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The ISN framework for developing dialysis programs in low-resource settings

International Society of Nephrology (2021) CC2

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important contributor to mortality from noncommunicable diseases. No decrease has been seen for CKD mortality contrary to many other important non-communicable diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease). The prevalence of CKD and kidney failure are increasing all over ... more

Manual for Cytology

National Cancer Control Programme, India (2005) C1

Manuals for Training in Cancer Control

The reality of managing asthma in sub-Saharan Africa – Priorities and strategies for improving care

Mortimer, K.; Masekela, R.; Ozoh, O.; et al. (2022) CC2

Asthma is the most common non-communicable disease in children and remains one of the most common throughout the life course. The great majority of the burden of this disease is seen in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), which have disproportionately high asthma-related mortality relati ... more

The Union's desk Guide für diagnosis and management of TB in children (Asia-Edition)

Stephen M. Graham USAID, l'Union, Initiative 5%; et. al (2016)

Third edition 2016

The Union's Desk Guide for Diagnosis and Managment of TB in Children (Asia)

USAID; The Union; Challenge TB (2016) C1

Third edition.

The short-term effects of the implementation of the "Treat All" guidelines on ART service delivery costs in Namibia

Schutte, C.; Forsythe, S.; Fedes Mdala, J.; et al. (2020) CC2

PLoS ONE 15(1): e0228135. The introduction of “Treat All” (TA) has been promoted to increase the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS treatment by having patients initiate antiretroviral therapy at an earlier stage of their illness. The impact of introducing TA on the unit cost of treatment has been less ... more

Oxygen provision to fight COVID-19 in sub-SaharanAfrica

Stein F, Perry M, Banda G, et al. (2020) CC

BMJ Global Health2020;5:e002786. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002786

CONSENSUS DOCUMENT FOR MANAGEMENT OF BUCCAL MUCOSA CANCER

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) (2014) C1

Prepared as an outcome of ICMR Subcommittee on Buccal Mucosa Cancer | This consensus document on management of Buccal Mucosa cancers summarizes the modalities of treatment including the site-specific anti-cancer therapies, supportive and palliative care and molecular markers and research questions. ... more

Standard Operating Procedures - Bacteriology

Indian Council of Medical Research (2015) C1

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research Network | This manual describes well accepted methods to carry out drug susceptibility testing on important gram positive and gram negative clinically relevant bacteria. Methods of specimen collection, transport, culture, anti-microbial drug suscept ... more

TB financing in East Europe promotes unnecessary hospital admissions: the case of Armenia

Gillini, L.; K. Davtyan, H. Davtyan, et al. (2013) C2

The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 7(3):289-292

Guidelines for the management of chronic asthma in adolescents and adults

Lalloo, U.; Wong, M.; Abdool-Gaffar, S. et al. South African Family Practice (2007) CC

Asthma prevalence is increasing worldwide and surveys indicate that the majority of patients in developed and developing countries do not receive optimal care and are therefore not well controlled. The aim of these guidelines is to promote a better standard of treatment based on advances in the unde ... more

Collaborative TB/HIV Services

USAID; TBCTA; Family Health International (2009) C2

Standard Operating Procedures for Implementation of TB Activities at HIV/AIDS Service Delivery Sites

Tuberculosis care among refugees arriving in Europe: a ERS/WHO Europe Region survey of current practices

M. Dara, I. Solovic, G. Sotgiu, et al. European Respiratory Society (2016) C2

Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 808–817 | DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00840-2016

Standard treatment Guideline for General Hospital
recommended

Food, Medicine and Healthcare Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia (2010) C_WHO

3rd edition!Large File 17 MB!

A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control

Reddel, H. K.; Bateman, E. D.; Becker, A.; et al. (2015) CC2

Over the past 20 years, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has regularly published and annually updated a global strategy for asthma management and prevention that has formed the basis for many national guidelines. However, uptake of existing guidelines is poor. A major revision of the GINA r ... more

People who use drugs

M. Smelyanskaya, J. Duncan (The Focus Group Consulting); C. Daniels, et al. Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2016) C1

Key populations brief.