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Donor Financing of Global Mental Health, 1995—2015: An Assessment of Trends, Channels, and Alignment with the Disease Burden

Charlson, F.J.; J. Dieleman, L. Singh et al. PLOS One (2017) CC

Background: A recent report by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) highlights that mental health receives little attention despite being a major cause of disease burden. This paper extends previous assessments of development assistance for mental health (DAMH) in two significant w... more

Asthma management in low and middle income countries: case for change

Mortimer, K.; Reddel, H. K.; Pitrez, P. M.; et al. (2022) CC2

Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to the most recent estimates from the Global Asthma Network Phase I study, around one in 10 children and adults have symptoms of asthma and one in 20 school-aged children have severe asthma ... more

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

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Health Technical Guidelines

ECHO EU (2014)

This guidance is intended to be one stop shop to improve the quality and effectiveness of health interventions in emergency, to respond to the most frequent scenarios and conditions. The main document contains the most common elements to be found in emergencies. As much as possible they are one pag... more

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The Logistics Handbook - A Practical Guide for the Supply Chain Management of Health Commodities

USAID USAID (2011)

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Clinical Management and Referral Guidelines – Volume III: Clinical Guidelines for Management and Referral of Common Conditions at Levels 4–6: Hospitals (Republic of Kenya)

Ministry of Medical Services, Kenya; Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation (2009) C1

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Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM): Current Knowledge and Practice

Reginald A. Annan, Patrick Webb, Rebecca Brown CMAM Forum (2014)

This Technical Brief focuses on current principles and approaches to Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) management, highlighting key constraints, gaps in knowledge and areas still lacking consensus. It is intended to inform ongoing debates among practitioners, national partners, donors and analysts o... more

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Democratic Republic of the Congo Taxometry

World Health Organization; Regional Office for Africa (2010) C_WHO

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National policy on sexual and reproductive health (Swaziland)

The Kingdrom of Swaziland; Ministry of Health (2013) C1

Haiti Exploring Approaches to Building Capacity for Nutrition Assessment, Counseling, and Support Services

USAID, SPRING (2015) CC

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USAID; Managment of Health Sciences MSH (2009) C1

Strengthening Parmaceutical Systems. 2nd edition

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Uganda: Annual Pharmaceutical Sector Performance Report 2014-2015

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda (2016) C1

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United Nations Development Assistance Framework for Uganda 2016 - 2020

United Nations System in Uganda (2015) C1

National Nutrition Policy Liberia

Ministry of Health, Government of Liberia (2008) C1

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Addressing the human resources crisis: a case study of the Namibian health service

Willy McCourt, W. & Awases, M. Human Resources for Health (2007) CC

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What drives the Community Health services in Kenya Results of a recent mapping exercise of Community Health Units in three regions of Turkana North, Greater Machakos, and Kibera

HRH Advocacy Project World Vision International Kenya (2015) C2

Position Paper 1

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Syllabus on diploma in community based rehabilitation (D-CBR) - India

Rehabilitation Council of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (2007) C2

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CBM Disability and Development Policy

Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2007)

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National health facility survey [NHFS] 2016

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2017) C1

Final report 2016

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Supporting Transition by Reducing Food Insecurity and Undernutrition among the Most Vulnerable: Standard Project Report 2017

World Food Programme (WFP) (2017) C1

In view of the ongoing political, peace and reconciliation, administrative and economic reforms as well as plans to establish the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) in 2018, WFP extended the current Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO 200299), launched in January 2.... To echo this extension and provide a more appropriate response to the country's rapid and multi-pronged transition, WFP adopted a transition strategy with gradually reduced emphasis on humanitarian assistance and greater focus on early recovery and development interventions. WFP's strategic engagement in-country was driven by the overarching goal to assist Myanmar to achieve the national Zero Hunger Challenge by 2025, and was guided by three priorities: emergency preparedness and response; nutrition; and provision of social safety nets. more

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