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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Smita Srivastava Tufts Medical Center (2011) C1

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents occurs when a child is exposed to one or more events that are unexpected, uncontrollable, life-threatening, and likely to cause serious harm or injury to himself/herself or someone significantly important to the child. In response, th... more

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Reducing surgical site infections in low-income and middle-income countries (FALCON): a pragmatic, multicentre, stratified, randomised controlled trial

Biccard, B.M.; V. Msosa, A.L Samateh et al. TheLancet (2021) CC

Surgical site infection (SSI) is the most common postoperative complication worldwide. WHO guidelines to prevent SSI recommend alcoholic chlorhexidine skin preparation and fascial closure using triclosan-coated sutures, but called for assessment of both interventions in low-resource settings. This s... more

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Rwanda: GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS CLINICAL PROTOCOLS & TREATMENT GUIDELINES

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2012) C2

The guidelines presented in this document are designed to provide a useful resource for healthcare professionals involved in clinical case management. They were developed taking into consideration services provided at different levels within the health system and resources available. These guideline... more

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DPDx - Laboratory Identification of Parasitic Diseases of Public Health Concern

Centers of Disease Control CDC (2014) CC

You can download all diagnostic reference resources from the website: http://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/az.html

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The Self Advocacy Tool Kit - For Mental Health Services Users

Christina Angela Ntulo CBM & Basic Needs UK in Uganda (BNUU) (2015) C2

First Edition~ This self advocacy toolkit for persons with mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders, developed by Basic Needs and CBM, is the end product of an action research intervention that tracked and documented processes for Self Advocacy in low resourced communities of Uganda. Th... more

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Mainstreaming disability in the new development paradigm

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORAD (2012) C1

Evaluation of Norwegian support to promote the rights of persons with disabilities, Uganda country study – Summary

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Childhood TB - Training Toolkit

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2014) CC

The training focuses on building the capacity of health care workers at the primary and secondary level to address and manage TB in children.

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South Africa: GUIDELINES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MEDICINES

Medicines Control Council (MCC), Department of Health Republic of South Africa (2012) C1

This guideline is intended to provide recommendations to applicants wishing to submit applications for the registration of medicines. It represents the Medicines Control Council’s current thinking on the safety, quality and efficacy of medicines.

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Libyan Essential Medicines List - 1st Edition

Government of Libya (2022) C1

The pharmaceutical sector of any nation is responsible for providing society with quality medicines and other pharmaceutical services. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Pharmaceuticals may constitute as much as 40% of the national health budget in developing countries, yet portions o... more

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Rwanda: Health Sector Policy

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2015) C2

The Health Sector Policy gives general orientations for the sector which are further developed in the various sub-sector policies guiding key health programs and departments. All health sub-sector policies will be updated in line with this new policy. The Health Sector Policy is the basis of nationa... more

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Rohingya Refugee Crisis Response Plan - Monitoring Report 25

Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) (2017) C1

The Monitoring Report, which covers the first two months of the response from 25 August to 31 October, highlights the work of the Government of Bangladesh, in cooperation with humanitarian partners who are working to provide relief services for the refugee population and Bangladeshi host communities... more

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Gapminder: Don’t Panic – The Facts About Population

Gapminder (2019) CC

Don’t Panic” is a one-hour long documentary produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcasted on BBC on the 7th of November 2013.

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Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement: A Snapshot of Successful Humanitarian-Development Initiatives

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2019) C1

This paper aims to contribute to the reflection on effective practices to address protracted displacement, in support of the GP20 Plan of Action roll-out. It expands on the research conducted by Walter Kälin and Hannah Entwisle Chapuisat for the 2017 OCHA-commissioned study Breaking the Impasse: Re... more

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Communication toolkit to promote prudent antibiotic use aimed at primary care prescribers

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2009) C2

The toolkit offers advice on how national public health authorities could engage with primary care prescribers so as to promote appropriate and responsible use of antibiotics. The toolkit contains template materials and some suggested key messages for health professionals, idea... more

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Managing stress and anger — COVID-19

Hesperian (2020) CC

Being away from our regular routines and the people we love can be hard. Lost income, crowded living spaces, violence, fear, uncertainty, and living with depression or other mental health problems can make it even harder. We will be living with these difficulties for a long time as we adjust to COVI... more

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Standard Operation Procedure - for facility and equipment maintenance management in primary health care clinics in Iraq

UNAIDS et al. (2013) CC

USAID funded/ Primary Health Care Project in Iraq (PHCPI) in cooperation with Iraqi Ministry of Health (MOH) aims to promote Primary Health Care (PHC) services provided by Primary Health Care Clinics (PHCCs) in Iraq in order to achieve the development goal in enhancing the PHC provision system throu... more

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Guía clínica para la atención integral de pacientes con tuberculosis fármacorresistente

Alabí Montoya, F.J.; C.G. Alvarenga Cardoza, K.M. Díaz de Naves Ministerio de Salud El Salvador (2021) CC

Clinical guidelines for the comprehensive care of patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis

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Kherson Rapid Assessment: Civilian protection needs & responses (November 2022)

Nonviolent Peaceforce (2022) C2

On November 9, the Russian military announced a full retreat of all their forces from the right bank of Dnipro River; by November 11, 41 settlements, including Kherson city, were de-occupied by Ukrainian forces. Civilians who live in these areas have endured months of combat and occupation. Services... more

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Antimicrobial Resistance is a big problem

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

The videos introduce AMR, what it is, and how it is spread (hospital-acquired, community-acquired, foods of animal origin, environmentally acquired). The take-home messages are what can be done to reduce the risk of AMR. They were produced through a partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organiza... more

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Towards new generation treatments for leishmaniasis

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative DNDi (2019) CC

1 billion people are at risk of infection with leishmaniasis, a neglected disease strongly linked to poverty. There’s no single, simple cure: current treatments are complex and need to be adapted to the form of the disease and geographical region.