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Rapport narrative de la campagne de sensibilisation d'offre gratuite des service intégres de dépistage au VIH, planification familiale et de distribution des préservatifs

Progamme National Mulitsectoral de la Lutte contre le SDIA, DR Congo UNFPA (2018) C2

Aupres des jeunes, adolescents et la population dans les ZS de Kanzahla et de Tshikapa du 12 au 17/9/2018

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Weak surveillance and policy attention to cancer in global health: the example of Mozambique

Lorenzoni, C; Oliveras, Laura; Vilajeliu, A, et al. (2018) CC

Cancer is an emerging public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa due to population growth, ageing and westernisation of lifestyles. In this piece, we use data from Mozambique over a 50-year period to illustrate cancer epidemiological trends in low-income and middle-income countries to hypothesise ... more

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Ghana Essential Medicines List

Ministry of Health Ghana National Drugs Programme (2017) C_WHO

Essential Medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population. They are selected with due regard to public health relevance, evidence on efficacy, safety and comparative cost-effectiveness. This edition of the Essential Medicines List (EML) 2017 for Ghana has been deriv... more

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A Review of Needs Assessment Tools, Response Analysis Frameworks, and Targeting Guidance for Urban Humanitarian Response

Lili Mohiddin, Gabrielle Smith International Institute for Environment and Development, Norwegian Refugee Council, International Rescue Committee, World Vision (2016) C1

The magnitude of urban disasters, high population densities, and a complex social, political and institutional environment has challenged the manner in which humanitarian agencies are used to working. Humanitarian agencies are now grappling with how to change their approaches to this reality. This d... more

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National List of Essential Medicines for Adults Rwanda 6th edition

Republic of Rwanda, Ministry of Health (2015) C1

The essential medicines are those that meet the priority needs of the healthcare of the population. While reviewing the 5th edition of the essential Medicines, special attention focused on the health sector policy. Indeed, medicines play an important role in protecting, maintaining and restoring th... more

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Poster on Typhoid fever awareness

UNICEF and Rwanda Ministry of Health (2015)

A poster in Kirundi to raise awareness about typhoid fever among Burundian population in the refugee camp.

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Guidelines for Management of Type 1 Diabetes

Indian Council of Medical Research (2022) CC2

The ICMR type 1 diabetes guidelines come at a time when the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has disproportionately affected people with diabetes population, exposing them to a high risk for severe illness and mortality. Globally, diabetes was responsible for over fourmillion deaths in the year 2019. It was th... more

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Multi-Sector Nutrition Education and Communication Strategy (NECS) II 2021-2025

Government of Malawi; Department of Nutrition; HIV and AIDS Ministry of Health (2021) CC2

The Department of Nutrition, HIV and AIDS (DNHA) in Ministry of Health and Population is grateful to all stakeholders who contributed to the development of the Nutrition Education Communication Strategy II. The DNHA acknowledges the financial and technical support from the World Bank and USAID throu... more

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European Respiratory Society guidelines for the diagnosis of asthma in adults

Renaud, L.; Imran, S.; Inigo, O., et al. European Respiratory Journal (2022) CC

Although asthma is very common, affecting 5–10% of the population, the diagnosis of asthma in adults remains a challenge in the real world, which results in both over- and under-diagnosis. A taskforce was set up by the European Respiratory Society to systematically review the literature on the dia... more

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Issue Brief: Ukraine Conflict and the impact on Mental Health

The MEDBOX Team (2024) CC

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine progresses, the civilian population and the Armed Forces face enormous challenges. It is unsurprising that people's mental health deteriorate in such conditions. This Issue Brief provides publications and informative resources highlighting the impact on Mental Health.

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To Meet the Unmet: Preparing for health equity Challenges in WHO South-East Asia Region, 2024

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Health inequities are unjust and avoidable systematic differences in the health status and access to health resources of different population groups. Health inequity manifests itself at all levels as differences across countries, within countries, between communities, and within population groups. ... more

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Self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health and rights to advance universal health coverage: 2023 joint statement by HRP, WHO, UNDP, UNFPA and the World Bank

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

According to the latest available data, over half of the world’s population lack access to essential health services, and health worker shortages are estimated to reach 10 million by 2030. These contextual factors point to an urgent need to explore innovative strategies – that go beyond a conven... more

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WHO Ethiopia Annual Report 2022

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country; with a population of 102 million and a growth rate of 2.6% in 2020, it is also the world’s 12th most populous one. The country is home to various ethnicities, with more than 80 different spoken languages. The country borders six countries. Most ... more

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Paraguay (PRY) - Demographics, Health & Infant Mortality

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) CC

Key demographic indicators for Paraguay: Under-Five Mortality Rate, Population.

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Describing nearly two decades of Chagas disease in Germany and the lessons learned: a retrospective study on screening, detection, diagnosis, and treatment of Trypanosoma cruzi infection from 2000 – 2

Guggenbühl Noller, J.M., Froeschl, G., Eisermann, P. et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2020) CC

The highly complex and largely neglected Chagas disease (CD) has become a global health problem due to population movements between Latin America and non-endemic countries, as well as non-vectorial transmission routes. Data on CD testing and treatment from routine patient care in Germany of almost t... more

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Tsetse Control and Gambian Sleeping Sickness; Implications for Control Strategy

Tirados, I.; Esterhuizen, J.; Kovacic, V.; Mangwiro, TNC.; Vale, GA et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2015) CC

Sleeping sickness is controlled by case detection and treatment but this often only reaches less than 75% of the population. Vector control is capable of completely interrupting HAT transmission but is not used because of expense. We conducted a full scale field trial of a refined vector control tec... more

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Organizing trichiasis surgical outreach

International Coalition for Trachoma Control ICTC (2015) CC

A key component of elimination is to reduce the number of unmanaged trachomatous trichiasis cases to less than 1 per 1,000 population in affected areas. This will require not only a large increase in the number of surgeries performed, but also improvements in the quality of surgery and in the e... more