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Fentanils and synthetic cannabinoids: driving greater complexity into the drug situation

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2018) C2

An update from the EU Early Warning System

Other substance use

W.Cheung; A. K. Lam; S. Hung IACAPAP (2012) C2

Substance use disorders Chapter G.3

Kosovo* country overview

A. Smajljaj European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2013) C2

A summary of the national drug situation

Fundamental Facts about mental health 2016

Mental Health Foundation (2016) CC

A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a unique handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health

Urbanization and mental health: a developing world perspective

Szabo, Christopher, Paul (2018) CC

Current Opinion in Psychiatry: May 2018 - Volume 31 - Issue 3 - p 256–257

Consolidated strategic information guidelines for viral hepatitis planning and tracking progress towards elimination: guidelines

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The document describes the use of strategic information at various stages of the response in the context of strengthening broader health information systems. Strategic information can be defined as data collected at all service delivery and administrative levels to inform policy and programme decisi ... more

National HIV, Hepatitis and STI programme managers meeting for selected asian and pacific island countries

World Health Organization (Western Pacific Region) (2018) C_WHO

Meeting Report 27–30 June 2017 Manila, Philippines

Provision and continuation of antiretroviral therapy during acute conflict: the experience of MSF in Central African Republic and Yemen

Ferreyra C., D. O’Brien, B. Alonso Conflict and Health (2018) C2

Unstable settings present challenges for the effective provision of antiretroviral treatment (ART). In this paper, we summarize the experience and results of providing ART and implementing contingency plans during acute instability in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Yemen.

Infection prevention and control Online Course
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is a major challenge for health care systems around the world. There is an important opportunity to reduce avoidable morbidity and mortality through improvements to IPC. The IPC channel hosts general materials designed for all health workers, as well as more ... more

Averting risks to the food chain

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FAO (2019) C2

As the number of transboundary pest and animal and foodborne disease outbreaks rises, so does the number of people who are chronically hungry due to these and other factors. The correlation can be explained by the link between our health and that of the planet. We rely on land and sea for the produc ... more

Clinical Management of HIV in Children and Adults Malawi
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Ministry of Health Malawi; Dept. of HIV and AIDS (2016) C1

Malawi Integrated Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Providing HIV Services. 3rd edition 2016

Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Bacteria:Application of a One Health Approach

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

The purpose of this guidance is to assist WHO Member States, and other stakeholders, in the establishment and development of programmes of integrated surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in foodborne bacteria (i.e., bacteria commonly transmitted by food). In this guidance, “integrated surveill ... more

The Role of Nursing Homes in the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Over the Healthcare Network

van den Dool C., PhD; A. Haenen; T. Leenstra, MD, PhD; et al. (2016) C2

The spread of antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms poses anincreasing threat to affordable modern health care. In the Netherlands, efforts to control the dispersal of known and novel antimicrobial-resistant organisms have been mostly implemented at the hospital level. However, recent studies have ... more

Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) Report: Early implementation

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The global emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is posing a threat to human health. Putting resources into the containment of AMR – including surveillance – is one of the highest-yield investments a country can make to mitigate its impact. In 2015, WHO launched the Global Antimicrobial Re ... more

Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention: interim guidance, 8 February 2021
recommended

C. Ferreira-Borges; Dr. J. Breda; M. Dara; et al. World Health Organization (Europe) (2021) C_WHO

Updated guidance. The guidance provides useful information to staff working in prisons, as well as to health and prison authorities, explaining how to prevent and address a potential outbreak of COVID-19. In addition, it aims to protect the health and well-being of all those who live and work in, an ... more

Mpox Technical Factsheet

Africa CDC (2024) CC

Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by a double-stranded DNA virus that belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. The disease presents with symptoms similar to smallpox but with a lesser severity. It was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a poxlike disease occurred in co ... more

Practical Manual for Implementation ofthe National Infection Prevention and Control Strategic Framework

Department of Health, Republic of South Africa (2020) C1

COVID-19 and HIV: Moment, Epidemics, Opportunities

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of investments in public health, the persistence of profound economic and social inequalities and the fragility of many key global systems and approaches.