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SODIS manual Guidance on solar water disinfection
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Luzi, S; Tobler, M; Suter, F; Meierhofer, R EAWAG (2016) C1

SODIS manual - updated version The SODIS manual contains detailed information about technical and promotional aspects of the SODIS method. Former version also available in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Uzbek, Russian

Praxismanual: Interdisziplinäre Versorgung von Pflegekindern an der Schnittstelle von Jugendhilfe und Gesundheitssystem

Oswald, S. H., Ernst, C., Goldbeck, L. Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie-psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Ulm (2011) C2

Dieses Praxismanual entstand im Rahmen des an der Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie des Universitätsklinikums Ulm mit Unterstützung der World Childhood Foundation durchgeführten Projektes „Traumaspezifische Diagnostik und Behandlung von Pflegekindern und Sensibilisierung der Helfersyste ... more

Modelling the pandemic: attuning models to their contexts

Rhodes, T.; K. Lancaster; S. Lees et al. WHO (2020) C_WHO

BMJ Global Health2020;5:e002914. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002914 The evidence produced in mathematical models plays a key role in shaping policy decisions in pandemics. A key question is therefore how well pandemic models relate to their implementation contexts. Drawing on the cases of Ebola and in ... more

Pharmaceutical Waste Management: A Review

Rajbongshi, S.; et al. (2016) C1

European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol.3 (2016) 1, 192-206 This review shows that if all sub areas of pharmaceutical waste management can efficiently work back to back environmental pollution and dangers to human health can reduce significantly.

Mobile Tuberculosis Treatment Support Tools to Increase Treatment Success in Patients with Tuberculosis in Argentina: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Iribarren, S.; Milligan H., Goodwin K., et al. (2021) CC

Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a ... t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

Treatment of anxiety disorders

B.Bandelo, S. Michaelis, D. Wedekind (2017) CC

Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2017 Jun; 19(2): 93–107.

COVID Reference 2021.6 EN
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Kamps, B.S.; Camp, R. and C. Hoffmann (2021) CC

COVID Reference 2021.6 ES

Kamps, B.S.; C. Hoffmann, A. Gualani Gualani; and J. Garcia-Rosales Delgado (2021) CC

6a edición clínica. Nuevo: 4. Vacunas (26 de abril); Nuevo: 5. Pruebas y procedimientos de diagnóstico (7 de abril); Nuevo: 7. COVID-19 persistente (7 de abril)

Pharmacists' knowledge and perceptions about herbal medicines: A case study of Jos and environs

Jimann, N.S.; et al. (2017) CC

Med J DY Patil Univ 2017;10:229-33

Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: A systematic review and evidence map

Van Katwyk, S. R.; Grimshaw, J. M.; et al (2019) C2

BACKGROUND: Growing political attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) offers a rare opportunity for achieving meaningful action. Many governments have developed national AMR action plans, but most have not yet implemented policy interventions to reduce antimicrobial overuse. A systematic evidenc ... e map can support governments in making evidence-informed decisions about implementing programs to reduce AMR, by identifying, describing, and assessing the full range of evaluated government policy options to reduce antimicrobial use in humans. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Seven databases were searched from inception to January 28, 2019, (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PAIS Index, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and PubMed). We identified studies that (1) clearly described a government policy intervention aimed at reducing human antimicrobial use, and (2) applied a quantitative design to measure the impact. We found 69 unique evaluations of government policy interventions carried out across 4 of the 6 WHO regions. These evaluations included randomized controlled trials (n = 4), non-randomized controlled trials (n = 3), controlled before-and-after designs (n = 7), interrupted time series designs (n = 25), uncontrolled before-and-after designs (n = 18), descriptive designs (n = 10), and cohort designs (n = 2). From these we identified 17 unique policy options for governments to reduce the human use of antimicrobials. Many studies evaluated public awareness campaigns (n = 17) and antimicrobial guidelines (n = 13); however, others offered different policy options such as professional regulation, restricted reimbursement, pay for performance, and prescription requirements. Identifying these policies can inform the development of future policies and evaluations in different contexts and health systems. Limitations of our study include the possible omission of unpublished initiatives, and that policies not evaluated with respect to antimicrobial use have not been captured in this review. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge this is the first study to provide policy makers with synthesized evidence on specific government policy interventions addressing AMR. In the future, governments should ensure that AMR policy interventions are evaluated using rigorous study designs and that study results are published. more

Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections - Summary

Woodhead M., F. Blasi, S. Ewig, et al. (2011) C2

The guidelines are to be used to guide the management of adults with lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI). As will be seen in the following text, this diagnosis, and the other clinical syndromes within this grouping, can be difficult to make accurately. In the absence of agreed definitions of th ... more

The United Nations Convention on the rights of the child and implications for clinical, practice, policy and research

M. L. Belfer; S. Song IACAPAP (2012) C2

Miscellaneous Chapter J.7

The ITHACA Toolkit for monitoring Human Rights and General Health Care in mental health and social care institutions

Institutional Treatment,Human Rights and CareAssessment (ITHACA) Health Service and Population Research Department,Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (2010)

Promotion, prevention and protection: interventions at the population- and community-levels for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low- and middle-income countries

I. Petersen; , S. Evans‐Lacko; M. Semrau; et al. International Journal of Mental Health Systems; BioMed Central (2016) CC

Petersen et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2016) 10:30 DOI 10.1186/s13033-016-0060-z

Guide to Health Care Waste Management for the Community Health Worker

Hossain, I.; S. Tassew Seboka, A. Hawkins et al. USAID Deliver Project, Task Order (2011) CC

Vitamin D Deficiency and Tuberculosis Progression

N. Talat, S. Perry, J. Personnet, et al. (2010) C_CDC

Emerging Infectious Diseases Vol. 16, No. 5, May 2010

Trastornos por tics

H. Metzger; S. Wanderer; V. Roessner IACAPAP (2018) C2

Otros trastornos Capítulo H.2 Editores: Matías Irarrázaval, Daniel F. Martínez Uribe, Andres Martin Traducción: Jaime J. Gómez Alamán, Begoña Arenas Tuzón, Beatriz Ortega