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Informe mundial sobre la discapacidad

World Health Organization (WHO) & The World Bank (WB) (2011) C_WHO

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African Disability Rights Yearbook 2013

African Disability Rights Yearbook (2013) C2

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War child: "I´ve moved, my rights haven't" (Towards a global action plan for children forced to flee)
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War Child War Child (2016) C1

We live in a world in which 28 million children have been driven from their homes as a result of conflict, persecution and insecurity¹. If current trends continue, more than 63 million children could be forced to flee by 2025², of which over 25 million will cross borders and become refugees. At ... more

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Fiscal Space for Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020) CC

In sum, the goal is to understand the need to increase fiscal space for health as a prerequisite, but within the framework of efforts to transform the health system. These changes should foster equitable and efficient expenditures and create or strengthen comprehensive integrated health systems with ... more

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Guidelines for Clinical and Operational Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

José A. Caminero International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) (2013)

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Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Perrotta, Kim (2019) C1

This toolkit consists of eight modules which have been prepared as stand-alone documents that can be read by themselves, but they have also been prepared to complement one another. It has been designed as a tool for health professionals and students in the health care and public health sectors who ... more

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Screening for cardiovascular disease risk and subsequent management in low and middle income countries: challenges and opportunities

Bovet, P.; Chiolero, A.; Paccaud, F. et al. Public Health Reviews (2015) CC

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), mainly heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of premature mortality in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Identifying and managing individuals at high risk of CVD is an important strategy to prevent and control CVD, in addition to multisector ... al population-based interventions to reduce CVD risk factors in the entire population. Methods: We describe key public health considerations in identifying and managing individuals at high risk of CVD in LMICs. Results: A main objective of any strategy to identify individuals at high CVD risk is to maximize the number of CVD events averted while minimizing the numbers of individuals needing treatment. Scores estimating the total risk of CVD (e.g. ten-year risk of fatal and non-fatal CVD) are available for LMICs, and are based on the main CVD risk factors (history of CVD, age, sex, tobacco use, blood pressure, blood cholesterol and diabetes status). Opportunistic screening of CVD risk factors enables identification of persons with high CVD risk, but this strategy can be widely applied in low resource settings only if cost effective interventions are used (e.g. the WHO Package of Essential NCD interventions for primary health care in low resource settings package) and if treatment (generally for years) can be sustained, including continued availability ofaffordable medications and funding mechanisms that allow people to purchase medications without impoverishing them (e.g. universal access to health care). Thisalso emphasises the need to re-orient health systems in LMICs towards chronic diseases management. Conclusion: The large burden of CVD in LMICs and the fact that persons with high CVD can be identified and managed along cost-effective interventions mean that health systems need to be structured in a way that encourages patient registration, opportunistic screening of CVD risk factors, efficient procedures for the management of chronic conditions (e.g. task sharing) and provision of affordable treatment for those with high CVD risk. The focus needs to be in primary care because that is where most of the population can access health care and because CVD programmes can be run effectively at this level. more

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The rise and fall of tuberculosis in Malawi: associations with HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy

H.Kanyerere, A.D. Harries, K. Tayler-Smith, et al. (2016) CC

Tropical Medicine and International Health volume 21 no 1 pp 101-107 january 2016

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Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2014

Ministry of Health and Sanitaton Sierra Leone and UNICEF Sierra Leone (2014)

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Kenya: a pilot study to evaluate the experiences of TB patients when accessing TB services in health facilities in Kisumu county

KELIN, Stop TB Initiative (2015) C1

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Nepal National Estimates of HIV infections

Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population (2012) C1

National estimates have been developed every two years since 2003, led by the NCASC with close collaboration from a range of technical experts, partners and epidemiologists from the UNAIDS, WHO and FHI. This contains information about estimations of adult HIV prevalence.

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Nutrition of Children and Women in Ghana: A new look at data from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey

ICF Macro Measure; DHS (2009) C1

Results from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey

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Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Regional Advisory Committee on MDR-TB (rGLC SEAR), Kathmandu, Nepal, 17–19 October 2016

World Health Organization, South-East Asia (2016) C_WHO

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Indonesia: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2018) C1

The Indonesian government has reformed its laws, policies, and institutions to better manage disaster risk since the significant 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. The Government of Indonesia now has contingency plans for every disaster-prone city which identifies its vulnerabilities, outlines the relief re ... more

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Борьба с туберкулезом в восьми странах Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии(out of step russian version)

medecins sans frontiers Medecins Sans Frontiers (2017) C1

В борьбе с туберкулезом достигнуты значительные прорывы, среди которых ускоренные и более точные методы диагностики и первые новые лекарственные средства за 50 л� ... more

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Malawi Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Needs Assessment, 2014

Ministry of Health (Malawi), USAID, UNFPA, UNICEF, Save the Children International, Clinton Health Foundation (2015) C2

In 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malawi conducted a nationwide assessment of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services. This cross-sectional facility-based survey used 10 data collection modules. Data collection began on 23rd September 2014 and concluded on 17th October 2014, in ... more