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Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
Plos Current Outbreaks 2015 May 15 . Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.c3576278c66b22ab54a25e122fcdbec1
This is the sixth of our 11-paper supplement entitled “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of New Era”. Expectations
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The Road to Recovery. This synthesis report is based on three national studies on the evolution of the Ebola epidemic and its impact on Guinea, Liberia
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This is the ninth paper in our series, “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of a New Era”. Community health workers (CHWs) are in an intermedi
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Shoman et al. Globalization and Health (2017) 13:1 DOI 10.1186/s12992-016-0224-2
20-22 July 2015, Monrovia, Liberia
Forests, trees and green spaces, hereinafter ‘forests and trees’ for short, provide multiple goods and services that contribute to human
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Early Release Vol. 64 ; 1 May 2015
The context of the Ebola epidemic presented extreme challenges for Oxfam, as it did for many organisations. At the onset of the epidemic, there was a general lack
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A Review of Evidence from Africa
Accessed: 21.08.2019
This study complements the growing amount of research on the psychosocial impact of war on chil-dren in Sierra Leone by examining local perceptions of
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A major problem facing the world is how to build peace following the ravages of increasingly protracted armed conflict. Armed conflicts leave behind shattered, divided societies that are at risk of
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This guide is intended to support national governments developing their national deployment and vaccination plans (NDVPs) for COVID-19 vaccines by outlining the roles, needs and opportunities for co
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To provide information on trends on official development assistance (ODA) disbursement patterns for
reproductive health activities in 18 conflict-affected countries
The report underscores that sexual and reproductive health and rights are often the first to be sacrificed during epidemics
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Review of disability issues and rehabilitation services in 29 african countries.
Purpose of this document: to present eight practical steps that Member States can take at the national and sub-national level to improve WASH in health
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The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Buruli ulcer at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 25 to 27 March 2019
The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 118 events in the region. This week’s main articles cover the following events:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Togo
Measles in Chad
Ebola virus disease (EVD) in É
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This paper has been prepared to inform discussion at the conference “Beating the DRUM - Domestic Resource Use and Mobilization for accelerating progress towards SDG3,”. Many countries face critical shortfalls in domestic resource use
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Findings on maternal and child health in Nepal, Mozambique and
Rwanda, and neglected tropical d
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A practical approach for developing policy and strategy to improve quality of care
The handbook outlines an approach for the development of natio
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9 June 2021
Since its launch, GLASS has expanded in scope and coverage and as of May 2021, 109 countries
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A study conducted by the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on older persons both globally and in the African region. Although o
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This report presents country, regional and global estimates of low birth weight for 2000, together with a detailed description of the methods used
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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 (SDGs), with the third goal
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An applied approach to the training of trainers who, in turn,
train teams to implement psychosocial and mental health
interventions in developing
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The majority of developing countries will fail to achieve their targets for Universal Health Coverage (UHC)1 and the
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A key purpose of the Recovery Toolkit is to support countries in the reactivation of health services which may have suffered as a result
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Health system resilience is not an inevitable byproduct of any investment in health but must be intentionally programmed
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Refugee Health
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An approach to emergency situations. Relief workers face rapidly changing and complex environments, new disease patterns, enormous humanitarian needs and relatively limited resources. The authors
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In Control. A Practical Handbook for Professionals Working in Health Emergencies Internationally
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In Control imparts knowledge, provokes reflection and triggers curiosity. The first half of the book provides an overview of the organisations, pri
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As the number of transboundary pest and animal and foodborne disease outbreaks rises, so does the number
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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
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Mental health is critically important to everyone, everywhere. All over the world, mental health needs are high but responses are insufficient and
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The WHO/UNICEF JMP report, WASH in Health Care Facilities, is the first comprehensive global assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in
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Guidelines for planning and provision of pastoral and social support services
WHO Ghana 2022 annual report
recommended
“2022 was an eventful year for the WHO Country Office in Ghana,” says Dr Francis Kasolo, WHO Representative to Ghana.
In 2022, WHO Ghana collaborated with partners to deliver interventions in support of the Government
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Past quantitative research on health financing has focused mostly on the level and distribution of total expenditure, with little emphasis on the s
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Global tuberculosis report 2022
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The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and
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22 December 2020
The COVID-19 vaccine safety guidance manual has been developed upon recommendation and guidance of GACVS members, as well as by experts incorporating current
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Small drinking-water supplies commonly experience operational, managerial, technical and resourcing challenges that impact their ability to deliver safe and reliable services. The needs
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Full Report.
In response to a call by the United Nations Secretary-General and the Governments of Guinea, Liberia
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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 curre
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In response to a call by the United Nations Secretary-General and the Governments of Guinea, Liberia an
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This codebook outlines the set of TUFF procedures that have been developed, tested, refined, and implemented by AidData staff and affiliated facult
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Annual report on global preparednessfor health emergencies
The next pandemic is not a question of if, but when—and the world is woefully unprepa
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This is the third guidance note in a four-part series of notes related to impact evaluation developed by InterAction with financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation.This third guidance note, Introduction to Mixed Methods in Impact Evaluation,
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Religion and Development 01/2019. Discussion Paper Series of the Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development
Desk Review and Recommendations for Private Sector Engagement
BMC Medicine 2014, 12:196
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/12/196
Global concerns: Implications for the future
Child Mental Health Atlas
Review
Drake AL et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2019, 22:e25271 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.25271/full | https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25271
This report is a comprehensive statistical overview of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the 29 countries where the practice is concentrated. Analysis of the data reflects current perspec
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This report presents the most current data on four specific forms of violence – violent discipline and exposure to domestic abuse during early childhood; violence at school; violent deaths among a
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Results and Lessons Learned from CapacityPlus 2009-2015
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR):
Bull World Health Organ 2022;100:50–59 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.21.286689
Education in emergencies is a young area; the evidence of its impact is often anecdotal, and although its status as a humanitarian concern has gained legitimacy in recent years, it has yet to be ac
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Responses to epidemics, emergencies and disasters raise many ethical issues for the people involved, including public health specialists and polic
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The audit was undertaken in order to ascertain whether allocations and donations received directly by the Government of Sierra Leone, in the fight against the Ebola Virus Disease were utilised with
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