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The contribution of religious entities to health in sub-Sahara Africa

Schmid B, Thomas E, Olivier J and Cochrane JR. African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP) (2008) CC

Global Assessment of National Health Sector Emergency Preparedness and Response

World Health Organization (2008)

Isoniazid preventive therapy for tuberculosis in South Africa: An assessment of the local evidence base

R Wood, L-G. Bekker (2014) CC

Review S Afr Med J 2014;104(3):174-177. DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7968

Condoms - The prevention of HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancies

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS) (2016) C2

UNAIDS 2016 / Meeting Report

Major new lineages of SARS-CoV-2 emerge and spread in South Africa during lockdown

Tegally, H.; et al. (2020) CC

doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.28.20221143 This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.

Census 2011 Profile of persons with disabilities | Statistics South Africa

Statistics South Africa (2014) CC

Stats SA has released an in-depth report on persons with disabilities. The report, written using Census 2011 data, is the first in a series of in-depth analyses of various Census 2011 variables, suc... more

The role of an essential health benefit in health systems in east and southern Africa: Learning from regional research

R. Loewenson, M. Mamdani and others Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2018) C1

Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 113
This report synthesises the learning across the full programme ... work. It presents the methods used, the context and policy motivations for developing EHBs; how they are being defined, costed, disseminated and used in health systems, including for service provision and quality, resourcing and purchasing services and monitoring and accountability on service delivery and performance, and for learning, useful practice and challenges faced. more

Untreated Violence: Critical gaps in medical and clinical forensic care for survivors of sexual violence in South Africa

Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2017) C1

Sexual violence is a major problem in South Africa, with studies showing that up to one in four women have been raped in their lifetime.

Malawi national action plan on antimicrobial resistance: review of progress in the human health sector

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This policy brief aims to provide a review of the current progress on implementing the Malawi national action plan on AMR, identifies critical gaps, and highlights findings to accelerate further pro... more

Coordinated public health surveillance between points of entry and national health surveillance systems

World Health Organization (2014)

Advising principles. The purpose of this document is to support competent authorities in charge of IHR implementation to improve national capacitie... more

Kenya national action plan on antimicrobial resistance: review of progress in the human health sector

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This policy brief aims to provide a review of the current progress on implementing the Kenya national action plan on AMR, identifies critical gaps, and highlights findings to accelerate further prog... more

Assessment of country implementation of the WHO global health sector strategy for sexually transmitted infections (‎2016–2021)‎: results of a national survey

World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC

The WHO global health sector strategy on sexually transmitted infections, 2016–2021 (1) includes country milestones for achievement by 2020 and global targets for achievement by 2030. In addition, countries were called to identify ... sexually transmitted infection (STI) targets for 2020 and beyond. Reporting on these milestones, country targets and progress on implementation at the country level is due as a report to the World Health Assembly in 2021 (1) more

Africa, WASH, and the Millennium Development Goals: A Local Systems Case Study of How South Africa Achieved MDG Target 7c

Muller, Helgard et al. USAID (2017) C1

Democratic dispensation in 1994 created a political and social platform that reshaped life in South Africa. There was a surge in common belief that the inequity and wrong ... Apartheid should and could be rectified. Equity of access to water and sanitation were obvious targets for improvement. In 1994, an estimated 14–15 million South Africans were without access to an improved water supply, while close to 21 million - more than half of the population at that time - did not have access to improved sanitation facilities. These problems were most severe in poorer rural areas. The water and sanitation sector became unified by the vision of universal access for all South Africans. This case study documents the progression of the sector between 1994 and 2016, and analyzes the impact of local systems created in South Africa to respond to the water and sanitation challenge. more

Submission on the Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities in South Africa to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

SECTION27 - Catalysts for Social Justice (2015) C2

Contracting between faith-based and public health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: an ongoing crisis? The cases of Cameroon, Tanzania, Chad and Uganda

Delphine Boulenger, Basile Keugoung & Bart Criel, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp Medicus Mundi International Network (MMI) (2009) C1

Implementation manual to prevent and control the spread of carbapenem-resistant organisms at the national and health care facility level
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This manual presents a compelling case for action on carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) and describes the linkages between the prevention and control of CROs and the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). It describes how the eight... more

WHO and partners working with national health authorities to contain new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

World Health Organization WHO (2018)

Moving to a strong(er) community health system: analysing the role of community health volunteers in the new national community health strategy in Malawi

Angwenyi, V.; Aantjes, C.; Kondowe, K. et al. BMJ Global Health (2018) CC

Since the Alma Ata Declaration in 1978, community health volunteers (CHVs) have been at the forefront, providing health services, especially to underserved communities, in low-income countries. Howe... more

Analysing and using routine data to monitor the effects of COVID-19 on essential health services: practical guide for national and subnational decision-makers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

14 January 2021 This practical guide can be used to help countries monitor and analyse the impact of COVID-19 on essential health services to inform planning and decision-making. It provides practi... more