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Climate-Smart Healthcare : Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector

The World Bank Group (2017) CC

Climate change is damaging human health now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst effects as they are most vulnerable to clim ... ate shifts and least able to adapt given weak health systems and poor infrastructure. Low-carbon approach can provide effective, cheaper care while at the same time being climate smart. Low-carbon healthcare can advance institutional strategies toward low-carbon development and health-strengthening imperatives and inspire other development institutions and investors working in this space. Low-carbon healthcare provides an approach for designing, building, operating, and investing in health systems and facilities that generate minimal amounts of greenhouse gases. It puts health systems on a climate-smart development path, aligning health development and delivery with global climate goals. This approach saves money by reducing energy and resource costs. It can improve the quality of care in a diversity of settings. By prompting ministries of health to tackle climate change mitigation and foster low-carbon healthcare, the development community can help governments strengthen local capacity and support better community health. more

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How to Monitor Temperatures in the Vaccine Supply Chain

Andrew Garnett, Ticky Raubenheimer, Debra Kristensen et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) CC

WHO Vaccine Management Handbook

Rwanda: MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (MWMP)

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2017) C2

Prepared for the Stunting Prevention and Reduction Project - The project Medical Waste Management Plan’s (MWMP) overall objective is to prevent and/or mitigate the negative effects of increased ge ... neration of medical waste on human health and the environment. The plan proposes measures to prevent the spread of infection and reduce the exposure of health workers, patients and the general public to the risks from medical waste. The plan is to be used by all project implementation entities to manage medical waste associated with project activities. These entities will have appropriate procedures and capacities in place to manage the medical waste. more

Namibia Child Survival Strategy 2014 - 2018

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) (2014) C1

Nigeria: National Quality Assurance Policy For Medicines and Other Health Products

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2015) C1

National Medical Oxygen and Pulse Oximetry Scale Up Road Map (2016-2021/21)

Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia (2016) CC

Guide Material for Medical Store Management Training
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Community Development Medicinal Unit (2012) C_WHO

Drugs and medical supplies are dispensed at the cutting edge level of the interface between the public health system and the people. Availability or lack of it brings either credit or discredit to t ... he public health system. The primary reason for holding stocks of medicines and medical supplies in a proper scientific manner is to ensure continuous and uninterrupted availability to prevent stock-outs, especially of critical items of supply while at the same time ensuring that stocks of medicines do not get expired. An efficient inventory management is a pre-requisite for optimal stock management. It enables the management of health facilities to know the current pattern of consumption of drug trends over a period of time and also variances. The environmental control of the drugs and other medical supplies play an important role to keep the products' efficacy intact. Some medicines and vaccines need special storage temperature, otherwise, there may be wastage. The quality of the medicines can be adversely affected by poor storage, transportation and distribution. Thus, maintaining proper storage condition for health commodities is vital for ensuring their quality. So, by this training, CDMU wants to educate different people dealing with medicines and equip them for the roles they have to perform efficiently so that the wastage does not take place or can be minimized. more

Kenya : National Policy Guidelines on Immunization 2013

James W. Macharia Ministry of Health Kenya (2014) CC

Health Systems in Action: An eHandbook for Leaders and Managers - CHAPTER 8 - Managing Medicines And Health Products

Malcolm Clark; Andy Barraclough Management Sciences for Health (2010) C1

Full eHandbook under: http://www.msh.org/resources/health-systems-in-action-an-ehandbook-for-leaders-and-managers Effective supply management has the potential to make a powerful contribution to the reliable availability of essential medicines, whi ... ch are a crucial part of the delivery of highquality health care services. Because medicines are costly and poor management so often results in waste, good supply management is also crucial to the cost-effectiveness of providing medicines. more

Manual for Medicines Good Dispensing Practice (Ethiopia)

Food, Medicine and Health care Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia (FMHACA) (2012) C1

Public health risk assessment and interventions. Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma: the Philippines

World Health Organization (2009)

National Health Care Waste Management Guidelines

Kingdom of Swaziland Ministry of Health (2013) C1

Improving medicines access and use for child health: a guide to developing interventions

Ross-Degnan, D., Vialle-Valentin, C., and Briggs, J. USAID, SIAPS (Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services) (2015) C1

Submitted to the US Agency for International Development by the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program. This manual provides a framework to identify problems ... and design interventions to improve access to and use of medicines for children. It is a resource for both health policy makers and health system managers and presents a structured approach to the steps introduced in the framework in the context of child health. more

Immunization Essentials a practical Field Guide

USAID USAID (2004) CC

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of essential information related to immunization, including technical information about vaccines, a review of immunization program management best practices, guidance on the delivery of immunization servi ... ces, monitoring and evaluation, disease surveillance, and the role of behavior change. more

Uganda: Guidelines on good manufacturing practice for medicinal products - ANNEXES

National Drug Authority (NDA), Uganda (2017) C1

Doc. No.: INS/GDL/001-(Annexes)

Recommendations for Inactivated Rabies Vaccine for Human Use Produced in Cell Substrates and Embryonated Eggs

WHO WHO (2005)

Background document: the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of typhoid fever

World Health Organization (2003) C_WHO

Philippines: Bilateral tubal ligation by mini laparotomy under local anesthesia - Participant ’s Handbook

Department of Health (DOH) (2015) C1