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Development of antibiotic resistance has serious consequences. For Veterinarians and veterinarians students

L. Bebora and P. Gathumbi Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (2015) C1

Take Action on Antimicrobial Resistance. For Veterinarians and Veterinarian students

Mapping Key Populations in Pakistan 2015-16

National AIDS Control Program (2016) C1

2nd Generation HIV Surveillance in Pakistan, Round 5
The Overall objective of this mapping study was to update population size estimates of selected key populations (PWID, FSWs, MSM & TGs) to create evidence for developing action plans for HIV prevention interventions in Pakistan. A total numbe ... more

Facts About Cancer in Uganda

Ministry of Health, The Republic of Uganda (2009) C_WHO

What you need to know about cancer and how to prevent it.

Things Everyone Should Know and Do

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Liberia; WHO; UNICEF, et al. (2015)

gCHV flipbook for Interpersonal Communication

Ebola in Perspective

by Mary Moran and Daniel Hoffman (2014)

Cultural Anthropology Since early 2014, the international coverage of Africa has been dominated by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Much of that coverage represents the region as helpless and hopeless, a tragic victim of illogical beliefs and dangerous cultural practices. The contributors to this ... more

Cholera Guide

Stephen J.McPhee; and Papadakis Maxine The McGraw-Hill Companies (2010)

Adapted from CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2010

COVID-19 and International Humanitarian Law

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2020) CC

Accessed: 25.04.2020 COVID-19 represents a dramatic new threat to life in war-torn countries. International humanitarian law (IHL) is a key legal framework that provides crucial safeguards to people affected by armed conflicts. This overview summarizes some of the main provisions of IHL that may ... more

Actions for Veterinarians

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2019) C_CDC

Veterinarians are leaders and stewards in preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics for animals and people. Working with animal owners and producers, veterinarians can slow antibiotic resistance by implementing disease prevention strategies and improving the use of antibiotics while also guarante ... more

Recognizing, Managing, and Reporting Zika Virus Infections in Travelers Returning from Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2016) C_CDC

Article from the CDC Health Alert Network

Advice on the use of masks for children in the community in the context of COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

21 August 2020 This guidance provides specific considerations for the use of non-medical masks, also known as fabric masks, by children as a means for source control in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. It also advises on the use of medical masks for children under certain conditions.

Fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) regarding microcephaly, other neurological disorders and Zika virus

World Health Organization WHO (2016)

Effective Implementation of Public Health and Social Measures in Tanzania: Situational Analysis

WHO; Africa CDC; World Economic Forum et al. PERC (2020) C_WHO

PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.

The Sphere standards and the Coronavirus response

The Sphere (2021) C_Sphere

Updated 8 June 2021. The document has two sections: A. The first section covers fundamental principles which are crucial to a successful, holistic intervention. B. The second covers relevant standards and guidance in the handbook’s Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) and Health ... more

COVID-19 in Africa

The Center For Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (2020) CC

The purpose of this work is to estimate potential COVID-19 case burdens in each African nation considering various social distancing interventions. Given current trends in case burden, the model estimates the potential resource needs that would be needed under different scenarios. The model is for p ... more

Child Protection Case Management Guidance During Covid-19

Unicef; Save the Children (2020) C_UNICEF

This guidance note aims to ensure continuity of case management service provision as well as appropriate response to cases associated with the disease during the COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar. Outlined below are priority areas that Child Protection Case Management agencies should focus on

Health systems resilience in managing the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from 28 countries

Haldane, V., De Foo, C., Abdalla, S.M. et al. (2021) C1

Nat Med (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01381-y

Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Partner Trust Fund

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2022) CC

Combatting the rising global threat of AMR through a One Health Approach

Live a Healthy Lifestyle / Phila impilo enhle

Department of Health, Province of Kwazulu-Natal (2015)

Accessed 14 July 2015