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WHO and Uganda Red Cross society sign agreement to strengthen Ebola screening at Points of Entry

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Uganda Red Cross Society today signed an agreement to strengthen the screening of travellers at 25 points of entry in eight districts on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The support will also go towards training 22 ... more
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Ebola Virus Disease Readiness Implementation Progress Report WCO Uganda August –October 2018

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO
Risk of spill-over of EVD to Uganda has been categorised as very high. On 28 September 2018, WHO elevated the risk at the regional level which includes Uganda from ‘high’ to ‘very high’. Uganda has a very long and largely porous border with ... more
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Tropical Cyclones Idai and Kenneth Mozambique National Situation Report 3, 24 May

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO
The risk of communicable diseases remains a humanitarian concern with major health risks including cholera, acute watery diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, malaria and other vector borne diseases and conditions such as severe acute malnutrition. Access to the affected districts is still conditioned due t ... more
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EBOLA, Cascade training in IPC, Case Management, Hand Hygiene, Chlorine Preparation and Mental Health conducted in Rwanda

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO
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Zambia STEPS Survey 2017. Fact Sheet

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2017) C_WHO
The STEPS survey of noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in Zambia was carried out from July to September 2017. Zambia carried out Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3. Socio demographic and behavioural information was collected in Step 1. Physical measurements such as height, weight and blood pressure w ... more
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Guidance to reduce COVID-19 stigma on Health workers and families
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Orientações destinadas a reduzir o estigma associado à COVID-19 em relação a profissionais de saúde e suas famílias
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Orientações técnicas sobre as operações dos laboratórios relativas aos testes de despistagem da doença por coronavírus (COVID-19)na Região Africana da OMS
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Criação de postos de triagem de doentes com COVID-19 nas unidades de saúde: Instruções essenciaise sugestões
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Documento de orientação para uma resposta diferenciada ao surto de COVID-19 em contextos urbano e rural
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Certificação e Verificação da Qualidade do Equipamento de Protecção Individual
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
Directrizes para os países
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Asymptomatic, Pre-symptomatic and Mild Signs and Symptoms of COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
Risk Communication and Community Engagement messages
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Assintomáticos,Pré-sintomáticos e Sinais e Sintomas Ligeiros de COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
Mensagens para Comunicação dos Riscos e Envolvimento da Comunidade
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Efficacité des corticostéroïdes chez les patients atteints de pneumonie due à la COVID-19 : données fondées sur les informations disponibles au 12 juin 2020

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Zimbabwe multi-sectoral cholera elimination plan 2018-2028

World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa; Cholera Secretariat Zimbabwe (2019) C_WHO
Multi-sectoral Cholera Elimination Plan
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Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa: A companion publication for Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2024) CC
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has launched a new Compendium of forgotten foods in Africa which is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive collection of 100 African forgotten food crops. Also referred to as neglected, under ... more
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Ensuring health security in the African region - Emergency preparedness and response flagship programmes

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommen ... more
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Social media assets & Infographics

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO
Here you can download Infographics & Posters for Communication and Medica Actions
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WHO African Region status report on blood availability, safety and quality

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) global report for the year 2019 indicates that sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a very high maternal mortality rate (MMR) with a 2017 point estimate of 542 (UI 49 ... more
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Tracking Universal Health Coverage in the WHO African Region, 2022

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO
n 2015, Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its accompanying Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the third goal of the agenda focusing on health – good health and well-being. This has ... more
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Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on older people in the African Region

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO
A study conducted by the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa. The COVID-19 pand ... more
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The impact of COVID-19 on mental, neurological and substance use services: results of a rapid assessment in the African Region

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2020) C_WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified mental health as an integral component of the COVID-19 response. Its rapid assessment of service delivery for mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, on ... more
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Human Resources for Health in Ethiopia

The Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) (2016) C1
Ethiopia has seen high economic growth over the last decade, but remains a poor country with a high burden of disease. It has made considerable health gains in recent years, mainly by having health policies that focus on extending primary healthcare, using health extension workers. It ... more
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Communicable and non-communicable diseases in Africa in 2021/22

World Health Organization Africa Region; WHO Africa World Health Organization Africa Region; WHO Africa (2023) C_WHO
This report is one of the first major products of the newly established Precision Public Health Metrics unit of the UCN cluster of the WHO Regional Office ... more
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WASH - Nutrition Strategy, West and Central Africa: To maximise the impact of projects addressing malnutrition through interventions of the Water, Sanitiation, Hygiene sector

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2022) C_UNICEF
This document was prepared by UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa, under the lead ... more
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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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Baseline Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa: The Accelerated WHO/AFRO Mapping Project

Rebollo M.P., Onyeze A.N., Tiendrebeogo A. et al The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021) C2
ajtmh.20-1538 Volume 104, 6. Mapping is a prerequisite for effective implementation of interventions against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Before the accelerated World Health Organization (WHO)/Regi ... more
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Guidelines on International Protection No. 12

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2016) CC
Claims for refugee status related to situations of armed conflict and violence under Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the regional ref ... more
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World Drug Report 2019 Booklet 3 Drug market trends of Cannabis and Opioids

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (2022) C2
This third booklet of the World Drug Report 2022 has a dual focus: opioids and cannabis. The first chapter of the booklet provides an overview of opioids as a group of substances and their patterns of non-medical use at the global level. It also reviews the latest trends in the global supply of opi ... more
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Effects of BCG on COVID-19 — based on information as of 25 December 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
WHO Regional Office for Africa
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Ensuring health security in the African region: Emergency preparedness and response flagships progress report #4

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommen ... more
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Regional guiding framework for risk communication and community engagement for the COVID-19 response in theEastern Mediterranean Region/Middle East and North Africa

World Health Organization WHO; Eastern Mediterranean Region (2021) C_WHO
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Diabetes - Key Facts - Noncommunicable Diseases - English

World Health Organisation (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2024) C_WHO
The World Health Organization's Regional Office for Africa webpage on diabetes provides an overv ... more
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Regional Migrant Response Plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen, 2022

International Organization for Migration IOM (2022) CC
The regional Migrant Response Plan (MRP) for the Horn of Africa and Yemen includes urgent life-saving humanitarian and protection interventions to ... more
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2020 RMRP Appeal: Regional Migrants Response Plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen 2018 – 2020

IOM (2020) C2
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners from 27 humanitarian and development organisations and governments are appealing for USD 84 million to provide life-saving assistance ... more
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WFP Regional Drought Response Plan for the Horn of Africa (January – December 2023)

World Food Programme WFP (2023) CC
After five consecutive below-average rains, the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa is expanding and deepening. Combined with insecurity and macroeconomic volatility, the impact of the drought on food and nutrition security has been devasta ... more
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UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office Annual Report 2017

Unicef (Eastern and Southern Africa Office) (2017)
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IOM Regional Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for the Middle East and North Africa COVID-19

reliefweb; International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C2
While the full effects of COVID-19 remain unknown, the pandemic continues to profoundly impact regional migration and mobility dynamics, with deep health, social and economic consequences for the mo ... more
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Achieving Regional Integration: The key to success for the fight against hunger in West Africa

Frederic Mousseau ACF International Network and the Oakland Institute (2011)
Zero Hunger Phase 3
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IOM East and Horn of Africa - Regional Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for Covid-19 April-December 2020

IOM UN Migration (2020) C2
Updated on 6 APRIL 2020 There are serious concerns that the situation might escalate in the next weeks modelling the epi curve of other regions. The interlinkages between human mobility and the current pandemic of COVID-19 are well established, and while international flights have been suspended i ... more
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Interregional meeting on leishmaniasis among neighbouring endemic countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, African and European regions

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
An interregional meeting on leishmaniasis among neighbouring endemic countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, African and European regions was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Offi ... more
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Manual for case management of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization WHO WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2014) CC
This publication represents a key step forward in translating Control of the leishmaniases (WHO Technical Report Series, No. 949) into a more practical tool for health personnel directly involved in the case management of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Wi ... more
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Regional strategic preparedness and response plan Covid-19: West and Central Africa

International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C2
How to respond to Covid19 pandemic in West and Central Africa
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The role of an essential health benefit in health systems in east and southern Africa: Learning from regional research

R. Loewenson, M. Mamdani and others Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2018) C1
Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 113
This report synthesises the learning across ... more
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Regional Humanitarian Outlook for the Great Lakes: January - June 2018

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2018) C1
The report covers: drivers of humanitarian crises in the region, particularly the intensification of violence in the DRC; manifestations of humanitarian needs, including record levels of displacement and food insecurity; and constraints to meeting humanitarian needs, including obstacles to humanitar ... more
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Regional Guidelines for the Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria in Large Hospitals

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2006) C_WHO
hese are two parallel guidelines, one for small hospitals and another one for large hospitals. In view of heavy burden of malaria and prevalence of drug resistant falciparum malaria in the South-Eas ... more
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West and Central Africa: Humanitarian Bulletin, March 2015

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2015)
USD$ 28 million allocated from UN Central Emergency Fund to assist people affected by Boko Haram’s insurgency. Boko Haram, insecurity exert misery in Cameroon’s Far North Region. Millions of people in Ebola-affected countries risk serious food shortages during the June-August lean ... more
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West and Central Africa Region Weekly Humanitarian snapshot (14 – 20 April 2015)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2015)
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Disaster Response and Preparedness in Southern Africa - A guide to international tools and services available to governments

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2015)
The Guide has been developed to enhance the knowledge capabilities of NDMAs and their local partners. This is accomplished by exposing them to the existing tools and services developed by the international community to facilitate effective disaster response to any scale of disaster (small, medium an ... more
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Eastern Africa: El Niño impact and humanitarian needs (as of December 2015)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2015) C1
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Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Manual for Training of Trainers - Part 1

Regional Office South-East Asia, World Health Organization (2004) CC
Please download the other parts from the Webseite
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Comprehensive Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Dengue and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever -Revised and expanded edition

World Health Organization WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (2011) CC
Revised and expanded version of the Guidelines
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The role of an essential health benefit in the delivery of integrated health services: Learning from practic e in East and Southern Africa

Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET) (2018) C1
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Fighting MDR-TB in the SEA Region - 10th Meeting of the Regional MDR-TB Advisory Committee

WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (2018) C_WHO
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Build back fairer: Achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2021) C_WHO
The report “Build back fairer: achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” provides ground breaking insights into the state of health inequities in the Region and urges countries to take action to address the social determinants of health to reverse the worsening trend of inequi ... more
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The Democratic Republic of Congo Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) January 2019 - December 2020

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2018) C1
Looking forward, the 2019-2020 Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) for the DRC situation aims at addressing the needs of new arrivals of Congolese refugees in the region, and those in protracted s ... more
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Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Chikungunya Fever - 2009

World Health Organization - Regional Office for South-East Asia (2009) CC
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 documen ... more
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South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan January 2020 — December 2021

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) CC
Addendum: 2020 mid-year COVID-19 resvision, summary of the reprioritisation & additional requirements in response to COVID-19 In June and July 2020, a mid-year revision of the 2020 South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) was undertaken ... more
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Analysis of the Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health Workforce in East & Southern Africa

UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) (2017) C1
The State of the World's Midwifery
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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC
It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and g ... more
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A toolkit for integrated vector management in sub-Saharan Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO
This toolkit for integrated vector management (IVM) is designed to help national and regional programme managers coordinate across sectors to design and run large IVM programmes.
The toolkit pr ... more
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The future of WHO Covid-19 response operations in Africa in 2022
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World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO
The African Region has been experiencing unprecedented health challenges due to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which have compounded the already difficult task the Region was facing in moving towards universal health coverage (UHC) attainment.
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Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Chikungunya Fever

World Health Organization, Regional Office South-East Asia (2009)
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Palliative care for older people: better practices

Hall, S.; H. Petkova, A.D. Tsouros, et al. World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe, et al. (2011) C_WHO
This publication aims to provide examples of better palliative care practices for older people to help those involved in planning and supporting care-oriented services most appropriately and effectively. Examples have been identifi ed from ... more
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Toolkit for assessing health system capacity to manage large influxes of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants

World Health Organization (WHO); Regional Office for Europe UNHCR; IOM (2016) C_WHO
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Approaches for mobile and migrant populations in the context of malaria multi-drug resistance and malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong Subregion

World Health Organization ( WHO), Regional Office for South-East-Asia (2016) C_WHO
The emergence of multifrug-resistant malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (‎GMS)‎ has been identified as an emergency issue that may have catastrophic consequences on the future of malaria elimination in the GMS as well as globally. In recognition of the need ... more
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Public-private partnerships for health care infrastructure and services: considerations for policy makers in Ukraine

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C_WHO
ndependent of the current conflict, the health sector in Ukraine faces several critical shortcomings. In particular, the country has an oversupply of hospitals and an undersupply of primary care and diagnostic facilities. Addressing these limitations will require substantial amounts of capital inves ... more
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Methods for the detection and characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants: second update, 21 June 2022

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C_WHO
This document aims to provide interim guidance for microbiology and virology experts, other laboratory professionals, laboratory managers, infectious disease programme managers, public health professionals and other stakeholders that provide primary ... more
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Key political commitment documents for tuberculosis prevention and care and their intended influence in the WHO European Region

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2019) C_WHO
This analytical report reviews and discusses the potential role and influence of political commitment in implementing endorsements and conducting policy in the field of tuberculosis (TB) prevention and care. It promotes discussion by comparing and analysing the extent to which selected international ... more
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Climate change and communicable diseases: a manual for health workers

World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe (2011) C_WHO
There is a broad consensus nowadays that the Earth is warming up as a result of greenhouse gas emissions caused by anthropogenic activities. It is also clear that current trends in the fields of energy, development and population growth will lead to continuous and ever more dramatic climate change. ... more
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Procedimentos Operacionais Normalizados (PONs) para a Deslocação de Material e Pessoal de Saúde e Humanitário Essencial no Contexto da Pandemia de COVID-19 em África

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2020) C_WHO
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Requirements for the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) with proof of vaccination against yellow fever Countries in the Americas, as of 22 March 2017

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2017) C_WHO
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What are relevant, feasible and effective approaches to promote acceptance, uptake and adherence to physical distancing measures for COVID-19 prevention and control?

Ryan, R.E.; et al. World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) C_WHO
Health Evidence Network synthesis report 72
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The effects of COVID-19 on persons living with hypertension

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO
based on information as at 28 February 2021 Rapid Policy Brief Series Series 14: COVID-19 and hypertension
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Effects of COVID-19 on people with current or previous tuberculosis — based on information as of 9 December 2020

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO
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COVID-19 Rapid Policy Brief - Series 12: COVID-19 Response Capacity with the Health System

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO
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Psychological toll of COVID-19 among healthcare provider— based on information as at 5 February 2021

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO
Rapid Policy Brief
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Obstetric Fistula Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026

Government of Zambia World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office Africa (2023) C_WHO
Globally, over two million women live with obstetric fistula with the majority of the cases being from Africa. In low-resource settings such as Zambia, obstetric fistula (OF) is a visible indicator of gaps in maternal health care resulting in fa ... more
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A case study of the Essential Health Benefit in Tanzania mainland

Todd G.; Nswilla A.; Kisanga O.; Mamdani M. Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2017) C1
Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 109
This report describes the evolution of mainla ... more
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Frequently Asked Questions on Chikungunya Fever

World Health Organization - Regional Office for South-East Asia WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia (2013) CC
Information on Chikungunya Fever
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A case study of the Essential Health Care Package in Swaziland

Magagula, Samuel V. Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2017) C1
Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 112
The Essential Health Benefit (EHB) is known a ... more
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Improved school-based deworming coverage through intersectoral coordination - The Kenya Experience

World Health Organization WHO - Regional Office Africa (2013) C_WHO
A national faecal examination of 27 729 schoolchildren from 395 schools carried out in 2008 indicated that intestinal parasitic worms affected an estimated five million (56.8%) children in Kenya. Existing evidence shows that worm infections lead to reduced literacy levels due to impaired growth a ... more
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Accelerating the Reversal and Ending AIDS

World Health Organization (Regional Office for South-East-Asia); UNAIDS World Health Organization (Regional Office for South-East-Asia); UNAIDS (2017) C_WHO
Regional Action Plan for HIV in South-East Asia (2017-2021)
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A case study of the role of an Essential Health Benefit in the delivery of integrated health services in Zambia

Luwabelwa, M.; Banda, P; Palale M.; Chama-Chiliba, C. Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2017) C1
Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 111
The health services delivery system in Zambia ... more
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A case study of the Uganda National Minimum Healthcare Package

Kadowa, Isaac Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2017) C1
Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 110
This report compiles evidence from published, ... more
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Climate Change and Health - Training Modules

World Health Organization (WHO) - Regional Office for South-East Asia (2015) C_WHO
Training Modules for climate change and Health - WHO
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Africaʼs response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A summary of country reports

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO
January 2020 to December 2021
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Progress report on HIV in the WHO South-East Asia Region 2016

World Health Organization (Regional Office for South-East-Asia) (2016) C_WHO
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West and Central Africa - A Region on the Move: Mobility Trends in West and Central Africa (January – December 2021)

International Organization for Migration IOM (2022) CC
The second edition of the “A Region on the Move” report provides an overview of population movement trends in West and Central Africa in 2021. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of mobility in the region and showcase the versatility, mu ... more
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Fast tracking the HIV response in the south-east Asia region

World Health Organization (Regional Office for South-East-Asia) (2016) C_WHO
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Sharing successful strategies from the Eastern Mediterranean Region in mitigating noncommunicable diseases and mentalhealth disorders during the COVID-19pandemic and beyond

World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2023) C_WHO
The "Stories from the field" document by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean shares effective strategies from the Eastern Mediter ... more
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COVID-19 IMST* Monthly Bulletin

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO
May 2022
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Disaster Response in Asia and the Pacific: A Guide to International Tools and Services
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) (2013) C1
The guide is designed to help disaster managers in national Governments gain basic knowledge of how to use international tools and services. It aims to support the growing disaster response and disaster response preparedness capabilities that exist at national level across Asia and the Pacific.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Quick Reference for Health Workers Case

Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) (2020) C2
On the 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China country office reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China now known to be caused by a novel virus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ... more
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Update on WHO Interim recommendations on COVID-19 vaccination of pregnant and lactating women

Goodman, T. World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO
Webinar, 2 June 2021
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Weekly Update on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Preparedness Activities in South Sudan No.48 , 12 August 2019

South Sudan Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office Africa Region (2019) C1
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Zika virus vectors and risk of spread in the WHO European Region

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (2016) C_WHO
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A practice guide to effective population-based food policy actions to promote healthy diets

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2017) C_WHO
This publication provides directions for a logical, evidence informed approach to selecting, developing, implementing and monitoring population-based interventions within the context of the double-burden of malnutrition in South-East Asia. The focus ... more
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Liberia - Factsheets of Health Statistics 2010

WHO, Regional Office Africa (2010) C_WHO
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Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) : Waste management of used COVID-19 vaccines vials and ancillary supply
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World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2021) C_WHO
The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to describe the detailed process on how to manage discarded COVID-19 vaccine vials and associated waste after COVID-19 vaccination activities end. The SOP provides clear instructions on how to perform the appropriate treatment and safe dispos ... more