Filter
7950
Filtered Results: 7950
Text search:
transmission
Featured
Recommendations
738
New Publications
2149
Language
Document type
No document type
4419
Guidelines
1169
Studies & Reports
1100
Manuals
317
Strategic & Response Plan
295
Fact sheets
291
Training Material
114
Situation Updates
87
Infographics
54
Videos
30
Resource Platforms
28
Online Courses
28
Brochures
16
Dashboards/Maps
1
App
1
Countries / Regions
India
278
Global
255
Congo, Democratic Republic of
218
Sierra Leone
205
Liberia
195
Kenya
193
Senegal
170
Nigeria
158
Ethiopia
140
Western and Central Europe
132
Africa
130
Rwanda
129
South Africa
123
Guinea
122
Uganda
122
Burkina Faso
116
Latin America and the Carribbean
115
Tanzania
115
Malawi
111
Zambia
111
Nepal
104
West and Central Africa
91
Bangladesh
84
Haiti
75
Myanmar / Burma
73
Ghana
70
Russia
63
Mali
63
Zimbabwe
62
East and Southern Africa
62
Benin
61
Brazil
61
Syria
60
Middle East and North Africa
60
Philippines
56
Mozambique
56
Ukraine
54
Eastern Europe
52
Namibia
52
Madagascar
52
Cameroon
51
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
51
Lesotho
49
Cambodia
48
Germany
47
Yemen
45
South–East Asia Region
44
South Sudan
43
Colombia
42
Asia
40
Indonesia
40
Niger
35
Venezuela
34
Botswana
33
Central African Republic
32
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
27
Pakistan
25
Argentina
24
Chad
23
Eswatini/ Swaziland
23
Paraguay
21
Somalia
20
Western Pacific Region
19
Afghanistan
18
Angola
17
Togo
16
Peru
16
Vietnam
15
Thailand
14
Italy
14
Sudan
14
Ecuador
14
Tajikistan
13
Chile
13
Spain
13
Albania
12
Burundi
12
Bolivia
12
Guinea-Bissau
11
Iraq
11
Lebanon
10
France
9
Georgia
9
China
8
USA
8
Jordan
8
Saudi Arabia
8
Southern Africa
8
El Salvador
7
Papua New Guinea
7
Moldova
7
Timor Leste/ East Timor
6
Laos
6
Congo-Brazzaville
6
Malaysia
6
Morocco
6
Sri Lanka
6
Djibouti
6
Egypt
6
Palestine
6
North Macedonia
5
Mexico
5
Gambia
5
Armenia
5
Dominican Republic
5
Luxembourg
5
Tunisia
5
Honduras
5
Turkey
4
Canada
4
United Kingdom
4
Libya
4
Iran
3
Uzbekistan
3
Qatar
3
Mauritania
3
Turkmenistan
3
Belgium
3
Portugal
3
Algeria
3
Cuba
3
North Korea
2
Switzerland
2
Kazakhstan
2
Singapore
2
Estonia
2
Ireland
2
North America
2
Uruguay
2
Japan
2
Belarus
2
Nicaragua
2
Bhutan
2
Guatemala
2
Serbia
1
Australia
1
Fiji
1
Austria
1
Mongolia
1
Cape Verde
1
Denmark
1
Maldives
1
Mauritius
1
South Korea
1
Morocco
1
Israel
1
Latvia
1
Romania
1
Greece
1
Poland
1
Solomon Islands
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
3160
Clinical Guidelines
604
Key Resources
287
Women & Child Health
285
Public Health
269
Capacity Building
143
Pharmacy & Technologies
76
Annual Report MEDBOX
1
Toolboxes
COVID-19
1237
HIV
840
Ebola
506
TB
505
Rapid Response
370
NTDs
312
AMR
207
Planetary Health
185
Zika
171
Mental Health
151
Caregiver
141
Cholera
108
Refugee
98
Conflict
95
Polio
79
Pharmacy
76
Natural Hazards
74
Global Health Education
69
Disability
48
Health Financing Toolbox
41
NCDs
25
Specific Hazards
23
Social Ethics
11
Typhoon
2
South Sudan
1
Cotonou declaration on buruli ulcer
recommended
Cotonou Declaration oBuruli Ulcer
Cotonou, Benin, 30 March 2009
Neglected tropical diseases kill, weaken or incapacitate millions of people every year, causing permanent physical suffering, social stigmatization and reduced productive capacity. Buruli ulcer, one such disease, causes immense suffer...
Key facts
Buruli ulcer is a chronic debilitating disease caused by an environmental Mycobacterium ulcerans.
At least 33 countries with tropical, subtropical and temperate climates have reported Buruli ulcer in Africa, South America and Western Pacific regions.
It often affects the skin an...
Principaux faits
L’ulcère de Buruli est une infection chronique débilitante causée par la bactérie Mycobacterium ulcerans.
L’ulcère de Buruli a été signalé dans au moins 33 pays situés dans des régions au climat tropical, subtropical ou tempéré d’Afrique, d’Amérique ...
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...
In South and Central America, lymphatic filariasis (LF) is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, which is transmitted by Culex quinquefasciatus, the only vector species in this region. Of the seven countries considered endemic for LF in the Americas in the last decade, Costa Rica, Suriname and Trinidad a...
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene vik,113 no.11. Dengue is the world's most common arboviral infection, with almost 4 billion people estimated to be living at risk of dengue infection. A recently introduced vaccine is currently recommended only for seropositive indi...
La formation initiale en soins inrmiers vise le développement des compétences inhérentes à la
pratique inrmière. Qu’elle relève des domaines scientique, relationnel, éthique, déontologique
ou juridique, l’acquisition des savoirs occupe une place prépondérante dans les appren...
Carlos Chagas discovered American trypanosomiasis, also named Chagas disease (CD) in his honor, just over a century ago. He described the clinical aspects of the disease, characterized by its etiological agent (Trypanosoma cruzi) and identified its insect vector. Initially, CD occurred only in Latin...
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine 2022:13 25–40
Chagas disease (CD) or American trypanosomiasis is a neglected parasitic disease associated with significant mortality and morbidity that includes long-term disability, social stigma and a mental health toll. Perceived as a disease of the ve...
In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Chagas disease (CD; Trypanosoma cruzi infection) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) [1] and included it into the global plan to combat NTDs [2]. The Target 3.3 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN/SDG) aims at ending the e...
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease (CD), considered one of the most important parasitic infections in Latin America. Between 25 and 90 million humans are at infection risk via at least one of multiple infection mechanisms. Under natural conditions, the principal transmissio...
Epidemiology
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and transmitted to humans by infected triatomine bugs, and less commonly by transfusion, organ transplant, from mother to infant, and in rare instances, by ingestion of contaminated food or...
Chagas disease (CD) is endemic in the Americas, being present in 21 countries, where it affects about 6 million
people.(1) With such relevant numbers of people affected and disability adjusted life years lost, CD is a poverty-related
and poverty-promoting disease.
Although data describe a relevan...
Human schistosomiasis otherwise called bilharzia, is a fresh- water snail transmitted intravascular debilitating disease resulting from infection by the parasitic dimorphic Schistosoma trematode worms, which lives in the bloodstream of humans. The World Health Organization (WHO) regards the disease ...
Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic parasitic disease caused by blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. Estimates show that at least 251.4 million people required preventive treatment in 2021. Preventive treatment, which should be repeated over a number of years, will reduce and...
Leishmaniasis is a climate-sensitive disease. Changes in temperature, rainfall, and humidity can have strong impacts on
the sandfly vector, altering their distribution and influencing their survival and population sizes. Increased temperatures shorten vector development time, reduce Leishmania para...
During the year 2022, COVID-19 continued to be a significant challenge in Eritrea as in many other countries across the world. As COVID-19 devastated communities around the world, WHO worked with the MoH to strengthen the National and Sub-National health systems in order to meet community needs and ...
Over the past twenty years, huge efforts made by a broad coalition of stakeholders curbed the last epidemic and brought the disease to the brink of elimination. In this paper, the latest figures on disease occurrence, geographical distribution and control activities are presented. Strong evidence in...
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been an alarming global public health issue. The disease affects mainly poor and marginalized people in low-resource settings and is caused by two subspecies of haemoflagellate parasite, Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by tsetse flies. Progress made in HAT ...
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis is a deadly infectious disease affecting West and Central Africa, South Sudan and Uganda, and transmitted between humans by tsetse flies. The disease has caused several major epidemics, the latest one in the 1990s. Thanks to recent innovations such as rapid di...
