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WHO, HHS-CDC, GAP WHO, HHS-CDC (2008)

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Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Generic Training Package - Participant Manual

WHO, HHS-CDC (2008)

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Behavioural Surveillance - Surveillance of HIV Risk Behaviours

United States Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS-CDC); Global AIDS Program (GAP); et al. United States Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS-CDC); Global AIDS Program (GAP); et al. (2009) C2

Participant Manual October 2009

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Introduction to HIV, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance - Surveillance of Most-At-Risk Populations (MARPS)

Participant Manual September 2012 Surveillance of Populations at High Risk for HIV Transmission

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Introduction to HIV, AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infection Surveillance - Overview of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic with an Introduction to Public Health Surveillance

Participant Manual February 2011 Edition 3.0

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Introduction to HIV, AIDS and STI Surveillance - HIV Clinical Staging and Case Reporting

Participant Manual September 2009

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Tuberculosis prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings: an interagency field guide
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World Health Organization WHO, CDC, UNHCR (2022) C_WHO

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Africa’s Health Financing in a New Era

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (2025) CC

Africa’s health sector is facing an unprecedented financing crisis, driven by a sharp decline of 70% in Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2021 to 2025 and deep-rooted structural vulnerabilities. This collapse is placing immense pressure on Africa’s already fragile health systems as ODA ...is seen as the backbone of critical health programs: pandemic preparedness, maternal and child health services, disease control programs are all at risk, threatening Sustainable Development Goal 3 and Universal Health Coverage. Compounding this is Africa’s spiraling debt, with countries expected to service USD 81 billion by 2025—surpassing anticipated external financing inflows—further eroding fiscal space for health investments. Level of domestic resources is low. TThe Abuja Declaration of 2001, a pivotal commitment made by African Union (AU) member states, aimed to reverse this trend by pledging to allocate at least 15% of national budgets to the health sector. However, more than two decades later, only three countries—Rwanda, Botswana, and Cabo Verde—have consistently met or exceeded this target (WHO, 2023). In contrast, over 30 AU member states remain well below the 10% benchmark, with some allocating as little as 5–7% of their national budgets to health. In addition, only 16 (29%) of African countries currently have updated versions of National Health Development Plan (NHDP) supported by a National Health Financing Plan (NHFP). These two documents play a critical role in driving internal resource mobilisation. At the same time, public health emergencies are surging, rising 41%—from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024—exposing severe under-resourcing of health infrastructure and workforce. Recurring outbreaks (Mpox, Ebola, cholera, measles, Marburg…) alongside effects of climate change and humanitarian crises in Eastern DRC, the Sahel, and Sudan, are overwhelming systems stretched by chronic underfunding. The situation is worsened by Africa’s heavy dependency with over 90% of vaccines, medicines, and diagnostics being externally sourced—leaving countries vulnerable to global supply chain shocks. Health worker shortages persist, with only 2.3 professionals per 1,000 people (below the WHO’s recommended 4.45), and fewer than 30% of systems are digitized, undermining disease surveillance and early warning. Without decisive action, Africa CDC projects the continent could reverse two decades of health progress, face 2 to 4 million additional preventable deaths annually, and a heightened risk of a pandemic emerging from within. Furthermore, 39 million more Africans could be pushed into poverty by 2030 due to intertwined health and economic shocks. This is not just a sectoral crisis—it is an existential threat to Africa’s political, social, and economic resilience, and global stability. In response, African leaders, under Africa CDC’s stewardship, are advancing a comprehensive three-pillar strategy centered on domestic resource mobilization, innovative financing, and blended finance. more

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Living conditions among people with disability in Nepal

Arne H. Eide, Shailes Neupane, Karl-Gerhard Hem SINTEF Technology and Society (2016) C1

This report is from the National study on living conditions among people with disabilities carried out in Nepal in 2014-2015. The study was carried out as a household survey with two-stage stratified sampling, including a screening/listing procedure using the Washington Group on Disability Statis... more

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WHO preferred product characteristics for gonococcal vaccines

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Development of one or more vaccines for Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an important objective for sexual and reproductive health worldwide, and for the fight against antimicrobial resistance. WHO preferred product characteristics (PPCs) provide strategic guidance as to WHO’s preferences for new vacci... more

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Report of a WHO Meeting – Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

World Health Organization (2015)

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Africa CDC Reproductive Health | Strategic Priorities 2022-2026

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2023) CC

In 2006, the Special Session of African Union Health Ministers adopted the Maputo Plan of Action for implementing the Continental Policy Framework on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), which expired at the end of 2015. The goal was for all stakeholders and partners to join forces and ... more

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Zika. CDC Draft Interim Response Plan

Centers for Disease Prevention and Control CDC (2016) C_CDC

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Communication Strategies for addressing radiation emergencies and other public health crisis

Centers for Disease C ontrol and Prevention (CDC ) (2009) C_CDC

The roundtable provided a forum that allowed communicators across a number of Federal agencies to share information, strategies, and challenges in developing and providing communication messages and materials to the public in preparation for, and in response to, a radiation... more

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Redefining the Antibiotic Stewardship Team

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, American Nurses Association ANA (2017) C_CDC

Recommendations from the American Nurses Association/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Workgroup on the Role of Registered Nurses in Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Practices

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Evidence of HIV Treatment and Viral Suppression in Preventing the Sexual Transmission of HIV

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2018)

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HEARTS. Technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care.

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

The HEARTS technical package provides a strategic approach to improving cardiovascular health in countries. It comprises six modules and an implementation guide. This package supports Ministries of Health to strengthen CVD management in primary health care settings. The practical, step-by step modul... more

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Community Assessment For Public Health Emergency Response (Casper) Toolkit; third edition 3.2
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2019) CC

2nd edition

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Zika Strategic Response Plan Quarterly update, October 2016

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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Zika Strategic Response Plan: Revised For July 2016 – December 2017
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World Health Organization WHO; PAHO (2016) C_WHO

Tuberculosis prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings: an interagency field guide recommended

Community Assessment For Public Health Emergency Response (Casper) Toolkit; third edition 3.2 recommended

Zika Strategic Response Plan: Revised For July 2016 – December 2017 recommended

Tuberculosis prevention and care among refugees and other populations in humanitarian settings: an interagency field guide
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Community Assessment For Public Health Emergency Response (Casper) Toolkit; third edition 3.2
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Zika Strategic Response Plan: Revised For July 2016 – December 2017
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