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Laboratory testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

The purpose of this document is to provide interim guidance to laboratories and stakeholders involved in laboratory testing for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

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Incidence and Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-associated Infection among Aba Federal Prison Inmates in Nigeria
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L. N. Chigbu, C. U. Iroegbu International Centre for Diarrhoeal disease Research (2010) C2

J HEALTH POPUL NUTR 2010 Aug;28(4):327-332 ISSN 1606-0997

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Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

There is a substantial and ever-increasing unmet need for rehabilitation worldwide, which is particularly profound in low- and middle -income countries. The availability of accessible and affordable rehabilitation is necessary for many people with health conditions to remain as independent as possi... more

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Developing drinking-water quality regulations and standards: general guidance with a special focus on countries with limited resources

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) CC

Drinking-water quality regulations and standards developed or revised in accordance with this guidance will reflect the best practices identified in the WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality to most effectively protect public health. Moreover, the regulations and standards will consider local ne... more

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WHO alcohol brief intervention training manual for primary care

World Health Organization (Europe) (2017) C_WHO

Alcohol contributes significantly to the disease and mortality burden in the WHO European Region, and primary health care systems play an important role in reducing the impact of harmful alcohol use. Screening and brief interventions (SBIs) for alcohol are an evidence-informed approach to addressing... more

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ASEAN Mental Health Systems

ASEAN for Mental Health (2016) C1

The ASEAN Mental Health Systems Report catalogues the situation of mental health in ASEAN Member States. This report provides comprehensive information on the progress made so far by AMS in integrating mental health into national health systems, increasing access to care as well as challenges f... more

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Psychosocial interventions for the management of psychostimulant dependence (2015)

World Health Organization WHO mhGAP; WHO (2015) C_WHO

SCOPING QUESTION:Which psychosocial interventions are effective in the treatment of psychostimulant dependence for adults and young people?

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Field use of molluscicides in schistosomiasis control programmes: an operational manual for programme managers

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Recent systematic reviews and meta-analysis of the impact of chemical-based mollusciciding (King et al., 2015, Sokolow et al., 2016) have concluded that regular mollusciciding is likely to contribute significantly towards elimination of schistosomiasis in high-risk areas. The WHO roadmap’s new foc... more

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Review of the National Tuberculosis Programme: Myanmar, 7-15 November 2011

World Health Organization (WHO) (2012) C_WHO

Myanmar is one of the world’s 22 high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries, and supporting TB control in Myanmar is a global priority. This report reflects the findings, discussions, conclusions and recommendations of the fourth international review mission of the Myanmar National TB Programme (NTP)... more

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Alternative drinking-water disinfectants: Bromine, iodine and silver

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) CC

Disinfection of drinking-water supplies has been one of the most significant public health advancements of the last century with respect to reducing waterborne disease.
Although chlorine has been used as the disinfectant of choice for public drinking-water supplies for the past century, a numbe... more

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Out of the Shadows. Making Mental Health a Global Development Policy
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Seth Mnookin World Bank Group, and World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Mental disorders impose an enormous burden on society, accounting for almost one in three years lived with disability globally. •In addition to their health impact, mental disorders cause a significant economic burden due to lost economic output and the link between mental disorders and costly, po... more

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Administrative controls to guarantee implementation of infection prevention and control measures in the context of COVID-19

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2020) C_WHO

Objective of this document: Present a summary of the administrative measures that serve as the basis for implementation of infection prevention and control (IPC)measures in the context of COVID-19

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Technical and Regulatory Aspects of the Extended Use, Reuse, and Reprocessing of Respirators during Shortages
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Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2020) C_WHO

N95 or equivalent respirators are single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for use by health workers that provide direct care to patients with diseases transmitted by aerosols or during aerosol generating procedures (AGP) for patients with acute respiratory disease, as is the case of ... more

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WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity (frequency, intensity and duration) required to offer significant health benefits and mitigate he... more

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WHO Guidance: Ethics and vector-borne diseases

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The primary audience for this guidance is persons working directly in vector-borne disease prevention and control, including programme managers, researchers and field workers. A brief technical background is provided for the benefit of persons without expertise in vector-borne diseases; readers... more

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Digital documentation of COVID-19 certificates: vaccination status: technical specifications and implementation guidance, 27 August 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This is a guidance document for countries and implementing partners on the technical requirements for developing digital information systems for issuing standards-based interoperable digital certificates for COVID-19 vaccination status, and considerations for implementation of such systems, for the ... more

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

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The Greenmark Standard for Green Buildings

Otieno, N. Green Africa Foundation; Ministry of Health Kenya, et al. (2019) CC

The Government recognizes the critical role of the built environment in addressing climate change and environmental degradation. To this end, it has identified and empowered the Kenya Building Research Centre to champion and coordinate the government’s green building agenda in relation to climate ... more

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The conflict in Ukraine and its impact on organized crime and security - November 2022

UN Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute UNICRI Reliefweb OCHA Services (2022) C2

This report assesses the impact of the conflict in Ukraine and its implications for organized crime and security-related issues for neighbouring countries, with a focus on Moldova. These include: Organized crime and illicit trafficking (including trafficking in persons, drugs, arms, illicit toba... more

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Schistosomiasis: Still a Cause of Significant Morbidity and Mortality

Verjeen, M. National Library of Medicine (2019) CC

Theodor Bilharz, a German professor of anatomy and chief of surgery at the Kasr El Ani Hospital of Cairo from 1850, first identified an infective organism, Distomum hematobium in 1851, which was renamed Schistosoma haematobium in 1858. It arose from a cestode worm, Hymenoleptis nana, lying in the sm... more

Incidence and Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-associated Infection among Aba Federal Prison Inmates in Nigeria recommended

Out of the Shadows. Making Mental Health a Global Development Policy recommended

Technical and Regulatory Aspects of the Extended Use, Reuse, and Reprocessing of Respirators during Shortages recommended

Incidence and Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-associated Infection among Aba Federal Prison Inmates in Nigeria
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Out of the Shadows. Making Mental Health a Global Development Policy
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Technical and Regulatory Aspects of the Extended Use, Reuse, and Reprocessing of Respirators during Shortages
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