... more

Manual de Vigilância do Óbito no Contexto da Síndrome Inflamatória Multissistêmica Pediátrica (SIM-P) Associada à Covid-19: Publicação atualizada em 24/09/2021

Ministerio da Saude, Brasilia (2021) C1

Manual for Death Surveillance in the Context of Pediatric Multisystemic Inflammatory Syndrome (SIM-P) Associated with Covid-19. Publication updated on 24/09/2021

Investing in drug-resistant tuberculosis household contact management and preventive treatment

Hussain.H.; Malik, A. A. The Lancet (2022) CC

Preventing tuberculosis infection from progressing to tuberculosis disease is a crucial component of the goal to eliminate tuberculosis. When deciding on the use of tuberculosis preventive therapy among household contacts, policy makers regularly ask questions, such as whether tuberculosis preventiv ... more

International Perspectives on Spinal Cord Injury

World Health Organization; The International Spinal Cord Association (2013)

An integrated, Sustainable Framework to Elimination of Communicable Diseases in the Americas. Concept Note

Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) (2019) C_WHO

The objective of this concept note and the framework it outlines is the elimination of a group of CDs and the negative health effects they generate, which together create a tangible burden on affected individuals, their families and communities, and on health care systems throughout the Region. Thou ... more

Accelerating anaemia reduction: a comprehensive framework for action

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This document is an output of a WHO cross-programme initiative aiming to improve the prevention, diagnosis and management of anaemia and thereby accelerate reduction in its prevalence. It comes at an important time, midway through the era of the Sustainable Development Goals, when progress in reduci ... more

Ebola and beyond: Equality, sustainability, security - interlaced challenges in a global development era

Leach, M. (2014)

This paper, originally presented as a Sussex Development Lecture, asks how the Ebola crisis might offer a lens to reflect on interlaced challenges around curbing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building inclusive, secure societies, and why these matter so much. And it discusses why ad ... more

Ethiopia Health Cluster Strategy 2024-2025

World Health Organization WHO; Health Cluster (2024) CC

Ethiopia has been repeatedly affected by conflict, flooding, drought, and disease outbreaks in the past years. As of January 2024, the country is actively responding to the longest recorded cholera outbreak which started in August 2022, recurrent measles outbreaks which started in August 2021, and t ... more

National Covid-19 Preparedness and Response Plan Malawi March-June 2020

The Republic of Malawi; Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs and Public Events; Ministry of Health (2020) C2

The Government of Malawi, in fulfilling its primary role of protecting the lives of its vulnerable citizens during disasters and reducing their exposure to risk through preparedness, led the development of a National Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Preparedness and Response Plan.

Ebola checklist for pastors and other church leaders

United Methodist Church (2014)

A ‘checklist’, intended for Christian church leaders in West Africa, with relevant bible passages and advice regarding church practices and the education and support of communities.

Fueling the Philippines’ HIV Epidemic

Human Rights Watch (2016) C1

Government Barriers to Condom Use by Men Who Have Sex With Men

Rational use of face masks in the COVID-19 pandemic

Feng,S.; Chen Shen, Nan Xia, et al. (2020) C2

Lancet Respir Med 2020Published OnlineMarch 20, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30134-

Health Problems from Unsafe Water

Conant, J.; Fadem, P. Hesperian (2012) C2

Chapter 5: A Community Guide to Environmental Health

CDC in Mozambique (Factsheet)

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2013) C1

This factsheet describes the work and activities of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Mozambique as well as its impact in this country.