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Tuberculosis en niños y adolescentes en Ecuador: análisis de la notificación, las características de la enfermedad y el resultado del tratamiento

Silva G, Perez F y Marín D Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública (2019) CC

Objetivos. Estimar la carga de tuberculosis (TB) en menores de 15 años y describir las características clínico, epidemiológicas y los resultados del tratamiento antituberculoso en Ecuador. Métodos. Se realizó un estudio retrospectivo utilizando los datos del programa nacional de TB de los... more

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Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC

Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. With a broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta...in CHW motivation for high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enhance their programmatic activities. Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose. Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal- lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi- tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec- tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance, manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha- sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for the primary health care systems. more

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WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

This document is intended for a wide audience including national and local policymakers, implementers and managers of national and local maternal and child health programmes, non-governmental and other organizations and professional societies involved in the planning and management of maternal and c... more

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Turn Down The Heat

The World Bank (2012) CC

Why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided

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Guidance on vaccination and prevention of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks for countries hosting refugees from Ukraine, April 2022 update

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C_WHO

This document provides guidance on interventions to prevent vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in the context of mass population movement resulting from the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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Essential prevention and care interventions for adults and adolescents living with HIV in resource-limited settings

World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO

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WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection - Module 1

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Module 1 Clinical July 2017 Module 1: Clinical. This module is for clinicians, including physicians, nurses and clinical officers. It gives an overview of how to provide PrEP safely and effectively, including: screening for substantial risk of HIV; performing appropriate testing before initi... more

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Human Leptospirosis: Guidance for diagnosis, surveillance and control

World Health Organization (2002)

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Diagnosis and Treatment Outcomes of Tuberculosis in Relation to Gender and HIV Status in South Benin

Ablo Prudence Wachinou, Serge Ade, Gildas Agodokpessi, Berenice Awanou, Dissou Affolabi, Wilfried Bekou, Marius Esse, Gabriel Ade, Severin Anagonou, Anthony D. Harries,1Programme National contre la Tuberculose (PNT), Cotonou, Bénin Journal of Tuberculosis Research (2017) C2

Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 2017, 5, 189-200 Background: In Benin, little is known about the influence of both gender and HIV-status on diagnostic patterns and treatment outcomes of Tuberculosis (TB) patients. Objective: To assess whether differences in gender and HIV status affect diagn... more

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Lesotho: National HIV & AIDS Strategic Plan (2006-2011)

National AIDS Commission (NAC), Kingdom of Lesotho (2006)

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Wash interventions in disease outbreak response

Travis Yates, Jelena V. Allen, Myriam Leandre Joseph et al. Humanitarian Evidence Programme, Oxford, Oxfam (2017) C1

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National Consolidated Guideline for Treating and Preventing HIV in Nepal

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population Department of Health Services, National Tuberculosis Center (2014) C_WHO

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India HIV Estimations 2015

National AIDSControl (NACO), Government of India; National Institute of Medical Statistics, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India (2015) C1

Technical Report

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GETTING TO KNOW CEREBRAL PALSY: Module 5 - Everyday Activities

Hambisela - Towards Excellence in Therapy for Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy Association (Eastern Cape) (2008) C2

A learning resource for facilitators, parents, caregivers, and persons with cerebral palsy | Version 1 - Released March 2008

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WHO technical guidance notes on Sendai Framework reporting for Ministries of Health

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

The Guidance Notes seek to help operationalize, simplify and standardize the collection and reporting of data through the application of common language and methods. They provide information on the key issues to take into account in the collection of health data and the types of data that should be ... more