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The role of HIV viral suppression in improving individual health and reducing transmission

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This policy brief describes key HIV viral load thresholds and the available viral load testing approaches for monitoring how well antiretroviral therapy is working for people living with HIV. It provides clarification for and elaborates upon the current treatment monitoring algorithm from the Consol ... more
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Ethiopia Health Cluster Strategy 2024-2025

World Health Organization WHO; Health Cluster (2024) CC
Ethiopia has been repeatedly affected by conflict, flooding, drought, and disease outbreaks in the past years. As of January 2024, the country is actively responding to the longest recorded cholera outbreak which started in August 2022, recurrent measles outbreaks which started in August 2021, and t ... more
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Moving to a strong(er) community health system: analysing the role of community health volunteers in the new national community health strategy in Malawi

Angwenyi, V.; Aantjes, C.; Kondowe, K. et al. BMJ Global Health (2018) CC
Since the Alma Ata Declaration in 1978, community health volunteers (CHVs) have been at the forefront, providing health services, especially to underserved communities, in low-income countries. Howe ... more
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Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC
Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompan ... more
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Improving Health and Reducing Poverty. Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition : Volume 9.

Jamison, Dean T.; Gelband, Hellen; Horton, Susan, et al. World Bank (2017) CC
As the culminating volume in the DCP3 series, volume 9 will provide an overview of DCP3 findings and methods, a summary of messages and substantive lessons to be taken from DCP3, and a further discussion of cross-cutting and synthesizing topics across the first eight volumes. The introductory chapte ... more
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The Asia-Pacific Community Mental Health Development (APCMHD) Project

Asia-Pacific Community Mental Health Development Project (2008) C1
The Asia-Pacific Community Mental Health Development (APCMHD) project has been established in 2005 to explore diverse leading models or approaches to community mental health service ... more
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Modelling the health impacts of disruptions to essential health services during COVID-19

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; Umited Nations Popuilation Fund UNFPA; World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
- Module 1: Understanding modelling approaches for sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, and nutrition Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a wide range of documented effects. It directly causes death and disabili ... more
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Standard Operating Procedures - Adherence Guidelines for HIV, TB and NCDs: Training Course for Health Care Workers - Faciliation Guide
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National Department of Health, South Africa (2020) C1
The target audience for this training course is non-clinicians such as Home Based Carers, Community Caregivers, Youth Care Workers, Peer educators, Community Health Workers etc. primarily those who will be providing adherence counselling to clients ... more
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Public financial management for effective response to health emergencies

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown that public financial management (PFM) should be an integral part of the response. Effectiveness in financing the health response depends not only on the level of funding but also on the way public funds are a ... more
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Rwanda: MATERNAL, NEONATAL AND CHILD HEALTH NATIONAL STRATEGY JULY 2013- JUNE 2018

Ministry of Health, Rwanda & Rwanda Biomedical Centre (2013) C2
This document sets out Rwanda's Maternal, Neonatal Child Health (MNCH) national strategy (July 2013- June 2018). The MNCH strategy provides a framework for addressing maternal, neonatal and child health ... more
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Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness, Part 1 Blended Learning Module for the Health Extension Programme

HEAT, UNICEF, Open University, AMREF, WHO Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2011) C1
These Blended Learning Modules cover the full range of health promotion, disease prevention, basic management and essential treatment protocols to improve and protect the health of rural communities ... more
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IRC Health Strategy 2023-2027

International Rescue Committee (2023) CC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading humanitarian agency dedicated to helping people whose lives have been shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Health comprises nearly half of IRC ... more
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Quantification of Health Commodities - A Guide to Forecasting and Supply Planning for Procurement

USAID USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4 (2014) C1
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4, developed this guide for quantifying health commodities; it will assist technical advisors, program managers, warehouse managers, procurement officers, and service providers in (1) estimating the total comm ... more
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Three models of community mental health services In low-income countries

A. Cohen, J. Eaton, B. Radtke, et al. (2011) CC
International Journal of Mental Health Systems December 2011, 5:3 Community mental health programs in low-income countries face a number of challenges. Using a case study methodology developed for ... more
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Improving Infection Prevention and Control Practices at Health Facilities in Resource-Limited Settings
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Wonder Goredema Jane Briggs Mupela Ntengu, et al. USAID; SIAPS (2016) C1
SIAPS Technical Report. This report summarizes key accomplishments and lessons learned in implementing SIAPS’ approach to improving IPC practices in four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Jordan, and Ethiopia. All activities address SIAPS’s overall objective to build or enhance national and ... more
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Climate-Smart Healthcare : Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector

The World Bank Group (2017) CC
Climate change is damaging human health now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst effects as they are most vulnerable to climate shifts and least able to adapt given weak ... more
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Emergency water supply planning guide for hospitals and health care facilities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Water Works Association (2012) C1
In order to maintain daily operations and patient care services, health care facilities need to develop an Emergency Water Supply Plan (EWSP) to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a total or partial interruption of the facilities’ normal wa ... more
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Beating the DRUM in Lower-Income Countries: Domestic Resource Use and Mobilization for SDG3

The Governments of Burkina Faso and Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank Group Global Financing Facility (GFF) (2018) CC
This paper has been prepared to inform discussion at the conference “Beating the DRUM - Domestic Resource Use and Mobilization for accelerating progress towards SDG3,”. Many countries face critical shortfalls in domestic resource use and mobilization (DRUM) for ... more
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WASH FIT manual for Trainers

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
This manual for trainers outlines the information and materials required to undertake training in line with the WASH FIT Guide, including background documents, the content of the recommended training modules and training evaluation approaches. The modular approach outlined enables trainers to decide ... more
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Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes
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World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
at the national and acute health care facility level
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Introduction of pneumococcal vaccine PCV10, two dose presentation

World Health Organization (2013)
A handbook for district and health facility staff
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Introduction of pneumococcal vaccine PCV13

World Health Organization (2013)
A handbook for district and health facility staff
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Ideal Clinic Frameworks and Manual Version 19 (July 2020) | Manual

National Department of Health South Africa (2020) CC
The Ideal Clinic manual has been developed to assist managers at various levels of healthcare service provision to correctly interpret and understand the requirement for achieving the elements as depicted in the Ideal Clinic framework/dashboard. It can therefore be regarded as a reference document w ... more
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WASH FIT: Manual for Trainer

UN Children's Fund UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
The Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT) presents a framework and acts as a guide to support multisectoral action to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in ... more
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Quality of care in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings: taking action

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC
In fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings, delivery of quality health services faces significant challenges, including disruption of a routine ... more
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SMART Hospitals Toolkit

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization WHO (2013) CC
A practical guide for hospital administrators, health disaster coordinators, health facility designers, engineers and maintenance staff to achieve ... more
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Malawi Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Needs Assessment, 2014

Ministry of Health (Malawi), USAID, UNFPA, UNICEF, Save the Children International, Clinton Health Foundation (2015) C2
In 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malawi conducted a nationwide assessment of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services. This cross-sectional facility-based survey used 10 data co ... more
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Positive health, dignity and prevention for women and their babies. Flipchart

Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) (2018) C1
A treatment literacy guide for pregnant women and mothers living with HIV
Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention for Women and their Babies is intended for use by networks of women living with HIV, women’s groups, peer educators and o ... more
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Severe acute respiratory infections treatment centre: practical manual to set up and manage a SARI treatment centre

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Severe acute respiratory infections treatment centre: practical manual to set up and manage a SARI treatment centre and a SARI screening facility in health care facilities
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Minimum requirements for infection prevention and control programmes

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The purpose of this document is to present and promote the minimum requirements for IPC programmes at the national and health care facility level, identified by expert consensus according to availab ... more
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Practical Manual for Implementation of the National Infection Prevention and Control Strategic Framework - 2020

National Department of Health South Africa (2020) CC
The strategic framework gives guidance to public and private health facilities and health workers on compliance with standards relating to IPC practices. To further assist ... more
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Recommendations for management of common childhood conditions
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World Health Organization (2012)
Evidence for technical update of pocket book recommendations. Newborn conditions, dysentery, pneumonia, oxygen use and delivery, common causes of fever, severe acute malnutrition and supportive care
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Wheelchair Service Training Package - Reference Manual for Participants (Basic level)

World Health Organization; USAID; Leadership Managemtn & Governance project (2013) C_WHO
The main purpose of the training package is to develop the minimum skills and knowledge required by personnel involved in wheelchair service delivery. An important aim of the training package is to get it integrated into the regular paramedical/reha ... more
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WHO recommends HIV self-testing – evidence update and considerations for success

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Policy brief. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a convenient and confidential option for HIV testing. In 2016 WHO recommended HIVST as a safe, accurate and effective way to reach people who may not test otherwise, including people from key populations, men and young people. Lay users can perform HIVST r ... more
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Pertussis Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance Standards

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The objectives of pertussis surveillance are to:hmonitor disease burden and the impact of the pertussis vaccination programme, with a special focus on understanding the morbidity and mortality in children < 5 years of agehgenerate data to inform vaccine schedule and ... more
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Paediatric emergency triage, assessment and treatment: care of critically-ill children

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
Updated Guideline. The Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) guidelines provide guidance on the most common emergency conditions in children presenting at the health facility. These incl ... more
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Family Planning Realities Among Faith-Based Medical Bureaus in Uganda

Laura Wando, MPH; Amy Metzger, MPH; Douglas Huber, MD, MSc; Judith Brown, PhD; Moses Muwonge, MD Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH), USAID (2013) C1
Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH), a U.S.- based nonprofit membership organization commissioned a Family Planning (FP) survey of faith-based facility-based private not-for-pro ... more
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Rwanda: GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS CLINICAL PROTOCOLS & TREATMENT GUIDELINES

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2012) C2
The guidelines presented in this document are designed to provide a useful resource for healthcare professionals involved in clinical case management. They were developed taking into consideration services provided at different levels within the health ... more
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Consolidated strategic information guidelines for viral hepatitis planning and tracking progress towards elimination: guidelines

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
The document describes the use of strategic information at various stages of the response in the context of strengthening broader health information systems. Strategic information can be defined as data collected at all service ... more
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Infection prevention and control guidance for long-term care facilities in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 8 January 2021
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
This interim guidance is for LTCF managers and corresponding infection prevention and control (IPC) focal persons in LTCF and updates the guidance published in March 2020. The objective of this document is to provide guidance on IPC in LTCFs in the context of COVID-19 to 1) prevent COVID-19-virus fr ... more
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Oxygen sources and distribution for COVID-19 treatment centres
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) C_WHO
4 April 2020 This interim guidance on oxygen sources and distribution strategies for COVID-19 treatment has been adapted from WHO and UNICEF’s technical specifications and guidance for oxygen therapy devices, which is part of the WHO medical device technical series. This guidance is intended for ... more
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Role of primary care in the COVID-19 response

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Primary care can play a significant role in the COVID-19 response by differentiating patients with respiratory symptoms from those with COVID-19, making an early diagnosis, helping vulnerable people cope with their anxiety about the virus, and reducing the demand for hospital services. This document ... more
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Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment Plus (ETAT+) - National Training Manual

Reproductive and Child Health Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2017) CC
The purpose of this reference manual to support learning of ETAT + principles and to complement your clinical training and practice. The manual is for use before, during, and after an ETAT + course. This manual contains the necessary information to help you to: • Triage all sick children when th ... more
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WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience. Presentation
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC
This guideline aims to improve the quality of essential, routine postnatal care for women and newborns with the ultimate goal of improving maternal and newborn health and well-being. It recognizes a “positive postnatal experience” as a significa ... more
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Kangaroo mother care - Implementation strategy for scale-up adaptable to different country contexts

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The KMC implementation strategy targets a broad audience. These include policy-makers and programme managers at national, regional and local levels, government and nongovernmental organizations working in the area of maternal and newborn care, global and national professional associations, public an ... more
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Pre-referral treatment with rectal artesunate of children with suspected severe malaria: a field guide

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Prompt, effective antimalarial treatment, and supportive care can substantially reduce the rate of mortality from severe malaria. However, many children in malaria-endemic countries do not have access to health facilities or a qualified ... more
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Abortion care guideline

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service-delivery contexts may vary from country to country, the recommen ... more
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Guidelines for Management of Healthcare Waste as per Biomedical Waste Management Rules

Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health & Family Welfare ,India (2016) CC
Health Care Facilities (HCFs) are primarily responsible for management of the healthcare waste generated within the facilities, including activities undertaken by them in the community. The health c ... more
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Twinning partnerships for improvement (TPI)

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
Recovery partnership preparation package: Building capacity to reactivate safe essential health services and sustain health service resilience. In the aftermath of an emergency, the recovery partne ... more
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Wheelchair Service Training Package - Trainer's Manual (Basic Level)
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2012) C_WHO
Wheelchair Service Training Package - Basic level | The main purpose of the training package is to develop the minimum skills and knowledge required by personnel involved in wheelchair service delivery. An important aim of the training package is to ... more
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Interim guidance on selecting, commissioning and using freeze-preventative vaccine carriers

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Interim Guidance, published 11 January 2021. The cold chain is necessary to prevent damage to vaccines caused by heat exposure. However, improper use of cold chain equipment may cause damage to freeze-sensitive vaccines (i.e. those vaccines containing alum adjuvant or oil-emulsion adjuvant). Studie ... more
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Assessment of access to essential outpatient medicines in Ukraine

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) C_WHO
WHO recently conducted a survey to assess the availability and cost of a national tracer list of essential medicines in the outpatient sector in Ukraine using a new collection tool – the WHO Essential Medicines and Health Products Price and Availa ... more
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WHO's Response to the Ukraine Crisis. Interim Report. February to June 2022

World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
The military offensive by the Russian Federation in Ukraine which began February 2022 has triggered one of the world’s fastest-growing displacement and humanitarian crisis, with geopolitical and economic ripples felt across the globe. The ongoing war has caused large-scale disruptions to the ... more
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Summary of National Priorities - Malawi

Community Health Roadmap United States Agency for International Development; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; The Rockefeller Foundation; World Bank Group; community health acceleration partnership; unicef (2021) CC
Malawi’s first National Community Health Strategy (NCHS, 2017-2022) defines a new community health system in which community health cadres, both ... more
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Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Field Guide

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2005) C_WHO
In many countries neonatal tetanus is responsible for half of all neonatal deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases and for almost 14% of al¡ infant deaths. It is estimated that in the 1970s more than 10,000 newborns died annually from neonatal tetanus in the Americas. Neonatal tetanus is prevent ... more
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A Guide For Patients, Family Members And Community Caregivers - Caregiver Booklet

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Accessed 21 July 2021:The Caregiver Booklet is designed to help patients,family members, and community caregivers in the home-based care of serious long term illness. Home care is best for many people with long term illnesses,including those who are close to the end of life. All patients bein ... more
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Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 Implementation guidance

World Health Organization, UNICEF (2018) C_WHO
This updated implementation guidance is intended for all those who set policy for, or offer care to, pregnant women, families and infants: governments; national managers of maternal and child health programmes in general, and of breastfeeding- and ... more
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Rwanda: National Guidelines for Prevention and Management of HIV and STIs

Ministry of Health, Rwanda & Rwanda Biomedical Centre (2016) C2
The target audience for this guideline is primarily for health care providers nurses, doctors, social workers and other people involved in HIV response in Rwanda so that they are capable of offering quality care services to patients over a long time ... more
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National Operational Guidelines for Viral Load Testing
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Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) (2018) C1
These National Operational Guidelines for Viral Load Testing detail how routine viral load testing will be implemented at the facility level in India. They include frequency and interpretation of monitoring, sample collections, storage and transport ... more
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National integrated comprehensive cholera prevention and control plan. Fiscal years (2017/18-2021/22)

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda World Health Organisation (WHO); UNICEF (2017) C1
The major areas of focus for the plan will be:
- Social mobilization and community empowerment (health promotion & education for disease prevention);
- Promotion of access to safe water, good sanitation and hygiene;
- Surveillance an ... more
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WHO Guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control, 2019 update
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2019) C_WHO
The revised guidelines contain recommendations for specific administrative, environmental controls and respiratory protection, following the assessment made by an external group of experts convened as members of the Guideline Development Group. Moreover, these guidelines focus on interventions speci ... more
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Quality of care in family planning services in Senegal and their outcomes

Assaf S., W. Wang, L. Mallick BMC Health Services Research (2017) CC
High quality of care in family planning (FP) services has been found to be associated with increased and continued use of contraceptive methods. The interpersonal skills and technical competence of the provider is one of the main components of quality of care. To study the process component of quali ... more
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WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC
This guideline aims to improve the quality of essential, routine postnatal care for women and newborns with the ultimate goal of improving maternal and newborn health and well-being. It recognizes a “positive postnatal experience” as a significa ... more
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Clinical management and infection prevention and control for monkeypox
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Interim rapid response guidance, 10 June 2022. It includes considerations for certain populations such as patients with mild disease with considerations for community care, patients with moderate to severe disease, sexually active persons, pregnant or breastfeeding women, children and young persons ... more
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National Guidelines on Nutrition Care, Support, and Treatment (NCST) for Adolescent and Adults. Second edition 2017

Ministry of Health Malawi (2017) CC
National Guidelines on Nutrition, Care, Support, and Treatment (NCST) for Adolescents and Adults These guidelines are intended to: • Establish a consistent set of nutrition interventions and recommendations aimed at managing and preventing undernutrition and overnutrition in adolescents and ad ... more
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Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for people with chronic hepatitis B infection (March 2024)

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Hepatitis B (HBV) infection is a major public health problem and cause of chronic liver disease. The 2024 HBV guidelines provide updated evidence-informed recommendations on key priority topics. These include expanded and simplified treatment cri ... more
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Open Access Re-envisioning Kangaroo Mother Care Implementation Through a Socioecological Model: Lessons From Malawi

Global Health: Science and Practice (2022) CC2
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a critical strategy to care for preterm and low birth weight infants in resource-limited settings. Despite evidence of its effectiveness and low cost, coverage has remained low, largely due to sociocultural barriers. We aimed to better understand social norms and commun ... more
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Guidance on global monitoring for diabetes prevention and control: Framework, indicators and application

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
The Guidance on global monitoring for diabetes prevention and control by WHO provides a comprehensive framework to support countries in tracking and managing diabetes prevention, care, and outcomes. This document outlines indicators across 4 domains: healt ... more
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WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
The recommendations in this guideline are intended to inform the development of relevant national- and local-level health policies and clinical protocols. Therefore, the target audience includes national and local public ... more
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Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoring
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months of age and point-of-care tests to monitor treatment in people living with HIV; the treatment monitoring algorithm; and timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living w ... more
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WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO
The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care protocols and policies, as well as managers of maternal a ... more
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Establishment of PCR laboratory in developing countries, 2nd ed.
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World Health Organization ( WHO), Regional Office for South-East-Asia (2016) C_WHO
Polymerase Chain Reaction (‎PCR)‎ has significantly helped in early diagnosis and commencement of specific interventions for diseases control. It also plays a critical role in understanding the disease epidemiology and unraveling the transmission dynamics of the disease. This manual intends to p ... more
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Water Safety Plans - Training package. Facilitator handbook

World Health Organization (WHO), International Water Association (IWA) (2012) C_WHO
The training is targeted at all professionals involved in the management of drinking-water safety. The handbook is divided into three parts:
• Part 1 – Overview of the training approach, training structure and mode of training assessment
• Part 2 – Module learning material, which i ... more
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Assessment of HIV testing services and antiretroviral therapy service disruptions in the context of COVID-19: lessons learned and way forward in sub-Saharan Africa

Maman, D.; et al., World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC
The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in an evolving epidemiological context where some countries are experiencing a progressive decrease in HIV positivity in their testing programme as they are moving closer to the first 95 target. Distinguishing changes in HIV testing services due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... more
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Access to NCD medicines: emergent issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and key structural factors
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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequalities in the treatment and care of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This report examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to NCD medicines, and the policies and strategies implemented by countries and ... more
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Access to NCD medicines: emergent issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and key structural factors 2023

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequalities in the treatment and care of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This report examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to NCD medicines, and the policies and strategies implemented by countries and ... more
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Ghana Essential Medicines List

Ministry of Health Ghana National Drugs Programme (2017) C_WHO
Essential Medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population. They are selected with due regard to public health relevance, evidence on efficacy, safety and comparativ ... more
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WHO Level II household survey to measure access to and use of medicines in Ghana

Daniel Kojo Arhinful Ministry of Health, Ghana (2011) C1
This field study to measure access to and use of medicines was undertaken in GHANA in May-June 2008. The study assessed information on the socio-economic level of households, and access to and use of medicines for acute and chronic conditions as well as opinions and perceptio ... more
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National Policy and Strategic Plan of Action on Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Nigeria

Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria (2013) CC
As part of our commitment to the fight against NCDs, Nigeria was signatory to the political declaration at the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on NCDs in September 2011. Thus, the purpose of this document is to develop and ensure the implementation of policies and p ... more
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National Comprehensive Guidelines on HIV Testing Services

Kenya MInistry of Health, Community Development, Elderly and Children (2019) C1
These guidelines provide a framework for effective action to facilitate access to safe and ethical testing services for different population groups. The implementation of the a comprehensive approach, known as HIV Testing Services (HTS) is cardinal as an effective package of services that diminis ... more
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National Contraception Clinical Guidelines 2019

Department of Health National Department of Health South Africa (2019) CC
The Department of Health (DOH) has developed a National Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Policy.1 This policy addresses the many cross-cutting issues relating to SRH servi ... more
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The Strategic Importance of National Investment in Nursing Professionals in the Region of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO
Nurses are key players in health promotion and disease prevention and the backbone of health care systems worldwide. Nurses work on the front lines of disease prevention, ... more
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Expanding the Single-Visit Approach for Cervical Cancer Prevention: Successes and Lessons From Burkina Faso

Ouedraogo Y., Furlane G., Fruhauf T. et al. Global Health: Science and Practice (2018) CC
Background: Cervical cancer accounts for 23% of cancer incidence and 22% of cancer mortality among women in Burkina Faso. These proportions are more than 2 and 5 times higher than those of developed countries, respectively. Before 2010, cervical cancer prevention (CECAP) services in Burkina Faso wer ... more
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Improving the Quality of PrEP Implementation for Adolescent Girls and Young Women: An implementation brief to support programming in Eastern and Southern Africa

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa; UNICEF (2021) C_WHO
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) remain disproportionately affected by HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA), with 26 per cent of new infections attributed to this population. AGYW face many personal, social and structural barriers to access, uptake and use of traditional HIV prevention me ... more
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West & Central Africa HIV catch-up - WHO in an era of transformation

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The Transformation Agenda (TA) ushered in an ambitious reform process intended to transform the World Health Organization (WHO) into an organization that is proactive, results-driven, accountable and which meets stakeholder expectations, towards tra ... more
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Myanmar National Strategic Plan on Viral Hepatitis 2016-2020. National Hepatitis Control Program

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports, Department of Health (2017) C1
The five hepatitis viruses have different epidemiological profiles, and their impact, duration, and transmission route also vary. The most common transmission routes contributing to the spread of hepatitis are exposure to infected blood via blood transfusion or unsafe injection practices, consumptio ... more
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National Training Guidelines and Standards for Treatment of Female Genital Fistula

The Department of Clinical Services, Ministry of Health Government of Uganda (2012) C1
There is a crucial need to initiate and sustain fistula programs that increase access and strengthen the capacity of the health care system to provide high quality services for repair and care of women living with female genital fistula. Therefore, ... more
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Guidance to facilitate monitoring and evaluation for antimicrobial resistance national action plans

Quadripartite: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; UN Environment Programme UNEP; World Health Organization WHO; World Organisation for Animal Health WAHO (2023) CC
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global human, animal, plant and environment health threat that needs to be addressed by every country. The impacts of AMR are wide-ranging in terms of human health ... more
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COVID-19 Impact on Supply Chain Logistics:Assessment and Recommendations

The Global Fund (2020) CC
The Global Fund’s product and delivery outlook shows the overall impact of COVID-19 on health product supply chains for Global Fund grants has increased from "low to moderate" to "moderate."
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Botswana National Integration Guidelines

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2022) C1
This Guideline, the first for the country, draws from national health sector reforms and integration agenda as outlined in the key national strategic documents. The Guide applies lessons learnt from the SRH/HIV Linkages project and its scale-up; oth ... more
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Building capacity for creating demand in support of malaria prevention and control

Sue George, John Dada, Kolawole Maxwell et al. Malaria Consortium (2014)
In the context of the Support to National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP), demand creation is the strategic combination of advocacy, communication and mobilisation approaches that seek to achieve increased community awareness of, and demand for, effective malaria prevention and treatment services ... more
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Involving male partners in maternity care in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial

Daniele M.A., Ganaba R., Sarrassat S. et. al. Research (2018) C2
Bull World Health Organ 2018;96:450–461 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.17.206466 The aim of our study was to determine whether an intervention designed to involve the male partners of pregnant women in Burkina Faso in ... more
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Giving Vitamin A and Deworming to Children Under Age Five: Course for Service Providers Facilitator’sGuide

Vitamin Angels Vitamin Angels (2016) C1
This Course for Service Providers on how to give Vitamin A Supplementation and Deworming (VAS+D) uses both a Learner’sGuide and a Facilitator’s Guide. The Learner’s Guide is designed for participants in the course who are healthcare workers or trainers learning to deliver vitamin A and Albenda ... more
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Do no harm: Maternal, newborn and infant care during COVID-19

UN Children's Fund (2021) C_UNICEF
This brief summarizes current evidence and guidance for maintaining safe and effective care across the spectrum of maternal, newborn and infant care while protecting mother and child and health care providers during COVID-19. Furthermore, implicatio ... more
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Gaps in service Utilization and service provision: an analysis of DHS and SPA Malaria data from Malawi, Senegal, and Tanzania

C. Taylor, A. Linn, W. Wang, and H. Moussa (2018) C2
Barriers to the prompt and effective diagnosis and treatment of malaria exist at both the community and health facility level. Household surveys measure malaria case management at the population lev ... more
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Crisis Standards of Care: A Toolkit for Indicators and Triggers

Dan Hanfling, John Hick, and Clare Stroud Dan Hanfling, John Hick, and Clare Stroud (2013)
(You need free registration to download the book) Disasters and public health emergencies can stress health care systems to the breaking point and disrupt ... more
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A Comparison of Summary Measures of Quality of Service and Quality of Care for Family Planning in Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania

Mallick, Lindsay, Wenjuan Wang, Temsah, Gheda (2017) C1
DHS Methodological Report No. 20

This study used Service Provision Assessment (SPA) and Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania to compare traditionally used additive methods with a data reduction method— ... more
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Pocket Guide to Managing Contraceptive Supplies

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2000) C_CDC
The Pocket Guide to Managing Contraceptive Supplies addresses one of the most important components of any program that provides family planning services—the logistics system that manages the delivery, quality, and storage of contraceptive suppl ... more
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TB/HIV integration

AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (2017) C2
TB heroes Hello, my name is Nurse X My job is to promote integrated HIV and TB prevention, care, treatment and support. This ensures that we, and my team of health care service providers treat everyone who is living with HIV and TB to have all the ... more
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Framework for Fair, Equitable and Timely Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccines in Africa. Highlights Day 1

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
The virtual conference, co-organised by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) brought together African leaders, public health professionals and researchers, policyma ... more