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The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child and implications for clinical, practice, policy and research

M. L. Belfer; S. Song IACAPAP (2012) C2

Miscellaneous Chapter J.7

Note technique: Éducation, autonomisation des filles et éradication des mutilations génitales féminines

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C1

Infections in Prison in Low and Middle Income Countries: Prevalence and Prevention Strategies

O. O. Simooyqa (2010) CC

The Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2010, 4, 33-37

The successful COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Chile: Factors and challenges

Castillo C., Villalobos Dintrans P. et al (2021) C2

The aim of this article is to identify the elements behind the country’s successful COVID-19 rollout as well as lessons and chal lenges derived from this process. The analysis is relevant to many countries today—as they keep searching for strategies to cope with the second year of the COVID-19 p ... more

Geographical, landscape and host associations of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs and lineages

Izeta-Alberdi, A.; Ibarra-Cerdena, C.; Moo-llanes, D.; Ramsey,J. BMC Part of Springer Nature (2016) CC

Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease (CD), considered one of the most important parasitic infections in Latin America. Between 25 and 90 million humans are at infection risk via at least one of multiple infection mechanisms. Under natural conditions, the principal transmissio ... more

Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995-2015

Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network Lancet (2018) CC

Background: Comparable estimates of health spending are crucial for the assessment of health systems and to optimally deploy health resources. The methods used to track health spending continue to evolve, but little is known about the distribution of spending across diseases. We developed improved e ... more

Time to align: development cooperation for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

Collins, T.E.; Nugent, R.; Webb, D.; et al. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) (2019) CC2

The article "Time to Align: Development Cooperation for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases" argues for greater international cooperation and investment in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), especially in low- and middle-income countries. Traditionally, global health fu ... more

A double dose of inequality; Pharma companies and the Covid-19 vaccines crisis

Amnesty International (2022) C2

22 Sept. 2021 The rapid development of effective Covid-19 vaccines in 2020 gave hope to the world in the darkest days of the deadly pandemic. However, the vaccine roll-out has been massively skewed towards wealthy nations. While rich states have hoarded vaccines, companies have also played a decisi ... more

Poblaciones Urbanas

Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2017) C1

Informe sobre poblaciones clave Accessed November 2017

Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in Bangladesh

M. M. Ahmmed; M. A. Babu; J. Ferdosy (2021) CC

Bangladesh has been going through incremental trend of GDP growth rates for a long time. The GDP is the key aspect to measure the economic growth of a country. But the current world wide pandemic due to the COVID-19 hardly affects the world’s economy as well as Bangladesh. The present ... more

Primeiros Cuidados Psicológicos:guia para trabalhadores de campo
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Organização Mundial da Saúde, World Trauma Foundation, World Vision (2011) C_WHO

Practice Education in Nursing

Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) (2016) CC

The purpose of this Guideline is to provide evidence-based recommendations that promote and sustain the undergraduate nursing student’s application of knowledge to practice in a variety of clinical learning environments. The Guideline explores the relationships among and between students and nursi ... more

Vitamin Deficiency and Tuberculosis: Need for Urgent Clinical Trial for Managment of Tuberculosis

S. Chakraborty, K. Syal, R. Bhattacharyya, et al. (2014) CC

Review Article: Journal of Nutritional Health & Food Science Vitamin Deficiency and Tuberculosis: Need for Urgent Clinical Page 1- 6

HIV and cervical cancer infographic

UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection, and two types of HPV (16 and 18) cause nearly 50% of high-grade cervical pre-cancers. HIV and cervical cancer are inextricably linked. Women living with HIV are six times more likely to develop cervical cancer, which is o ... more

Namibia: Nutrition guidelines for prevention and management of non-communicable diet related disease

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) (2013) C1

Breast and cervical cancer screening services in Malawi: a systematic review

Pittalis, C.; Panteli, E.; Schouten, E. et al. BMC (2020) CC2

To identify and to assess factors enhancing or hindering the delivery of breast and cervical cancer screening services in Malawi with regard to accessibility, uptake, acceptability and effectiveness. Systematic review of published scientific evidence. A search of six bibliographic databases and gre ... more

12th Meeting of the Regional Certification Commission for the Polio Endgame in the Region of the Americas Report

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) CC

The 12th Meeting of the Regional Certification Commission (RCC) for the Polio Endgame in the Region of the Americas was conducted virtually due to the pandemic of COVID-19. The meeting was composed of 5 steps: Step 1: An introductory meeting between RCC members and Secretariat Step 2: Assessment ... more