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The Lay Counselor Cadre in Botswana
Full eHandbook under: http://www.msh.org/resources/health-systems-in-action-an-ehandbook-for-leaders-and-managers Effective supply management has the potential to make a powerful contribution to the reliable availability of essential medicines, which are a crucial part of the delivery of highqualit ... more
Based on the Vulnerability Index developed in this review, an estimated 22.7 million persons in Myanmar, or 44% of the population, were found to have some form of vulnerability related to human development and/or exposure to active conflict/violence. These people experience varying combinations of p ... more

Epilepsy - WHO factsheet

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO
7 February 2019
Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth June 2018, Volume 65, Issue 6, pp 698–708
For applying the new operational guidance on CB-MHPSS in the field, UNICEF country offices and partners will need ready access to tools and resources that can be used to implement the programs. By bringing together resources from different contexts, the compendium makes options available to country ... more
PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org 1 January 2014 | Volume 9 | Issue 1 | e86616
Updated 2017
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are spreading at an alarming rate and some bacterial infections may once again be untreatable. Antibiotic resistance (ABR), conservatively calculated, causes more than 500 000 deaths every year. This number is projected to rise dramatically if radical actions are not ta ... more
Research Article PLOS Medicine | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002374 August 8, 2017
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 detecting outbreaks, and after detection, investig ... more
A Global Campaign Against Epilepsy Demonstration Project
Biology, Diagnosis and Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2329-9088.1000136 Trop Med Surg 2013, 1:136
Guidelines and tools for Health Professionals
Final Report
Accessed November 2017.
A Manual for Maternity Unit Personnel - Part of the CBM Prevention Toolkit on Birth Impairments
Draft version 2017
These guidelines for the National Pharmacovigilance and Medicine Information System in Rwanda have been developed to ensure that safe, efficacious and quality medicines are made available to all Rwandans.
Part of the CBM Prevention Toolkit on “Recognising Impairments at Birth”
A Guidebook for Medical and Professional Schools, Second Edition. This book represents a significant step to engage health professions schools in addressing global health challenges
Q3: Can febrile seizures (simple or complex) be managed at first or second level care by non-specialist health care providers in low and middle income country settings? What is the role of diagnostic tests in the management of febrile seizures by non-specialists in low and middle income settings? Fo ... more

Atlas of headache disorders and resources in the world 2011

World Health Organization; Lifting the Burden (2011) C_WHO
A collaborative project of World Health Organization and Lifting The Burden
Miscellaneous Chapter J.6

Sixty-seventh world health assembly

World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO
Geneva, 19–24 MAY 2014
Тщательно взвесив все за и против, мы предлагаем в начальной главе первого учебника по детской и подростковой психиатрии IACAPAP сосредоточить внимание на взаимоотно ... more
Introduction Capter A.1 Ethics and international child and adolescent psychiatry

The global doctor

Willott C et al. UCL Institute for Global Health and Development Education Research Centre, Institute of Education (2012) C2
This report explores the reasons why global health is critical to medicine and what this means for medical education. It argues that an understanding of global health is important for all students and practicing doctors, rather than being an ‘add-on’ or ‘option’ for specialization.

Maximizing impact through advocacy - Unit 14

Partners In Health (2011) C2
Scabies is a skin infection that is a result of direct skin to skin contact and is primarily mediated by close and extended contact with scabies infested person. Scabies occurs worldwide among people of all ages, races, genders and social classes and has been identified as a neglected tropical infec ... more

Disability And Climate Change

David Lewis and Kath Ballard Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM) (2011)
Climate change is having the largest impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Within this group, 20% are people with disabilities, who are nearly always doubly disadvantaged.
Available in: English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Thai, Korean, Tajik, Vietnamese, Uzbek http://www.who.int/disabilities/cbr/guidelines/en/
Information and Approaches for developing Country Settings
This document was conducted as a desk study and provides useful information and practical examples of responses to HIV and AIDS in the fields of agriculture, rural development, self-help and social protection. It aims to invite Misereor partners and others working in these fields to reflect on their ... more

Bridging the Gap: IEC 4 LGBTI

Mary Leakey et al. COC Netherlands and Columbia University – ICAP (South Africa) (2015) CC
A Handbook to Support Strengthening of Organisational Capacity in Developing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Materials for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) People in Southern Africa Accessed 7 July 2015
Integration of mental health (MH) and HIV programs has the potential to significantly improve health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLHIV). This training package, which is comprised of a training-of-trainers manual, an accompanying presentation, and a standard operating procedure, was develope ... more
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(2): e0005356 -Published: February 23, 2017 21 pp
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2012, 12 :12 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/12/12
National AIDS and STI Control Program

People living with HIV

M. Smelyanskaya, J. Duncan; C. Daniels, et al. Stop TB Partnership; The Focus Group Consulting (2017) C1
Key populations brief Accessed November 2017
Further analysis of the 2011 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey

Fever Diagnostic Technology Landscape

UNITAID World Health Organisation (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
1st edition. Unitaid’s report describes a slate of new devices that can more efficiently identify dangerously ill children so that they can be treated immediately. These tools make it easier to recognize danger signs, and support integrated approaches to reducing childhood deaths from the three ... more
This study aims to explore the impact on the lives of caregivers of children with cerebral palsy.
Seizures constitute the most common neurological problem in children and the majority of epilepsy has its onset in childhood. Appropriate diagnosis and management of childhood epilepsy is essential to improve quality of life in these children. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, modified to ... 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?
Infant Psychiatry Chapter B.2
10 Jan 2022
This study complements the growing amount of research on the psychosocial impact of war on chil-dren in Sierra Leone by examining local perceptions of child mental health, formal and informal care systems, help-seeking behaviour and stigma Yoder et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2016) 10:48 DOI 10.11 ... more

HIV/AIDS in the South-East Asia region: progress and challenges

R. Pendse; S. Gupta; D. Yu; S. Sarkar World Health Organization South-East Asia Region (2016) C_WHO
Journal of Virus Eradication 2016; 2 (Supplement 4): 1–6 Review

Prevention Gap Report

UNAIDS; AIDSinfo (2016) C2
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Клиническое Руководство
Research Article Hindawi Publishing Corporation AIDS Research and Treatment Volume 2011, Article ID 621078, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2011/621078

Mental health challenges among adolescents living with HIV

R. C. Vreeman; B. M. McCoy; S. Lee Journal of the International AIDS Society; PubMed.gov (2017) C2
Vreeman RC et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2017, 20(Suppl 3):21497 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/21497 | http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.4.21497

HIV, Food Security and Nutrition

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); World Health Organization; WFP World Food Programme (2008) C2
Policy Brief
Accessed Febr. 6, 2020
COVID‑19 strategic preparedness and response
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health guidance to reduce the spread of the diseasehave wide-reaching implications for children’s health and wellbeing. Furthermore, paediatric emergency departments(EDs) have rapidly adapted provision of care in response to the pandemic. This qualitativ ... more
Technology landscape
Concepte Note, June 2022
Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological settings and affects vulnerable populations, such as rural subsistence farmers and urban slum dwellers. Although leptospirosis is a life-threatening disease and recognized as an important cause of pulmonary haemorrhage syndrom ... more
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a global epidemic with significant morbidity. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the specific microvascular complication of DM and affects 1 in 3 persons with DM. DR remains a leading cause of vision loss in working adult populations. Patients with severe levels of DR are report ... more
Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of poor health, and the scarcity of resources limits access to essential health care services.

Beyond Pandemics: A Whole-of-Society Approach to Disaster Preparedness

Steve Aldrich, et al. Towards a Safer World; USAID; Prevent Project; WHO; et al. (2011)
'Ethical Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology' represents the results of carefully researched and considered discussion. The guidelines are intended to provide material for consideration and debate about ethical aspects of our discipline for member organisations and their constituent membership.
SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, 13:1, 1-7, DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2015.1123646
Sub-Saharan African Journal of Medicine: Year : 2014 | Volume : 1 | Issue : 1 | Page : 1-14
Bridging the Gap
Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 72;
The study identified some key determinants of untimely and incomplete childhood vaccinations in the context of Bangladesh. The findings will contribute to the improvement of age-specific vaccination and support policy makers in taking the necessary control ... more
These guidelines have been developed specifically to address ethical issues of conducting research in children.
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, a collaborative endeavour of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank and the Harvard School of Public Health, drew the attention of the international health community to the burden of neurological disorders and many other chronic conditions. T ... more
An output of a series of workshops on psychosocial support held in 2004-2005 by the Bernard van Leer Foundation and the Coalition on Children Affected by AIDS. Authors Linda Richter, Geoff Foster and Lorraine Sherr discuss the issues surrounding psychosocial care and support for children made vulner ... more
Psychatry & Pediatrics Chapter I.3

Autism spectrum disorders & other developmental disorders

World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO
From raising awareness to building capacity Meeting Report World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 16 -18 September 2013
Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 4). Patel V, Chisholm D, Dua T, et al., editors. Washington (DC): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank; 2016 Mar 14.

Atlas - Child and adolescent mental health resources

World Health Organization; International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions; World Psychiatric Association (2005) C_WHO
Global concerns: Implications for the future Child Mental Health Atlas
Working Paper No. 4

Regional monitoring strategy

Alonso González, Mónica Pan American Health Organization (Regional Office of the World Health Organization); Unicef, et al. (2010) C_WHO
Regional Initiative for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean