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Cholera in the WHO African Region: Weekly Regional Cholera Bulletin: 17 July 2023

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The cholera outbreak has affected 14 countries in the WHO African Region. The climate-induced natural disasters such as cyclone and flooding in the southern African region and drought in the Horn of Africa led to increase in cases of cholera in many ... more
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The elimination of human African trypanosomiasis is in sight: Report from the third WHO stakeholders meeting on elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

Barret, M.P. (2018) CC
In 2012, the World Health Organisation (WHO) set out a roadmap for the control, elimination, or eradication of 17 neglected tropical diseases by 2020. Many were skeptical about the achievability of such goals. Now, still two years away from that end point, good news is emerging for gambiense human A ... more
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Clinical Key

Elsevier (2014)
Elsevier Provides Free Online Access to Medical Information for West African Countries Stricken with Ebola Outbreak To support healthcare professionals in West ... more
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Fighting Ebola with Information

Fast, Larissa and Adele Waugaman USAID (2016) CC
Learning from the Use of Data, Information, and Digital Technologies in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak Response
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Ebola checklist for pastors and other church leaders

United Methodist Church (2014)
A ‘checklist’, intended for Christian church leaders in West Africa, with relevant bible passages and advice regarding church practices and the education and support of communities.
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Integrating Clinical Research into Epidemic Response: The Ebola Experience

Gerald Keusch, Keith McAdam, Patricia Cuff, Michelle Mancher, and Emily R. Busta National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017) C1
The 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in western Africa was the longest and most deadly Ebola epidemic in history, resulting in 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The Ebola virus has been known since 1976, when two separat ... more
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Ebola 3 W Dashboard - Who, What, Where

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2014)
Please find the latest interactive infographic on the websitehttp://www.humanitarianresponse.info/fr/operations/west-and-central-africa/infographies-interactives. Click any chart or on the map to f ... more
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Ebola Outbreak 2014: Information Resources

Emergency Access Initiative (2014)
The Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) has been activated in support of medical efforts related to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa. The Emergency Access Initiative is a col- laborative partnership ... more
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Ebola Practical Training Video: Dressing PPE

Médecins sans Frontières (2014) CC
In response to the urgent need for trained health professionals to assist in the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières has been running training sessions i ... more
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Ebola Practical Training Video: Blood drawing

Médecins sans Frontières (2014) CC
In response to the urgent need for trained health professionals to assist in the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières has been running training sessions i ... more
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Ebola Practical Training Video: Undressing PPE

Médecins sans Frontières (2014) CC
In response to the urgent need for trained health professionals to assist in the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières has been running training sessions i ... more
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Ebola Practical Training Video: Decontamination Equipment

Médecins sans Frontières (2014) CC
In response to the urgent need for trained health professionals to assist in the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières has been running training sessions i ... more
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Ebola Practical Training Video: Decontamination Ambulance

Médecins sans Frontières (2014) CC
In response to the urgent need for trained health professionals to assist in the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières has been running training sessions i ... more
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Ebola Practical Training Video: Discharge Procedure

Médecins sans Frontières (2014) CC
In response to the urgent need for trained health professionals to assist in the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières has been running training sessions i ... more
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Ebola Practical Training Video: Disinfection Dead Body

Médecins sans Frontières (2014) CC
In response to the urgent need for trained health professionals to assist in the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Médecins Sans Frontières has been running training sessions i ... more
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GO pre-deployment training: participant handbook
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World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO
This is a pre-deployment training, tailored specially to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, offered to WHO personnel, consultants, and key partners. The material covered in modules 1-4 is applicable ... more
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Success Story from Senegal Regional Meeting Benin: Francophone Country Addresses CBA2I

FHI 360 FHI 360 (2013) C2
In March 2013, a delegation of Benin health officials along with eight other country delegations attended the Francophone West Africa CBFP Partners’ Meeting held in Senegal. This landmark partne ... more
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South Sudan Response Plan April 2020–March 2021

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2020) CC
Previous crises, such as the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa in 2014, indicate the direct impact movement restrictions and disease containment efforts have on food availability, access, uti ... more
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UNHCR Report "On this journey, no one cares if you live or die"

D. Breen UNHCR; Mixed Migration Centre (2020) CC
Refugees and migrants face unacceptable and extreme forms of violence on mixed migration routes from East and West Africa to and through North Africa ... more
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Infection prevention and control guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease, August 2023
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World Health Organization WHO (2023) CC
Ebola disease and Marburg disease outbreaks continue to occur in Africa, with increased frequency. In addition to resulting in high mortality and morbidity, the outbreaks generate fear and mistrust about the response activities within the communitie ... more
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Ebola Response Roadmap
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World Health Organization (2014)
The World Health Organization is issuing a "roadmap" to guide and coordinate the international response to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa. The aim is to stop ongoing Ebola tran ... more
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Ebola in Perspective

by Mary Moran and Daniel Hoffman (2014)
Cultural Anthropology Since early 2014, the international coverage of Africa has been dominated by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Much of that ... more
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The BMJ- Ebola Virus Infection

British Medical Journal (2018) CC
The BMJ has made all of its articles referring to the Ebola outbreak free to access. The content includes latest guidance for healthcare workers, which 'will continue to update healthcare workers, outside of west ... more
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Community Ebola Toolkit

Community Health Global Network (2014)
The CHGN Ebola toolkit is a collection of resources that we hope will be of use to many of the organisations, agencies and individuals working to address the Ebola outbreak in English-speaking West Africa ... more
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Evolution of Ebola Virus Disease from Exotic Infection to Global Health Priority, Liberia

M. Allison Arwady, Luke Bawo, Jennifer C. Hunter et al Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2015)
Emerg Infect Dis. April 2015 Read online at: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/4/14-1940_article Over the span of a few weeks during July and August 2014, events in West Africa changed perceptio ... more
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ASEOWA Updates - 05 April 2015

African Union (2015)
I SURVIVED EBOLA:THANKS TO ASEOWA Alimatou Camara Speaks of her battle with Ebola and of the Care she received at the ASEOWA run Ebola Treatment Unit in Guinea Guinean Alimatou Camara, a seventeen year old housewife in a polygamous union, lost her mother in-law, her only daughter and her stepdau ... more
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Beyond borders. How to make the global compacts on migration and refugees work for uprooted children

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2017) CC
The report presents successful case studies from around the world, including the implementation of minimum protection standards for refugee children in Germany, cross border child protection systems in West ... more
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Communication Risk in Public Health Emergencies
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
A WHO Guideline for Emergency Risk Communication (ERC) policy and practice. Recent public health emergencies, such as the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa (2014–2015), the emergence o ... more
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Strong Families Programme

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (2019) CC
The Strong Families Programme was developed and piloted in Afghanistan thanks to the generous support of the US-INL. To date, this programme has further been piloted in Central America, Central and West Asia, East and ... more
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Roadmap for introduction and roll‐out of Merck rVSV‐ZEBOV Ebola Virus Disease vaccine in African countries

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Revised working paper following AVAREF meeting February 2019. WHO has published a roadmap aiming to coordinate partners’ actions and contributions to the licensing and roll-out of Merck’s Ebola vaccine (VSV-ZEBOV) in African countries. The vaccine was developed during the ... more
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Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters: A Field Manual For First Responders. (Arabic Version)
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Cordner, S.; R. Coninx; J.-J. Kim; et al. PAHOWorld Health Organization; ICRC; IFRC (2016) C_WHO
Second edition. This revised edition incorporates experience gained in recent catastrophes, such as the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the 2014/15 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the 2015 ... more
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Conditions for health system resilience in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania

Accoe K.; Kriel B.; Ag Ahmed M. et al. BMJ Global Health (2023) CC
A country’s ability to manage a crisis depends on its level of resilience. Efforts are made to clarify the concept of health system resilience, but its operationalisation remains little studied. In the present research, we described the capacity of the local healthcare system in the Islamic Republ ... more
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Buruli ulcer: wound care and rehabilitation

Frimpong, M.; F. S.Sarfo, M. Sarpong Duah, et al. Dove Medical Press Limited (2016) C1
Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans is a neglected tropical disease characterized by extensive ulceration involving predominantly the upper and lower limbs of patients. The disease is common in rural tropical communities in West and Centra ... more
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Gambia: Ebola Virus preparedness Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF Operation n° MDRGM009

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2015)
In February 2014, there was an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea, which has spread to Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone causing untold hardship and hundreds of deaths in these countries. As of 6 March 2015, a total of 24,282 cases, and 9,976 deaths, which were attrib ... more
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Prevalence and distribution of schistosomiasis in human, livestock, and snail populations in northern Senegal: a One Health epidemiological study of a multi-host system

Léger, E.; Borlase, A.; Fall, C. et al. The Lancet Planetary Health (2020) CC
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease of global medical and veterinary importance. As efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public health problem and interrupt transmission gather momentum, the potential zoonotic risk posed by livestock Schistosoma species via viable hybridisation in s ... more
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Targeting the Mycobacterium ulcerans cytochrome bc1:aa3 for the treatment of Buruli ulcer

Scherr, N.; R. Bieri, S.S. Thomas, et al. (2018) CC
Nat Commun 9, 5370 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07804-8. Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, a neglected tropical skin disease that is most commonly found in children from West and Central ... more
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Elimination of human African trypanosomiasis as public health problem

World Health Organization WHO Team Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (2022) C_WHO
More countries eliminate human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem: Benin and Uganda (gambiense form) and Rwanda (rhodesiense form) Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, transmitted by tsetse flies in sub-Saharan Africa ... more
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Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters: A Field Manual For First Responders. Second Edition
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Cordner, S.; R. Coninx; J.-J. Kim; et al. PAHOWorld Health Organization; ICRC; IFRC (2016) C_WHO
Proper and dignified management of the dead in disasters is one of the three key pillars of humanitarian response and a fundamental factor in facilitating identification of the deceased and helping families discover the fate of their loved ones. This second and updated edition of this hugely success ... more
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Ebola virus disease (EVD) – Key questions and answers concerning health care waste

World Health Organization (2021) C_WHO
Update September 2021. Safe management of health care waste practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum ... more
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD): Key questions and answers concerning water, sanitation and hygiene

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Updated September 2021. Provision of water and sanitation and good hygiene practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommend ... more
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WHO: GO Training Package Course

World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO
All personnel deployed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to any type of public health or humanitarian emergency need to have basic knowledge and skills to perform effectively and safely. That is why it is essential to be trained prior to deployment. GO training is a comprehensive package of mod ... more
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Optimized Supportive Care for Ebola Virus Disease
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Clinical management standard operating procedures. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a life-threatening multisystem illness associated with fever and gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms that frequently leads to hypovolaemia, metabolic acidosis, hypoglycaemia, and multi-organ failure. The prolonged 2013–201 ... more
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A World at Risk

Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (2019) C_WHO
Annual report on global preparednessfor health emergencies The next pandemic is not a question of if, but when—and the world is woefully unprepared, according to the first annual report from the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. The WHO and the World Bank convened the independent group after ... more
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Social resistance drives persistent transmission of Ebola virus disease in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: A mixed-methods study

Masumbuko ClaudeK, Underschultz J,Hawkes MT (2019) CC
PLoSONE 14(9):e0223104.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223104. The survey centering on reasons behind community resistance was conducted in Butembo in November during a time of Ebola transmission. A researcher from Catholic University of Graben in Butembo and collaborators at the University o ... more
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Работа с останками в период после бедствий и катастроф: Практическое руководство для сотрудников служб быстрого реагирования Второе издание
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Cordner, S.; R. Coninx; J.-J. Kim; et al. PAHOWorld Health Organization; ICRC; IFRC (2016) C_WHO
Proper and dignified management of the dead in disasters is one of the three key pillars of humanitarian response and a fundamental factor in facilitating identification of the deceased and helping families discover the fate of their loved ones. This second and updated edition of this hugely success ... more
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Strategic Framework for Enhancing Prevention and Control of mpox, 2024-2027

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Mpox continues to affect people around the world. A new framework released today by WHO will guide health authorities, communities and other stakeholders in preventing and controlling mpox outbreaks, eliminating human-to-human transmission of the disease, and reducing spillover of the virus from ani ... more
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Projected Impact of Vaccination Timing and Dose Availability on the Course of the 2014 West African Ebola Epidemic

David Fishman; Ashleigh Tuite (2014)
Plos Current Outbreaks November 21, 2014
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Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

Almudena Marí Saéz, Sabrina Weiss, Kathrin Nowak,et al. (2014)
DOI 10.15252/emmm.201404792 |Published online 30.12.2014 EMBO Molecular Medicine(2014)emmm.201404792
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Africa CDC Resource Website
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Africa CDC (2020) C1
Africa CDC strengthens the capacity and capability of Africa’s public health institutions as well as partnerships to detect and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats and outbreaks, ba ... more
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Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 Outbreak

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C2
Accessed: 02.04.2020
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Africa CDC Dashboard COVID-19
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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (2022) CC
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Medical PPE production in Africa: Promoting Local Manufacturers to support the COVID-19 Response (Workshop report)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
The global pandemic has highlighted fragility in international supply chains and the dependency of many African countries on imported personal protective equipment (PPE). Market pressures have also increased prices for imported supplies and put additional pressure on areas with limited resources for ... more
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Responding to the Second Wave of COVID-19 in Africa
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC
In an effort to limit transmission and achieve pandemic control on the continent, Africa CDC is proposing the following measures to be taken by all Member States: Remain vigilant Countries should adapt or adopt best practices, strategies, guidel ... more
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Africa CDC Consortium for COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials (CONCVACT)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
August 2020, The Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 is underpinned by the need to limit transmission, prevent deaths and reduce associated harms. Participation by African nations in clinical trials is an essential step to ensure that suf ... more
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Africa Medical Supply Platform
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) CC
AMSP opens COVID-19 vaccines pre-orders for 55 African Union Member States
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Guidance on Emergency Expedited Regulatory Authorisation and Access to COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1
Taking the whole of Africa approach to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has and will continue to require coordinated efforts from multiple stakeholders from across the continent. Africa CDC would like ... more
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Monitoring and Evaluation of COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Test Rollout in Africa
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1
Limited coverage of laboratory services and long turnaround times from real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) for the detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been insufficient to meet the demands in many African countries in response ... more
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Africa Regulatory Taskforce has Endorsed the Emergency Used Listing for Two Versions of the AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2021) C1
AstraZeneca-SKBio in South Korea and Serum Institute of India
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Africa CDC Vaccine Dashboard
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC
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Africa: cancer control Series

The Lancet (2013) C1
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a major public-health challenge from non-communicable diseases. Although infectious diseases continue to afflict Africa, the proportion of the overall disease burden in sub- ... more
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Under Siege - Impact of COVID-19 on Girls in Africa

ACPF, Plan International (2020) CC
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and added yet another layer of vulnerability to an already dire web of vulnerabilities of girls in the African continent, which constitute about 49% of the total child population. Critically, gender equality and girls’ multidimensional vulnerability have been ... more
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IOM Continental Strategy for Africa 2020–2024

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C1
Intra-African migration remains a dominant trend in contemporary African migration. The Strategy frames the Organization’s new orientation with Africa at policy and strategic levels. It is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Global Com ... more
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Framework for Fair, Equitable and Timely Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa. Highlights Day 1

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
The virtual conference, co-organised by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) brought together African leaders, pu ... more
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Research and Development Priorities for COVID-19 in Africa

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2021) CC
February 2021. Improving our response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa requires regularly updated information, constant innovation, and considerable support towards research and development (R&D) for priorities that respond to the African ... more
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Safe Reopening of Borders to Save Lives, Economies and Livelihoods in Africa

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; et al. (2021) C1
17 February 2021 During the second joint meeting of African ministers responsible for health, ICT and transport on the rollout of the Africa Against COVID-19: Saving Lives, Economies and Livelihoods campaign, a call was made to African countries to ... more
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Strategy for Quality Health infrastructure in Africa 2021-2030 Revised Version

AHVPAHHD Departments African Development Bank Group (2021) CC
The African Development Bank has launched a consultation process with health ministers and other partners as it develops a strategy to drive enhanced access to health services across Africa through 2030. Input from ministers in the Bank’s 54 re ... more
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Rethinking the Top-Down Approach to Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa

Onasanya A. et al. (2021) CC
The control and elimination of schistosomiasis have over the last two decades involved several strategies, with the current strategy by the World Health Organization (WHO) focusing mainly on treatment with praziquantel during mass drug administration (MDA). However, the disease context is complex wi ... more
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Burden of disease in francophone Africa, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

El Bcheraoui, C.; H. Mimche, Y. Miangotar, et al. (2020) CC
Lancet Glob Health 2020; 8: e341–51 Francophone Africa still carries a high burden of communicable and neonatal diseases, probably due to the weakness of health-care systems and services, as evidenced by the almost complete attribution of DALYs t ... more
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Impact of COVID-19 in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe Update #7 December 2020

World Food Program WFP (2020) C1
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Manual for running a mobile clinic: Adapted for the North-West & South-West regions of Cameroon

Health Cluster, Nutrition Cluster, OCHA (2021) CC
In emergency or humanitarian settings, mobile clinics are used to bring essential lifesaving health care to communities affected by crises. Though there are standard emergency benefit packages for health services during emergencies, there are however no agreed or standard way of running mobile clini ... more
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Statement on medications to treat Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) (Arabic)

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC); African Union (2020) C_CDC
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is concerned about inaccurate information being distributed through traditional and social media regarding prevention and treatment ... more
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Orientations du Centre Africain de Contrôle et de Prevention des Maladies sur la distanciation physique, communautaire durant la pandémie du COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C_CDC
Ce document d'orientation explique comment la distance physique (désignée dans les documents d'orientation précédents sous le nom de «distance sociale») peut aider à ralentir la transmission.
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Orientations pour le maintien des services de santé essentiels pendant la pandémie du COVID-19
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Africa CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
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Lignes directrices africaines sur le traitement antibiotique des infections et des syndromes bacteriens courants

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (2021) CC
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The International Ebola Emergency

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa; (2014)
This interactive map of Africa tracks reported cases of Ebola and the number of deaths. The map will be updated every few days as new data become available. Please check the website
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Comprendre votre état de santé grâce aux tests COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Safeguarding Africa's Health) African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Safeguarding Africa's Health) (2020) C2
Accessed: 31.03.2020
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Installation de postes de triage des patients atteints de la COVID-19dans les établissements de santé :instructions et conseils essentiels
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Document d’orientation pour une riposte différenciée à la pandémie de COVID-19 en milieu urbain et rural
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Certification et vérification de la qualité des équipements de protection individuelle (EPI)
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
Orientations aux pays
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Cas asymptomatiques, pré-symptomatiques et signes et symptômesbénins de la COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
Communication sur les risques et participation Communautaire
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Équipements de protection individuelle (EPI) pour divers contextes et activités cliniques
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
Orientations dans le cadre de la COVID-19
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Communiqué du Centre Africain pour le Contrôle et la prévention des Maladies sur les remèdes et les médicaments à base de plantes

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
Les médecines traditionnelles à base de plantes ou phytomédicaments jouent un rôle important dans la gestion des maladies en Afrique et sont largement utilisées comme médecines alternatives. Il est donc important d'évaluer à la fois la sécurité et l'efficacité de ces actifs botaniques ind ... more
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Communiqué du Centre Africain pour le Contrôle et la Prévention des Maladies (CACM) sur l’utilisation de la dexaméthasone

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
Les Centres africains de contrôle et de prévention des maladies (Africa CDC) ont pris connaissance des communiqués de presse concernant les résultats préliminaires d'un vaste essai clinique randomisé mené au Royaume-Uni, qui incluait la dexam ... more
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Décontamination de l’environnement dans le cadre de la COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
Ces orientations vous proposent les principes et procédures de base en matière de décontamination de l'environnement physique dans le contexte de la pandémie du coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). La contamination des surfaces et les risques de transmission des maladies diffèrent ... more
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Modes opératoires normalisés (MOS) relatifs à la circulationdes fournitures et des personnels sanitaires et humanitaires essentiels dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19 en Afrique

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Stratégie de développement et d’accès au vaccin contre la COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
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La prise en charge de la COVID-19. Programme d'enseignement pour les agents de santé communautaires
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
Compte tenu des lacunes en matière d'infrastructures et de ressources, il convient d'envisager de recourir à la technologie pour la gestion à distance des soins de santé dispensés aux patients pendant cette période. Comme on peut le constater, même les pays disposant d'infrastructures et de r ... more
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Déclaration sur l’utilisation de l’ivermectine pour la COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C1
L’ivermectine est un médicament antiparasitaire approuvé pour le traitement des infections parasitaires, y compris la strongyloïdose et l’onchocercose, chez l’être humain. Récemment, on a indiqué une augmentation de l’utilisation de l’ivermectine pour la prévention et le traitement ... more
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Reponse à la pandémie COVID- 19 pour les états membres.

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2020) C1
Mars 2020. Recommendations selon les differentes phases
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Programme régional de formation et de certification pour les professionnels de la biosécurité et de la biosûreté

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1
Biosafety involves the implementation of containment principles, technologies and practices to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents. Biosecurity involves the protection, control and accountability of biological materials and information related to these materials and dualuse research, ... more
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Cardiovascular diseases in Africa in the twenty-first century: Gaps and priorities going forward

Minja, N.W.; Nakagaayi, D.; Aliku, T. et al. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2022) CC
In 2015, the United Nations set important targets to reduce premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths by 33% by 2030. Africa disproportionately bears the brunt of CVD burden and has one of the highest risks of dying from non-communicable dise ... more
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East Africa: Ebola Preparedness Emergency Plan of Action Operations Update no. 3 (MDR65007)

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2015)
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COVID-19: A catastrophe for children in sub-Saharan Africa

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
The well-being of children in sub-Saharan Africa is under siege from all directions since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The region is now suffering its first-ever economic recession, pushing about 50 million people into extreme poverty, a maj ... more
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A Practical Guide for TB and HIV Service Integration at Primary Health Care Facilities

Dept. of Health, Republic of South Africa (2012) C1
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Statement on medications to treat Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (2020) C_CDC
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is concerned about inaccurate information being distributed through traditional and social media regarding prevention and treatment ... more
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Guidelines for Maternity Care in South Africa

Dept. of Health, Republic of South Africa (2015)
4th edition. A manual for clinics, community health centers and district hospitals
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Untreated Violence: Critical gaps in medical and clinical forensic care for survivors of sexual violence in South Africa

Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2017) C1
Sexual violence is a major problem in South Africa, with studies showing that up to one in four women have been raped in their lifetime.
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Towards a pastoral care in Africa

Brundson, A.F. (2020) CC
Chapter in: Reformed theology today: Practical-theological, missiological and ethical perspectives
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Health Department provides update on Cholera outbreak in South Africa

Health Department Republic of South Africa (2023) C2
5 July 2023
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Africa - Ebola Coordination and Preparedness, Revised Emergency Appeal MDR60002
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International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2016) C1