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Beat the heat: Child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC

Beat the heat: child health amid heatwaves in Europe and Central Asia finds that half of these children died from heat-related illnesses in their first year of life. Most children died during the summer months. "Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children –... are already exposed to frequent heatwaves in a region where temperatures are rising at the fastest rate globally. The increasingly high temperatures can have serious health complications for children, especially the youngest children, even in a short space of time. Without care, these complications can be life-threatening,” said Regina De Dominicis UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. Heat exposure has acute effects on children, even before they are born, and can result in pre-term births, low birth weight, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. Heat stress is a direct cause of infant mortality, can affect infant growth and cause a range of paediatric diseases. The report also notes that extreme heat caused the loss of more than 32,000 years of healthy life among children and teenagers in the region. As the temperatures continue to rise, UNICEF urges governments across Europe and Central Asia to: - Integrate strategies to reduce the impact of heatwaves including through National Determined Contributions (NDC), National Adaptation Plans (NAP), and disaster risk reduction and disaster management policies with children at the centre of these plans Invest in heat health action plans and primary health care to more adequately support heat-related illness among children - Invest in early warning systems, including heat alert systems - Adapt education facilities to reduce the temperatures in the areas children play in and equip teachers with skills to respond to heat stress - Adapt urban design and infrastructure including ensuring buildings, particularly those housing the most vulnerable communities are equipped to minimize heat exposure - Secure the provision of safe water, particularly in countries with deteriorating water quality and availability. UNICEF works with governments, partners and communities across the region to build resilience against heatwaves. This includes equipping teachers, community health workers and families with the skills and knowledge to respond to heat stress. more

The reality of managing asthma in sub-Saharan Africa – Priorities and strategies for improving care

Mortimer, K.; Masekela, R.; Ozoh, O.; et al. (2022) CC2

Asthma is the most common non-communicable disease in children and remains one of the most common throughout the life course. The great majority of the burden of this disease is seen in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), which have disproportionately high asthma-related mortality relati... more

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Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management

Daniel S. Chertow, Christian Kleine, Jeffrey K. Edwards, Roberto Scaini, Ruggero Giuliani, and Armand Sprecher (2014)

The New England Journal of Medicine has a perspective on Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management, written by authors who have cared for more than 700 patients with EVD between August 23 and October 4, 2014, in the largest Ebola treatment unit in Monrovia, Liberi... more

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Education under Attack in Syria

Save the Children (2015) C1

All photos in this report were taken by Ahmad Baroudi/Save the Children

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Zika virus (ZIKV) Surveillance in the Americas: Laboratory detection and diagnosis
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Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2016) C_WHO

This algorithm is addressed to laboratories with established capacity(molecular, antigenic and/orserological) to detect dengue (DENV), Zika (ZIKV), and chikungunya(CHIKV) as part of the differential diagnosis for arborviruses. A BSL2 containment level is required to handle suspected samples.

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Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Laboratories for TB Control in Cambodia

National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT) , Cambodia Ministry of Health, Camboida (2007) CC

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Factsheet 6: HIV Care and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Services in Nepal, as of July 2016

Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health, National Center for AIDS and STD Control (2016) C1

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Lessons from Northern Uganda in addressing gender based violence

Sharlene Yang Action Contre la Faim France (2017) C1

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Impact of Vitamin D in the Treatment of Tuberculosis

K. vinh quoc Luong, L. T. H. Nquyen; American Research Foundation, (2011) C2

Review Article: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 2011;341(6):493–498.]

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Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis in the Western Pacific Region: update with 2013 case notification data

T. Hiatta and N. Nishikior WPSAR; WHO (2016) C_WHO

Regional Analysis. WPSAR Vol 7, No 2, 2016 | doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2015.6.4.010

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Teenage pregnancy in Cambodia

UNFPA (2015) C1

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Universal health coverage in Indonesia: concept, progress, and challenges.

Agustina R., Dartanto T., Sitompul R., et al. (2018) C2

Lancet. 2018 Dec 19. pii: S0140-6736(18)31647-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31647-7. [Epub ahead of print]

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Maternal Deaths Down by 70 Percent in Ethiopia

Ezega News (2019) C2

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Antipsychotics and mood stabilizers in individuals with bipolar mania

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

Q7: In individuals with bipolar mania, are a) antipsychotics, b) mood stabilizers (lithium carbonate, valproate, and carbamazepine) effective and safe

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Synthetic cannabinoids in Europe

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2017) C2

Perspectives on Drugs

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Lessons learned in developing community mental health care in Latin American and Caribbean countries

Denise Razzouk , Guilherme Gregório, Renato Antunes, Jair de Jesus Mari (World Psychiatry (2012) CC

This paper summarizes the findings for the Latin American and Caribbean countries of the WPA Task Force on Steps, Obstacles and Mistakes to Avoid in the Implementation of Community Mental Health Care. It presents an overview of the provision of mental health services in the region; describes key exp... more