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Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Ministry of Health - Comprehensive TB Guidelines for National Tuberculosis Program, V Edition

Government of Timor-Leste; World Health Organization (2023) CC

The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste has the highest TB incidence rate in the South East Asian Region - 498 per 100,000, which is the seventh highest in the world. In Timor-Leste TB is the eighth most common cause of death. The salient observations are as follows: In 2018, 487 (12.5%) of the... more

Effectiveness of a Diabetes Program based on eHealth on capacity building and quality of care in type 2 diabetes: a pragmatic quasi-experimental study.

Moraes Morelli, D. Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (2022) CC2

Diabetes Burdens: 10.5% adults around the world are currently loving with diabetes.

Malawi National Communication and Advocacy Strategy for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

United States Agency for International Development; President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; National AIDS Commission MAlawi (2022) CC

Evidence shows that oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) reduces the risk of contracting HIV during sexual intercourse by more than 90% when taken daily. It is for this reason the National HIV Prevention Strategy 2015-2020 (2018 Revision) emphasises the role of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in ... more

Mpox Continental Preparedness and Response Plan for Africa
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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

On August 13, 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). The following day, the WHO declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A coordinated, continent-wide response is essential, co-led by the African Union... more

This 4 th Edition of the Malawi Guidelines for Clinical Management of HIV in Children and Adults will be implemented from July 2018

Ministry of Health and Population, Malawi (2018) CC2

This document defines the framework for Malawi’s National HIV Programs. Considering public health benefits and risks, as well as funding and resource implications, deviations from these guidelines are not supported by the Ministry of Health.

Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

Ending Polio: A Global Movement Corners the Virus

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (2014)

Poliomyelitis: intensification of the global eradication initiative

World Health Organization (2014)

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Priority Countries Consolidated Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Checklist and Dashbord

World Health Organization (2015)

The dashboard is based on assessments made by the International Preparedness Strengthening missions to 14 priority countries against each of the activities outlined in the WHO EVD Checklist at the time of each mission. Updates indicating progress against each of the indicators will be added on an o... more

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Ebola Viurs Disease Prepardness Taking Stock and Moving Forwards

World Health Organization (2015)

WHO Regional EVD Preparedness Meeting Presentations January 14-16, 2015

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WHO interim guidance on pregnancy management in the context of Zika virus infection

Oladapo, O.T; J.P. Souza; B.de Mucio, et al. (2016) CC

The Lancet Global Health: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30098-5 Open Access

Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey 2015 Infographic

The DHS Program, et al. (2016) C1

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Yellow fever situation report - Angola 29 July 2016

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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Nigeria: Fast Facts from the 2015 Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey

World Health Organisation (WHO), USAID, The Global Fund (2015) C_WHO

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MPS - Making Pregnancy Safer, Implementing the MPS Initiative in Soroti district, Uganda

WHO, Ministry of Health, Uganda (2007) C_WHO

International Disaster Response Laws (IDRL) in Sierra Leone

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva; Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (2012) C1

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Worlds apart: Reproductive health and rights in an age of inequality. The state of world population report 2017.

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2017) C1

Unchecked inequality and failure to protect the rights of poorest women could undermine peace and world’s development goals, new UNFPA report warns: - Only about half of the world’s women hold paid jobs - Globally, women earn 77 per cent of what men get - Three in five women worldwide lack m... more

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Addressing disability in the health system at CARITAS Takeo Eye Hospital

Mörchen, M., Ormsby, G., Bonn, T.S. & Lewis, D. Community Eye Health Journal (2013) CC

Case study: Cambodia

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Frequently asked questions on compassionate use of investigational vaccine for the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

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Lesotho Nursing Task Analysis Report

Stender, Stacie; Christensen, Alice et al. (2013) C1

Lesotho’s predominantly rural population faces significant health challenges within a setting of inadequate human resources for health. It is essential that nurses and nurse-midwives, who together make up the largest health workforce in the country, be adequately prepared to address Lesotho’s He... more

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