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Beating the DRUM in Lower-Income Countries: Domestic Resource Use and Mobilization for SDG3

The Governments of Burkina Faso and Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank Group Global Financing Facility (GFF) (2018) CC

This paper has been prepared to inform discussion at the conference “Beating the DRUM - Domestic Resource Use and Mobilization for accelerating progress towards SDG3,”. Many countries face critical shortfalls in domestic resource use and mobilization (DRUM) for health, threatening to push health... more

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Financing Global Health 2017: Funding Universal Health Coverage and the Unfinished HIV/AIDS Agenda

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (2018) C2

In 2017, $37.4 billion of development assistance was provided to low- and middleincome countries to maintain or improve health. This amount is down slightly compared to 2016, and since 2010, development assistance for health (DAH) has grown at an annualized rate of 1.0%. While global development ass... more

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Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40

Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network Lancet (2018) C1

Background: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires health financing systems that provide prepaid pooled resources for key health services without placing undue financial stress on households. Understanding current and future trajectories of health financing is vital for progress towards ... more

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CEPI - Funding and Expenditure

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) (2018) CC

As of December 2018, CEPI has secured more than USD $747million towards its USD $1billion funding target, with financial support provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, the European Commission, and the governments of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Japan, Norway, an... more

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Donor funding for family planning: levels and trends between 2003 and 2013

Grollman, C.; F. L. Cavallaro; D. Duclos et al. Health Policy and Planning (2018) C1

The International Conference on Population and Development in 1994 set targets for donor funding to support family planning programmes, and recent initiatives such as FP2020 have renewed focus on the need for adequate funding to rights-based family planning. Disbursements supporting family planning ... more

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Diphtheria - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance Standards

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Diphtheria is caused by Corynebacterium species, mostly by toxin-producing Corynebacterium diphtheriae and rarely by toxin-producing strains of C. ulcerans and C. pseudotuberculosis. The most common type of diphtheria is classic respiratory diphtheria, whereby the exotoxin produced characteristicall... more

Household Air Pollution

PAHO - Pan American Health Organization (2018) C_WHO

A collection of 8 infographics on Household Air Pollution.

ICMR Guidlines for management of type 2 Diabetes

Indian Council of Medical Research (2018) CC2

In recent decades, India has witnessed a rapidly exploding epidemic of diabetes. Indeed, India today has the second largest number of people with diabetes in the world. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that there are 72.9 million people with diabetes in India in 2017, which is... more

Guidelines on second- and third-line medicines and type of insulin for the control of blood glucose levels in non-pregnant adults with diabetes mellitus - World Health Organization

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Diabetes mellitus (hereafter referred to as diabetes) is a chronic, progressive disease characterized by elevated blood glucose levels. Diabetes can lead to complications such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and premature death, and can damage eyes, kidneys and nerves. Globally, more than 400 millio... more

Noncommunicable diseases country profiles 2018 WHO

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

The Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2018 by the World Health Organization (WHO) provides an in-depth look at the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes across WHO Member States. It includes data on NCD m... more

Exposure to asbestos: past, present and future

Pira E., Donato F., Maida L. et al. Journal of Thoracic Disease (2018) CC2

This paper summarises the past, present and future of asbestos exposure. The future scenarios as to the mesothelioma incidence in countries, where asbestos has been banned, are discussed.

Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) Brazil success case: overcoming barriers

Cruz, A.A.; Camargos, P. A.; Urrutia-Pereira, M.; Stelmach, R. Journal of Thoracic Disease (2018) CC2

The article discusses the success of the Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) in Brazil. It details the initiatives launched to address chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) like asthma and COPD, emphasizing the development of national programs and collaborative efforts with the... more

Mobile Health for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Disease (mBreatheFreely)

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (2018) C_WHO

The document is a handbook on implementing the mBreatheFreely program, an mHealth initiative by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) aimed at improving the management of asthma and COPD through mobile technology. It provides a framework for governme... more

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (acute exacerbation): antimicrobial prescribing

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2018) CC2

The NICE guideline on antimicrobial prescribing for acute exacerbations of COPD provides recommendations for optimizing antibiotic use to treat exacerbations effectively while minimizing the risk of antimicrobial resistance. It includes criteria for assessing the need for antibiotics, guidance on se... more

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - NICE (2018) CC2

This guideline covers diagnosing and managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD (which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis) in people aged 16 and older. It aims to help people with COPD to receive a diagnosis earlier so that they can benefit from treatments to reduce symptoms, impr... more

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Asthma traeatment in children: A pragmatic approach

Masekela, R.; Jeevanathrum, A.; Kling, S.; et al. South African Medical Journal (2018) CC

Asthma is a heterogeneous condition characterised by chronic inflammation and variable expiratory airflow limitation, with airway reversibility. Management of chronic inflammation with anti-asthma medication improves asthma control and quality of life. The aim of this journal is to provide an eviden... more

Medical emergencies: asthma

BDJ Team (2018) CC2

When someone is having an asthma attack, their airways go into spasm which causes tightness of the chest; the linings of the airways become inflamed and phlegm is produced further obstructing the airways and leading to severe difficulty in breathing (Fig. 1). Asthma does lead to fatalities and shoul... more

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The diagnosis of asthma in children: An evidence-based approach to a common clinical dilemma

Masekala, R.; Risenga, S.M.; Kitchin, O.P. et al. South African Medical Journal (2018) CC

Asthma is a heterogeneous condition characterised by chronic inflammation and variable expiratory airflow limitation, as well as airway reversibility. The diagnosis of asthma in young children is limited by the inability to perform objective lung function testing in this group of patients and the wi... more

Inhaler Techniques - lagos acacia 2018

lagos acacia (2018) CC2

This video is meant to train the public on how to use some of the devices for delivery of asthma medications.

Improving the global diagnosis and management of asthma in children

Lenney, W.; Bush, A.; Fitzgerald, D.A. et al. BMJ Journals (2018) CC

Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children worldwide. It affects daytime activities, sleep and school attendance and causes anxiety to parents, families and other carers. The quality of asthma diagnosis and management globally still needs substantial improvement. From infancy to the tee... more