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Management of the sick young infant aged up to 2 months. Chart booklet
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Integrated management of childhood illness. The last update was in the IMCI chart booklet in 2014, but since then there have been significant updat... more

Are persons with disabilities included in the effort to leave no-one behind? Mapping disability data in development in Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2022) C1

In the region, it is estimated that there are over 650 million persons with disabilities. However, without accurate, timely and disaggregated data, countries are unable to develop effective policies and programmes, monitor the wellbeing of persons with disabilities and evaluate the equity and impact... more

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Serie Derechos Humanos y Salud. 7. Medio ambiente y cambio climático: un enfoque basado en los derechos humanos

Pan American Health Organization - PAHO (2021) C2

La Región de las Américas constituye un territorio extremadamente rico desde el punto de vista de la diversidad cultural, en la cual se presentan una variedad de desafíos relacionados con el reconocimiento y el respeto de los derechos humanos de los miembros de los pueblos indígenas, los afrodes... more

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The European Union Summary Report on Antimicrobial Resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food in 2019–2020

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) CC

This report provides an overview of the main findings of the 2019–2020 harmonised AMR monitoring in the main food-producing animal populations monitored, in carcase/meat samples and in humans. Where available, monitoring data obtained from pigs, calves, ...roilers, laying hens and turkeys, as well as from carcase/meat samples and humans were combined and compared at the EU level, with particular emphasis on multidrug resistance, complete susceptibility and combined resistance patterns to critically important antimicrobials, as well as Salmonella and E. coli isolates possessing ESBL-/AmpC-/carbapenemase phenotypes. more

Algoritmos de diagnóstico y tratamiento para el control de las infecciones perinatales por VIH, sífilis, hepatitis B y Chagas - Iniciativa ETMI-PLUS

Iniciativa ETMI-PLUS Ministerio de Salud Argentina (2022) C2

Desde el 2010, los Estados miembros de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) han asumido el compromiso de impulsar la eliminación de la transmisión materno infantil (ETMI) de la infección por el VIH y la sífilis. Estos compromisos se renovaron y ampliaron en el año 2016 mediante la... more

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Prototype d'un programme de formation triennal et régional pré-service en soins infirmiers basé sur les compétences

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2016) C_WHO

Ces projets de programme prototype (curriculum) de niveau régional destinés à l’enseignement et à la formation des infi rmiers et des sages-femmes sont en partie une étape vers la création d’un moyen de mise en œuvre des résolutions prises par l’Assemblée mondiale de la Santé (AMS)... more

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 comorbidities. Recognizing the significance of prim... more

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Red and processed meat in the context of health and the environment: many shades of red and green: information brief

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

There is growing international consensus that food systems transformation is important to address the challenges of malnutrition in all its forms, the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), environmental sustainability, increasing inequality and... more

Prevention, Screening and Control of Common Non-Communicable Diseases: Hypertension, Diabetes an Common Cancers (Oral, Breast, Cervix)

National Health Mission (2016) CC

Comprehensive Primary Health Care has an important role in the primary and secondary prevention of several disease conditions, including non-communicable diseases which today contribute to over 60% of the mortality in India. The provision of Comprehensive primary health care reduces morbidity, disab... more

2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes: Developed by the task force on the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes of the Eur

Marx, N.; Federici, M.; Schütt, K. et al. European Heart Journal (2023) CC

Patients with diabetes are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) with its manifestations of coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure (HF), atrial fibrillation (AF), and stroke, as well as aortic and peripheral artery diseases. In addition, diabetes is a major risk factor f... more

Understanding and controlling asthma in Latin America: A review of recent research informed by the SCAALA programme

Cooper, P. J.; Figueiredo, C. A.; Rodriguez, A.; et al. (2023) CC2

Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease (CRD) worldwide and is estimated to affect 262 million causing significant mortality and morbidity, and has emerged as an important public health problem in many Latin American (LA) countries over the last 30 or so years. LA is a highly diverse r... more

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Guidance from the Conference of the Parties and Responses by the Global Environment Facility, COP1 - COP28

Global Environment Facility GEF (2024) CC

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established its Financial Mechanism to facilitate the provision and transfer of resources from developed to developing countries. The Global Environment Facility became the first ope... more

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Double dividends: Exploring how water, sanitation and hygiene programmes can contribute to peace- and state-building

Michelle Kooy, Leni Wild, Nat Mason et al. Tearfund (2013)

It is a pressing question for donors and NGOs alike: is funding development and humanitarian work in fragile and conflict-affected states (FCAS) the equivalent of pouring money into a bottomless pit, if achievements are only going to ...e undone by further cycles of violence? There is, of course, a strong humanitarian imperative to meet the needs of those caught up in violence. However, if the long-term aim of humanitarian and development efforts is the reduction of poverty, it begs the question: what contribution can these programmes make to building peace and stability – and thus increase their own effectiveness and sustainability? more

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Video: 10 STEPS TO A CLEAN DELIVERY (CORD CUT USING A NEW RAZOR BLADE) (SOMALI)

Medical Aid Films (2014)

This film follows Neema, a village birth attendant, while she helps to deliver a baby in a rural setting where there is no access to trained health workers. It teaches 10 key steps that will lead... more

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Interim Guidance for Healthcare Workers Providing Care in West African Countries Affected by the Ebola Outbreak: Limiting Heat Burden While Wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014)

Please read the text online on the CDC website http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/limiting-heat-burden.html

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Field Situation - How to safely collect oral swabs (saliva) from deceased patients suspected to be infected with Ebola

World Health Organization (2014)

Steps on how to safely collect oral swabs (saliva) from deceased patients suspected to be infected with Ebola: before entering patient’s room, how to put on and remove personal protective equipmen... more

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Health Communications and Community Mobilization During an Ebola Response: Partnerships with Community and Faith-Based Organizations

Santibañez, S., V. Spiegel, M. O'Sullivan, et al (2015)

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Guidance note on prevention and preparedness measures proposed for West African countries/areas not affected by the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak

Food and Agriculture Organization (2014)

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Video: Prevention and Management of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage-PPH/KUZUIA NA KUDHIBITI KUTOKWA DAMU NYINGI BAADA YA KUJIFUNGUA - MAFUNZO KWA WAUGUZI WENYE UJUZI

Medical Aid Films (2013) C1

Swahili version of Prevention and Management of Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage-PPH. Translation and voice over thanks to Alex Mureithi and Zawadi Machibya and their colleagues at the BBC Swahili Service. PPH, or excessive ...leeding after delivery, accounts for a third of all maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, although it is widely preventable and treatable. more

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Video: Management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH): Low Resource Setting/KUTOKWA NA DAMU NYINGI BAADA YA KUJIFUNGUA

Medical Aid Films (2011) C1

Swahili Language version of Management of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH): Low Resource Setting. It is a film showing how to manage postpartum haemorrhage in a low resource setting by an unskilled birt... more

Management of the sick young infant aged up to 2 months. Chart booklet recommended

Management of the sick young infant aged up to 2 months. Chart booklet
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