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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on the utilisation of health services in public facilities during the first wave in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hategeka C, Carter SE, Chenge FM, et al. BMJ Global Health (2021) CC

INTRODUCTION: Health service use among the public can decline during outbreaks and had been predicted among low and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, ...he government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) started implementing public health measures across Kinshasa, including strict lock-down measures in the Gombe health zone. METHODS: Using monthly time series data from the DRC Health Management Information System (January 2018 to December 2020) and interrupted time series with mixed effects segmented Poisson regression models, we evaluated the impact of the pandemic on the use of essential health services (outpatient visits, maternal health, vaccinations, visits for common infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases) during the first wave of the pandemic in Kinshasa. Analyses were stratified by age, sex, health facility and lockdown policy (i.e, Gombe vs other health zones). RESULTS: Health service use dropped rapidly following the start of the pandemic and ranged from 16% for visits for hypertension to 39% for visits for diabetes. However, reductions were highly concentrated in Gombe (81% decline in outpatient visits) relative to other health zones. When the lock-down was lifted, total visits and visits for infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases increased approximately twofold. Hospitals were more affected than health centres. Overall, the use of maternal health services and vaccinations was not significantly affected. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in important reductions in health service utilizsation in Kinshasa, particularly Gombe. Lifting of lock-down led to a rebound in the level of health service use but it remained lower than pre-pandemic levels. more

A Is tuberculosis elimination a feasible goal in Colombia by 2050?

López, L.; Y. Keynan, D. Marin et al. (2019) CC

Health Policy and Planning, Volume 35, Issue 1, February 2020, Pages 47–57, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czz122 Colombia has an underreporting of 30% of the total cases, according ...o World Health Organization (WHO) estimations. In 2016, successful tuberculosis (TB) treatment rate was 70%, and the mortality rate ranged between 3.5% and 10%. In 2015, Colombia adopted and adapted the End TB strategy and set a target of 50% reduction in incidence and mortality by 2035 compared with 2015. more

Conception et validation d’une enquête sur le seul trichiasis trachomateux ; Groupe consultatif stratégique et technique sur les maladies tropicales négligées ; Groupe de travail du contrôle

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

En 1998, la Cinquante-et-Unième Assemblée mondiale de la Santé a adopté la résolution WHA51.11 qui vise l’élimination mondiale du trachome en tant que problème de santé publique à l’h... more

Use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 self-testing

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

9 March 2022, Timely and accurate diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an essential part of a comprehensive COVID-19 response strategy. Ag-RDTs can be performed by individuals in which ...hey collect their own specimen, perform a simple rapid test and interpret their test result themselves at a time and place of their choosing, termed COVID-19 self-testing. This interim guidance provides a new recommendation that COVID-19 self-testing, using SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDTs, should be offered as part of SARS-CoV-2 testing services. It also includes implementation considerations that can guide decisions on whether, and how, to adopt self-testing in different contexts, including the populations being prioritized; the disease prevalence in that population; and the impact on accessibility of testing, health care services and result reporting. more

Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Field Guide

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2005) C_WHO

In many countries neonatal tetanus is responsible for half of all neonatal deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases and for almost 14% of al¡ infant deaths. It is estimated ...hat in the 1970s more than 10,000 newborns died annually from neonatal tetanus in the Americas. Neonatal tetanus is prevented by immunization and/or assuring clean delivery and post-delivery practices. more

Introduction to the Core Curriculum on Tuberculosis: What the Clinician Should Know

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2013)

Sixth Edition

NO-SCALPEL VASECTOMY - Curriculum - Trainer’s Manual

EngenderHealth; USAID (2007)

A Training Course for Vasectomy Providers and Assitants 2nd Edition

HIV-related Needs in Internally Displaced Persons and Other Conflict-affected Populations: A Rapid Situation Assessment Tool
recommended

UNHCR; UNAIDS (2007) CC

This assessment tool for HIV and internally displaced persons (IDPs) is an outcome of multisectoral, multi-agency assessment missions in Côte d’Ivoire, ...he Democratic Republic of Congo, Nepal and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) first global consultation on HIV and internally displaced persons held in April 2007 in Geneva. more

Bien prescrire les médicaments / Guide to Good Prescribing (French version)

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) (1994) C_WHO

Guide pratique pour bien prescrire les médicaments - On y voit comment la prescription d’un médicament s’inscrit dans un processus participant de maintes considérations, quels principes président au choix d’un médicament, et comment constituer progressivement une liste de médicaments de... more

Projected Zika Virus Importation and Subsequent Ongoing Transmission after Travel to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games —Country-Specific Assessment, July 2016

Ardath Grills, Stephanie Morrison, Bradley Nelson et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) C_CDC

The use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TB-LAMP) for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: policy guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Following review of the latest evidence, WHO recommends that TB-LAMP can be used as a replacement for microscopy for ...he diagnosis of pulmonary TB in adults with signs and symptoms of TB. It can also be considered as a follow-on test to microscopy in adults with signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB, especially when further testing of sputum smear-negative specimens is necessary. more

Towards a tuberculosis-free world

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Stop TB Partnership (2011) C1

Advocacy report March 2011 303100 03/2011 E 1,000

Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Related Disorders. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 5

rabhakaran, Dorairaj; Anand, Shuchi; Gaziano, Thomas A.; et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) CC

This volume on CVDs, renal, and respiratory disorders has particularly high value. It carries the potential to become ...he most effective game-changer in global health by helping all countries to combat, contain, and control the biggest killer presently prowling the globe and by enabling us to reach the 2030 goals for NCDs and health overall. As one who has witnessed the epidemic of CVDs advance menacingly across the world in the past four decades, I fervently hope that the clear and convincing messages conveyed by the extensively researched and elegantly communicated analyses in this volume will be heard, heeded, and harmonized with policy and practice in all countries. Large file: 33 MB. Please download directly from the website link. more

Iodine thyroid blocking Guidelines for use in planning for and responding to radiological and nuclear emergencies

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

These guidelines provide a recommendation on iodine thyroid blocking (ITB), via oral administration of stable iodine, as an urgent protective action in responding ...o a nuclear accident. This recommendation aims to support emergency planners, policy makers, public health specialists, clinicians and other relevant stakeholders, in order to strengthen public health preparedness for radiation emergencies in WHO Member States as required by the International Health Regulations (IHR) and in line with the international safety standards (GSR Part 7). The scope of the guidelines is confined to public health aspects of planning and implementation of ITB before and during a radiation emergency, such as dosage and timing of ITB administration, adverse effects of stable iodine, its packaging, storage, and distribution. These guidelines supersede the 1999 WHO Guidelines for Iodine Prophylaxis following Nuclear Accidents. more

Lignes directrices sur l’EHA pour les acteurs de terrain. Manuel 3: L'hygiène

Malteser International (2011) C1

The role of psychosocial interventions in drug treatment

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2016) C2

Perspectives on drugs

Troubles obsessionnels compulsifs chez l'enfant et l'adolescent

P. Gomes de Alvarenga; R. S. Mastrorosa; M. Conceição do Rosário IACAPAP (2012) C2

Troubles Anxieux Chapitre F.3 Edition en français Traduction : Alexis Revet Sous la direction de : Jean-Philippe Raynaud Avec le soutien de la SFPEADA

Modelling an Optimised Investment Approach for Tajikistan

The Republic of Tajikistan; UNDP (2014) C2

Getting to Zero Sustainable Financing of National HIV Responses

Campagne CPS 2017 troisième passage - Chimioprévention du paludisme saisonnier

Programme national de lutte contre le paludisme (PNLP) - Sénégal (2017) C2

Régions: Kedougou - Kolda - Sedhiou- Tamba Campagne réalisée sur financement PMI/USAID