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Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis

Hopkins, D.; Weiss, A.; Roy, S. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR; National Libary of Medicine (2020) CC

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, is traditionally acquired by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) infected with D. medinensis larvae, but in recent years also appears increasingly to be transmitted by eating fish or other aquatic anima ... more

Lancet Series Maternal Health

The Lancet (2016) CC

Each year, about 210 million women become pregnant and about 140 million newborn babies are delivered. The sheer scale of maternal health issues makes maternal well being and survival vital concerns. A decade after The Lancet published a Series on maternal survival, a new Series of six papers brings ... more

COVID-19 Communication Vaccine Strategy
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2021) C1

South Sudan UNHCR Operational Update (1-15 February 2019)

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2019) C1

Assessment of the Pharmaceutical Management System in Cameroon

Gabriel Daniel, Kwesi Eghan USAID, SPS (2011) CC

The epidemiology, pathogenesis, transmission, diagnosis, and management of multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant, and incurable tuberculosis

K.Dheda, T. Gumbo, G. Maartens, et al. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission (2017) C2

Lancet Respir Med 2017; 5: 291–360Vol, 5 April 2017

Malawi National Health Indicators

Ministry of Health, Malawi; CENTRAL MONITORING A ND EVALUATION DIVISI ON (CMED) (2015) C1

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Country Progress Report Nepal

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (2015) C1

Systems approach to monitoring and evaluation guides scale up of the Standard Days Method of family planning in Rwanda

Igras, S., Sinai, I., Mukabatsinda, M., et al. Global Health: Science and Practice (2014) CC

There is no guarantee that a successful pilot program introducing a reproductive health innovation can also be expanded successfully to the national or regional level, because the scaling-up process is complex and multilayered. This article describes how a successful pilot program to integrate the S ... more

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Somalia

Federal Government of Somalia, Puntland & Somaliland, Zonal NMCPsMoH (2016) C1

The main objective of the malaria prevention and control programme in Somalia is to prevent mortality and reduce morbidity due to malaria. The groups most vulnerable to the disease, children aged under 5 years and pregnant women, are especially targeted. Effective case management - early diagnosis a ... more

Module: Self-harm/suicide

World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO

Learning objectives • Promote respect and dignity for people with self-harm/suicide. • Know the common presentations of self-harm/suicide. • Know the principles of assessment of self-harm/suicide. • Know the management principles of self-harm/suicide. • Perform an assessment for self- ... more

Maldives National Action Plan for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2022

Maldives Food and Drug Authority Ministry of Health (2017) C2

Maldives has made significant strides in the area of infectious disease prevention and control. This is exemplified by elimination of malaria from Maldives in 2015 and successes in TB control. In addition, Maldives is a front runner in infectious disease prevention through successful water, sanitati ... more

National clinical guideline for stroke

Royal College of Physicians, London (2016) C1

Patient- and provider-related factors in the success of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Colombia

Puerto Castro GM, Montes Zuluaga FN, Alcalde-Rabanal JE, Pérez F, et al. PAHO (2021) C_WHO

Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021;45:e74. Some characteristics of patients and healthcare providers influence treatment success in MDR-TB cases. Physicians’ and nurses’ knowledge about MDR-TB must be improved, and follow-up of MDR-TB patients who are living with HIV and of those affiliated with the ... more

Syrian Arab Republic - Overview of humanitarian response from within Syria

OCHA (2020) C1

January - December 2019 First published April 2020 • Between January to December 2019, an estimated 8.58 million people were reached at least once with some form of humanitarian assistance, including over 91,000 people through three inter-agency convoys, two to Rukban and one to Menbij. On ... more

Kenya National Violence and Injury Prevention and Control Action Plan 2018 – 2022

Violence and Injury Prevention Unit- Ministry o Health, Kenya (2018) C1

Drug Resistance Through The Back Door: How The Pharmaceutical Industry Is Fuelling The Rise Of Superbugs Through Pollution In Its Supply Chains

Sascha Marchang, Natasha Hurley European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Changing Markets (2016) C1

Irresponsible pharmaceutical companies fuel the proliferation of superbugs through supply chain pollution, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) reports. The advocacy group uncovered lapses such as dirty production and inadequate waste disposal in the production of antimicrobials in China and I ... more

Mapping Children on the Move
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African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Children ACERWC GIZ; Save the Children; EU (2018) CC

In reviewing State Parties report on the implementation of the Charter, the Committee has identified children on the move as an emerging child protection issue in African, and therefore commissioned a study in view of making recommendations to tackle the problem in Member States. The Committee obse ... more

Mainstreaming and Partnerships - A Multi-sectoral approach to strengthen HIV/AIDS response in India

National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2013) C1