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Community-facility Linkages to Support the Scale up of Lifelong Treatment for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women Living with HIV: A Conceptual Framework, Compendium of Promising Practices and Key Operat

Ackerman Gulaid, Laurie United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2015)

Dementia - A public health priority

World Health Organization; Alzheimer's Disease International (2012) C_WHO

The report “Dementia: a public health priority” has been jointly developed by WHO and Alzheimer's Disease International. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of dementia as a public ... more

Mantenimiento de la vigilancia de la gripe y seguimiento del SARS-CoV-2: adaptación del Sistema Mundial de Vigilancia y Respuesta a la Gripe (‎SMVRG)‎ y de los sistemas centinela durante la pandemia

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2021) C_WHO

orientaciones provisionales, 8 de noviembre de 2020 This interim guidance is most useful for countries interested in monitoring relative circulations of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. The document provides practical information to maintain surveillance of influenza and monitor SARS-CoV-2 using e ... more

Development and pilot evaluation of a home-based palliative care training and support package for young children in southern Africa

S. N. Naicker; A. Stein; L. Richter; et al. BMC Palliative Care (2016) CC

Naicker et al. BMC Palliative Care (2016) 15:41 DOI 10.1186/s12904-016-0114-7

Hepatology. A Clinical Textbook

Stefan Mauss, et al. Flying Publisher, Boehringer Ingelheim (2015)

A lifeline to learning - Leveraging technology to support education for refugees

UNESCO Education 2030 (2020) CC

Education is UNESCO’s top priority because it is a basic human right and the foundation on which to build peace and drive sustainable development. UNESCO is the United Nations’ specialized agency for education and the Education Sector provi ... more

Stunting as a Risk Factor of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Children: A Literature Review

Fauziah, N.; Ar-Rizqi, M.A.; Hana, S. et al. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases (2022) CC

As a high-burden neglected tropical disease, soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections remain a major problem in the world, especially among children under five years of age. Since young children a ... more

The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future

Romanello M., McGushin A., et al. (2021) C2

The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet Countdown represents the consensus of leading ... more

Antimicrobial resistance in Africa: a systematic review

Tilahun Tadesse, B., E. A. Ashley, S. Ongarello et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2017) C2

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 appr ... more

Snakebite envenoming -- A strategy for prevention and control

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The core of the strategy is the goal for all patients to have better overall care, so that the numbers of deaths and cases of disability are reduced by 50% before 2030. For this to be achieved, four strategic aims will be pursued. Empower and engage communities, Ensure safe, effective tre ... more

Good Practices in Perinatal Mental Health for Women during Wars and Migrations: A Narrative Synthesis from the COST Action Riseup-PPD in the Context of the War in Ukraine

Rodríguez-Muñoz, M. F., Krupelnytska, L. et al. (2022) CC

Since February 24th, 2022, the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, more than 80,000 women were expected to give birth. Therefore, understanding the impact of war on the perinatal health of women is an important requisite to improve perinatal care. This narrative synthesis has two mai ... more

The impact of HIV and antiretroviral therapy on TB risk in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P. J. Dodd; A. J. Prendergas; C. Beecroft; et al. BMJ Journals (2017) CC

BMJ,Dodd PJ, et al. Thorax 2017;72:559–575. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209421

Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. A tool for Action.

Promundo, UNFPA (2016)

This tool is a living document that provides guidance on good partnership practices that promote strong relationships between civil society organizations and government representatives on engaging men and boys in gender equality and sexual ... more

Climate Information For Public Health: A Curriculum For Best Practices

Laurence Cibrelus; Gilma Mantilla International Research Institute for Climate and Society (2011) C1

CIPH Curriculum for Best Practices. Putting Principles to Work

COVID-19: Guidelines for case-finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South Africa
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Bham A., J. Bhiman, F. Bongweni et al. Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis and Outbreak Response (2020) C2

The information contained in this document, be it guidelines, recommendations, diagnostic algorithms or treatment regimens, are offered in this document in the public interest. To the best of the knowledge of the guideline writing team, the information contained in these guidelines is correct. Imple ... more

Sharing Smart Solutions in Water

Diego J. Rodriguez, Matthijs Schuring, Nansia Constantinou et al. The World Bank; Water Partnership Program (2013) C1

Water security, or having the right amount and quality of water in the right place at the right time, fosters social and economic progress. Where water is sufficient to meet demand, it can promote economy wide growth and enable countries to reach their food security, energy security, and human devel ... more

Influence of Service Readiness on Use of Facility Delivery Care: A Study Linking Health Facility Data and Population Data in Haiti

Wang, Wenjuan, Michelle Winner, Clara Burgert, and Josh Colston ICF International (2014) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 114

Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a ... t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

Clinical and public health implications of acute and early HIV detection and treatment: a scoping review

Rutstein, S.E., J. Ananworanich, S. Fidler, et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society (2017) CC

Rutstein SE et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2017, 20:21579 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/21579 | http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.21579