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Emergency medical teams: minimum technical standards and recommendations for rehabilitation

World Health Organization WHO; Handicap International, CBM; et al. (2016) C_WHO

his document, a first of its kind, clearly sets out the standards for rehabilitation and provides guidance on building or strengthening the capacity of EMTs in this area.The importance of early rehabilitation for functional outcomes is well documented. Rehabilitation needs can pe... more

Modelling COVID-19 Risk in Kenya To Enhance Humanitarian Response

Kenya Red Cross (2021) C1

This study looked at structural risk factors to COVID-19 that existed before the outbreak and may have direct and indirect effects on COVID-19 risk across all the 47 counties in Kenya. These factors are COVID-19 exposure and vulnerability and lack of adaptive capacity to COVID-19.

Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative 2021 – 2025 Strategic Plan

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) CC

Biosafety involves the implementation of containment principles, technologies and practices to prevent unintentional exposure to biological agents. Biosecurity involves the protection, control and accountability of biological materials and information related to these materials and dualuse research,... more

The operational setup of intensive care units in a low income country in East Africa

Okech, U.K.; et al. (2015) CC

AJOL, Vol.92 No.2; There is a low bed capacity in ICUs compounded by a universal deficit in human resource capacity and support infrastructure for the critical care services. Regionalisation, increased funding and more training opportunities for critical are services by the regional and central go... more

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Tracking progress on health and climate change in Europe

Romanello M., van Daalen K., et al. (2021) C2

Left unabated, climate change will have catastrophic effects on the health of present and future generations. Such effects are already seen in Europe, through more frequent and severe extreme weather events, alterations to water and food systems, and changes in the environmental suitability for infe... more

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Understanding how temperature shifts could impact infectious disease

RohrI, J.R.; and J. M. Cohen PLOS Biology (2020) CC

Published: November 24, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000938 Climate change is expected to have complex effects on infectious diseases, causing some to increase, others to decrease, and many to shift their distributions. There have been several important advances in understanding the ... more

New platforms for engagement. Private accommodation of forced migrants from Ukraine.

DeZIM Institut (2022) C2

As of September 2022, just over one million forced migrants from Ukraine have entered Germany, making Germany the third largest recipient of migrants (Ukraine Refugee Situation, 2022). As early as March 2022, several news outlets reported that accommodation centers were at or near capacity in ma... more

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Molecular and Clinical Aspects of Chronic Manifestations in Chagas Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review

Medina-Rincón, G.; Gallo-Bernal, S.; Jiménez, P.; et al. (2021) CC

Pathogens . 2021 Nov 16;10(11):1493.doi: 10.3390/pathogens10111493 .Chronic manifestations of Chagas disease present as disabling and life-threatening condi-tions affecting mainly the cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems. Although meaningful research has outlined the different molecular mech... more

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Operational manual on leishmaniasis vector control, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Despite the significant role of vector control in national leishmaniasis control programmes, the programmatic community perceives vector control as the weakest component of leishmaniasis control strategies in terms of resources, scientific evidence of the usefulness of interventions and capacity for... more

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PAHO/WHO STEPwise approach to noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factor surveillance (STEPS)

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023) C_WHO

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for 81% of all deaths in the region of the Americas, of which 34% befall prematurely in people between 30- 69 years old. The burden of theses diseases and their common risk factors jeopardize the health systems to provide adequate management, as well a... more

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Operational guide: use of referral laboratories for the analysis of foodborne hazards in the Pacific

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The Operational guide: use of referral laboratories for the analysis of foodborne hazards in the Pacific aims to strengthen the food analysis capacity of Pacific Island countries and areas by identifying national and reference laboratories capable of testing for priority foodborne hazards. The Pacif... more

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WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care: annual report 2022

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

This report describes the activities of the WHO European Centre for Primary Health Care in 2022.The Centre accelerated face-to-face country support after the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to support countries in engaging in analysis and diagnosis, developing strategies and policies, building capacit... more

Health benefits of raising ambition in Colombia’s nationally determined contribution (‎NDC)‎: WHO technical report

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The following technical report outlines the rationale, process and results of a joint research study, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), co-chaired by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Environment and Sus... more

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Following the money: Toward Better Tracking of Global Health Resources

Center for Global Development Center for Global Development (2007) C1

This report started with a simple question—“How can we tell how much funding is devoted to global health programs?”—and ended (more than two years later) with an answer that is far from simple. As those who have tried know well, tracking health-related funding is challenging in any setting, ... more

Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

Standards and recommendations for burns care in mass casualty incidents

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Caring for burns patients from the incident scene to definitive treatment can be a complex, resource-consuming process with the potential to overwhelm health system capacity.This document provides practical guidance for building capacity and capability for burns care from clinical, human resources a... more

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Rwanda: one health strategic plan (2014-2018)

Republic of Rwanda (2014) C2

The strategic plan reflects shared commitments to enhance collaboration between environmental, animal (wildlife and domestic) and human health, and building new One Health workforce capacity through higher institutions of learning. The strategy also outlines interventions to be undertaken by governm... more

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National Disaster Management Guidelines. Management of Floods

Government of India, National Disaster Management Authority (2008) C1

The guidelines are presented in the form of the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Floods status and context
Chapter 2: Institutional framework and financial arrangements
Chapter 3: Flood prevention, preparedness and mitigation
Chapter 4: Flood forecasting and warning in India
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The Treatment of Diarrhoea

World Health Organization WHO (2005) C_WHO

A manual for physicians and other senior health workers. This fourth revision of the manual reflects recent clinical experience and research findings in diarrhoea case management. Compared to earlier versions, it includes revised guidelines on the management of children with acute diarrhoea using th... more

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Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa

WHO WHO (2008) C_WHO

It focuses on nine major priority areas, namely: Leadership and Governance for Health; Health Service Delivery; Human Resources for Health; Health Financing; Health Information Systems; Health Technologies; Community Ownership and Participation; Partnerships for Health Development; and Researc... more