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Mali national action plan on antimicrobial resistance: review of progress in the human health sector

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This policy brief aims to provide a review of the current progress on implementing the Mali national action plan on AMR, identifies critical gaps, and highlights findings to accelerate further progress in the human health sector. The target audience includes all those concerned with implementing act ... more

Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional and Detention Facilities: Recommendations from CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Department of health and human services Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2006) C_CDC

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports: July 7, 2006 / Vol. 55 / No. RR-9

Mental Health in the times of COVID-19 Pandemic

National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru India; Dept. of Psychiatry (2020) CC

Guidance for General Medical and Specialised Mental Health Care Settings

Key aspects of the global response to the COVID-19 crisis: an inventory one year after the official announcement of the pandemic

Rüppel, T. (2021) CC

Humanitarian Standards Pocket Guide

The Sphere Project; World Vision Singapore (2006)

Liberia: How reinforced community health structures and capitalizing on lessons learned from the Ebola virus epidemic of 2014–16 helped the country respond to the challenge of its second major disease

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Practical Guidance for Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) for Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Migrants, and Host Communities Particularly Vulnerable to COVID-19 Pandemic
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) CC

This practical guidance is designed to assist programme specialists to implement COVID19 RCCE activities for and with refugees, IDPs, migrants and host communities vulnerable to the pandemic. The guidance highlights key challenges and barriers faced by these people in accessing COVID19 health-relate ... more

Rapid Health Assessment Protocols for Emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO

Measles Elimination Field Guide

World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region (2013) C_WHO

Responding to a poliovirus event or outbreak - Part 2: Protocol for poliovirus type 2

Global Polio Eradication Initiative WHO (2017) C_WHO

The main objectives of the SOPs are to: (i) establish standards and timelines for response activities; and (ii) guide national governments and GPEI partners in key support functions. This new version of the SOPs presents overall response requirements for dealing with type 1, 2 and 3 poliovirus fo ... more

The Strategic Importance of National Investment in Nursing Professionals in the Region of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO

Nurses are key players in health promotion and disease prevention and the backbone of health care systems worldwide. Nurses work on the front lines of disease prevention, health promotion, and health management and are often the unsung heroes in health care facilities and emergency response. Despite ... more

Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2024) CC

Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People ... more

African Union AMR Landmark Report: Voicing African Priorities on the Active Pandemic

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a leading cause of death in the African region, surpassing fatalities from malaria, HIV, and TB. In response to this critical threat, the region has adopted the AMR Global Action Plan and the African Union Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance Control 2 ... more

Uganda: Food Security and Nutrition Assessment Karamoja Region, June 2015

World Food Programme, UNICEF (2015)

Sanitation inspections User guide

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Safe sanitation is essential for health, from preventing infections to improving and maintaining mental and social well-being. Lack of adequate sanitation contributes to diarrhoeal diseases, parasitic infections, and undernutrition, as well as posing significant risks and causing anxiety, especial ... more

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Guidance for the African Region

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Antimicrobials are medicines, including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics, that are used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals, and plants. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) arises when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to these medicines, ren ... more

Syrian Public Health after COVID-19: Entry Points and Lessons Learned from the Pan

Center for Operational Analysis and Research COAR (2021) CC

March 2021

HIV and social protection assessment tool

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); Unicef; World Health Organization; et al. (2017) C2

UNAIDS 2017 / Reference Generating evidence for policy and action on HIV and social protection