Filter
3271
Filtered Results: 3271
Text search:
Trends
in
Treatment
with
Any
ACT
Featured
Recommendations
214
New Publications
954
Language
Document type
No document type
1891
Studies & Reports
742
Guidelines
278
Manuals
132
Strategic & Response Plan
131
Fact sheets
32
Training Material
29
Situation Updates
27
Resource Platforms
5
Infographics
4
Countries / Regions
India
165
Global
163
Kenya
137
Nigeria
85
Ethiopia
83
Uganda
79
Western and Central Europe
78
Sierra Leone
77
Liberia
69
South Africa
69
Africa
59
Nepal
57
Malawi
57
Myanmar / Burma
57
Rwanda
52
Bangladesh
52
Latin America and the Carribbean
52
Ghana
50
Zambia
50
Tanzania
50
Syria
41
Namibia
36
Ukraine
34
Zimbabwe
31
Asia
30
Eastern Europe
29
South–East Asia Region
27
Philippines
26
Congo, Democratic Republic of
24
South Sudan
22
Guinea
21
Lesotho
20
Cambodia
19
Mozambique
19
Haiti
17
Pakistan
16
Indonesia
16
East and Southern Africa
16
Burkina Faso
15
Senegal
15
Botswana
14
Sudan
13
West and Central Africa
12
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
12
Afghanistan
11
Eswatini/ Swaziland
11
Yemen
11
Brazil
10
Middle East and North Africa
10
Lebanon
9
Albania
9
Cameroon
8
Somalia
8
Jordan
8
Germany
8
Russia
8
Iraq
7
Thailand
7
Central African Republic
7
Venezuela
7
Mali
6
Benin
6
North Macedonia
6
Colombia
6
Western Pacific Region
6
Georgia
6
USA
5
China
5
Madagascar
5
Tajikistan
5
North America
5
Turkey
4
Egypt
4
Argentina
4
Burundi
4
Libya
4
Paraguay
4
Moldova
4
Iran
4
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
3
Morocco
3
Gambia
3
Peru
3
Sri Lanka
3
Palestine
3
Armenia
3
Southern Africa
3
Laos
3
Kyrgyzstan
3
Vietnam
3
Saudi Arabia
2
Niger
2
Chad
2
Malaysia
2
Papua New Guinea
2
Serbia
2
Hungary
2
Ecuador
2
El Salvador
2
Mexico
2
Chile
2
Bhutan
2
Poland
2
Italy
2
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Qatar
2
Kazakhstan
2
Gabon
2
Japan
2
Tunisia
2
Guinea-Bissau
1
Togo
1
Singapore
1
Greece
1
Angola
1
Guatemala
1
Other region
1
Solomon Islands
1
Djibouti
1
Mongolia
1
Canada
1
Bulgaria
1
Estonia
1
Romania
1
Lithuania
1
Uzbekistan
1
Turkmenistan
1
Jamaica
1
Maldives
1
Norway
1
Portugal
1
Spain
1
Azerbaijan
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1361
Public Health
218
Clinical Guidelines
183
Women & Child Health
130
Key Resources
112
Capacity Building
44
Pharmacy & Technologies
20
Toolboxes
HIV
305
Mental Health
224
COVID-19
184
TB
183
AMR
168
Planetary Health
112
Conflict
90
Rapid Response
83
NCDs
83
NTDs
79
Disability
70
Ebola
67
Caregiver
64
Global Health Education
61
Health Financing Toolbox
55
Refugee
52
Pharmacy
47
Natural Hazards
25
Cholera
17
Zika
13
Social Ethics
9
Specific Hazards
8
Polio
7
Health Financing
2
South Sudan
1
The main aim of these guidelines is to enable the central units of national TB and HIV/AIDS programmes to support districts to plan, coordinate and implement collaborative TB/HIV activities. These guidelines reinforce current medical understanding, ...
Myanmar, as a country going through rapid socio-political transition and institutional development also suffers with a high burden of infectious disease. An ongoing challenge has been to effectively reach its 51 million population, most of whom batt...
This training guide applies a participatory approach, reflecting the considerable evidence that adults learn best by practicing and reflecting on their experiences. It thus emphasizes exercises to improve skills in counseling that support clients to...
Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children worldwide. It affects daytime activities, sleep and school attendance and causes anxiety to parents, families and other carers. The quality of...
The article "Asthma in South African adolescents: a time trend and risk factor analysis over two decades" investigates the prevalence and risk factors for asthma in Cape Town adolescents from 2002 t...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing the second edition of its Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance. The document aims to equip governments to respond to the health and well-being challenges, opportun...
Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based
primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. ... a
broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to maintain CHW motivation for
high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to
enhance their programmatic activities.
Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno
District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data
was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively
selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose.
Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in
the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive
patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal-
lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and
workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi-
tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs.
Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec-
tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance,
manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha-
sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The
engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided
to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for
the primary health care systems.
Medical care for people caught up in armed conflict and other insecure environments saves lives and alleviates suffering. It is one of the most immediate and high priority needs of an affected population and is often the first type of response ...ivated and/or requested by authorities and affected communities. Medical teams working in armed conflict and other insecure environments
frequently face serious threats to their security and safety, challenges to patient access, and at times limited acceptance by affected communities in which they work and parties to the conflict. Such difficulties are likely to increase (6) and
thereby creating a critical need to establish contact and trust with all sides in conflicts and in other insecure environments to ensure operational continuity. This trust can best be achieved when all sides perceive the medical teams to be neutral, impartial, and independent, and specifically not aiding (or being perceived to aid) any one party to achieve a military, political or economic
advantage. For medical teams that are deploying increasingly closer to the frontlines, the implications of and consequences for both staff and patients of teams not being fully prepared, and/or not fully comprehending the context in which they work, can be severe. Medical response can easily be hindered or compromised by intentional or unintentional acts and the behaviour and
conduct of the teams themselves
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), mainly heart attack and stroke, is the
leading cause of premature mortality in low and middle income countries (LMICs).
Identifying and managing individuals at high risk of CVD is an important strategy to ...
Health, safety and wellbeing of the Healthcare workers is a prerequisite for good quality of care and patient satisfaction in health services. Healthcare facilities that are not safe for workers and patients are not resilient to ... shock arising from hostile events, outbreaks or any other emergencies. Occupational Safety and Health Act (2005) and the National Occupational Safety and Health Policy of Zanzibar require the development of stringent systems for managing occupational safety and health in all workplaces and the health system in general.
These Policy Guidelines have been developed by the Ministry of Health in consultation with the Ministry responsible for Labour and other stakeholders, such as organizations of workers, employers and professional associations in the health sector. The purpose of these guidelines is to foster the implementation of the international commitments and the national legislation regarding decent work in the health system as well as to improve the quality of care and the resilience of health facilities.
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, imposing a consistent burden on health system. In recent years, prevalence of asthma symptoms became globally increased ... children and adolescents, particularly in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Host (genetics, atopy) and environmental factors (microbial exposure, exposure to passive smoking and air pollution), seemed to contribute to this trend. The increased prevalence observed in metropolitan areas with respect to rural ones and, overall, in industrialized countries, highlighted the role of air pollution in asthma inception. Asthma accounts for 1.1% of the overall global estimate of “Disability-adjusted life years” (DALYs)/100,000 for all causes. Mortality in children is low and it decreased across Europe over recent years. Children from LMICs particularly suffer a disproportionately higher burden in terms of morbidity and mortality. Global asthma-related costs are high and are usually are classified into direct, indirect and intangible costs. Direct costs account for 50–80% of the total costs. Asthma is one of the main causes of hospitalization which are particularly common in children aged < 5 years with a prevalence that has been increased during the last two decades, mostly in LMICs. Indirect costs are usually higher than in older patients, including both school and work-related losses. Intangible costs are unquantifiable, since they are related to impairment of quality of life, limitation of physical activities and study performance. The implementation of strategies aimed at early detect asthma thus providing access to the proper treatment has been shown to effectively reduce the burden of the disease.
Direct acting antivirals (DAAs) have revolutionized treatment for hepatitis C. Combi-
nations of DAAs can cure infection with HCV ... 12 weeks, are highly effective and
have limited side-effects. Affordability of DAAs has improved significantly, but access remains lim-
ited. Initially, due to their high prices, affordability of DAAs was limited in high-, middle- and low-
income countries alike. Now there is a divide between those countries where, because of intellectual
property barriers, prices have remained (very) high and other countries where generics are, or can be,
available at much lower prices. The result is a dual market
This special issue on Newborn Health in Global Health Action is being launched to share the experience of how to scale up a cost-effective package of newborn care that involves families, community h...
NSP Review
Engaging with South Africa’s National Strategic Plan for HIV, STIs and TB Edition 7 July – August 2013
A publication of the Treatment Act...ion Campaign and SECTION27
GeneXpert: An imperfect rollout
TB in South African prisons: Where to now?
Decentralising DR-TB care: How far along are we?
Pneumonia kills more children than any other illness – more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Over 2 million children die from pneumonia each year, accounting for almost 1 in 5 under five d...
Constituting the second part of the World Drug Report 2022, the present booklet contains an overview of the global demand for and supply of drugs.
The first chapter of the booklet begins with the latest estimates of the number of people who use dru...
The Leprosy Programme and Transmission Assessment (LPTA) is an activity that is carried out by internal teams towards the end of Phase 1 (see Leprosy Elimination Framework in the Annex) when a subna...
Following the publication of Guidelines on certification of elimination of human onchocerciasis in 2001 by the World Health Organization (WHO), these are the first evidence-based guidelines developed by NTD Department according to the international ...
This global progress report attempts to lay the groundwork for the kind of accelerated action needed. Section 1 presents key data, trends and developments ... women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being. That is followed in Section 2 by a deeper dive into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created and contributed to many threats and challenges to progress for women, children and adolescents. In Section 3, the report concludes with recommendations for accelerating progress towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda even in such challenging times, with an emphasis on partnership
and clear-eyed recognition of the consequences of failing to do better.
The pharmacological management of asthma has changed considerably in recent decades, as it has come to be understood that it is a complex, heterogeneous disease with different phenotypes and endotyp...
