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Knowledge guide to support the operationalization of the Refugee and migrant health: Global Competency Standards for health workers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The Knowledge Guide provides guidance on how health workers can apply the Standards to their own practice. For each of the nine competencies and their specific behaviours in the Standards, the Knowledge Guide examines in detail how a health worker's knowledge, skills and attitudes can reach the stat ... more

Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their settings and communities. Therefore, evidence-based infection prevention ... more

Use of Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus

World Health Organization (2011)

Abbreviated Report of a WHO Consultation

Guiding Principles for Feeding Infants and Young Children During Emergencies
recommended

WHO (2004)

Outbreak surveillance and response in humanitarian emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO

Outbreak surveillance in humanitarian emergencies involves rapid detection, data collection, and analysis to identify disease threats, while response focuses on implementing timely control measures to prevent further spread.

India: National Guidelines on Preventention, Management and Control of Reproductive Tract Infections and Sexual Transmitted Infections

National Rural Health Mission, NACO (2014) C1

Priority medical devices list for the COVID-19 response and associated technical specifications
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

23 February 2021 This document describes the medical devices required for the clinical management of COVID-19, selected and prioritized according to the latest available evidence and interim guidelines. This includes: oxygen therapy, pulse oximeters, patient monitors, thermometers, infusion and suc ... more

STUDY ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN CAMEROON

EVA JACQUELINE ETONGUE MAYER African Union of the Blind (AFUB), Cameroon National Association for the Blind (CNAB) (2007) CC

World Report of Disability - Summary

World Health Organization (WHO) & The World Bank (WB) (2011) C_WHO

Myanmar Community Based Disaster Risk Management

[Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)] (2009) C1

This Manual is primarily intended for community level volunteers trained in Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) and CBDRM Practitioners and Professionals.
The year of publication is not specified in the document.

Philippine Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis, Empiric Management, and Prevention of Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Immunocompetent Adults

Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Philippine College of Chest Physicians, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians (2010) C1

Risk communication in the context of Zika virus. Interim guidance 1 March 2016

World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

This document provides interim guidance for effective risk communication around Zika virus transmission and potential complications. A causal relationship between Zika virus infection and these potential complications has not yet been proven. In this uncertainty, effective communication strategies s ... more

Guidance for Developing a Specimen Transport and Referral System for Viral Load and Infant Virologic HIV Diagnosis Testing Networks

Beard, R. Suzanne; Kasipo, Charles (2016) C1

This document provides a systematic approach in developing a coordinated, standardized, reliable, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable specimen transport and referral system to support IVHD and VL testing networks. This document provides technical and programmatic recommendations on the approp ... more

WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC

This guideline aims to improve the quality of essential, routine postnatal care for women and newborns with the ultimate goal of improving maternal and newborn health and well-being. It recognizes a “positive postnatal experience” as a significant end point for all women giving birth and their n ... more

Potential Risk of Dengue and Chikungunya Outbreaks in Northern Italy Based on a Population Model of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Giorgio Guzzetta, Fabrizio Montarsi, Frédéric Alexandre Baldacchino (2016) CC

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004762 This study shows the importance of an integrated entomological and medical surveillance for the evaluation of arboviral disease risk, which is a precondition for designing cost-effective vector control programs.

Haiti: What did we learn? The Shelter Response and Housing Recovery in the First Two Years after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

GFDRR Habitat for Humanity IFRC; et al. (2016) CC

This report is not a formal evaluation, but rather a synthesis of the experiences, observations, and recommendations of a large group of experienced post-disaster shelter and recovery experts gathered from interviews, surveys, and direct discussions, and information derived from a desk review of the ... more

Assessment of Tuberculosis incidence and treatment success rates of the indigenous Maká community in Paraguay.

Fröber,J.; Sequera V.G., Tostmann A., et al. (2019) CC

In Paraguay, 1.8% of the population are indigenous people. The Maká community 29 mainly live in urbanized areas in the Central Region. This study focuses on the epidemiology 30 of tuberculosis (TB) among indigenous Maká and the non-indigenous people living in the 31 Central Region, the biggest ... more

Manual of Procedures for the Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

National Epidemiology Center Department of Health Philippines (2014) C1

3rd Edition. Vol.1