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Dietary salt intake survey in the Republic of Moldova, 2016

World Health OrganizationEurope (2018) C_WHO

High salt consumption is an important determinant of high blood pressure and reducing it would improve health outcomes by lowering cardiovascular disease and therefore death rates. Reducing salt intake has been identified as one of the most effective public health measures and is one of the leading ... more

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Factors for Success - Mental Health Advocacy in Sierra Leone

Hann, K., Pearson, H., Campbell, D., et al. CBM (2015)

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Missing millions: How older people with disabilities are excluded from humanitarian response

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and HelpAge International (2018) CC

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Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Zambia: The Case for Investment

Ministry of Health, Zambia (2020) CC

The Government of the Republic of Zambia has placed priority on ensuring that Zambians are healthy and productive as a catalyst to the attainment of socioeconomic development . The Vision 2030 aims to transform Zambia into a prosperous middle-income country as articulated also in the 7th National De... more

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Women’s Access to Health Care in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch (2021) CC

Over the past two decades, Afghanistan has depended on international donor support to fund essential services like health care. But this donor support has been falling for years and will likely to continue do so—perhaps precipitously—following the announcement by United States President Joe Bide... more

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Clinical management of COVID-19: living guideline, 13 January 2023

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

As of 12 December 2022, over 645 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, with over 6.6 million deaths (4). The Omicron variant, which emerged in late November 2021, and its subvariants, are now the dominant circulating viruses, contributing to the ongoing surge in several countr... more

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Guidelines for the management of asthma in adults and adolescents: Position statement of the South African Thoracic Society – 2021 update

Lalloo, U.G.; Kalla, I.S.; Abdool-Gaffar, S. et al. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine (2021) CC

sthma prevalence is increasing worldwide, and surveys indicate that most patients in developed and developing countries, including South Africa, do not receive optimal care and are therefore not well controlled. Standard management guidelines adapted to in-country realities are important to support ... more

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Asthma in South African adolescents: a time trend and risk factor analysis over two decades

Baard, C.B.; Franckling-Smith, Z.; Munro, J. et al. ERJ Open Research (2021) CC

The article "Asthma in South African adolescents: a time trend and risk factor analysis over two decades" investigates the prevalence and risk factors for asthma in Cape Town adolescents from 2002 to 2017. The study finds that while the overall prevalence of asthma remained similar, the severity of ... more

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Sharing successful strategies from the Eastern Mediterranean Region in mitigating noncommunicable diseases and mentalhealth disorders during the COVID-19pandemic and beyond

World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2023) C_WHO

The "Stories from the field" document by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean shares effective strategies from the Eastern Mediterranean Region for addressing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health challenges, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights regio... more

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Assessing the efficiency of hospitals in Malawi: An application of the Pabón Lasso technique

E.Z Asbu, O. Walker and J. M Kirigia, et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2012) C_WHO

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Safe abortion act, 2015

Ministry of Health Sierra Leone (2015) C1

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Namibia: Guidelines for Implementing National Policy on Community-Based Health Care

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) (2009) C1

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Strategic and action plan for the prevention and control of non communicable diseases in Tanzania 2016-2020
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Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children. (2016) CC

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Teachers, Inclusive, Child-Centred Teaching and Pedagogy. Webinar 12. Companion Technical Booklet

Grimes, P. (2014)

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Harsh punishment - The Human Toll of Georgia’s Abusive Drug Policies

G. Gogia Human Rights Watch (2018) C2

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WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for people who use these interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the following working definition of self-care: Self-care is t... more

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

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Target product profile for a test for rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis diagnosis usable in peripheral health facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The development of this target product profile (TPP) was led by the WHO Department of Control of Ne- glected Tropical Diseases (NTD) following standard WHO guidance for TPP development. In order to identify and prioritize diagnostic needs, a WHO NTD Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) was... more

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Conceptual and Operational Framework of Onchocerciasis Elimination with Ivermectin Treatment

World Health Organization WHO; African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control APOC (2010) C_WHO

Onchocerciasis used to be an important public health problem in Africa, with over 37 million people infected and millions suffering from debilitating skin disease, terrible itching, impaired vision and blindness. But the epidemiological situation has improved dramatically over the last two decades.... more

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Effective communication strategies and practices for dengue and other arboviral diseases: Systematic review

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Health communication has proven to play a crucial role in addressing diseases such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya, for which there are no definitive or easily accessible vaccines. In this context, this discipline becomes a fundamental tool to promote the change behavior and promote preventive pract... more

Strategic and action plan for the prevention and control of non communicable diseases in Tanzania 2016-2020 recommended

Strategic and action plan for the prevention and control of non communicable diseases in Tanzania 2016-2020
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