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Prioritising Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Ebola Recovery: For health, life and dignity

Oxfam International; Tearfund (2015)

Preventable Epilepsy: Taenia Solium Infection Burdens Economies, Societies and Individuals

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Burden of T. solium: Neurocysticercosis is a disease induced by T. solium larvae penetrating human tissues, especially the nervous system. Neurocysticercosis burdens economies, societies and individuals because of the impact of epilepsy on wages, health costs and social stigmatization of sufferers. ... more

Access to controlled medicines for pain management in the WHO South-East Asia Region

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The availability of controlled medicines is crucial for patients requiring palliative care, pain relief and symptom management. Many individuals worldwide, especially in low- and middle-income countries, continue to experience limited access to these essential medicines. Enhancing access to controll ... more

Natural History of HIV Infection

Dr. F. Amond KZN Provincial ARV; Training NRM School of Medicine; University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (2019) C2

Accessed: 03.09.2019

Infection control guidelines for managemente of suspected or confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)

Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia (2014)

The Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia has developed the guidelines to meet the urgent need for up -to-date information and evidence-based recommendations

The Role of Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM)

USAID, Stop TB Partnership (2011) C1

Overcoming Barriers to TB Control Training Curriculum August 2011

Vetting and registration of volunteers and volunteer organisations supporting the Ukraine refugee response

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2022) C2

This document provides guidance to host States on the vetting and registration of volunteers and volunteer organisations. It also provides guidance to UN, NGO and other civil society actors on how they can support and complement State efforts through operational activities.

The different types of COVID-19 vaccines

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This article is part four in a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Part one focused on how vaccines work to protect our bodies from disease-carrying germs. Part two focused on the ingredients in a vaccine and the three clinical trial phases. Part three focused on the ste ... more

Condom Promotion by State AIDS Control Societies - Operational Guidelines

National AIDSControl (NACO), Government of India; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2015) C1

Professionalizing Health Logistics in Burkina Faso: Challenges, Implementation and Sustainability

Silve B., A. Ouedraogo Public Health Research (2013) C2

The management of information and logistics is an essential component of health product systems. In a context of limited financial resources and morbidity and mortality sustained by persistent diseases, it is necessary to strengthen health systems through competent resources, especially human resour ... more

An ethical framework for global vaccine allocation

Emanuel, E.J., et al. (2020) C1

Science . 2020 Sep 11;369(6509):1309-1312. doi: 10.1126/science.abe2803. Epub 2020 Sep 3. The Fair Priority Model offers a practical way to fulfill pledges to distribute vaccines fairly and equitably

Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) protocol

World Health OrganizationEurope (2016) C_WHO

The WHO Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative in more than half the countries in the Region for routine monitoring of the policy response to the emerging obesity epidemic. The aim of the Initiative is to measure trends in overweight and obesity in c ... more

Best practice portal: standards and guidelines
recommended

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2019) CC

The Best practice portal is a resource for professionals, policymakers and researchers in the drugs field. We provide information on the available evidence on drug-related prevention, treatment and harm reduction, focusing on the European context. The evidence is compiled following an explicit metho ... more

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG): Clinical management of mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies
recommended

World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2015) C_WHO

The new guide provides practical, first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions. Contents include modules on assessing and managing conditions such as acute stress, grief, moderate-severe depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy, and ... more

Towards Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities

Corvalan, C.; E. Villalobos Prats, A. Sena et al. (2020) CC

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(23), 8849; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238849 The aim of building climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities is: (a) to enhance their capacity to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable ... more

India: Facility based Care of Severe Acute Malnutrition - Facilitator Guide

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India (2013) C1

Progression - Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer Society of Canada Alzheimer Society of Canada (2016) C2

Preventing depression in the WHO European Region

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2016) C_WHO

Depression is a leading cause of non-fatal disease burden worldwide, with a lifetime prevalence of 9% among European adult men and 17% among European adult women. The task at hand requires substantial investments in preventive mental health care, but the potential benefits can be equally rewarding. ... more