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In many low- and middle-income countries, there is a wide gap between evidencebased recommendations and current practice. Treatment of major CVD risk factors remains suboptimal, and only a minority of ... more
The Integrated Management of Adolescent/Adult Illness (IMAI) approach
The guidelines presented in this document are designed to provide a useful resource for healthcare professionals involved in clinical case management. They were developed taking into consideration services provided at different levels within the hea ... more
The Kenya Essential Medicines List 2019 is an indispensable guide to the medicines recommended for the management of common conditions in Kenya. It is primarily directed at health care providers and ... more
The objective of this book is to provide health workers with easily accessible information on important aspects of the medicines commonly used at primary care level in Zimbabwe. Medicines are a cruc ... more
The clinical guidelines and protocols for the practice of emergency medicine presented in this document are designed to be a useful resource not only for those wishing to become emergency medicine specialists, but also for general practitioners and ... more

Diarrhea and Dehydration Module 6

Yu C, Lougee D, Murno JR American Academy of Pediatrics (2016) C1
Poor sanitary conditions in disaster-stricken areas result in higher risk for diarrheal illness in vulnerable populations, especially children. This disease negatively impacts the nutritional status of affected children and cause ... more
The key areas covered are diagnosis, imaging, pathology, surgery, rehabilitation, palliative care and survivorship. It emphasizes a multi-disciplinary team approach which is paramount for quality cancer care. The specific cancers covered are breast, central nervous system, gastroint ... more
This is an open-access training course for frontline healthcare providers who manage acute illness and injury with limited resources. Produced in response to requests from multiple countries and international partners, the BEC package includes a Participant Workbook and electronic slide decks for ea ... more
Session outline •Introduction to epilepsy. •Assessment of epilepsy. •Management of epilepsy. •Follow-up ... more
Background book on Management of the Child with a Serious Infection or Severe Malnutrition
7 June 2022. To treat complications associated with measles: severe complications with module 1 (50 cases) and mild complications with module 8 (20 cases). The new measles kit 2021 is designed to prepare for and support the treatment of non-severe ... more
The seven essential features of practice for scaling up are described with great clarity. They are practical and universal, and encourage local innovation. They include policy, funding and local management ... more
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 ... more
The WHO Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Clinical management: living guidance contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management ... more
The guide is organized into the major types of toxicities, the associated symp-toms, possible offending medications, and the suggested nursing assessments and interventions. Some symptoms (e.g. nausea) may be associated with a num-ber ... more
The consolidated guidelines are complemented by an operational handbook which is designed to assist with implementation of the WHO recommendations by Member States, technical partners and others who are involved in the ... more
Interim guidelines developed by CDC for healthcare providers in the United States caring for infants born to mothers who while pregnant traveled to or resided in an area with Zika virus transmission. These guidelines include recommendations for the evaluation, testing, and ... more
This document was prepared in response to a need to review and potentially update the current recommendations for the antibiotic treatment of both inpatient and outpatient management ... more
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa has only 3% of the world’s health workers to cater for 11% of the world population, bearing over 25% ... more

Disabled village children. 2nd edition

Werner, D. Hesperian (2018) C2
A guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers, and families. This manual covers identifying primary and secondary disabilities, developing skills for daily living, and working through behavior problems. The new 2018 edition features new topics, including mental and developmental di ... more
These guidelines have been extracted from the WHO manual Surgical Care at the District Hospital (SCDH), which is a part of the WHO Integrated Management Package on Emergency and Essential Surgical ... more
Practical guide intended for physicians, pharmacists, nurses and medical auxiliaries. This guide is not a dictionary of pharmacological agents. It is a practical manual intended for health professionals, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and health au ... more
First published in 2020, this toolkit is intended for clinicians working in acute care, managing adult and paediatric patients with acute respiratory infection, including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis and septic shock. The main objective is to provide key tools for us ... more
The training is based on ensuring that the competencies to care for newborn are acquired. A range of adult learning methods are used, these include reading and self-study, discussion, and case based learning in written exercises and group discussi ... more
Updated 2022. This guide addresses the care pathway from presentation of the patient to a health facility to patient discharge. It considers different levels of disease severity, from asymptomatic i ... more
October 2009 | Volume 6 | Issue 10 | e1000162
www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.02.020405 ~ December 2012 • Vol. 2 No. 2 • 020405
Clinical guideline | Published: 11 January 2012 | nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137
The prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancers has been on the increase in Kenya in the recent past. This has been occasioned by changes in social and demogr ... more
These guidelines are based on the 3rd Edition of the WHO Guidelines (Published 2015) World Health Organization’s Guidelines for the treatment of malaria. Additional literature surveys have been un ... more
Q4: Can convulsive epilepsy be diagnosed at first level care by a non-specialist health care provider in low and middle income country settings?
Fourth Edition
Primary Care: The Community Health System
Cards for Correct and Incorrect Components of Evidence-based Focused ANC (including birth preparedness, complication readiness and recognition of danger signs)
Option B+
Implications and Actions
Inclusive Project Cycle Management
A Global Campaign Against Epilepsy Demonstration Project
This is the fifteenth edition of the lecture notes. They were first published in 1987 as a summary of the material used in the biannual epilepsy teaching weekend organised under the auspices ... more
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001, 79 (4)
Epilepsia, 55(4):475–482, 2014 doi: 10.1111/epi.12550
FIELD GUIDE for staff at the central, intermediate and peripheral level
Cards for Facilitators (including birth preparedness, complication readiness and recognition of danger signs) are also available
These standards for the quality of paediatric care in health facilities form part of normative guidance for improving the quality of maternal, new ... more
Prevention and Recognition of Obstetric Fistula Training Package Accessed on 2 September 2020
Results of rapid assessment The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93% of countries worldwide while the demand for mental health is increasing, according t ... more
COVID-19 Vaccines: 1 Safety Surveillance 2 Manual While there is no indication that pregnant women have an increased susceptibility to infection with SARS-CoV-2, there is evidence that pregnancy may increase the risk of severe illness and mortality ... more
Updated June 2021
Theodor Bilharz, a German professor of anatomy and chief of surgery at the Kasr El Ani Hospital of Cairo from 1850, first identified an infective o ... more
Hypertension is referred to as a “silent killer”. Most people with hypertension are unaware of their condition as in most cases, they experience no warning signs or symptoms hence they are not identified or treated. Hypertention is associated wi ... more
Objective: To identify gaps in national stroke guidelines that could be bridged to enhance the quality of stroke care services in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: We systematically searched medical databases and websites ... more
Interim Guidance.
A number of medical problems have been reported in survivors, including mental health issues. Ebola virus may persist in some body fluids, including semen. Ebola survivors need comprehensive support for the medical and psychoso ... more
Epilepsy is one of the world’s most common chronic neurological disorders. Roughly 50 million people suffer from it, 5 million of them in the Region of ... more
This is the fifteenth edition of the lecture notes. They were first published in 1987 as a summary of the material used in the biannual epilepsy teaching weekend organised under the auspices ... more

Infections of the nervous system

V. Parikh; V. Tucci; S. Galwankar PMC (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) (2012) C2
Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2012 May-Aug; 2(2): 82–97. doi: 10.4103/2229-5151.97273 PMCID: PMC3401822 PMID: 22837896

Analysis of drug markets - Opiates, cocaine, cannabis, synthetic drugs

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2018) C2
World Drug Report 2018 -3-
Miscellaneous Child and adolescent psychiatric emergencies Chapter J.1
Received: 16/11/2013 - Accepted: 23/03/2014 - Published: 27/07/2014
Published OnlineJuly 14, 2021https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00164-9. New Lancet research offers the first comprehensive analysis of the growing footprint of noncommunicable and injury-related ... more
This pocket book is a 317 page summary of the emergency components of obstetrics and resuscitation of the newborn infant from our textbook "Interna ... more
This 277 page pocketbook is a summary of the emergency components of basic neonatal and older infants hospital care from our 900 page textbook “International Maternal & Childhealth Care. A practi ... more
Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care Uptsate 2017
Framework for implementation. The END TB Strategy.

Manual of Mental Health for Psychologists

Uday K. Sinha, Devvarta Kumar, Naveen Grover, Jai Prakash, Gouri Shankar Kaloiya National Health Ministry for Health and Family Welfare; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India; WHO (2016) C1
For Mental Health Service Delivery under National Mental Health Programme
New and updated information. Adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable. Prevention requires a portfolio of actions at different levels:from health system pr ... more
Report of the 23rd WHO Expert Committee on the selection and use of essential medicines This executive summary reports the recommendations made by the Expert Committee for the 2021 update ... more
Guidance for General Medical and Specialised Mental Health Care Settings
With about 24 million of Yemen’s 30 million people in need of some form of assistance, the United Nations calls Yemen the world’s worst humanit ... more
13 July 2021 The module provides an overview of factors to consider when monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines administered to pregnant and breastfeeding women. It describes how national rout ... more
This guideline for the prevention and control of chikungunya fever (CF) is intended for use by all peripheral health workers in the Region and is based on the strategy outlined above. This document will focus mainly on preventing, predicting and ... more
Taeniasis and cysticercosis caused by the parasite T. solium affect vulnerable populations, mainly in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, where pigs (the intermediate host) roam free and poor sanitation allows pigs access to human faeces.
The "Primary Healthcare Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List" by the South African National Department of Health provides evidence-based guidelines for diagnosing and managing common medical conditions at the primary healthcare ... more
The Extending Service Delivery (ESD) project has developed Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy: A Trainer’s Reference Guide as a resource for trainers in developing in-service training for facility-based healthcare providers and community he ... more

Population size estimate of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ganina L.Yu; Yelizaryeva A. V.; Saparbekov M. K.; et al. Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Republican Center for AIDS Prevention and Control (2016) C2
Report Almaty, 2016 Authors: Ganina L.Yu., head of epidemiology department, Republican AIDS Center (RAC), Yelizaryeva A. V., epidemiologist, RAC, Kaspirova А. А., head of epidemiology depar ... more
This document is the seventh edition of the Ministry of Health’s officially approved prescribers’ and dispensers’ guide for all levels of h ... more
Multiple countries are reporting severe acute cases of hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children, in several regions of the world. WHO has develo ... more
In support of the London Declaration goals, PATH aims to catalyze engagement of the diagnostics industry and product development efforts. As part of ... more
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)