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Principles to guide health system recovery and transformation in Ukraine

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Despite the continuing war in Ukraine, the Government is preparing for the country’s recovery and reconstruction. Given the magnitude of the attacks on the health infrastructure and consequent disruption to health system functioning, reconstructio... more

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Living Planet Index: what does an average decline of 69% really mean?

Ritchie, H. Our World in Data (2022) CC

The Living Planet Index is the biodiversity metric that always claims the headlines. It’s often misinterpreted. How should we understand it?

Expanding sustainable vaccine manufacturing in Africa: Priorities for Support

GAVI Alliance (2022) C1

Despite high regional demand for vaccines valued at over US$ 1 billion annually, Africa’s vaccine industry provides only 0.1% of global supply. Vaccine inequity and hoarding at the start of the pandemic, which resulted in delays in obtaining COVID... more

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Ukraine: Civilian casualties as of 24:00 30 October 2022

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (2022) C2

ate: 31 October 2022 From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 30 October 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 16,295 civilian casualties in the country... more

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Ukraine: Civilian casualties as of 24:00 30 October 2022. Україна: втрати серед цивільних осіб

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) C2

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Les Normes de l’ICM pour la formation des sages-femmes (2021)

International Confederation of Midwives ICM (2021) C1

Les Normes de l’ICM pour la formation des sages-femmes (2021) sont un pilier essentiel sur lequel s’appuie l’ICM pour renforcer la pratique sage-femme dans le monde en préconisant des programmes de formation de qualité qui préparent les s... more

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WASH dans les établissements de santé

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2019) C_WHO

Personne ne va dans un établissement de soins de santé pour tomber malade. On s’y rend pour se faire soigner, pour accoucher ou pour se faire vacciner. Cependant, des centaines de millions de personnes ...’exposent à un risque accru d’infection en cherchant à obtenir des soins dans des établissements de santé dépourvus de produits de première nécessité, notamment de services d’approvisionnement en eau, d’assainissement et d’hygiène, de gestion des déchets biomédicaux et de nettoyage (services WASH). L’absence de services WASH dans les établissements de santé compromet la sécurité et la dignité des patients, tout en menaçant d’exacerber la propagation d’infections résistantes aux agents antimicrobiens et en fragilisant les efforts déployés pour améliorer la santé des enfants et des mères. more

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Ukraine Situation: UNHCR Revised Supplementary Appeal 2022, Addendum for increased requirements in Ukraine, October 2022

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) Reliefweb OCHA Services (2022) C2

This document is an addendum to the Revised Supplementary Appeal issued in April 2022, reflecting UNHCR’s updated financial requirements for the Ukraine situation for March to December 2022. UNHCR is appealing for an additional $170 million for ac... more

WHO Sierra Leone 2020-2021 Biennial Report

World Health Organisation WHO (2022) C2

Last accessed on 21.12.2022 The 2020-2021 Biennial Report presents the contributions of WHO Sierra Leone to the Government’s priorities towards the health related SDG targets through technical and leadership support.

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Trachoma Fact Sheet CBM

Christoffel Blindenmission CBM (2016) CC

Trachoma is one of the 17 WHO-defined Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that affect over 1 billion of the world’s poorest and most marginalized people. It is caused by the bacterium chlamydia trachomatis.

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What Is Trachoma?

Tubert, D. American Adademy of Ophthalmology (2022) CC

Trachoma is an eye infection affecting both eyes. It is the world’s leading cause of infectious blindness. A bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis causes trachoma. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), trachoma has caused the visual i... more

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WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020: progress report on elimination of trachoma, 2020

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness IAPB (2021) CC

The number of people at risk from trachoma, the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, remained stable in 2020 despite disruptions to community-based interventions caused by COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in its Wee... more

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Elimination of Schistosomiasis Japonica in China: From the One Health Perspective

Zhong Hong, Lu Li, Lijuan Zhang et al. China CDC Weekly (2022) CC

The control of schistosomiasis was a high priority in China soon after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, and schistosomiasis japonica was largely brought under control through 7 decades of effort. However, great challenges st... more

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Trypanosomiase humaine africaine : lutte et surveillance

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

Un comité OMS d’experts sur la trypanosomiase humaine africaine (THA) : lutte et surveillance, s’est réuni à Genève (Suisse), du 22 au 26 avril 2013. Le Dr H. Nakatani, sous-directeur général pour le VIH/SIDA, la tuberculose, le paludisme ... more

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Document de référence en RÉANIMATION à l'usage des Commissions de Qualification

Ordre National des Médecins (2017) CC

La réanimation a pour objectifs de prévenir et de pallier les différentes défaillances viscérales aiguës. Elle s’adresse aux malades graves et est actuellement considérée comme un élément normal de l’arsenal thérapeutique. Les méde... more

Africa CDC Annual Report 2022

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2023) C_CDC

This annual report presents key highlights of our results and are a testament to our staff’s hard work and dedication to safeguarding Africa’s health. We are indebted to the continued support of... more

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How smartphones are fighting rabies in Africa

Edd McCracken University of Edinburgh (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 08.05.2023 Parts of the continent are still blighted by one of the world's deadliest diseases. An app is helping to turn the tide.

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Flexibly funding WHO? An analysis of its donors' voluntary contributions

Obichukwu I., Kennedy J., Harmer A. BMJ Global Health (2022) CC

Since the 1970s, voluntary contributions have become an increasingly important component of WHO's budget. As voluntary contributions tend to be earmarked for donor-specified programmes and projects, there are concerns that this trend has diverted fo... more

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and g...irls are disproportionately affected and shoulder the consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

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Financing Global Health 2013: Transition in an Age of Austerity

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2014) CC

Financing Global Health 2013: Transition in an Age of Austerity, IHME’s fifth annual report on global health expenditure, depicts financing trends that underline the resilience of development assistance for health. This year’... updated estimates show that despite lackluster economic growth and fiscal cutbacks in many developed countries, total assistance remained steady, reaching an all-time high of $31.3 billion in 2013. While annual increases have leveled off since 2010, continued international funding is a sign of the international development community’s enduring support for global health. The report also shows shifts in sources of financing. As funding from many bilateral donors and development banks has declined, growth in funding from the GAVI Alliance, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, non-governmental organizations, and the UK government is counteracting these cuts. Development assistance for different health issues is tracked up to 2011, revealing that the greatest increase in funding was for maternal, newborn, and child health. more