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Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection—focus on the Asia-Pacific region

Q.M. Trinh; H.L. Nguyen; V.N. Nguyen International Journal of Infectious Diseases; Elsevier Ltd (2014) C2
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 32 (2015) 170–178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2014.11.023 1201-9712/ß 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http: ... more
Cystic fibrosis (CF) was earlier thought to be a disease prevalent in the West among Caucasians. However, quite a number of recent studies have uncovered CF cases outside of this region, and reported hundreds of unique ... more
Technical Report
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185526 September 28, 2017 Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisboa, Portugal
This technical report presents the epidemiology of human and animal leishmaniases in the EU and its neighbouring countries and concludes that the d ... more
The leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by Leishmania spp., which occur in cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral forms. They are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which disproportionately affect marginalized populations who have limited a ... more
Настоящий документ был опубликован в рамках инициативы Международного партнерства за права человека (МППЧ) и его партнеров по мониторингу и документированию воз ... more
Impact of EU policies on accessing protection. The report highlights the tragedy hundreds of thousands of people face when seeking protection in Europe. Women, men and children escaping war, repress ... more

Status Report on prison health in Europe

World Health Organization (Europe) (2019) C_WHO
Overwhelming evidence shows that a range of health concerns—mental illness, substance dependence, HIV/AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases—affect prisoners disproportionately. But, while incarceration poses risks to health—including inadequate n ... more

HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Belarus

J. D. Lundgren; D. Raben; I. Eramova; V. Ilyenkova World Health Organization (Europe); Centre for Heath & Infectious Disease Research (2014) C_WHO
Evaluation report January 2014
Djibuti et al. BMC Public Health (2015) 15:427 DOI 10.1186/s12889-015-1760-z
Tokar et al. Health Research Policy and Systems (2019) 17:23 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0415-4

HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Georgia

D. Raben; S. F. Jakobsen; J. Klinte; J.Lundgren World Health Organization (Europe); Centre for Health & Infectious Disease Research (2014) C_WHO
Evaluation report September 2014
Int J Health Geogr. 2002; 1: 5. Published online 2002 Dec 20. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-1-5 PMCID: PMC149400 PMID: 12537588
Revised and expanded version of the Guidelines
This guideline for the prevention and control of chikungunya fever (CF) is intended for use by all peripheral health workers in the Region and is based on the strategy outlined above. This documen ... more

Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in children

E. Venturini; A. Turkova; E. Chiappini; et al. BMC Infectious Diseases; BioMed Central; PubMed.gov (2014) CC
Venturini et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14(Suppl 1):S5 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/14/S1/S5

Standards and Normative Mechanisms for Disaster Risk Reduction

Jachia, Lorenza United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (2014) C1
Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
The aim of this paper is to help bring voluntary standards into the toolbox of disaster risk reduction, including both by encouraging their use by business and ... more
This collection of case studies on risk communication and community engagement (‎RCCE)‎ from 18 different country/area level public health partners in the WHO European Region provides evidence of numerous results achieved ... more
This document updates the 2009 ECDC guidance on chlamydia control in Europe. It was developed by a technical expert group which conducted a critical review of the scientific evidence on the epidemiology of chlamydia ... more

HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe 2017

A. Pharris; A. Stengaard World Health Organization (Europe); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2017) C_WHO
2016 data The report was coordinated by Anastasia Pharris and Annemarie Stengaard. Report review and production support were provided by Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Mike Catchpole, Denis Coulombier ... more
Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the global leading causes of concern due to the rising prevalence and consequence of mortality and disability with a heavy economic burden. The ... more
Minimum standards of home care for older people in Red Cross Red Crescent volunteer-based programming in the Europe Zone
Towards ending tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
The report “Build back fairer: achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” provides ground breaking insights into the state of health inequities in the Region and urges countrie ... more

Forced Out: LGBT People in Azerbaijan

D. van der Veur ILGA-Europe (The European Region of the international Lesbian and Gay Association); COC Netherlands (2007) C2
Report on ILGA-Europe/COC fact-finding mission
This publication represents a key step forward in translating Control of the leishmaniases (WHO Technical Report Series, No. 949) into a more practical tool for health personnel directly involved in the case management of cutaneous leishmaniasis. With this manual, countries will have, for the first ... more
20 February 2013 Update on 2004 Background Paper (Written by Saloni Tanna) Priority Medicines for Europe and the World "A Public Health Approach to Innovation"

Fact sheets on sustainable development goals: health targets - HIV

World Health Organization (Europe); 3 Good Health and well-beeing (2017) C_WHO
SDG target 3.3: by 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, waterborne diseases and ... more

Special edition: HIV in MSM

I. Steffens; K. Hagmaier; K. Wilson; et al. Eurosurveillance (Europe’s journal on infectious disease epidemiology, prevention and control); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2015) C2
Eurosurveillance Impact Factor 5.7 June 2015 www.eurosurveillance.org Featuring a series of articles on HIV and STI epidemiology, prevention and control among MSM in ... more
Revised National TB Control Programme. Annual Status Report

Meeting Report ECDC/WHO Joint Meeting on European HIV/AIDS Surveillance 10-11 March 2016, Bratislava

ECDC European Center for disease prevention and control; World Health Organization (Europe); EACS European AIDS Clinical Society (2019) C2
Accessed: 20.11.2019
Access to safe blood and blood products is recognized as one of the key requirements for delivery of modern health care in the journey towards health for all. The foundation of safe and sustainable ... more
Excessive consumption of salt (more than 5 g per day) raises blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, and is the leading cause of death in th ... more
Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 21, Issue 5, May 2015, Pages 433-443; The neglected zoonotic diseases (NZDs) have been all but eradicated in wealthier countries, but remain major causes of ill-health ... more
Stenotrophomonas maltophiliais a nonfermenting Gram-negative rod that is ubiquitous in nature (predominantly occurring in aquatic environments and on plants). Biochemically, it iscatalase positive and ... more
Chagas disease is currently endemic and also predicted to be at increased transmission risk under future climate change scenarios. Similarly, an expansion of areas in the United States at increased risk for Chagas disease transmission is also expect ... more
In an ambitious new era for health development under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, WHO and its partners have a solid foundation of success on which to build. Health plays a fundamental role in development ... more
Census Report Volume 4-E
As no census has been undertaken in over 30 years, many aspects of the demographic situation in the country were unknown. For instance, before the Census it was thought that the country had a population of about 60 million, but the 2014 Census showed that the population ... more
Project Drawdown (2022) provides evidence of how climate solutions can also be win-win opportunities for meeting development and human well-being needs while boosting prosperity for rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa ... more
Cholera is a transmissible diarrhoeal infection caused by Vibrio cholerae. Endemic and/or epidemic in over 40 countries (mainly in Africa and Asia) ... more
Accessed: 11.03.2020
Healthy maternal nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, and optimal infant and young child nutrition are critical for appropriate growth and developme ... more
BACKGROUND: Growing political attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) offers a rare opportunity for achieving meaningful action. Many governments have developed national AMR action plans, but most have not yet implemented policy interventions to reduce antimicrobial overuse. A systematic evidenc ... more
Despite being a curable and preventable disease, tuberculosis (TB) remains as one of the major challenges for health systems, globally. Every year, TB affects more than 10 million people and kills m ... more

Palliative care for older people: better practices

Hall, S.; H. Petkova, A.D. Tsouros, et al. World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe, et al. (2011) C_WHO
This publication aims to provide examples of better palliative care practices for older people to help those involved in planning and supporting care-oriented services most appropriately and ... more
It outlines key achievements, needs and opportunities for intervention in the field of rehabilitation in Ukraine. The content of this document is a snapshot in time – not an in-depth analysis of the entire rehabilitation sector. The analysis focus ... more
The intent of these guidelines is to develop a holistic, coordinated, proactive and technology driven strategy for management of biological disasters through a culture of prevention, mitigation and ... more
he WHO South-East Region in 2019 accounted for nearly a million missing TB patients from the estimated incidence. Active case-finding (ACF) or systematic screening for tuberculosis is an important tool to reach out to missing TB patients. When appropriately implemented, the activity is cost effectiv ... more
Saving lives is the priority of WHO’s response in Ukraine. WHO works to ensure time-critical, lifesaving multisectoral assistance, non-discriminatory access to emergency and essential health services and ... more
ECDC Technical Report, Fourth Update 3 July 2020
This checklist has been developed to support hospital preparedness for the management of COVID-19 patients. Elements to be assessed have been divided into the following areas: Establishment of a core team and key internal ... more
Accessed: 22.04.2020 The outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 virus confronts Prison Services daily with new challenges. Prison Services are dealing with closed environments and this makes it esp ... more
The main objective of this guidance is to provide scientific advice on public health principles and considerations for infection and prevention control of COVID-19 in migrant ... more
Men are less likely than women to seek help for mental health issues and are much more likely to commit suicide. This scoping review examined recent evidence published in English and Russian on the ... more
The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator’s Country Readiness and Delivery workstream has released guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan (NDVP) for COVID-19 vaccin ... more
an operational guide to support all those responsible for planning and implementing the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine to refugees and migrants at national a ... more
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Europe 2020 data: executive summary
Health is routinely considered in strategic environmental assessment (‎SEA)‎ and environmental impact assessment (‎EIA)‎, following requirements of European Union directives and the Protocol ... more
This policy discussion paper is designed to give an overview of the legal and policy implications of the dealat the present time.This paper is not designed to be an exhaustive statement or exploration of all issues –rather, its purpose is to highl ... more
Resources and Situation Updates COVID-19
Guiding principles for reuse are: Respirators which have been visibly contaminated (e.g. during procedure at intubated patients, such as suction cleaning of airways, taking probes, extubation attempts, etc.) or are damaged or not fitting, should be discarded ... more
very woman has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to dignified, respectful health care. Many women experience disrespectful and abusive treatment during childbirth in facilities worldwide. Such treatmen ... more
Curricular Modules for Lecturers and Teachers. The 2nd edition of the Global Public Health Curriculum has been published in the South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, end of 2016 as a spe ... more
Application for Program Design in the Europe and Eurasia Region
The arrival and rapid spread of the mosquito-borne viral disease Chikungunya across the Americas is one of the most significant public health developments of recent years, preceding and mirroring th ... more
This course provides information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures ... more
Crisis Group’s Watch List identifies ten countries or regions at risk of deadly conflict or escalation thereof in 2021. In these places, early action, driven or supported by the EU and its member states, could enhance prospects for peace ... more
Hands-on information and practical advice for everyday life and work in the field as well as background information on crisis management structures in international organizations lie at the heart of ... more
Background: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) including myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral arterial disease continue to be major causes of premature death, disability and hea ... more
This timely report comes at a decisive moment in history where we can reshape urban environments and health systems for the majority of the world’s population that live in cities. Enabling this transformation are the SDGs, which have reconfigur ... more
Member States have requested WHO policy guidance on how to facilitate the implementation of national AMS activities in an integrated and programmatic approach. This policy guidance responds to that demand from Member States ... more
Internationally, there is a growing concern over antimicro-bial resistance (AMR) which is currently estimated to ac-count for more than 700,000 deaths per year worldwide. If no appropriate measures are taken to halt its pro-gress, AMR will cost approximately 10 million lives andabout US$100 trillion ... more
PNAS 119 (8) e2113947119 | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113947119 Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs in r ... more
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) are public health measures that aim to prevent and/or control SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the community. As long as there is no effective and safe vaccine to pr ... more
Фонд ООН в области народонаселения (ЮНФПА) стремится достичь трех изменяющих мир результатов к 2030 году - крайнему сроку достижения Целей в Области Устойчивого Раз ... more
English Analysis on World about Food and Nutrition and Epidemic; published on 13 Dec 2021 by FAO
Цей кишеньковий довідник призначений для використання лікарями, медсестрами та іншими медичними працівниками, відповідальними за надання допомоги дітям і підліт ... more
Первичная медико-санитарная помощь – структурный компонент всеобщего охвата услугами здравоохранения и гарант качественного медицинского обслуживания, доступн ... more
Eur Respir J. 2014 April ; 43(4): 1132–1141. doi:10.1183/09031936.00203613.
The Vienna Declaration was signed at the end of the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment. The virtual meeting, hosted by the Federal Government of Austria, brought together 46 ministers ... more
Excecutive Summary. The failure to protect the people most vulnerable to climate change is especially alarming given the steady increase in the number of climate and weather-related disasters. According to the World Disasters Report, the average nu ... more
The failure to protect the people most vulnerable to climate change is especially alarming given the steady increase in the number of climate and weather-related disasters. According to the World Disasters Report, the average number of climate ... more
This guidance is targeted to primary health care policy-makers and only addresses issues relevant for primary health care providers. It has been prepared on the basis of a systematic review of the best available evidence ... more
Временные рекомендации16 декабря 2020 г. В настоящем документе кратко представлены текущие рекомендации ВОЗ по ведению эпиднадзора в области общественного здравоо ... more
Этот документ, содержащий ответы на часто задаваемые вопросы, дополняет временные рекомендации ВОЗ «Клиническое руководство по ведению пациентов с тяжелой остро ... more
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