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Safe listening. Devices and Systems

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

A WHO-ITU Standard. Nearly 50% of people aged 12-35 years – or 1.1 billion young people – are at risk of hearing loss due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud sounds, including music they listen to through personal audio devices. Ahead of World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Org ... more

Fentanils and synthetic cannabinoids: driving greater complexity into the drug situation

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2018) C2

An update from the EU Early Warning System

Safer Anaesthesia From EducationPaediatric Anaesthesia CourseMasaka, Uganda

Uganda Society of AnaesthesiaAssociation of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and IrelandWorld Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (2014) C1

Hospital Safe from Disasters

ISDR; World Health Organization WHO; The World Bank United Nations (2008) CC

Reduce Risk, Protect Health Facilities, Save Lives

Other substance use

W.Cheung; A. K. Lam; S. Hung IACAPAP (2012) C2

Substance use disorders Chapter G.3

Medical Peace Work Course 4: Structural violence and the underlying causes of violent conflict

Salvage J, Rowson M, Melf K and Sandøy I medical peace work (2012) CC

In this course you will examine the interconnections between poverty, development and violent conflict. This is one of seven Medical Peace Work courses.

Resources for Education on Climate Change

UNESCO (2019) C1

Globale Gesundheit

Konrad-Adenauer- Stiftung (2019) CC

Auslandaufenthalte Ausgabe 2, Juli 2019. Ob aus humanitären, aus entwicklungspolitischen und volkswirtschaftlichen Gründen oder auch aus Gründen des Eigeninteresses – die Ausbreitung von Krankheiten einzudämmen, ist notwendig. Wir haben als Staatengemeinschaft dafür eine gemeinsame Verantwor ... more

Consolidated strategic information guidelines for viral hepatitis planning and tracking progress towards elimination: guidelines

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The document describes the use of strategic information at various stages of the response in the context of strengthening broader health information systems. Strategic information can be defined as data collected at all service delivery and administrative levels to inform policy and programme decisi ... more

Social network methods for HIV case-finding among people who inject drugs in Tajikistan

M. Kan; D. B. Garfinkel; O. Samoylova; et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society (2018) C2

Kan M et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2018, 21(S5):e25139 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.25139/full | https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25139

Guía de la OMS sobre detección y tratamiento de la sífilis en embarazadas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2020) C1

Las infecciones de transmisión sexual (ITS) constituyen un importante problema de salud pública en todo el mundo, que afecta a la calidad de vida y se acompaña de importantes niveles de morbilidad y mortalidad. Estas infecciones influyen directamente en la salud infantil y reproductiva porque tra ... more

Provision and continuation of antiretroviral therapy during acute conflict: the experience of MSF in Central African Republic and Yemen

Ferreyra C., D. O’Brien, B. Alonso Conflict and Health (2018) C2

Unstable settings present challenges for the effective provision of antiretroviral treatment (ART). In this paper, we summarize the experience and results of providing ART and implementing contingency plans during acute instability in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Yemen.

Missed Opportunities for Early Access to Care of HIV-Infected Infants in Burkina Faso

Coulibaly M., N. Meda, C. Yonaba et al. PLOS ONE (2014) C2

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a universal antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIVinfected children before the age of two since 2010, but this implies an early identification of these infants. We described the Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) cascade, the ... more

Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) Report: Early implementation

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The global emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is posing a threat to human health. Putting resources into the containment of AMR – including surveillance – is one of the highest-yield investments a country can make to mitigate its impact. In 2015, WHO launched the Global Antimicrobial Re ... more

Diagnóstico y tratamiento del episodio depresivo y del trastorno depresivo recurrente en adultos

Ministerio de Salud, Ecuador (2017) CC

Guía de Práctica Clínica 2017

Interim Recommendations for Adjusting Food Distribution Standard Operating Procedures in the Context of the COVID-19 Outbreak

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) C2

This Interim Guidance is intended for field coordinators, site managers and public health personnel, as well as national and local governments and the wider humanitarian community working in humanitarian situations at food distribution sites, who are involved in the decision making and implementatio ... more

Mpox Technical Factsheet

Africa CDC (2024) CC

Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by a double-stranded DNA virus that belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family. The disease presents with symptoms similar to smallpox but with a lesser severity. It was first discovered in 1958 when two outbreaks of a poxlike disease occurred in co ... more

Leave no one behind: disaster resilience for sustainable development

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (2018) C1

Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2017
The report looks at the extent and impact of natural disasters across the region and how these intersect with poverty, inequality and the effects of violent conflict. But it also shows how scientific and other advances have increased the potential for building di ... more