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Guide to Health Care Waste Management for the Community Health Worker

Hossain, I.; S. Tassew Seboka, A. Hawkins et al. USAID Deliver Project, Task Order (2011) CC
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National HIV Point-of-care testing generic implementation guideline for health care settings
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania (2016) CC
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Transforming Health Systems for Universal Health Care

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2016) C1
Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups Planning Framework
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Making products available among community health workers

Chandani, Y.; S. Andersson, A. Heaton, et al. (2014) CC
Evidence for improving community health supply chains from Ethiopia, Malawi and Rwanda. Journal of Global Health vol. 4 No.2 (2014)
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Framework for the engagement of all health care providers in the management of drug resistant tuberculosis

World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO
The END TB strategy
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Engaging all health care providers in TB control

Stop TB Partnership, World Health Organization (2006) C_WHO
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Assessing and managing children at primary health-care facilities to prevent overweight and obesity in the context of the double burden of malnutrition
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World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Updates for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) - Guideline. As part of its response to the global epidemic of obesity, WHO has issued guidelines to support primary healthcare workers identify and manage children who are overweight or obese. Specifically, all infants and children ... more
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Safe management of wastes from health-care activities: A summary

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) CC
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Integrating the prevention, treatment and care of mental health conditions and other noncommunicable diseases within health systems

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2019) C_WHO
Mental health conditions affect one in 10 people at any one time and account for a large proportion of non-fatal disease burden. There is a high degree of comorbidity between mental health condition ... more
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National Health- Care Waste Management Plan 2015-2019

Ministry of Health, Zambia (2015) C1
This document has been developed as a guide to allinstitutions producing health care waste in planning and implementation of interventions that will reduce mismanagement of hazar ... more
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Improving access to maternal health care in Senegal: WAHA International’s mHealth programme

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2014) C_WHO
WAHA International’s mHealth programme addresses several barriers to maternal and neonatal care, including: a lack of information at the community level about locally available services; a large distance from services and a lack of affordable tran ... more
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Private health sector assessment: selected health products and services in Sénégal

Brunner B., J. Barnes, A. Carmona et. al. United States Agency for International Development (2016) C2
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Q&A on infection prevention and control for health care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed 2019-nCoV

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) C_WHO
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Strengthening the capacity of community health workers to deliver care for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

World Health Organization (WHO); H4+, UNFPA; et al. World Health Organization (WHO); H4+, UNFPA; et al. (2015) C_WHO
Technical brief by the H4+ (UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women, WHO and the World Bank)
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Overview of technologies for the treatment of infectious and sharp waste from health care facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
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WHO Guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The aim of this guidance is to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an u ... more
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Resource considerations for investing in hand hygiene improvement in health care facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Investment in all the drivers and facilitators of hand hygiene action in health care to ensure that it occurs at the point of care and other critic ... more
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Global progress report on WASH in health care facilities: Fundamentals first

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF (2021) C_WHO
The report identifies major global gaps in WASH services: one third of health care facilities do not have what is needed to clean hands where care ... more
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Primary Health Care Network Guidelines

Kenya Ministry of Health (2021) C1
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Caring for those who care. Guide for the development and implementation of occupational health and safety programmes for health workers

World Health Organization WHO; ILO (2022) C_WHO
Occupational health and safety programmes aim to prevent diseases and injuries arising out of, linked with or occurring in the course of work, while improving the quality and safety of care, safegua ... more
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mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG) training of health-care providers. Training manual
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World Health Organization, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2022) C_WHO
The mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG) Training of Health-Care Providers manual is designed to guide facilitators in training non-specialist ... more
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Towards Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities

Corvalan, C.; E. Villalobos Prats, A. Sena et al. (2020) CC
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(23), 8849; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238849 The aim of building climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health ... more
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Strategic purchasing for nutrition in primary health care

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This document provides an overview of strategic purchasing of nutrition services within primary health care. It introduces key terms and payment methods for countries to use in preparing to transfor ... more
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WHO research for hand hygiene in health care 2023–2030: summary

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Hand hygiene is vital for safe health care delivery, yet practices at the point of care remain suboptimal worldwide. A comprehensive research agend ... more
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Toolkit for implementation of the WHO intrapartum care and immediate postnatal care recommendations in health-care facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
This toolkit was developed to provide detailed information and resources to support implementation of the WHO intrapartum and immediate postnatal care recommendations at the health- ... more
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Health systems research for AB PM-JAY: mainstreaming quality of care in empanelled hospitals under AB PM-JAY

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
This report presents key findings from a study carried out on the ‘Mainstreaming quality of care in empanelled hospitals under PMJAY’. It provides a detailed analysis of current coverage and perceptions of quality accreditation and certification ... more
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Teacher's guide: Management of wastes from health-care activities

Pruess, A.; W.K. Townend World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO
This Teacher’s Guide accompanies the WHO publication Management of wastes from health-care activities . It provides teaching materials and recommendations for a three day training course, designed ... more
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Handbook of Humanitarian Health Care Logistics 2nd edition

McGuire, George (2011) CC
Handbook of HUMANITARIAN HEALTH CARE LOGISTICS Designing the Supply Network and Managing the Flows of Information and Health ... more
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Infection prevention and control health-care facility response for COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim Guidance 20 October 2020. This self-assessment tool is designed for acute health- ... more
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The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

Lenzen, M.; A. Malik, M.Li, et al. (2020) CC
Lancet Planet Health 2020; 4: e271–79
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COVID-19 and Climate-smart Health Care: Health Sector Opportunities for a Synergistic Response to the COVID-19 and Climate Crises - World

The World Bank (2021) C2
English Analysis on World about Climate Change and Environment, Health and Epidemic; published on 03 Nov 2021 by World Bank
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WHO Informal Consultation on Fever Management in Peripheral Health Care Settings

World Health Organization (2013)
A global Review of evidence and practice
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AIDE-MEMOIRE For infection prevention and control in a health care facility

World Health Organization (2014)
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Logistics of Health Care Waste Management

USAID (2009) CC
Information and Approaches for developing Country Settings
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Hand hygiene in health care in the context of Filovirus disease outbreak response. Rapid advice guideline
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World Health Organization (2014)
This document provides a summary of the recommendations for hand hygiene best practices to be performed by health workers providing care and/or support to patients with filovirus infection (Ebol ... more
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Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities: status in low and middle income countries and way forward.

Maria Neira, Edward Kelley, Mickey Chopra et al. World Health Organization, UNICEF (2015)
This report presents, for the first time, a global assessment of the extent to which health care facilities provide essential water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Drawing on data from 54 l ... more
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Confronting Commercialization of Health Care!

National Coordination Committee, Jan Swasthya Sabha (2000)
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book - 5
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International Maternal & Child Health Care - A practical manual for hospitals worldwide

Maternal & Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) , Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) Radcliffe (2015) C2
The purpose of adding the books to the website of MCAI for download, is to make this life-saving, up-to-date information available to all who need it. Fill in a short registration field and you can download the pdf-files. If you work in a hospital in a low income country - providing free ... more
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Ethiopian National Health Care Quality Strategy 2016-2020

Ministry of Health Ethiopia (2015) CC
Transforming the Quality of Health Care in Ethiopia
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Provisional considerations for the care of pregnant women in settings with high Zika virus circulation: document for health care professionals

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2016) C_WHO
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Kenya National Guidelines for Safe Management of Health Care Waste

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2019) C1
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India: Confronting Commercialization of Health Care!

National Coordination Committee, Jan Swasthya Sabha (2000) C1
Towards the Peoples Health Assembly Book -5
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Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT): A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
2nd edition WASH FIT is a risk-based, continuous improvement framework with a set of tools for undertaking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) improvements as part of wider quality improvements in health ... more
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Medicines in Health Care Delivery Myanmar

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South East Asia (2014) C_WHO
Situational Analysis: 13-23 October 2014
Report prepared using the WHO/SEARO workbook tool for undertaking a situational analysis of medicines in health care delivery in low and middle income c ... more
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Integrating the response to mental disorders and other chronic diseases in health care systems

World Health Organization World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO
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Epilepsy mhGAP Training of Health-care Providers Training manual Supporting material

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
mhGAP Training Manual for the mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings – version 2.0 (for field testing)
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Mental health, human rights and standards of care
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Europe (2018) C_WHO
Assessment of the quality of institutional care for adults with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in the WHO European Region. The specific objectives of the project were to address gaps in knowledge about the number and characteristics of ... more
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Antimicrobial resistance and primary health care

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
Despite the considerable improvement in global health, millions of people still lack access to quality health services, including access to effective antimicrobial medicines, or are impoverished as ... more
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Roadmap on human resource strategies to improve newborn care in health facilities in low- and middle-income countries

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Every year, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm – before 37 weeks of pregnancy. That is more than 1 in 10 live births. Approximately 1 million children die each year worldwide due to complications from their early birth. Those that survive often face a lifetime of ill- ... more
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Proper maternal nutrition during pregnancy planning and pregnancy: a healthy start in life. Recommendations for health care professionals – the experience from Latvia

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2017) C_WHO
Recommendations for health care professionals – the experience from Latvia
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The Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) guide: developing a clinical decision support tool to simplify, standardise and strengthen primary health care delivery

Cornick, Picken, Wattrus et al. BMJ Global Health Journal (2018) CC
For the primary health worker in a low/middle-income country (LMIC) setting, delivering quality primary care is challenging. This is often complicated by clinical guidance that is out of date, incon ... more
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Fundamentals of health-care waste management

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
This section provides general information on HCW and key elements of management procedures that are essential to know before developing a HCWM plan.
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Caring for women subjected to violence: a WHO curriculum for training health-care providers, revised edition 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
WHO is launching a “Revised edition, 2021” for the Caring for women subjected to violence: A WHO training curriculum for health-care providers today. The revised edition includes 4 new modules t ... more
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Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant o ... more
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Responding to outbreaks of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens in health-care facilities: guidance for the Western Pacific region

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Responding to Outbreaks of Antimicrobial-resistant Pathogens in Health-care Facilities: Guidance for the Western Pacific Region is developed following requests from Member States in the Western Paci ... more
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Decontamination and reprocessing of medical devices for health care facilities: aide-memoire

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC
Decontamination of medical devices plays an important role in the prevention of health care-associated infections. It includes cleaning, disinfection and/or sterilization. The processes involved in ... more
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Environmental cleaning and infection prevention and control in health care facilities in low- and middle-income countries

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Those who clean are the first line of defense against health care-associated infections (HAIs), and support efforts to reduce antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Strengthening the training of this im ... more
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Global patient safety action plan 2021–2030: towards eliminating avoidable harm in health care

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Today, patient harm due to unsafe care is a large and growing global public health challenge and is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Most of this patient harm is avoidab ... more
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A primary health care approach to obesity prevention and management in children and adolescents: policy brief

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Obesity in all age groups, including children and adolescents, is a public health challenge across all settings. Obesity is now classified as a complex multifactorial chronic disease and not just a risk factor for other noncommunicable diseases and ... more
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Home visits versus fixed-site care by community health workers and child survival: a cluster-randomized trial, Mali

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO
Despite recent global declines, under-five mortality remains high in many of the poorest countries. Barriers to timely quality care, including user fees, distance to facilities and the availability of trained ... more
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Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2002)
Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force
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Towards Access 2030. WHO Medicines and Health Products Programme Strategic Framework 2016-2030

(2017) C_WHO
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Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases in health care - WHO interim guidelines

World Health Organization WHO (2007) C_WHO
These guidelines provide recommendations for the non-pharmacological aspects of infection prevention and control for acute respiratory diseases (ARD) in health care. Administrative and infection con ... more
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Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Filovirus Haemorrhagic Fever in Health-Care Settings, with Focus on Ebola
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World Health Organization (2014)
This document provides a summary of infection control recommendations when providing direct and non-direct care to patients with suspected or confirmed Filovirus haemorrhagic fever (HF), including Ebola or Marburg haemorrhagic fevers. These recommen ... more
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WHO guideline on the use of safety-engineered syringes for intramuscular, intradermal and subcutaneous injections in health-care settings
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World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO
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Laboratory Waste Management Guidelines. Proper management of health care risk waste derived from a laboratory environment

Ministry of Health. The Goverment of the Kingdom of Swaziland (2013) C1
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Swaziland National Implementation Strategy: Improving Health Care Waste Management Systems

Ministry of Health. The Goverment of the Kingdom of Swaziland (2015) C1
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Aleppo Abandoned: A Case Study on Health Care in Syria

Physicians for Human Rights (2015)
Report Shows Egregious Attacks on Health Care by Syrian Government Have Devastated Aleppo’s Medical System
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Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care in low-resource settings

World Health Organization WHO (2013) CC
Effective implementation of WHO PEN, combined with other very cost effective population-wide interventions, will help even resource constrained settings to attain the global voluntary targets related to reduction of premature mortality and preventionof heart attacks and strokes.
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Nigeria: National Quality Assurance Policy For Medicines and Other Health Products

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2015) C1
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Nigeria: Strategies for Strengthening the Secondary Health Care (SHC) Delivery Service

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2005) C1
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Good Practices in strengthening health systems for the prevention and care of Tuberculosis and drug-resistant Tuberculosis

World Health Organization, Europe (2016) C_WHO
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A study on the public health and socioeconomic impact of substandard and falsified medical products. Executive Summary

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
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Definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth: the 2018 joint statement

World Health Organization WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, ICM, ICN, FIGO and IPA (2018) C_WHO
This statement presents the 2018 definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth (also widely known as a “skilled birth attendants” or SBAs). It results from the recent r ... more
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Indonesia: Pharmaceuticals in Health Care Delivery - Mission Report 10 - 23 July 2011

K. A. Holloway, World Health Organization (WHO) (2011) C_WHO
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Achieving quality universal health coverage through better water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities: A focus on Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
A two-week mission was conducted by WASH and quality UHC technical experts from WHO headquarters and supported by the WHO Ethiopia Country Office (WASH and health systems teams) in July 2016, to understand how change in WASH services and quality imp ... more
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Achieving quality universal health coverage through better water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities: A focus on Cambodia and Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
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National Primary Health Care Development Agency: Preparedness and response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at primary healthcare and community level
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Government of Nigeria (2020) C1
This document sets out the preparedness and response plan of the Nigerian Primary Health Care System for COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Disease. It outlines the planning scenarios, key areas of work and ... more
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Implementation manual to prevent and control the spread of carbapenem-resistant organisms at the national and health care facility level
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
This manual presents a compelling case for action on carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) and describes the linkages between the prevention and control of CROs and the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). It describes how the eight recommendations contained within the World ... more
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Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff in COVID-19 health-care facilities
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim guidance 20 October 2020. This assessment tool covers the following aspects: area distribution; surface availability versus f ... more
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Water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities: practical steps to achieve universal access to quality care

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF (2019) C_WHO
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Achieving quality universal health coverage through better water, sanitation and hygiene services in health care facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
A focus on Cambodia and Ethiopia o date, little evidence is available on how such integration occurs at country level. To address this knowledge gap, WHO has conducted several in-depth situational analysis in countries that are undertaking actions to improve WASH in ... more
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WHO guideline: the use of safety-engineered syringes for intramuscular, intradermal and subcutaneous injections in health care settings

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
Injection practices worldwide and especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) include multiple, avoidable unsafe practices that ultimately lead to the large-scale transmission of bloodborne viruses among patients, health ... more
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Standard Operation Procedure - for facility and equipment maintenance management in primary health care clinics in Iraq

UNAIDS et al. (2013) CC
USAID funded/ Primary Health Care Project in Iraq (PHCPI) in cooperation with Iraqi Ministry of Health (MOH) aims to promote Primary ... more
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Person-centred communication for female genital mutilation prevention: a facilitator’s guide for training health-care providers

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care provide ... more
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Educating for planetary health and environmentally sustainable health care: Responding with urgency

McLean M., Gibbs T., Mc Kimm J. (2020) CC
There is little doubt that 2019 was a defining year on many fronts for the environment. The repercussions of the climate emergency were experienced across the globe, with floods, devastating wildfires, and unprecedented melting of polar ice sheets and glaciers. While the new decade began with the Au ... more
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Standard operating procedures for supply chain management of health products for neglected tropical diseases amenable to preventive chemotherapy
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Tis first edition describes the standard operating procedures for health products for NTDs amenable to preventive chemotherapy and the medicines donated to treat them. These include albendazole for ... more
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Product profile for a rapid test for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer at the primary health-care level

Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
In 2013, WHO and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics convened a meeting of Buruli ulcer experts in Geneva, Switzerland (9) at which two priority unmet needs in diagnosis were identified: a diagnostic test for early detection of Buruli ulcer in symptomatic patients with sufficient positive ... more
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Buruli ulcer : diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease : a manual for health care providers

F. Portaels; Johnson, P.; Meyers, W. World Health Organization WHO (2001) CC
This manual is to assist health care providers and laboratory scientists to diagnose mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). The manual aims to achieve a better understanding of the clinical ... more
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Buruli ulcer : management of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease : a manual for health care providers
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J. Buntine; Crofts, K. World Health Organization WHO (2001) CC
This manual is addressed to health care providers dealing with Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). The manual aims to achieve a better understanding of the disease, its clinical presentat ... more
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Access to health care for people with disabilities in rural Malawi: what are the barriers?

Harrison, J.A.K.; Thomson, R.; Banda, H.T. et al. BMC Public Health (2020) CC
People with disabilities experience significant health inequalities. In Malawi, where most individuals live in low-income rural settings, many of these inequalities are exacerbated by restricted access to ... more
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WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) C_WHO
The "WHO Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) Disease Interventions for Primary Health Care" provides a set of cost-effective, evidence-based interventions to address noncommunicable diseases ... more
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Management of Tuberculosis in Children - Manual for Health Care Workers

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, The United Republic of Tanzania (2012) C1
National Tuberclosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP)
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National Training Package on Paediatric HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment. Participants Handbook. Module 9: HIV and Primary Health Care

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania (2015) C1
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Infection Prevention and control and health care waste management for waste handlers

USAID, AIDS Free Nigeria (2016) C1
AIDS Free Nigeria Training Manual
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Task-Shifting and Task-Sharing (TSTS) Policy for Essential Health Care Services in Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2014) C1
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GUIDELINES FOR RECALL OF MEDICINES AND HEALTH PRODUCTS IN MALAWI

Pharmacy, Medicines & Poisons Board (PMPB), Malawi (2015) C2
PMPB/INS-GUIDE/02
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Good Practices in strengthening health systems for the prevention and care of Tuberculosis and drug-resistant Tuberculosis (Russian edition)

World Health Organization, Europe Всемирная организация здравоохранения (2016) C_WHO
Примеры надлежащей практики в области укрепления систем здравоохранения с целью профилактики и лечения туберкулеза и лекарственно-устойчивого туберкулеза
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Intercountry high-level meeting on health systems strengthening for enhanced tuberculosis prevention and care

World Health Organization Europe (2016) C_WHO
Regional Eastern European and Central Asian project (TB-REP) Copenhagen, Denmark, 26–28 April 2016
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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