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Digital Implementation Investment Guide (DIIG): Integrating Digital Interventions into Health Programmes

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

his practical Guide serves as a companion to the “WHO guideline: recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening” and provides a systematic process for countries to develop a costed implementation plan for digital health within one or more health programme areas, drawing ... more

Impact of climate change on non-communicable diseases due to increased ambient air pollution

Breitner-Busch, S.; Mücke, H.; Schneider, A. et al. Journal of Health Monitoring (2023) CC

Background: The impacts of air pollutants on health range from short-term health impairments to hospital admissions and deaths. Climate change is leading to an increase in air pollution.

Integrating community based TB and TB/HIV activities in to the work of CSOs

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, The United Republic of Tanzania (2013) C1

National Operational Guidelines

Red and processed meat in the context of health and the environment: many shades of red and green: information brief

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

There is growing international consensus that food systems transformation is important to address the challenges of malnutrition in all its forms, the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), environmental sustainability, increasing inequality and ensuring the welfare of workers and animals. In li ... more

Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level.
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World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Health care-associated infections (HAI) are one of the most common adverse events in care delivery and a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. At any one time, up to 7% of patients in developed and 10% in developing countries will acquire at least on ... more

Guide to cancer early diagnosis
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World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Community Midwifery Services in Kenya Implementation Guidelines

Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya (2012) C2

Second Edition

Guidelines for establishing a poison centre

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This update of the Guidelines for poison control, entitled Guidelines for establishing a poison centre, reflects the development of the role of poison centres in public health and the sound management of chemicals, described in section 1, and the opportunities provided by new technology. Assessments ... more

Global report on hypertension: the race against a silent killer
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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This report compiles data for the first time on the far-reaching consequences of uncontrolled hypertension, including heart attacks, strokes and premature death, along with substantial economic losses for communities and countries. It also contains information on the global, regional and country-lev ... more

Cancer
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Hellen Gelband,Jha Prabhat, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan et al. The World Bank (2015) C1

This volume presents the complex patterns of cancer incidence and death around the world and evidence on effective and cost-effective ways to control cancers. The Disease Control Priorities Volume 3 evaluation of cancer will indicate where cancer treatment is ineffective and wasteful, and offer alte ... more

Trastornos de ansiedad en niños y adolescentes naturaleza, desarrollo, tratamiento y prevención

R. M. Rapee IACAPAP (2016) C2

Trastornos de ansiedad Capítulo F.1 Edición en español Editor: Matías Irarrázaval Traducción: Matías Irarrázaval y María Tatiana Estefan

Joint Operational Framework Health and Protection

Protection Cluster; UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2023) C1

Each humanitarian setting provides distinct opportunities and challenges for actors to coordinate and collaborate at strategic and operational levels. The Health and Protection Joint Operational Framework has been developed to ensure that the health and protection response during humanitarian emerge ... more

Essential Medicines List for Management of Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Diagnosis
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Updated 10 August 2020 This document presents an essential medicines list (EML) to manage patients in intensive care units (ICUs) with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, which includes active ingredients with dosage form and concentration, and are preferably in the WHO Model Lists of Essent ... more

Adolescent HIV Care and Treatment: A Training Curriculum for Health Workers . Module 13 Participant

ICAP; CDC; University Teaching Hospital, et al. (2011)

Atención general de la persona adulta mayor en atención primaria de la salud

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social; et al. (2011) C_WHO

Protocolo 2

The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Mortality

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2016) C1

Census Report Volume 4-B
In the 2014 Census, early-age mortality was measured from the responses to two simple retrospective questions on childbearing addressed to ever-married women aged 15 and over. These questions referred to how many live children they had ever given birth to, and how many ... more

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bigna J. J., M.A. Amougou; S. L. Asangbeh, et.al. BMJ (2017) C1

Zambia National Child Counselling & Testing Guidelines

National HIVAIDS Council Zambia (2011) C1

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis Module 1: prevention - tuberculosis preventive treatment, second edition

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

About one fourth of the world’s population is estimated to have been infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacilli, and about 5–10% of those infected develop TB disease in their lifetime. The risk for TB disease after infection depends on several factors, the most important being the person’s im ... more