Filter
2468
Filtered Results: 2468
Text search:
medicina
tropical
Featured
Recommendations
254
New Publications
620
Language
Document type
No document type
1300
Studies & Reports
479
Guidelines
352
Manuals
130
Strategic & Response Plan
73
Training Material
49
Fact sheets
40
Situation Updates
17
Resource Platforms
8
Videos
7
Infographics
5
Online Courses
4
Brochures
3
App
1
Countries / Regions
Global
106
India
69
Kenya
63
Ethiopia
54
Latin America and the Carribbean
53
Uganda
51
Sierra Leone
50
Africa
47
Liberia
39
Paraguay
38
Nigeria
35
Tanzania
34
Brazil
33
Nepal
32
Zambia
32
Malawi
31
Western and Central Europe
28
Ghana
27
South Africa
26
Rwanda
25
Bangladesh
25
Mozambique
24
Congo, Democratic Republic of
23
Myanmar / Burma
19
West and Central Africa
17
Philippines
16
East and Southern Africa
16
Cameroon
15
Zimbabwe
15
Guinea
14
Haiti
14
Senegal
13
Germany
13
Colombia
12
Burkina Faso
12
Asia
12
South–East Asia Region
12
Venezuela
11
Bolivia
11
Namibia
11
Angola
11
Middle East and North Africa
10
Benin
9
Syria
9
Russia
9
Sudan
9
South Sudan
9
Ukraine
8
Eastern Europe
8
Peru
6
Cambodia
6
Indonesia
6
Somalia
6
Ecuador
6
Madagascar
6
Lesotho
5
Western Pacific Region
5
North America
5
Spain
5
Southern Africa
5
Argentina
5
Vietnam
5
Botswana
5
El Salvador
4
USA
4
Guinea-Bissau
4
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
4
Yemen
4
Eswatini/ Swaziland
4
Tajikistan
3
Iran
3
Laos
3
Afghanistan
3
Burundi
3
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
3
Sri Lanka
3
Central African Republic
3
Pakistan
3
Guatemala
3
Timor Leste/ East Timor
2
Mexico
2
Turkey
2
China
2
Chile
2
Niger
2
Morocco
2
Italy
2
Jamaica
2
Tunisia
2
Portugal
2
Lebanon
2
Papua New Guinea
2
Georgia
2
Mali
2
Chad
2
Iraq
2
North Macedonia
1
Thailand
1
Serbia
1
Australia
1
Gambia
1
Kazakhstan
1
Albania
1
Estonia
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Uzbekistan
1
Qatar
1
Armenia
1
Dominican Republic
1
Jordan
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Gabon
1
Uruguay
1
Turkmenistan
1
Japan
1
France
1
Maldives
1
United Kingdom
1
Latvia
1
Greece
1
Libya
1
Bhutan
1
Solomon Islands
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Studies & Reports
203
Guidelines
151
Policies
124
Drugs & Medical Equipment
100
COVID-19
66
Women & Child Health
61
Policies & Guidelines HIV & TB
58
Community Health
58
Disease Prevention & Control
56
Pediatrics
42
Demograhic Health Surveys DHS
36
TB
36
Paediatrics
31
Capacity Building
30
HIV & STI
30
Malaria
30
NTDs & Others
29
Maternal Health
27
Under-5 nutrition
26
Disabilities
26
Statistics
25
Community Health
22
Humanitarian Crisis
20
Maternal & Child Health
19
Parasitology
19
Food Security & Nutrition
19
Vector Control
17
Chagas
17
WASH
17
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
17
Surgery & Anaesthesia
16
Child Health
15
Health Systems
14
Dermatology
13
Sanitation
12
Disaster Preparedness
12
General Guidelines
12
Neonatal Care
12
Hepatitis
11
Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)
11
Countries
11
Communicable Diseases
11
Leishmaniasis
11
Family Planning
10
Bacteriology
10
General Guidelines
10
Public Health
10
Vaccine-preventable Diseases
10
Clinical Guidelines
10
Mental Health
10
Needs Assessment
10
Reproductive Health
10
Communicable Diseases
9
Dental & Eye Care
9
Hand Hygiene
9
Leprosy
9
Primary Health Care
9
Dengue
9
Hemorrhagic Fever
8
Yellow Fever
8
Women & Child Health
8
Nutrition
8
Water
8
Public Health
7
Helminthiasis
7
Snakebites
7
Age & Elderly
7
Hygiene Promotion
7
Clinical Training
6
Buruli Ulcer
6
Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
6
Rabies
5
Pharmacy & Technology
5
Schistosomiasis
5
Lymphaticfilariasis
5
Palliative Care
5
MPOX - Monkeypox
5
Virology
5
Yersinia pestis (Plague)
5
Humanitarian Aid
5
Palliative Care
5
Other
5
Global Health
5
Yaws
4
Diabetes
4
Trachoma
4
Gender
4
x MEDBOX Issue Brief & Annual Reports x
4
Sexual Violence
4
Immunization
4
Female Genital Mutilation
4
Non-communicable Diseases
4
Laboratory Quality Assurance
4
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
4
Digital Health
3
Emergency Health Kits
3
Taeniasis/ Cysticercosis
3
Onchocerciasis
3
Medical Devices & Equipment
3
Respiratory Infections
3
Quality Control & Assurance
3
Neurology & Psychology
3
Key Resources
3
Pharmacy & Technologies
3
Zika
2
Online Courses & Platforms
2
Neurology & Psychology
2
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Monitoring & Evaluation
2
Cancer Treatment & Resources
2
Emergency Care
2
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
2
Sex. & Repr. Rights
2
Menstrual Hygiene Management
2
Pharmaceutical Assessments
2
Health System Strengthening
2
NCD
2
Training Manuals
2
Diarrhoeal Disease/Cholera
2
Protection & Security
2
Fecal Disposal / Latrines
2
Human African Trypanosomiasis
2
Hematology
1
Cancer
1
Capacity Building
1
Pediatric cancer
1
Neglected Tropcial Diseases NTDs
1
Community Health
1
Mobile Training Tools & Apps
1
Cardiovascular Diseases
1
Child protection
1
E-therapy
1
Leprosy
1
Waste Management
1
Diarrhoea
1
Laboratory Technologies
1
Radiology and Diagnostic
1
Toolboxes
Country specific documents
41
Assessment & Studies
26
Drug resistant TB
26
Neurological Disorders
24
Prevention & Control
23
Essential Medicines & Devices Lists
23
Overview, Studies & Reports
21
Detection & Diagnosis
21
Climate & Health
19
Planetary Health
19
TB/HIV Coinfection
19
Community Health Workers CHW
17
HIV in Key Populations
17
HIV testing & services
16
Country specific
16
Children & Adolescents
16
Human Rights
16
Global Impact: Socio-economic, health services, TB & HIV
16
Climate Change General
16
Surveillance
15
Adults
15
Videos & Online Courses
15
Diagnostics & Laboratory Guidance
15
Hospital Readiness/Essential Health Services
15
Reports & Studies
15
Public Health
14
Children/Adolescents Mental Disorders
14
General
14
Treatment Guidelines
14
War & Conflict
13
Epilepsy
13
Infection Control General
13
Essential Medicines
13
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
13
General Information & Methodology
13
Substance Use Disorders & Addiction
13
Treatment & Prevention
12
Studies
12
Health Impact & Climate Change
12
Community-based Mental Health Care
12
International
11
Clinical Guidelines
11
Traditional & Herbal Medicines
11
Chagas
11
Studies & Reports
11
Studies & Reports
11
TB & Prisoners
11
Clinical Aspects
10
Curricula & Core Competencies
10
Laboratory
10
Biodiversity shift
10
General documents One Health
10
Training
10
Antiretroviral Treatment ART
10
Neurological disorders, Others
10
Preparedness & Prevention
10
Children with Disabilities
9
Yellow Fever Prevention & Control
9
Policies
9
Treatment Guidelines HIV
9
Research
9
Prevention & Preparedness
9
Pharmacy Practice
9
Infectious Diseases
9
Studies & Reports
9
Disease Prevention & Control
9
Research & Access
9
General Reports
8
Policies & Strategies
8
Opportunistic Infections
8
Access & Strategy
8
Women & Maternal Health
8
Epilepsy
8
Zoonoses
8
WASH Water Sanitation & Hygiene
8
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
8
War Surgery & Wound Care
8
General
8
Assessment
8
Testing Guidelines
8
Africa
7
Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
7
Clinical Aspects, Treatment & Prevention
7
Inclusion
7
Studies & Reports
7
TB & Other Vulnerable Populations
7
Sustainable Development Goals
7
Country Specific
7
Logistics & Supply
7
Handbooks & Manuals
7
Rational use of Medicine
7
Guiding documents and principles
7
Strategies & Roadmaps
7
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
7
Studies & Reports
7
Studies & Reports
7
Onchocerciasis
7
General Information
7
others
7
Cerebral Palsy
7
Vision Loss & Blindness
7
Zika Prevention & Control
7
Clinical Guidelines
7
Infection Control
7
Eastern Europe & Central Asia
7
Treatment & Clinical Management
7
Outbreak Prevention & Control
6
Policies & Strategies
6
Surveillance
6
Policies & Programmes
6
Prevention Guidelines
6
Substance Use Disorders, Others
6
Dengue
6
General Mental Health Guidelines
6
mhGAP Guides
6
Others
6
Sex Worker
6
Context & Facts
6
General
6
Hand Hygiene
6
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
6
HIV and COVID-19
6
Medical & Community Masks
6
Community Health
6
Psychosocial Support
6
Reports
6
Falsified & Substandard
6
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
6
Mental Health
6
Leishmaniasis
6
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
6
Prevention & Control
6
General Information & Methodology
6
One Health
6
Dengue Prevention & Control
6
Latin America & the Carribean
6
Chikungunya Prevention & Control
6
Planetary Health
6
Preparedness & Prevention
6
Laboratory & Diagnostics
6
Universal Health Coverage & Primary Health Care
6
Training & Capacity Building
6
Eastern Europe and central Asia
6
Plague Prevention & Control
6
Alcohol
5
Local Action
5
Childhood TB
5
Key Resources
5
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
5
Context, Facts & Travel Advice
5
Children with disabilities
5
HIV
5
Global
5
Latin America
5
Training Supporting Material mhGAP
5
Infection Prevention & Hygiene
5
Clinical Guidelines
5
Essential Medicines & Medical Devices
5
Vaccine Hesitancy & Myths
5
Others
5
Colombia
5
Quality Assurance
5
Mental Disorders
5
Others
5
MPOX - Monkeypox
5
Studies & Reports
5
Studies & Reports
5
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
5
Yaws & other Endemic Treponematoses
5
Global Overview
5
Diagnosis
5
Postexposure Prophylaxis (PEP), Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
5
Policies and guidelines
5
Co-Morbidities (except TB)
5
Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia
5
General Aspects
5
Assessment & Response
5
Policy
5
WASH
5
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
5
Depression
5
Capacity Building
5
Mental Health GAP Action Programme
5
SEAR (South-east Asia Region)
5
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
5
Gynaecology / Obstetrics
4
Communication & Training
4
Ebola Prevention & Control
4
Vaccines & Immunization
4
Studies & Reports
4
Introduction to Global Health
4
Training Manuals
4
Schizophrenia
4
Social Mobilisation
4
Laboratory
4
Communication & Training
4
Children
4
Health & Refugee
4
Microcephaly
4
Mental Health Guidelines
4
Laboratory & Sampling
4
Reports
4
Clinical Guidelines
4
Supporting tools
4
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
4
Essential List
4
Training, others
4
Paediatrics
4
COVID-19
4
RCCE Guides & Manuals
4
Communication Material
4
Research & Pipeline
4
Hygiene
4
Health Promotion
4
Advocacy & Communication
4
Advocacy
4
Green & healthy living
4
Prices and Patents
4
Pharmacy Management
4
Pediatrics
4
Environment
4
Public Health
4
Health Care In Conflict Settings
4
Capacity Building & Resources
4
Capacity Building & Resources
4
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
4
Studies & Reports
4
NTDs General
4
Vector control
4
Leptospirosis
4
Mycetoma, Chromoblastomycosis & other deep mycosis
4
Snakebite envenoming
4
Education
4
Women
4
Assistive devices & technologies
4
TB/HIV Global
4
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)
4
Stewardship
4
TB
4
War, Conflict Areas & Refugees
4
Reports & Studies Children HIV
4
Epidemiology
4
Meningitis & Encephalitis
4
Cyclones Idai & Kenneth
4
Best Practice Models
3
Biosafety
3
ART Drug Resistance
3
Global Mental Health
3
Laboratory Guidance
3
IPC
3
For General Public
3
Inclusion
3
Yellow Fever
3
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
3
Influenza Prevention & Control
3
Surgery & Rehabilitation
3
WASH
3
HIV testing & disclosure
3
Hepatitis
3
Concepts of Global Health
3
Eastern Europe
3
Africa
3
General Studies & Reports
3
IACAPAP International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions
3
Cholera Prevention & Control
3
People who injecting Drugs
3
Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation
3
Ebola
3
Mental Health Studies & Reports
3
Women's Mental Health
3
Mental Health Online Resources
3
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children
3
PPE Personel Protective Equipment
3
Situation Reports & Updates
3
Protection of Vulnerable Groups
3
Scientific & Research Studies
3
Educational Settings
3
Oxygen Therapy
3
TB/HIV
3
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
3
Long COVID/ Post-COVID Syndrome
3
Studies & Reports
3
Midwives
3
Nurses
3
Agriculture
3
Clean air
3
Model Formulary
3
Pharmaceutical Assessments
3
One Health
3
Pharmacovigilance
3
Waste Managment
3
Guidelines & Manuals
3
General
3
Heat
3
Humanitarian Aid Guidelines
3
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
3
Information & Education Material (IEC)
3
Statistics & Facts
3
Studies & Reports
3
Capacity Building & Resource platforms
3
Scabies
3
Taeniasis/Cysticercosis
3
Romania
3
Asia
3
Training Material
3
Hearing Loss & Deafness
3
Community Worker
3
Human Rights & the Right to Health
3
Prophylactic Treatment
3
For Community Health Workers
3
Education of students & professionals
3
Nutrition
3
Roadmaps, Action Plans & Policies
3
Disaster Preparedness & Prevention
3
International
3
Tobacco
3
Anxiety Disorders
3
AmR (Region of Americas)
3
WASH
3
Global Health Financing
3
Chikungunya
3
Case Definitions
3
Eastern and Southern Africa
3
Drugs
2
Rapid Response
2
Resource Platforms
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Meningitis Prevention & Control
2
Male Circumcision
2
TB & Drug Abuse
2
Agriculture & Veterinary
2
Background PTSD in children
2
Chemical Attacks
2
HIV surveillance
2
Human Rights, Stigma & Discrimination
2
Assessment & Response
2
Interculturality
2
Measures ICF/ Model Disability Survey
2
Eastern Mediterranean Region
2
Latin America
2
Clinical Guidelines
2
Public Health
2
Training Manuals
2
Orphans & vulnerable children
2
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
2
Mental Health
2
Vaccination
2
Travel Advice
2
Preparedness, Response & Risk Communication
2
Discrimination & Stigma
2
Advocacy
2
Country Guidelines
2
Workplace
2
Medical professionals
2
IEC Substance Use Disorders
2
Cannabis
2
Situation Reports & Updates
2
Context & Facts, Travel Advice
2
Surveillance & Contact tracing
2
Covid-19 & the One Health Approach
2
For General Public & Community
2
Appeals and Response Plans
2
Human Rights
2
Guidelines
2
Gender Aspects
2
Encyclical Letters
2
Health Care Professionals & Spirituality
2
Mental Health
2
Situation Reports COVID-19
2
Vaccine Candidates & Research
2
Immunization Guidelines
2
Gambling
2
Ebola Treatment Center
2
TB/COVID-19
2
Structural Violence
2
Hand Hygiene
2
Sanitation
2
Others
2
Extreme Situations
2
Triage
2
Ecuador
2
Food environments
2
Overview & reports
2
Urban health
2
Mobility
2
Strategies
2
Land-system change
2
Agriculture incl. animal husbandry
2
Disaster, Migration and Conflict
2
Humanitarian Crisis
2
Climate Change
2
General Guidelines for Rational Use
2
Health Care Systems
2
Education Principles
2
Ethics
2
Water Pollution
2
MOPX - Monkeypox
2
NTDs
2
Capacity Building & Resources
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Clinical Aspects & Diagnostics
2
Information & Education Material (IEC)
2
Information & Education Material (IEC)
2
Statistics & Facts
2
Statistics & Facts
2
Statistics & Facts
2
Information & Education Material (IEC)
2
Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
2
Echinocccosis
2
Studies & Reports
2
Online courses
2
Health Financing Toolbox
2
General
2
Asia and Pacific
2
Technical Information
2
Assessment & Response
2
Malawi
2
Malnutrition
2
Asia
2
Technical Information
2
Uganda
2
General Public
2
Public Health Administration
2
Psychosocial Support
2
HIV service delivery
2
MHPSS Guidelines
2
Psychosocial Support
2
Context & Facts
2
Safe Burials
2
Studies & Reports
2
Public Health
2
Capacity Building
2
Global Health Ethics
2
Vaccination
2
Disability Rights & Convention
1
Communication & Social Mobilisation
1
Natural Disaster
1
Behaviour Change/Life Skill Education
1
HIV support organizations
1
HIV in Children and mental health
1
Video & Audio
1
Accessibility
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Posttraumatic stress disorder Adults
1
Inclusion in Humanitarian Settings
1
Moldova
1
Faith-based Organizations
1
Hand Hygiene
1
Vector Control
1
Early Warning
1
Training
1
Early Warning
1
Statistics & Data
1
Natural Disasters
1
Epidemiology & Sitreps
1
Physical Disability
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Diagnosis & Treatment PTSD in Children
1
Context & Facts
1
For Project Management
1
Neuropsychology of Trauma
1
Germany
1
Assessment & Response
1
Infection Control
1
Opoids
1
Transgender People
1
National Policies
1
Stroke
1
Diverse Chemical Substances
1
Shelter & Reconstruction
1
Drug resistance
1
Surveillance
1
El Niño
1
TB
1
Tools for Rational use
1
Training
1
Rwanda
1
Prophylaxis
1
SOPs
1
Mozambique
1
e-Learning
1
Key Resources
1
Syria
1
Health Equity & Equality
1
Laboratory
1
Drug resistance
1
Public Health
1
Communication
1
Information for different audiences
1
Manual & Leaflet
1
HIV / AIDS
1
Yemen
1
Psychosocial Support
1
Russia
1
Manuals
1
Key Resources
1
Key Resources
1
Topics
1
Universal Health Coverage UHC and 90-90-90 Strategy
1
Research & Development
1
Health Personnel
1
Livestock production
1
Clinical Aspects
1
Public Health
1
Video & Audio
1
Risk Communication & Community Engagement
1
Covid-19 & Climate Change
1
COVID-19
1
For Parents & Children
1
For Pregnant Women
1
For Health Worker
1
COVID-19
1
Simulations
1
Comics
1
For Older People
1
Humanitarian Aid
1
Camps and Camp-like Settings
1
Information for the Public
1
Food and Nutrition
1
Workplace
1
General
1
Children & Mental Health
1
At Home
1
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
1
Environmental NPIs
1
SARS-CoV-2 Variants
1
COVAX Initiative
1
Caregiver
1
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
1
Waste Management
1
Others
1
Self-care
1
Primary Care
1
Overview
1
Peru
1
El Salvador
1
Other Countries
1
Situation Reports& Updates
1
Wound management
1
Planetary Boundaries
1
Food & Nutrition
1
Supply Chain & Store Management
1
HIV &TB
1
Intensive Care Unit
1
Freshwater use
1
Online courses
1
Reports & Studies
1
Online Courses
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Economics
1
Non-communicable Diseases NCD
1
Information, Resources & Websites
1
Nuclear & Chemical Hazards
1
Emergency health kits
1
Emergency health kits
1
Waste management
1
MPOX -Monkeybox Prevention & Control
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Disability Prevention & Rehabilitation
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Information & Education Material (IEC)
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Statistics & Facts
1
Patient Safety
1
Policies & Strategies
1
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis
1
Access to treatment and laboratory
1
Official Development Assistance
1
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)
1
Children's Rights
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Ghana
1
Zika
1
Bipolar Affective Disorders
1
Protection
1
General
1
Regional Reports & Guidelines, others
1
National Emergency Response Plans
1
Regions
1
Diarrhoea
1
Assessment & Response
1
Technical Information
1
Self-harm & Suicide
1
Germany
1
Situation Reports & Updates
1
Disability (CBR)
1
Understanding Global Health
1
Clinical Guidelines
1
HIV / AIDS
1
HIV and coinfection
1
Travel Medicine
1
Global Health Institutions and Stakeholders
1
Tajikistan
1
Western & Central Europe
1
Stigma
1
Other Resources
1
Cholera
1
South-east Asia Region
1
Key Resources
1
Refugees & Migrants
1
IEC Material Neurological Disorders
1
Situation Reports, others
1
Global Health Action
1
AMR
1
Public Health
1
Reproductive Health
1
Global Burden of Disease
1
Guidance for health workers
At least half of the world’s population does not have full coverage of essential health services. Health expenses push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty each and every year, forcing them into terrible choices that no one should ever have to make: Buy medicine or food? Education or ...
Infectious diseases are the leading cause of death globally, particularly among children and young adults. The spread of new pathogens and the threat of antimicrobial resistance pose particular challenges in combating these diseases. Major Infectious Diseases identifies feasible, cost-effective pack...
Findings on maternal and child health in Nepal, Mozambique and
Rwanda, and neglected tropical diseases in Cambodia and Sierra Leone | This report synthesises findings from five country case studies from the health dimension of this project, which focus on maternal and child health (MCH) (Mozambique...
Malar J (2017) 16:174 DOI 10.1186/s12936-017-1808-x
Background: Since 2004, artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been the first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Benin. In 2016, a medicine outlet survey was implemented to investigate the availability, price, and market share of...
sur la base des orientations actuelles de l’OMS, 31 may 2021. Aide mémoire
This aide-mémoire presents information on use and procurement of masks for community outreach interventions, with a focus on those for malaria, neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and vaccine-preventable ...
In 1997, the Fiftieth World Health Assembly adopted resolution WHA50.29 on the elimination of
lymphatic filariasis as a public health problem. Preliminary guidance from WHO printed in 2011 referred to “verification” as the official process by which the achievements of the Global Programme to El...
En la actualidad, las guías basadas en la evidencia constituyen una de las herramientas más útiles para mejorar la salud pública y la práctica clínica. Su finalidad es formular intervenciones con sólidas pruebas de eficacia, evitar riesgos innecesarios, utilizar los recursos de forma eficient...
This document focuses on the management of patients affected by gambiense HAT and
constitutes an update to the WHO therapeutic guidance issued in 2013. The main changes in recommendations concern the criteria and methods for deciding the treatment among the new set of therapeutic options and the pa...
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) is a gynaecological disease caused by Schistosoma haematobium, a parasitic worm that is acquired by skin contact with freshwater contaminated by schistosome cerceriae. Communities in which the infection is most endemic have limited access to clean water and healt...
Since 2000, concerted efforts by national programmes, supported by public–private partnerships, nongovernmental organizations, donors and academia under the auspices and coordination of the World Health Organization (WHO), have produced important achievements in the control of human African trypan...
American trypanosomiasis, commonly called
Chagas disease (CD), was prevalent once in rural areas
of Latin America where poverty is widespread and was
considered a silent and poorly visible disease. It
has become a global neglected tropical disease and a
significant public health th...
Yaws is a disfiguring non-venereal disease caused by infection with the spirochaete. Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue which is closely related to the causative agent of syphilis and those of the other endemic treponematoses, bejel and pinta. The disease is endemic in certain areas of the World...
Mycetoma is a specific chronic, granulomatous, inflammatory disease. It usually involves the subcutaneous tissue, most probably after traumatic inoculation of the causative organism. It has a prolonged, progressive, and indolent course, and, if untreated, it ultimately leads to destruction of the de...
Snakebite is an acute life threatening time limiting medical emergency. It is a preventable public
health hazard often faced by rural population in tropical and subtropical countries with heavy
rainfall and humid climate.
Rabies is a fatal viral zoonosis and serious public health problem.1 All mammals are believed to be susceptible to the disease, and for the purposes of this document, use of the term animal refers to mammals. The disease is an acute, progressive encephalitis caused by viruses in the genus Lyssavirus...
A group of enzootic and zoonotic protozoan infections, the leishmaniases constitute among the most severely neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and are found in all continents except Oceania. Representing the most common infectious diseases, NTDs comprise an open-ended list of some 20 parasitic, bact...
Forests, trees and green spaces, hereinafter ‘forests and trees’ for short, provide multiple goods and services that contribute to human health. These include medicines, nutritious foods and other non-wood forest products (NWFPs). Globally, at least 3.5 billion people use NWFPs, including medici...
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, underutilized or orphan crops, these species offer valua...
