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Personas que consume drogas

FG Consulting Group; C. Daniels; C. Smyth, et al. Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2016) C1

Informe sobre poblaciones clave.

Newborn survival in Nepal: a decade of change and future implications

Pradhan, Y.V., Upreti, S.R., Pratap, K.C.N, et al. Health Policy and Planning (2012) CC

Nepal is on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health despite high levels of poverty, poor infrastructure, difficult terrain and recent conflict. Each year, nearly 35000 Nepali children die before their fifth birthday, with almost two-thirds of these deaths occurr ... more

Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit von geflüchteten Menschen

C. Perplies; Biddle, L.; Benson-Martin, J.; et al. Springer International Publishing (2021) CC

Geflüchtete Menschen sind vielfältigen psychosozialen Belastungen ausgesetzt. Um Versorgungs- und Präventionsbedarfe dieser Bevölkerungsgruppe niedrigschwellig und diversitätssensibel zu decken, werden vermehrt Peer-Ansätze verfolgt. Der vorliegende Beitrag informiert den Diskurs über die (We ... more

Бригады чрезвычайной медицинской помощи: минимальные технические стандарты и рекомендации по реабилитации

World Health Organization WHO; Handicap International, CBM; et al. (2016) C_WHO

This document, a first of its kind, clearly sets out the standards for rehabilitation and provides guidance on building or strengthening the capacity of EMTs in this area.The importance of early rehabilitation for functional outcomes is well documented. Rehabilitation needs can p ... more

Medizinisches Notfall Teams: Technische Mindestanforderungen und Empfehlungen für die Rehabilitation

World Health Organization WHO; Handicap International, CBM; et al. (2016) C_WHO

Rehabilitation wird zunehmend als notwendiger Aspekt der medizinischen Hilfe und patientenorientierten Versorgung anerkannt, wie ihre Aufnahme in die Klassifikation und Mindeststandards für ausländischen medizinischen Teams bei plötzlich auftreten ... more

Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention: interim guidance, 8 February 2021
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C. Ferreira-Borges; Dr. J. Breda; M. Dara; et al. World Health Organization (Europe) (2021) C_WHO

Updated guidance. The guidance provides useful information to staff working in prisons, as well as to health and prison authorities, explaining how to prevent and address a potential outbreak of COVID-19. In addition, it aims to protect the health and well-being of all those who live and work in, an ... more

The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises

Watts,N.; N. Amann, M. Arnell, et al. (2020) C1

The Lancet Volume 397, ISSUE 10269, P129-170, January 09, 2021

Expanding the Single-Visit Approach for Cervical Cancer Prevention: Successes and Lessons From Burkina Faso

Ouedraogo Y., Furlane G., Fruhauf T. et al. Global Health: Science and Practice (2018) CC

Background: Cervical cancer accounts for 23% of cancer incidence and 22% of cancer mortality among women in Burkina Faso. These proportions are more than 2 and 5 times higher than those of developed countries, respectively. Before 2010, cervical cancer prevention (CECAP) services in Burkina Faso wer ... e limited to temporary screening campaigns. Program Description: Between September 2010 and August 2014, program implementers collaborated with the Ministry of Health and professional associations to implement a CECAP program focused on coupling visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) for screening with same-day cryotherapy treatment for eligible women in 14 facilities. Women with larger lesions or lesions suspect for cancer were referred for loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP). The program trained providers, raised awareness through demand generation activities, and strengthened monitoring capacity. Methods: Data on program activities, service provision, and programmatic lessons were analyzed. Three data collection tools, an individual client form, a client registry, and a monthly summary sheet, were used to track 3 key CECAP service indicators: number of women screened using VIA, proportion of women who screened VIA positive, and proportion of women screening VIA positive who received same-day cryotherapy. Results: Over 4 years, the program screened 13,999 women for cervical cancer using VIA; 8.9% screened positive; and 65.9% received cryotherapy in a single visit. The proportion receiving cryotherapy on the same day started at a high of 82% to 93% when services were provided free of charge, but dropped to 51% when a user fee of $10 was applied to cover the cost of supplies. After reducing the fee to $4 in November 2012, the proportion increased again to 78%. Implementation challenges included difficulties tracking referred patients, stock-outs of key supplies, difficulties with machine maintenance, and prohibitive user fees. Providers were trained to independently monitor services, identify gaps, and take corrective actions. Conclusions: Following dissemination of the results that demonstrated the acceptability and feasibility of the CECAP program, the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health included CECAP services in its minimum service delivery package in 2016. Essential components for such programs include provider training on VIA, cryotherapy, and LEEP; provider and patient demand generation; local equipment maintenance; consistent supply stocks; referral system for LEEP; non-prohibitive fees; and a monitoring data collection system. more

Tracking infectious diseases in a warming world

Murray, C.A.; L.E. Escobar, R. Lowe et al. British Medical Journal (2020) CC

BMJ 2020; 371 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3086 Using infectious diseases sensitive to climate as indicators of climate change helps stimulate and inform public health responses

Income loss and food security during the pandemic

Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; Ipsos; et al. (2021) CC

Key findings from a February 2021 survey from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC)

Integrating mental health into South Africa’s health system: current status and way forward

Schneider, M.; E. Baron, E. Breuer, et al. (2016) CC

Dangerous ground - Syria’s refugees face an uncertain future

Danish Refugee Council, Norwegian Refugee Council, CARE, et al. (2018) C1

Hundreds of thousands of refugees are at risk of being pushed to return to Syria in 2018, despite ongoing violence, bombing and shelling that are endangering the lives of civilians, leading humanitarian agencies warn in a report released today. The warning comes amid a global anti-refugee backlash, ... more

Epidemiology of Substance Use among University Students in Sudan

T. Osman; C.Victor; A. Abdulmoneim; et al. Hindawi (2016) CC

Research Article Journal of Addiction Volume 2016, Article ID 2476164, 8 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2476164 Sudan Medical and Scientific Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan Received 26 November 2015; Accepted 27 January 2016

Meaningful engagement of adolescents and young people in national and local HIV programming

Marissa Vicari; Carlo Oliveras; Hayley Gleeson; et al. Unicef; IPPF; World Health Organization; Pata Pata Pata; IAS; et al. (2019)

Child Survival working Group Accessed: 18.10.2019

Universal Periodic Review of Albania - 33rd Session

Albania Center for Population and Development (ACPD); Albanian Association of People Living with HIVAIS; Roma Active Albania; STOP AIDS; Aksion Plus; et al. (2019) C2

Joint Stakeholder Submission Accessed: 29.09.2019

The number of people exposed to water stress in relation to how much water is reserved for the environment: a global modelling study

Vanham, D.; L. Alfieri, M. Flörke et al. The Lancet, Planetary Health (2021) CC

The Lancet, Planetary Health Volume 5, ISSUE 11, e766-e774, November 01, 2021 Increasing human demand for water and changes in water availability due to climate change threatens water security worldwide. Additionally, exploitation of water resources induces stress on freshwater environments, leadi ... more