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Every child alive: The urgent need to end newborn deaths

UNICEF (2018)

Globally, in low-income countries, the average newborn mortality rate is 27 deaths per 1,000 births, the report says. In high-income countries, that rate is 3 deaths per 1,000. Newborns from the riskiest places to give birth are up to 50 times more likely to die than those from the safest places.... more

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Haiti: Hurricane Matthew - Situation Report No. 22 (16 November 2016)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2016) C1

Main Points The delivery of humanitarian assistance is expected to slow down significantly over the next seven to ten days in anticipation of the electoral process and limited availability of transport and security assets. The percentage of extremely food-insecure people who have recei... more

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Antibiotic Use for Sepsis in Neonates and Children: 2016 Evidence Update

Fuchs A., J. Bielickia, S. Mathur, et.al. World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

Sepsis remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, especially during the first five days of life and in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) [1]. Hospital infection also remains a major cause of mortality in children despite progress encountered in the last decades.

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One hundred million cases in one hundred weeks

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C_WHO

Working towards better COVID-19 outcomes in the WHO European Region.From the first COVID-19 cases in Europe reported on 24 January 2020, the pandemic reached 1 million cases within 3 months, 10 million cases within 8 months, and 100 million cases in Europe alone within 2 years. Over the course o... more

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Corona Virus COVID-19 Situation Report 4 - Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) (2020) C2

(15 April 2020, BST 17:00 hours) Actions Taken from Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS): 9292 Number of staff and RCY/ CPP/ Camp/ Community volunteers being mobilized throughout the country. 10116 Set of PPE provided to individuals working on COVID-19 response. 130,851 Number of Total Peop... more

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The Case for Investment in Nutrition in Sudan

Sibanda-Mulder, Flora; De Beni, Davide UNICEF Sudan (2014)

Over the period 2015 to 2019, scaling up a package of selected nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive interventions to cover 90 per cent of Sudan would:
- Reduce the under-five mortality rate to 49/1,000 live births
- Reduce the prevalence of stunting to 25 per cent
- Reduce the ... more

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Syria AWD/Cholera Response Plan September 2022 (as of 29 September 2022)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

On September 10, 2022, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced a cholera outbreak in Aleppo governorate with 15 laboratory confirmed cases reported between August 25 and September 9, 2022. Activities under this plan seek to address the immediate needs stemming from this outbreak and highlight respons... more

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Lineamiento para el Plan de Vacunación contra COVID-19 en niños de 5 a 11 años 11 meses 29 días con Vacuna Inactivada de COVID-19 Coronovac / Sinovac

Ministerio de Salud Pública de Ecuador Ministerio de Salud Pública de Ecuador (2021) CC

Guidelines for the Vaccination Plan against COVID-19 in children 5 to 11 years, 11 months, 29 days with COVID-19 Vaccine Coronovac / Sinovac

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Report on antimalarial drug efficacy, resistance and response: 10 years of surveillance (2010-2019)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Antimalarial drug resistance has emerged as a threat to global malaria control efforts, particularly in the Greater Mekong subregion. Drawing on data collected through more than 1000 therapeutic efficacy studies as well as molecular marker studies of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance, the Report... more

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WHO recommendation on duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of simple obstetric urinary fistula

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

WHO has issued a new recommendation on the length of bladder catheterization following surgical repair of a simple obstetric urinary fistula. Currently the length of catheterization is not standard and ranges from 5 to 42 days. The new guidance recommends a 7–10 day period of bladder catheterizati... more

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Action global health advocacy partnership

M. Slutsker ACTION global health advocacy partnership; ACTION partner oranizations (2016) C2

From policy to practice: how the TB-HIV response is working “The HIV community must place much more focus on TB co-infection than it has done to date. TB takes the lives of over 1000 people living with HIV every day, a number which is absolutely unacceptable. This report highlights that TB d... more

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Guide for the Medical, Veterinary and allied Professions

Bishop, G.; Durrheim, D.; Kloeck, P. et al. Department: Agriculture, Foresty and Fisheries - Republic of South Africa (2010) CC

Rabies is a disease of animals but too often the outcome is gauged in terms of human suffering and death. Despite this, in areas of the world where rabies is endemic there is often a lack of communication between veterinary and medical professionals, to the extent that the disease continues to thri... more

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Module for Multi-Purpose Workers (MPW) - Female/Male on Prevention, Screening and Control of Common Non-Communicable Diseases

National Health Mission; Minister of Health and Family Welfare Government of India (2024) CC2

This module covers common Non-Communicable Diseases such as Hypertension, Diabetes and three common cancers (Cervical, Breast and Oral cancer). The focus of this module is on building the knowledge and skills of the Multi-Purpose Workers (MPW) in undertaking Population Based Screening, identifi ca... more

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Draft Proposed programme budget 2022–2023: Building forward better

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) CC

The development of this draft Proposed programme budget 2022–2023 comes at a unique moment for WHO. The world is in the grip of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and faces health, social and economic consequences on an unprecedented scale. Although it is not known when the COVID-19 pande... more

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Sixteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTDs)

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The sixteenth meeting of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD) was held as a hybrid meeting, 27–28 September 2022. Dr Ren Minghui, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage/Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases, welcomed participan... more

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Infectious Diseases in Ukraine
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Berger, S. Gideon (2022) C2

Data on Infectious Diseases in Ukraine Now Available as a Free eBook to Help Medics and Relief Efforts During the War. • Data on the 215+ infectious diseases endemic to Ukraine • All published data on infections imported into Ukraine To download the book, please click the button below and use... more

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South African MATERNAL, PERINATAL, and NEONATAL Health Policy

National Department of Health (NDoH) South Africa NDoH South Africa (2021) CC

As a lower-middle-income country (LMIC), South Africa (SA) bears the burden of maternal and neonatal mortality similar to other sub- Saharan African countries. According to the Saving Mothers Report 2017/19, there has been a progressive and sustained reduction in institutional maternal mortality... more

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Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

The objectives of these guidelines are to provide recommendations outlining a public health approach to managing people presenting with advanced HIV disease, and to provide guidance on the timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV.
WHO recommends that a... more

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Hospital-based birth defects surveillance: facilitator guide

World Health Organization ( WHO), Regional Oﬃce for South-East-Asia (2016) C_WHO

Birth defect has been an emerging major cause of child mortality in the region. Scarcity of the birth defects information hampers policy decisions and control measures at national level. In order to create evidence for action for birth defects prevention in the region, WHO-SEARO in collaboration wit... more

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Principles and practices of drinking-water chlorination: a guide to strengthening chlorination practices in small-to mediumsized water supplies

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) CC

This guide is intended for people involved in the management and operation of small- to mediumsized organized water supply systems. The content has been developed with particular consideration for operational-level personnel with responsibility for chlorination (for example, water treatment plant op... more

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