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Refugees and migrants in times of COVID-19: mapping trends of public health and migration policies and practices

World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC

Standard operating procedures for surveillance of meningitis preparedness and response to epidemics in Africa

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Epidemic meningitis is a major public health challenge in the African 'meningitis belt', an area that extends from Senegal to Ethiopia with an estimated total population of 500 million. Since 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with its collaborating centres for meningitis, h ... more

Infection control - Pocket reference - for students, nurses and other healthcare professionals

Clinical Pocket Reference (2020) CC

Infection control is the forth edition from Clinical Pocket Reference for Nurses.

Fact sheet on Cervical Cancer

Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) (2021) CC

COVID-19 and the social determinants of health and health equity: evidence brief

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

6 December 2021

State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2021: How Adaptation Can Make Africa Safer, Greener and More Prosperous in a Conference edition Warming World

Global Center on Adaptation (2021) C2

English Analysis on World about Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Drought, Flood and more; published on 27 Oct 2021 by GCA

Faith for Earth, A Call for Action

UN Environment Programme (2020) CC

Assessing Health Vulnerabilities and Adaptation to Climate Change

Berry, P.; P. M. Enright, J. Shumake-Guillemot et al. (2018) CC

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(12), 2626; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15122626 Climate change is increasing risks to human health and to the health systems that seek to protect the safety and well-being of populations. Health authorities require information about current associatio ... more

Strategic location modeling of mobile clinics in rural areas in South Africa

Axsel, C. (2015) CC

Final Project Report

Guidance on Law and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2023) CC

The domestic regulation of public health emergencies (PHEs) is inextricably linked to the regulation of other types of disaster. PHEs are usually governed at least partly by general disaster and emergency laws. Moreover, there is significant overlap in the legal mechanisms used to respond to PHEs an ... more

Melarsoprol Resistance in African Trypanosomiasis

Fairlamb, A.H.; Horn, D. Elsevier Ltd. (2018) CC

Arsenical monotherapies were previously very successful for treating human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Melarsoprol resistance emerged as early as the 1970s and was widespread by the late 1990s. Melarsoprol resistance represents the only example of widespread drug resistance in HAT patients wher ... more

UNICEF Myanmar Humanitarian Situation Report No. 12: January-December 2022

UNICEF (2023) C_UNICEF

Myanmar continues to experience a severe - and worsening - humanitarian and human rights crisis. Conflict and violence have escalated across the country, impacting children and their families and displacing more than 1.5 million people. Access of conflict-affected populations to services and deliver ... more

Morbidity management and disability prevention in lymphatic filariasis

World Health Organization (World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO) (2013) C_WHO

The content of these guidelines goes beyond the technicalities of medical needs with additional insights into community empowerment, possible access to welfare and economic opportunities and similar issues. If these are adequately explored, the health and quality of life of people affected and their ... more

Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) Country Report Nigeria

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) CC

The Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) project has conducted a multi-year, multi-country study that provides stark insights on the under-reported depth of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis across Africa and lays out urgent policy recommendations to addr ... more

Improving nutrition in Women and Children. Essential Nutrition actions (ENA) /Essential hygiene action (EHA) and social behaviour change communication (SBCC). Training manual. (Nepali Version).

SUAHAARA project USAID (2012) C1

Cardiovascular Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa Compared to High-Income Countries: An Epidemiological Perspective

Yuyun, M.F.; Sliwa, K.; Kengne, A.P. et al. Global Heart (2020) CC

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the second common cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounting for about 35% of all deaths, after a composite of communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases. Despite prior perception of low NCDs mortality rates, current evidence suggests t ... more