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“They live in the dark”: Older people’s isolation and inadequate access to housing amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Amnesty International (2023) CC

Ukraine: Russian invasion has forced older people with disabilities to endure isolation and neglect – new report Many temporary shelters inaccessible to people with physical disabilities Overburdened care system often provides few alternatives to institutions for older people Authorities ... more

Short Guide to Hepatitis C

Stefan Mauss, Thomas Berg, Jürgen Rockstroh et al. Flying Publisher (2014)

Exciting new treatment approaches make the management of hepatitic C one of the most rapidly developing areas of medicine. The Flying Publisher short Guide to Hepatitis C is an up-to-date source of information for physicians, residents and advanced medical students.

Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey 2015

National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Nairobi, Kenya, and ICF International (2016) C1

Antimicrobial Resistance Curriculum Assessment Tool for Medical Education

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

The Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) calls for making AMR a core component of professional education and training. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) published Competency framework for health workers’ education and training on AMR to ensure that academic institutions ... more

Psychological First Aid: Module 2 – Basic PFA

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2018) C2

It aims to enable participants to: know more about reactions to distress know what psychological first aid is and what it is not understand the three action principles of ‘Look, Listen and Link’ have practised providing PFA to someone in distress have considered comple ... more

Patient Decontamination in a Mass Chemical Exposure Incident: National Planning Guidance for Communities

US Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Health and Human Services (2014) C1

"Patient decontamination principles are set forth here from a strategic perspective, rather than a tactical one. The principles are meant to guide, but not specify, operational practices. The guidance is evidencebased to the extent possible and the supporting evidence is documented and briefly dis ... more

HEARTS. Protocoles thérapeutiques basés sur des données factuelles

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS, et al. (2018) C_WHO

Guide technique pour la prise en charge des maladies cardiovasculaires dans le cadre des soins de santé primaires

Interagency List of Priority Medical Devices for Essential Interventions for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

The objective of this project was to list the medical devices required to provide the essential reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions defined by existing WHO guidelines and publications, in order to improve access to these devices in low- and middle-income countries, support ... more

Laboratory biosafety manual
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

4th edition The WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual (LBM) has been in broad use at all levels of clinical and public health laboratories, and other biomedical sectors globally, serving as a de facto global standard that presents best practices and sets trends in biosafety. LBM encouraged countries t ... more

Working Paper 46 - Aid, China, and Growth: Evidence from a New Global Development Finance Dataset

Dreher, A.; A. Fuchs; B. Parks et al. AidData at William & Mary (2017) CC

This paper introduces a new dataset of official financing—including foreign aid and other forms of concessional and non-concessional state financing—from China to 138 countries between 2000 and 2014. We use these data to investigate whether and to what extent Chinese aid affects economic growth ... more

Burkina Faso: Rapid Assessment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Linkages

IPPF, UNFPA, WHO, UNAIDS (2011) C2

What recommendations did the assessment produce? • Developing guidelines and plans to further the process of SRH and Hiv integration. • Training stakeholders at different levels of the health system on how to integrate activities. • Establishing mechanisms for collaboration/coordinati ... more

Comprendre les grossesses non désirées au Sénégal: Rapport du Profil Pays

Clarke, K. , M. Sall, B. Mané STEP UP - Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintendet Pregnancy (2013) C2

Le Profil Pays constitue donc un document de référence pour tout chercheur, praticien et acteur intéressé par la planification familiale en général et par les besoins non satisfaits en particulier. Il fournit de précieux éclairages pour le renforcement des programmes actuels et futurs et la ... more

Improving Health Systems and Services for Mental Health
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World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

This document presents an integrated strategy for mental health system development that will lead to enhanced service delivery, improved outcomes, and improved human rights for people with mental disorders. By using the practical guidance provided in this document, countries can ensure that thei ... more

Practical Epidemiology

Vaughan, P.; C. Victora and M. Chowdury. (2021) C1

Using Epidemiology to Support Primary Health Care. Updated version of the WHO handbook published in the early 1990's entitled: Manual of Epidemiology for District Health Management or those with an interest in applied epidemiology in primary health care and district health systems

Financing Global Health 2018: Countries and Programs in Transition

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (2019) C2

This 10th edition of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s annual Financing Global Health report provides the most up-to-date estimates of development assistance for health, domestic spending on health, health spending on two key infectious diseases – malaria and HIV/AIDS – and fut ... more

INDEX-TB Guidelines - Guidelines on extra-pulmonary tuberculosis for India

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Global Health Advocates, Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group World Health Organisation (WHO) (2016) C1

The main objective of these guidelines is to provide guidance on up-to-date, uniform, evidence-informed practices for suspecting, diagnosing and managing various forms of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) at all levels of healthcare delivery. They can then contribute to the National Programme to i ... more

Cultural Issues in Mental Health

Don Gorman and Wendy Cross (2011) C2

In: Mental health nursing: dimensions of praxis. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 427-442. ISBN 9780195566963 This chapter introduces you to the importance of culturally based health and well-being and to health care delivered by mental health nurses. There is a need for mental h ... more

Central African Republic: National Recovery and Peacebuilding Plan 2017-21

World bank group The World Bank (2017) CC

The Central African Republic is at a major turning point in its history. The country is just emerging from a very violent conflict, during which thousands of human lives were lost and one-third of the population was displaced. After a three-year transition, and with the support of the internationa ... more

Ethiopian Hospital service transformation Guidelines: Chapter 10 Pharmacy Service: Ethiopian Hospital Management Initiative

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia -Ministry of Health (2017) C1

The Ethiopian Hospital Services Transformation Guidelines (EHSTG) build on and expand the Ethiopian Hospital Reform Implementation Guidelines (EHRIG) and are consistent with the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP). The EHSTG, which is consistent with the national focu ... more