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Emergency Use Designation of COVID-19 candidate vaccines: Ethical considerations for current and future COVID-19 placebo-controlled vaccine trials and trial unblinding

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The conduct of COVID-19 vaccine trials in the context of a candidate vaccine being issued with Emergency Use Designation raises challenging ethical questions, including in relation to the use of placebo controls and unblinding of trial participants in current and future COVID-19 vaccine trials. This ... more

Safe use of personal protective equipment in the treatment of infectious diseases of high consequence

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2014) C1

A tutorial for trainers in healthcare settings Version 2: 2 Dec 2014 "The document focuses on an extended set of PPE components, which includes goggles, respirators, gloves, coveralls and footwear. Used properly, these PPE components can provide effective protection even from airborne transmissi ... more

CONTACT - A publication of the World Council of Churches: COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION

World Council of Churches (2001) C2

Contact No 175 - October December 2001

Malaria Consortium Field Communications Toolkit

Davis, M. Malaria Consortium (2013) C1

This Communications Toolkit is intended to provide practical guidance and support to staff and partners who are looking to increase their communications capacity. It has been developed as a resource for project staff who work at field-level, to help them communicate responsibly, creatively, and effe ... more

Why So Young? The Social Context of Early Childbearing and Contraception among Young Women in Khulna, Bangladesh

MacQuarrie, K.L.; Qamrun Nahar; R. Khan and M. Sultana DHS; ISC; NIPORT Bangladesh (2016) C1

Provision of Primary Healthcare among Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable Populations of Burma

Back Pack Health Worker Team (BPHWT) (2016) C1

Project Programs:
A. Medical Care Program
B. Community Health Promotion and Prevention Program
C. Maternal and Child Health Program
Target Population: 228,000 people living within the Mon, Kayah, Kayan, Karen,Shan, Kachin, Pa O, Chin and Arakan areas
Projec ... January to December 2016 more

Medical Peace Work Textbook, 2nd edition, Course 3: War, weapons and conflict strategies

Salvage J, Rowson M, Melf K, Wilmen A (2012) C1

This course describes the health effects of war, weapons and strategies of violent conflict. Beginning with weapons of mass destruction it then moves on to other weapons and strategies of war such as the use of landmines and mass rape. The course concludes with a number of lessons which give an hist ... more

Plan Operationnel de Reponse du Secteur Santé à la Crise en République Centrafricaine

Health Cluster WHO (2015) C1

The dual threat of extreme weather and the COVID-19 crisis: Anticipating the impacts on food availability

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2020) C1

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound negative effect on the global economy and is occurring in the context of a rapidly changing climate. This year is expected to be the second hottest in recorded history. Weather forecasts for 2020 indicate a high probability that extreme weather will adverse ... more

Humanitarian Accountability Report

James Darcy, Jessica Alexander, Maria Kiani et al. Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) (2013)

The report offers an overview of the progress the humanitarian sector has made and the obstacles it has faced over the past 10 years. Accountability is no longer just a fashionable term, there is now a shared understanding of what it takes to be accountable. From changes at policy level, to concrete ... more

Zero by 30: the global strategic plan to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

An estimated 59 000 people die from rabies each year. That’s one person every nine minutes of every day, 40% of whom are children living in Asia and Africa. As dog bites cause almost all human cases, we can prevent rabies deaths by increasing awareness, vaccinating dogs to prevent the disease at i ... more

Care for Mental Health Conditions in Jamaica: The Case for Investment. Evaluating the Return on Investment of Scaling Up Treatment for Depression, Anxiety, and Psychosis

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

Mental health is critical to personal well-being, interpersonal relationships, and successful contributions to society. Mental health conditions consequently impose a high burden not only on individuals, families and society, but also on economies. In Jamaica, mental health conditions are highly pre ... more

Report of Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Facilitation Council Working Group on Diagnostics and Therapeutics

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This report’s central premise is that diagnostics and therapeutics, and associated test to treat strategies, are fundamental components of the pandemic response, both for COVID-19 and for future health threats. Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this report reflects on the main challenges and k ... more

Health Care in Danger: The Responsibilities of Health-Care Personnel Working in Armed Conflicts and Other Emergencies

Coupland, Robin M.; Breitegger, Alex International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (2013) C1

A guidance document in simple language for health personnel, setting out their rights and responsibilities in conflict and other situations of violence. It explains how responsibilities and rights for health personnel can be derived from international humanitarian law, human rights law and medical e ... more

Community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities

V.Lemmi; H. Kuper and K. Blanchett , et al. International I nitiativ e for Impact E valuation (3ie) (2016) C1

Systematic Review Summary 4

Pedoman Tatalaksana Dislipidemia

Erwinanto, A. Santoso, J. N. E. Putranto, et al., Indonesian Heart Association (2013) C1

Guidelines for Management and Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Indonesia

Increasing access to comprehensive care for Chagas disease: development of a patient-centered model in Colombia

Marchiol, A; Forsyth, C.; Bernal, O.; Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2017) C_WHO

Rev. Panam Salud Publica. 2017;41:e153. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.153 Worldwide, over 6 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the pathogen that causes Chagas disease (CD). In the Americas, CD creates the greatest burden in disability-adjusted life years of any parasitic infection. In Co ... more

Équipe de renforcement de la préparation à la maladie à virus Ebola Visite de pays au Togo 24 novembre-1décembre 2014

Organisation Mondiale de la Sant&; eacute;; OMS (2015)

Sierra Leone: WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

DRC: Guide de prise en charge des épidémies dans une zone de santé: Fièvre Jaune

Direction de Lutte contre la Maladie, Ministère de la Santé Publique, RD du Congo (2012) C1