Filter
3157
Filtered Results: 3157
Text search:
prevalence
patterns
Featured
Recommendations
230
New Publications
850
Language
Document type
No document type
1938
Studies & Reports
636
Guidelines
313
Manuals
96
Strategic & Response Plan
88
Fact sheets
29
Training Material
27
Situation Updates
17
Infographics
6
Resource Platforms
5
Brochures
1
Dashboards/Maps
1
Countries / Regions
India
173
Global
156
Kenya
118
Nepal
82
Western and Central Europe
79
Ethiopia
74
South Africa
65
Nigeria
64
Tanzania
62
Malawi
61
Bangladesh
57
Uganda
56
Zambia
56
Myanmar / Burma
55
Sierra Leone
48
Africa
47
Rwanda
45
Latin America and the Carribbean
45
Liberia
44
Ghana
43
Lesotho
39
Philippines
34
Zimbabwe
32
Eastern Europe
32
Namibia
30
Ukraine
27
Indonesia
26
Cambodia
25
Asia
24
South–East Asia Region
23
Mozambique
21
Senegal
20
Syria
16
Pakistan
16
South Sudan
15
Eswatini/ Swaziland
15
Haiti
14
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
12
Russia
12
Botswana
12
Burkina Faso
11
East and Southern Africa
11
Brazil
11
Cameroon
10
Congo, Democratic Republic of
10
Germany
9
West and Central Africa
9
Thailand
7
Benin
7
Guinea
7
Tajikistan
6
Albania
6
Afghanistan
6
Venezuela
6
Middle East and North Africa
6
Moldova
6
Colombia
5
China
5
Peru
5
USA
5
Jordan
5
Western Pacific Region
5
Sudan
5
Iraq
5
Somalia
5
Madagascar
5
North America
4
Papua New Guinea
4
Kyrgyzstan
3
Burundi
3
Armenia
3
Jamaica
3
United Kingdom
3
Vietnam
3
Egypt
3
Yemen
3
Georgia
3
Mali
3
Serbia
2
Kazakhstan
2
Iran
2
Canada
2
Singapore
2
Laos
2
Niger
2
Paraguay
2
Gabon
2
Turkmenistan
2
Southern Africa
2
Sri Lanka
2
Guatemala
2
North Macedonia
1
North Korea
1
Turkey
1
Gambia
1
Chile
1
Uzbekistan
1
Vanuatu
1
Mongolia
1
Dominican Republic
1
Ireland
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Denmark
1
Maldives
1
Mauritius
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Azerbaijan
1
Belarus
1
Israel
1
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
Latvia
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Bolivia
1
Argentina
1
Central African Republic
1
Honduras
1
Angola
1
Chad
1
Libya
1
Bhutan
1
Ecuador
1
Solomon Islands
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1287
Clinical Guidelines
238
Public Health
205
Women & Child Health
143
Key Resources
111
Capacity Building
33
Pharmacy & Technologies
22
Toolboxes
Mental Health
329
HIV
261
TB
217
AMR
157
COVID-19
129
Planetary Health
115
NCDs
115
NTDs
108
Disability
90
Global Health Education
64
Refugee
49
Caregiver
45
Conflict
43
Rapid Response
41
Health Financing Toolbox
30
Pharmacy
22
Ebola & Marburg
19
Natural Hazards
18
Polio
15
Social Ethics
7
Zika
7
Cholera
6
Specific Hazards
2
Malaria
2
Technical Update
Areas of Africa endemic for Buruli ulcer (BU), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, also have a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with adult prevalence rates between 1% and 5% (Maps). However, there is limited information on the prevalence of BU–HIV coinfection....
The environment in which young people live, learn and play significantly affects their decisions about whether to consume alcohol. Environmental factors are the main risk factors driving alcohol consumption and related harm among young people. Environments that normalize alcohol consumption – term...
The LDHS provides an opportunity to inform policy and provide data for planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of national health programs. It is designed to provide up-to-date information on health indicators including fertility levels, sexual activity, fertility preferences, awaren...
Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to the most recent estimates from the Global Asthma Network Phase I study, around one in 10 children and adults have symptoms of asthma and one in 20 school-aged children have severe asthma ...
Reference Guide Version 2. Revised. The Nutrition Program Design Assistant is a tool to help organizations design the nutrition component of their community-based maternal and child health, food security, or other development program. The tool focuses on prevention and also provides guidance on recu...
Open Journal of Epidemiology, 2018, 8, 226-241
Abstract
Introduction: Road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major public health issue
in developing countries, where roads tend to be built haphazardly and accidents
take a heavy toll on victims—including leaving them disabled. This
study seeks ...
Review of International, Regional and National Policies and Legal Frameworks that Promote Migrants and Mobile Populations' Access to Health and Malaria Services in the Greater Mekong Subregion (Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam)
Migrants and mobile popul...
Migrants and mobile popul...
J Glob Health Sci. 2020 Jun;2(1):e3. A group of enzootic and zoonotic protozoan infections, the leishmaniases constitute among the most severely neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and are found in all continents except Oceania. Representing the most common infectious diseases, NTDs comprise an open-...
Census Report Volume 4-K
The results of the 2014 Census collected only relates to four of the six types of disability domains recommended by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics, namely: seeing, hearing, walking, and remembering or concentrating.
Out of a total of 50.3 million pe...
The results of the 2014 Census collected only relates to four of the six types of disability domains recommended by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics, namely: seeing, hearing, walking, and remembering or concentrating.
Out of a total of 50.3 million pe...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) represent a range of physical, mental, and behavioral disabilities caused by alcohol use during pregnancy, or prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). FASDs are considered to be one of the leading preventable causes of developmental disability. Despite its high preval...
The pandemic has emphasized the high risk of avoidable harm to patients, health workers, and the general public, and has identified a range of safety gaps across all core components of health systems at all levels.
The rapid review ‘Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety’ ex...
DIAGNOSING PTSD IN CHILDHOOD | The following literature review addresses the developmental and domain-specific consequences of previous and current diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in pre-adolescent children. PTSD was introduced in 1980 to capture extreme responses follow...
Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease that can cause permanent disability through disruption of the lymphatic system. This disease is caused by parasitic filarial worms that are transmitted by mosquitos. Mass drug administration (MDA) of antihelmintics is recommended by WHO to elimina...
The objective of this concept note and the framework it outlines is the elimination of a group of CDs and the negative health effects they generate, which together create a tangible burden on affected individuals, their families and communities, and on health care systems throughout the Region. Thou...
Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease (CRD) worldwide and is estimated to affect 262 million causing significant mortality and morbidity, and has emerged as an important public health problem in many Latin American (LA) countries over the last 30 or so years. LA is a highly diverse r...
Young children are especially susceptible to exposure to trauma. Rates of abuse and neglect among this population are staggering. This article presents a review of relevant literature, including research findings specific to early childhood vulnerability to trauma, symptoms associated with traumatic...
The major neglected tropical diseases, Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni or S. haematobium are presumed to be widely distributed in Africa. Taenia solium taeniosis/ cysticercosis has been reported as an emerging disease in different regions of Af...
Constituting the second part of the World Drug Report 2022, the present booklet contains an overview of the global demand for and supply of drugs.
The first chapter of the booklet begins with the latest estimates of the number of people who use drugs, the distribution of those users by type of drug...
The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorological and public health communities. It provides sound scientific information on the connections between weather and climate and major health challenges. These range from diseases of poverty to emergencies...
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including mental disorders, currently pose one of the biggest threats to health and development globally, particularly in low and middle income countries2. It is predicted that unless proven interventions are rapidly implemented in countries, in the short to medium ...
