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Malaria Mini: The Basics

Medmastery (2025) CC3

Malaria Mini: The Basics is an accredited video course led by Dr John F. Fisher. It provides clinicians with the essential knowledge needed to recognise, prevent and treat malaria. In under an hour, it covers the parasite’s life cycle, transmission, diagnostic methods and the treatment of both unc... more

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Beyond Malaria Video

NEJM Group (2014) CC3

Beyond Malaria is an educational short film that explores the wider social, economic and health system issues related to controlling malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Moving beyond the clinical aspects of the disease, the film highlights structural inequalities, poverty, access barriers and community-l... more

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Diabetes in Africa

International Diabetes Federation (2024) C1

Diabetes poses an increasingly serious health challenge in Africa. Currently, 25 million adults aged 20–79 are living with diabetes, and this figure is projected to increase by 142% to 60 million by 2050 — the highest regional increase worldwide. However, 73% of cases remain undiagnosed, and hea... more

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National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan (NMESP) 2024–2028

National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) Ghana Health Service - Ministry of Health, Ghana (2023) C2

The National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan (NMESP) 2024–2028 of Ghana outlines the country’s roadmap to shift from malaria control to elimination. Despite major progress—like reducing malaria deaths from nearly 2,800 in 2012 to 151 in 2022—malaria remains a major public health challenge... more

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National Operational Guideline for Community Based TB, TB/HIV and DR-TB Interventions

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children of Tanzania (2016) C2

Since the 1960s, the Tanzanian government has been striving to improve access to quality healthcare, including primary care. However, tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health concern, with an estimated prevalence rate of 528 cases per 100,000 people. However, currently, only 36% of TB c... more

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Overview of incidents affecting humanitarian workers (1st January to 3 June 2025)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA Reliefweb OCHA (2025) CC

In June 2025, 26 incidents affecting humanitarian actors were reported, marking a continued decline from 45 incidents in May and 73 in March. While this downward trend may suggest a temporary easing of direct threats, access constraints remain severe. Notably, there was a significant spike in kidnap... more

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Guidelines for management of co-infection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemic prone diseases

Government of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Directorate General of Health Services (EMR Division) (2025) CC2

The ongoing global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) poses unique diagnostic and clinical management challenges in regions where seasonal epidemic-prone diseases are endemic. Diseases such as dengue, malaria, seasonal influenza, leptospirosis, chikungunya, scrub typhus and bacterial infections often... more

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Laboratory testing for dengue virus: interim guidance, April 2025
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World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

This guidance synthesizes current evidence on dengue laboratory testing and diagnostics and provides practical recommendations for laboratories, clinicians, public health officials, and programme managers involved in dengue diagnosis, surveillance, and control, in the context of the global emergency... more

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Displaced and diverse Demographic, socio-economic, and land use profiles for 349 million internal displacements worldwide

International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2025) CC

Internal displacements due to conflict and disasters are a major driver of global human mobility. While the total numbers of internal displacements by cause and geographical location are increasingly well tracked, a significant gap remains in the availability of disaggregated data on key variables �... more

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Displaced and diverse Demographic, socio-economic, and land use profiles for 349 million internal displacements worldwide

International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2025) CC

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Chagas: Una enfermedad transmitida por alimentos (ETA) y Trypanosoma cruzi: un patógeno transmitido por alimento

Maria Soledad Tapia MiradorSalud (2024) C2

La enfermedad de Chagas (ECh), también conocida como tripanosomiasis americana, causada por la infección con el parásito (protozoo) flagelado Trypanosoma cruzi, es una infección grave y potencialmente mortal. La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) estima que entre 6 y 7 millones de personas ... more

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Regional Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Version 01, September 2025

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

On 4 September 2025, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Kasai Province, following confirmation of Zaire ebolavirus by the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) in Bulape and Mweka Health Zones. As of 19... more

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The ADPC Digital Library-Platform

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center ADPC (2025) C2

The ADPC Digital Library is a comprehensive hub for all the resources, publications, and knowledge products developed by ADPC. It provides easy access to a wide range of materials, including research reports, policy briefs, training manuals, case studies, and technical guidelines on disaster risk re... more

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How to prepare for the next inevitable Ebola outbreak: lessons from West Africa

Kyobe Bosa H.; Kamara N.; Aragaw M. et al. Comment (2024) C_CDC

The West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in 2014 emerged in a region in Africa that had previously not reported any EVD outbreak. Subsequently, the outbreak rapidly spread and was protracted in the three Mano River basin countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia), with spillover cases i... more

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Global tuberculosis report 2025
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World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2025 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context of global TB commitments, strategies and targets. ... more

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Chagas (maladie de, trypanosomiase américaine)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Principaux faits D’après les estimations, 6 à 7 millions de personnes dans le monde sont infectées par Trypanosoma cruzi (T. Cruzi), le parasite responsable de la maladie de Chagas. La plupart de ces personnes vivent en Amérique latine. La transmission à l’être humain se fait principalem...ent, en Amérique latine, par l’intermédiaire d’un insecte appelé triatome, qui peut être porteur de T. cruzi. Parmi les autres modes de transmission de la maladie de Chagas, figurent : la transmission orale (par voie alimentaire), la transfusion de sang ou de produits sanguins, la transmission mère-enfant (congénitale), la transplantation d’organes et les accidents de laboratoire. La maladie de Chagas ne touchait auparavant que des zones rurales de la Région des Amériques, et surtout de l’Amérique latine. Ces dernières décennies, toutefois, les mouvements de population ont fait que la plupart des personnes infectées sont des habitants de zones urbaines (urbanisation) et que la maladie s’est propagée à d’autres continents (où T. cruzi se transmet par des voies non vectorielles). L’infection à T. cruzi est curable si un traitement est instauré rapidement après l’infection. Chez les personnes infectées de façon chronique, un traitement antiparasitaire peut éventuellement prévenir ou enrayer la progression de la maladie, et éviter sa transmission, notamment de la mère à l’enfant. Jusqu’à 30 % des personnes infectées de façon chronique présentent des troubles cardiaques, et jusqu’à 10 % d’entre elles souffrent de troubles digestifs et/ou neurologiques, ce qui peut imposer un traitement particulier. Les principales méthodes de prévention de la maladie de Chagas en Amérique latine sont la lutte antivectorielle ainsi que d’autres stratégies visant à réduire la transmission vectorielle. Dans le monde entier, le dépistage sanguin joue un rôle crucial dans la prévention de l’infection par transfusion ou transplantation d’organes. Il est essentiel de détecter et de traiter l’infection chez les femmes et les filles en âge de procréer, ainsi que de soumettre tout nouveau-né et ses frères et sœurs à un dépistage dans le cas où la mère est infectée et n’a jamais reçu de traitement antiparasitaire. Certains facteurs socio-économiques et environnementaux influent fortement sur la maladie de Chagas, dont la propagation et les différentes dimensions interdépendantes justifient la nécessité de mettre en œuvre des stratégies de lutte multisectorielles. Quelques pays ont mis en place la notification et la surveillance des cas aigus et chroniques et des voies de transmission actives, qui sont essentielles à la lutte contre la maladie de Chagas. more

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Ethiopian Hospital service transformation Guidelines: Chapter 10 Pharmacy Service: Ethiopian Hospital Management Initiative

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia -Ministry of Health (2017) C1

The Ethiopian Hospital Services Transformation Guidelines (EHSTG) build on and expand the Ethiopian Hospital Reform Implementation Guidelines (EHRIG) and are consistent with the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP). The EHSTG, which is consistent with the national focu... more

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Guidelines for drinking-water quality: Small water supplies

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Small drinking-water supplies commonly experience operational, managerial, technical and resourcing challenges that impact their ability to deliver safe and reliable services. The needs and opportunities associated with these supplies therefore warrant explicit consideration in policies and regulati... more

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Guidance to facilitate monitoring and evaluation for antimicrobial resistance national action plans

Quadripartite: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; UN Environment Programme UNEP; World Health Organization WHO; World Organisation for Animal Health WAHO (2023) CC

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global human, animal, plant and environment health threat that needs to be addressed by every country. The impacts of AMR are wide-ranging in terms of human health, animal health, food security and safety, environmental effects on ecosystems and biodiversity, and ...socioeconomic development. Just like the climate crisis, AMR poses a significant threat to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The response to the AMR crisis has been spearheaded through the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (GAP-AMR), developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015, in close collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), and formally endorsed by the three organizations’ governing bodies and by the Political Declaration of the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on AMR in 2016. In 2022, the three organizations officially became the Quadripartite by welcoming the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) into the alliance “to accelerate coordination strategy on human, animal and ecosystem health”. The aim of the GAP-AMR is to ensure the continuity of successful treatment with effective and safe medicines. Its strategic objectives include: • improving the awareness and understanding of AMR; • strengthening the knowledge and evidence base through surveillance and research; • reducing the incidence of infection through effective sanitation, hygiene and infection prevention measures; optimizing the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health; and • developing the economic case for sustainable investment that takes account of the needs of all countries and increasing investment in new medicines, diagnostic tools, vaccines and other interventions. With the adoption of the GAP-AMR, countries agreed to develop national action plans (NAPs) aligned with the GAP-AMR to mainstream AMR interventions nationally. Individually, the Quadripartite took action to advance AMR interventions in their respective sectors. FAO adopted a resolution on AMR recognizing that it poses an increasingly serious threat to public health and sustainable food production, and developed an AMR action plan to support the resolution’s implementation. For its part, WOAH developed a strategy on AMR aligned with the GAP-AMR, acknowledging the importance of a One Health approach to AMR. Similarly, more recently, UNEP’s governing body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, recognized that AMR is a current and increasing threat and a challenge to global health, food security and the sustainable development of all countries, and welcomed the GAP-AMR and the NAPs developed in accordance with its five overarching strategic objectives more

Laboratory testing for dengue virus: interim guidance, April 2025 recommended

Global tuberculosis report 2025 recommended

Laboratory testing for dengue virus: interim guidance, April 2025
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Global tuberculosis report 2025
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