1 in 3 countries are not taking action to help students catch up on their learning post-COVID-19 school closures
9 Dec 2020
Available in English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa
Key findings from a February 2021 survey from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC)
A WHO-UNICEF joint statement encouraging greater health commodity supply chain integration for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals where appropriate, 19 November 2020
12-13 December 2016
Global Action Plan on HIV Drug Resistance - Webinars 12-13 December 2016
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.03.006
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ISBN 978-9943-4104-4-2 Tashkent, 2014 Original: Russian
«Extremum-press» Ташкент – 2014
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La « Déclaration pour la réduction accélérée de la mortalité due au paludisme en Afrique » est une déclaration signée par les ministres africains de la santé, réaffirmant leur engagement à réduire la mortalité liée au paludisme.
Elle engage à renforcer le leadership, à accroître ...le financement national des programmes de lutte contre le paludisme et à mettre en œuvre les directives techniques actuelles.
Les ministres soulignent la nécessité d’investir dans les technologies de données, de renforcer la collaboration intersectorielle et de développer des partenariats pour le financement, la recherche et l’innovation, afin d’intensifier les efforts de lutte contre le paludisme aux niveaux national et infranational.
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As information about COVID-19 is rapidly evolving, it can be challenging to navigate and synthesize all of the information. The purpose of this document is to provide a synthesized, indexed reference of accurate, standardized COVID-19 information from trustworthy sources. Information is presented in... simple, clear language to support the development of messages and materials needed for social and behavior change interventions.
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Available in English, Russian and Ukrainian from the website
https://reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/ocha-ukraine-situation-report-22-october-2021-enruuk
Wearing a face mask can help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the community by reducing the release of respiratory droplets from asymptomatic / pre-symptomatic individuals or those with mild non-specific symptoms. The use of face masks for this purpose may be adopted to reduce the societal impact as...sociated with absence from work or healthcare pressures due to infection, or to protect vulnerable individuals in particular settings.
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The African region reports the highest number of health emergencies of all the WHO regions every year: an average of
2-3 new events every week
The compendium provides guidance on low-cost handwashing facilities that can be widely used in low and middle-income countries. We hope that this can be shared extensively as governments and agencies tackle the crisis in low and middle-income countries where handwashing facilities are urgently neede...d in households, communities, schools and healthcare facilities.
The compendium includes information and further reading on: handwashing facilities – including facilities that are accessible for all, environmental cues to reinforce handwashing behaviours, physical distancing hygiene promotion.
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Training Material - Power Point
Contact tracing is a key component of the COVID-19 response, particularly as societies begin to lift non-pharmaceutical interventions. However, it is a time-consuming and resource-intensive effort that depends on a trained and motivated workforce. Emergent digital contact tracing and quarantine (...DCTQ) tools offer the potential to complement and strengthen conventional contact tracing initiatives on an unprecedented scale. Despite their visibility throughout the pandemic
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