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Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition
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World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Updates for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) - Guideline. As part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, WHO has issued guidelines to support primary healthcare workers identify and manage children who are overweight or obese. Specifically, all infants and children ... more

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Improving mental health and related service environments and promoting community inclusion WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)

World Health Organization WHO (2017)

This document provides training and guidance on the key standards related to the physical and social environment within mental health and related services that need to be met to promote good outcomes, independent living and community inclusion.

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Accelerating salt reduction in Europe: a country support package to reduce population salt intake in the WHO European Region

World Health OrganizationEurope (2020) C_WHO

Excessive consumption of salt (more than 5 g per day) raises blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, and is the leading cause of death in the WHO European Region. Many countries in the Region have initiated national salt reduction strategies,... more

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Let our Actions Count. Reflections on NSP 2012-2016 and moving forward to NSP 2017-2022

South African National AIDS Council (2017) C1

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Neonatal health in Nepal: analysis of absolute and relative inequalities and impact of current efforts to reduce neonatal mortality

Paudel, D., Shrestha, I.B., Siebeck, M. & Rehfuess, E.A. (2013) CC

Nepal has made substantial progress in reducing under-five mortality and is on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4, but advances in neonatal health are less encouraging. The objectives of this study were to assess relative and absolute inequalities in neonatal mortality over time, and to ... more

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Republic of Indonesia: Country Report on the Follow up to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/Aids (UNGASS)

Indonesian National AIDS Commission (2012) C1

Reporting Period 2010-2011

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Stark choices: exploring health sector costs of policy responses to COVID-19 in low-income and middle-income countries

Torres-Rueda S.; S. Sweeney; F. Bozzani et al. BMJ Global Health (2021) C2

COVID-19 has altered health sector capacity in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Cost data to inform evidence-based priority setting are urgently needed. Consequently, in this paper, we calculate the full economic health sector costs of COVID-19 clinical management in 79 LMICs under di... more

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The achievement of a storytelling about Chagas disease: how to talk about silence; how to visualise the invisible

Mas, F. National Library of Medicine (2022) CC

Two adjectives raise an issue for communicators working on Chagas disease (CD): “invisible and silent”. Two adjectives that can be ascribed to other neglected tropical diseases (NTD), but which are part of the essence of CD. Bringing CD out of its situation of neglect and oblivion is a mission e... more

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence Across Contexts: Gender-Based Violence Interagency Minimum Standards and the Essential Services Package for Women and Girls Subject to Violence

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2022) C_WHO

UNFPA implements programmes addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in 153 countries and territories, many of which face humanitarian emergencies. Leading resources used by GBV practitioners include the Inter-Agency Minimum Standards for Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies Programming (the GBViE Min... more

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The Building Blocks of a Circular Economy: USAID’S Local Systems Approach to Reducing Ocean Plastic Pollution

USAID (2022) CC

Ocean plastic pollution has reached crisis level: every minute, more than an entire garbage truck of plastic makes its way into the world’s oceans—roughly 11 million metric tons annually. While plastic waste presents an immediate threat to marine wildlife and ecosystems, this global challenge al... more

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Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

Zhao,Q.; Guo Y., , Ye T., et al. (2021) C1

Lancet Planet Health 2021; 5: e415–25

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Best Practices and Experience of Mauritius Preparedness and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa, Government of Mauritius (2021) C_WHO

his Inter Action Review report for the COVID-19 outbreak in Mauritius documents and assesses the country’s capacity to respond to the outbreak and identifies the best practices, strengths, gaps and challenges of the national response. Areas requiring improvements or sustained actions have been ide... more

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Technical brief on water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management to prevent infections and reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

World Health Organization WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, World Organization for Animal Health OIE (2020) C_WHO

Improvements in water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and wastewater management in all sectors are critical elements of preventing infections and reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as identified in the Global Action Plan to combat AMR. Yet, at present, WASH and wastewater management... more

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A UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19

United Nations (2020) C2

The “United Nations Framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19: Shared responsibility, global solidarity and urgent action for people in need” calls for protecting jobs, businesses and livelihoods to set in motion a safe recovery of societies and economies as soon as possibl... more

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Regional Ebola Preparedness Overview of Needs and Requirements June to December 2019
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

This document presents a consolidated summary of urgent activities required to advance preparedness, as elaborated in each country's national plan, with a particular focus on Priority 1 countries. It presents the estimated requirements, needs, and gaps for each of the Priority 1 countries and a ... more

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Breaking the mould: changing belief systems and gender norms to eliminate violence against women

Oxfam (2018) C2

This report provides insights into the prevalence of belief systems and gender norms among young women and men in the region. It looks in depth at the most entrenched beliefs and behaviours among the younger population and provides ample evidence that we must challenge and change the prevailing beli... more

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Evaluating the impact of community health worker integration into prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Tanzania

Nance, N.; S. Mc Coy, D. Ngilanwa, et al. (2017) C1

Impact Evalution Report 61

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Iodine thyroid blocking Guidelines for use in planning for and responding to radiological and nuclear emergencies

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

These guidelines provide a recommendation on iodine thyroid blocking (ITB), via oral administration of stable iodine, as an urgent protective action in responding to a nuclear accident. This recommendation aims to support emergency planners, policy makers, public health specialists, clinicians and o... more

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Survey Report on 2015 Floods: The Project on Establishment of End-to-End Early Warning System for Natural Disaster

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR), Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)) (2016) C1

Torrential rains and the onset of Cyclone Komen triggered severe and widespread floods and landslides in July and August 2015 across 12 out of 14 states and regions in Myanmar. An estimated 1.6 million individuals were recorded as having been temporarily displaced from their homes by the disaster, a... more

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Guidelines on HIV self-testing and partner notification - Supplement to consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

Supplement HIV testing services December 2016

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Regional Ebola Preparedness Overview of Needs and Requirements June to December 2019 recommended

Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition
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Regional Ebola Preparedness Overview of Needs and Requirements June to December 2019
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