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Annual Report: 2015-2016
Accessed November 2, 2017
Namibia: Operation Theatre Manual
recommended
“towards quality health and social welfare services”
Further Analysis of the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Demographic and Health Surveys. DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 80
The report summarizes the estimates of the burden of
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We systematically reviewed Medline as well as the references of published review articles for relevant studies of adherence to multidrug treatment
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This report presents further analysis of the 2015 Nepal Health Facility Survey. Data analysis is based on the Donabedian framework for assessing qu
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With the increase in frequency of disasters, there is a need to improve early warning systems (EWS) for EA to reduce the risks faced by children an
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This report presents three scenarios on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa using economic growth forecasts, mortality and efforts to ameliorate impact through social grants. Likely effects are examine
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Universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals in the WHO African Region
The APCA Atlas provides the most up-to-date information of palliative care development in nearly all countries in Africa, using indicators derived,
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Research results of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) prevention and response before, during and after disasters in Indonesia, Lao PDR and the Philippines
This report contributes new eviden ...
This report contributes new eviden ...
It is too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 on Africa. To date the experience has been varied. There are causes for concern, but also reaso
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abridged version, March 2021
he study highlights the impacts of COVID-19 on women and men as gleaned from research conducted during 2020, as well as the
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n 2015, Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its accompanying Sustainable Development Goals
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Many groups in sub-Saharan Africa have historically linked persons with disabilities with witchcraft as a component of a wider link between accusations of witchcraft and socially marginalized popula
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Physical distancing measures are important to reduce COVID-19 transmission. However, when stringently applied, they can result in negative health and socio-economic impacts. This report draws on a rapid review of available literature, case studies f
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Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) programs targeted at children aged 6–59 months are implemented in many countries. By improving immune function, vitamin A (VA) reduces mortality associated with measles, diarrhea, and other illnesses. There is currently a debate regarding
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Towards a Healthier Botswana
English Analysis on World and 19 other countries about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 13 Jan 2021 by FAO
In 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malawi conducted a nationwide assessment of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services. This cr
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National Plague Control Guidelines
recommended
Accessed Oktober 18, 2017
The Rwandan Ministry of Health recognizes the threat that Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) pose to health and development in Rwanda and in 2009 art
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The Policy Guidelines and Service Standards for National Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme document outlines the steps on how to offer and deliver services. Improving quality
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The aim of this publication is to provide practical guidance for public information officers on the preparation for and response to a nuclea
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Designed for trainers of health workers, this manual offers skills-building sessions on developing more “male-friendly” health services. Utilizing participatory and experiential activities, the
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The results of in-country database and reports analysis
This strategic framework marries formerly separate mandates for HIV and TB management in to one, comprehensive collaboration. It provides a structure for how to: strengthen the health care system to respond effectively to both epidemics, reduce
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Pregnancy and childbirth during adolescence profoundly affects the lives of millions of girls worldwide, and is a leading cause
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This publication marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It is dedicated to
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This paper is motivated by the global spread of the coronavirus referred to as COVID-19 and its efect on Sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies.
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The study on refugee economies shows that refugees and former refugees are contributing positively to Zambia’s economy in various ways and have the potential to contribute even further if legal an
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In 2015 around 15 million people living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in sub–Saharan Africa. Sustained provision of ART, though both prudent and necessary, creates substantial long–term fiscal obligations for countries a
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The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of the International Mil
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The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of the International
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This brief update on tuberculosis (TB) in the African region covers the state of TB in the WHO A
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Almost 30 countries vulnerable to a new Ebola-style Epidemic, jeopardising the future of millions of Children.
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Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children.
This report makes the case for a major new initiative—to rapidly recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers in Africa. Drawing on a vast body of evidence and substantial regional
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To complement the Global Strategy progress reporting, this report provides a detailed look at country leadership and action toward the Every Newborn National Milestones by 2020. Countries have taken
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These guidelines – an update to the World Health Organization’s 2015 publication Consolidated strategic information guidelines – present a set of essential aggregate indicators and guidance on
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The indicators and questions in this document are designed for use by national AIDS programmes and partners to assess the state of a country’s HI
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The 2020 Report analyzes global health spending for 190 countries from 2000 to 2018 and provides insights as to the health spending trajectory from the
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Rabies is entirely preventable, and vaccines, medicines, tools and technologies have long
been available to prevent people from dying of dog-mediated rabies. Nevertheless, rabies still
kills about 60 000 people a year,
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The major neglected tropical diseases, Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni or S. haematobium are presumed to be widely distributed in Africa. Taenia solium taeniosis/ cysticercosis has been reporte
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Tuberculosis (TB) control in the African Region has evolved since the disease was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO
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Case management is an approach at the core of social work. Case management is the process required for improving
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This brief gives an overview of disability rights in the Sub-Saharan region, with focus on Sida partner countries; DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and South S
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The majority of developing countries will fail to achieve their targets for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)1 and the health- and poverty-related Su
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Epilepsy: a public health imperative
recommended
This is the first global report on epilepsy summarizing the available evidence on the burden of
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The GHS Index is intended to be a key resource in the face of increasing risks of high-consequen
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Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels.
Today, inaccurate diagnosis, medication errors, inappropriate or unnecessary treatment, inadequate or unsafe clinical facilities or practices, or providers who lack adequate training an ...
Today, inaccurate diagnosis, medication errors, inappropriate or unnecessary treatment, inadequate or unsafe clinical facilities or practices, or providers who lack adequate training an ...
Journal of the International AIDS Society 2016, 19:20926
There is a growing interest in the potential contribution ...
There is a growing interest in the potential contribution ...
As the Convention of the Rights of Children recognizes, children are human beings with a distinc
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Women advancing the end of AIDS
This report is one of the first major products of the newly established Precision Public Health
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The well-being of children in sub-Saharan Africa is under siege from all directions since the advent of
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The goal of this Global Action Plan is to articulate synergistic actions that will be required to prevent HIVDR from undermining efforts to achieve global targets on health and HIV, and to provide
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July 2018
This fourth edition of the Unitaid/WHO market and technology landscape: HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing report summarizes the
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The aim of the framework is to provide guidance to Member States and partners on region-specific priority actions towards
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UNAIDS 2019, Reference
This edition of UNAIDS data shows the results of some of those successes
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of investments in public health, the persistenc
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This research report provided results from the study of living conditions among people with functional limitation in Mozambique. Two comparative studies o
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This progress report reflects achievements made during the first year of implementation (through December 2016), as countries have taken actions in line with new or existing national strategies.
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This guidance document is designed to ensure that the process of iteratively managing the health risks
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Global Report on Food Crises 2023
recommended
The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2023 highlights that the number of people experiencing high levels
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the global community of countries, partners, donors, technical experts, scientists and field implementation
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Addressing comorbidities and risk factors for TB is a crucial component of Pillar one of the End TB Strategy, which focuses on integrated patient-c
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Promoting health and preventing disease is a critical component of the effort required to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). to date, efforts to achieve UHC have focused mostly on strengthenin
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Including a Tool to Assess the Adolescent Health and Development Component in Pre-Service Education of Health-Care Providers
While there has been real progress in addressing the burden of disease in the WHO African region, the
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The floods caused by the Tropical Cyclone IDAI has affected 3 million people in the Republics of
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Claims for refugee status related to situations of armed conflict and violence under Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol rela
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The Education 2030 Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action specifies that the mandate of the
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