Stories of putting people at the centre
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                                Training for Health Care Providers
Facilitators’ Manual
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Yu et al. BMC Public Health (2018) 18:825 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5731-z
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                                Supplement Article 
Antiretrovirals to Prevent HIV Infection • CID 2015:60 (Suppl 3) • S159 - S160
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                The guidance provides critical considerations and practical checklists to keep schools safe. It also advises national and local authorities on how to adapt and implement emergency plans for educational facilities. 
In the event of school closures, the guidance includes recommendations to mitigate
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                                         against the possible negative impacts on children’s learning and wellbeing. This means having solid plans in place to ensure the continuity of learning, including remote learning options such as online education strategies and radio broadcasts of academic content, and access to essential services for all children. These plans should also include necessary steps for the eventual safe reopening of schools.
Where schools remain open, and to make sure that children and their families remain protected and informed.
                                    
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                                12 April 2020
This Guidance Note on making COVID-19 response Age & Disability-inclusive provides advice for organizations and sectors to ensure essential responses, communication about the outbreak and adapt to services and support are inclusive and accessible for older persons and persons with d
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                                Accessed: 02.05.2020
These interim IPC recommendations for health settings have been developed through the contributions of many individuals and institutions, such as the Centers for Disease Control-Kenya; ITECH; US Agency for International Development (USAID) Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceu
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                                        tical Services (MTaPS) Program; and WHO that are committed to ensuring that the transmission of COVID-19 to HCWs and the public within the health care setting is limited. The Ministry of Health (MOH) through the Directorate of Health Standards Quality Assurance and Regulations wishes to thank all the contributing authors led by the sub-committee on case management and IPC for the COVID-19 response for their expertise and time given to writing these guidelines.
                                    
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                                The COVID-19 pandemic is a multiplier of vulnerability, compounding threats to food insecurity, while exposing weaknesses in food and health systems. It is severely undermining the capacity of communities to cope in times of crisis and has become a stress test for political and economic stability.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Violence - Prevention and response for female sex workers -Take Charge; Be Safe.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                12 countries have a high TB estimated burden with an incidence rate more than 45 per 100 000 population They represent 88 of the cases in the Region
In 2019 the TB case detection gap in the Region was 52 500 cases
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                In  the  wake  of  the  Covid‑19  Pandemic,  parts  of  the  public  health  system  at  increased  risk  of  reduced  efficiency  include healthcare services for women and children. This in turn could reverse all the progress achieved over the years in reducing maternal and child mortality. In th
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                                        is study, an attempt has been made to assess the indirect effect of the pandemic on maternal and child health services in public health facilities.
                                    
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                                Factsheet.
Source: WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2020