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Quality of Care in Family Planning Services at Health Facilities in Senegal

Assaf, Shireen, Wenjuan Wang, and Lindsay Mallick ICF International (2015) C2
DHS Analytical Studies No. 55.
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Newborn Health Implementation Framework - STANDARDS FOR NEWBORN HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda (2010) C2
This document is to guide policy makers, managers, districts, health workers, communities, NGOs and all other stakeholders on how to implement newborn health services.
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Including children with disabilities in humanitarian action - Health and HIV/AIDS

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017)
Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
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Health promotion for Latin Americans with intellectual disabilities

G.C Frey, and V. A Temple (2008) CC
salud pública de méxico / vol. 50, suplemento 2 de 2008, pp.167-177. In response to the emerging global concern regarding health and people with intellectual disabilities (ID), several developed countries have established national initiatives to ... more
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World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research

World Health Organization (WHO), Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (2017) C_WHO
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Training Manual on Interpersonal Violence Prevention and Stress Management in Health Care Facilities

Norwegian Red Cross (2016) C1
In many contexts, the safe delivery of health care services is challenged by the lack of respect for health care personnel who face insults, threats and violence. Consequences include the disruption ... more
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Synthesis of Focus Group Discussions with Health Workers in Rwanda

Tomas Lievens and Pieter Serneels Human Resources for Health (2006) C2
Health Systems for Outcomes Publication | This report summarizes the findings of a qualitative study on health workers’ performance and career in Rwanda to identify bottlenecks, strengths and shor ... more
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Institutions for Health Care Delivery: A Formal Exploration of What Matters to Health Workers

Serneels, P. & Lievens, T. Human Resources for Health (2008) C2
Health Systems for Outcomes Publication | Using qualitative data from Rwanda, this study focuses on four institutional factors that affect health worker performance and career choice: incentives, mo ... more
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Where, Why And For How Much: Diversity In Career Preferences Of Future Health Workers In Rwanda

Lievens, T., Serneels, P. & Butera, D. Human Resources for Health (2008) C2
Health Systems for Outcomes Publication | The government of Rwanda has identified human resources for health as one of its policy priorities. This study aims to contribute to building a better under ... more
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Protecting the right to legal capacity in mental health and related services WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
This document provides training and guidance on legal capacity and how supported decision making, recovery plans and advance plans help to avoid involuntary detention and treatment and ensure people are able to exercise their right to legal capacity.
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Health workers’ education and training on antimicrobial resistance: curricula guide
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
This curricula guide builds on several existing products of WHO and partners, aimed at supporting countries in their effort to address the first objective of the GAP-AMR (to improve awareness and understanding of AMR). It is targeted specifically at health ... more
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Comprehensive Literature Review on Village Based Health Workers in Myanmar: Extending Services to Communities

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports (2017) C1
The main goal of the National Health Plan (NHP) 2017-2021 is to extend access to a basic Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) to the entire population while increasing financial protection. I ... more
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Integrating the response to mental disorders and other chronic diseases in health care systems

World Health Organization World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO
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Balancing Community and Hospital Care: A Case Study of Reforming Mental Health Services in Georgia

Makhashvili, N.; van Voren, R. PLOS Medicine (2013) CC
PLoS Med 10(1): e1001366. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001366 Published: January 8, 2013
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Strategies to end the use of seclusion, restraint and other coercive practices Training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
This training and guidance module addresses the use of coercive and violent practices in mental health and related services with a particular focus on seclusion and restraint. It aims to promote a greater understanding of why these practices are use ... more
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Realising supported decision making and advance planning WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
This training and guidance has been developed to provide an in-depth understanding on what it means to respect legal capacity in mental health and related areas as well as concrete strategies to ensure that people are able to exercise their right to ... more
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Implementing improvement plans for service change WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)
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World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
This module has been developed to provide training and guidance to improve the quality of care and human rights conditions in inpatient, outpatient and community based mental health and related services, following the conduct of a comprehensive asse ... more
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Creating mental health and related services free from coercion, violence and abuse WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)
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World Health Organization WHO (2017)
This document provides training and guidance on the reasons for, and the impact of, violence, coercion and abuse within mental health and related settings. It also provides guidance on how to implement strategies to end the use of coercion, violence ... more
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Promoting human rights in mental health WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
This document has been developed to provide training and guidance on how to integrate a human rights approach in mental health and related areas, based on international human rights instruments, in particular the UN Convention on the Rights of Perso ... more
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Health in all Policies - A guide for State and Local Governments

Linda Rudolf, Julian Caplan et al Public Health Institute (2021) CC
Health in All Policies: A Guide for State and Local Governments was created by the Public Health Institute, the California Department of Public Health ... more
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Improving the quality of health services: tools and resources

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
This compendium collates current tools and resources on quality improvement developed by the WHO Service Delivery and Safety Department and provides examples of how the tools and resources have been applied in country settings. The target audience for this document are ministries of ... more
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Core Indicators. Health Situation in the Americas, 2018

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Organización Panamericana de la Salud (2019) C_WHO
For the 24th consecutive year, PAHO has published the report Health Situation in the Americas: Core Indicators featuring the latest information on key indicators for the Region of the Americas. This 2018 edition includes data on the 82 core indicato ... more
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Social determinants of mental health

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO
Good mental health is integral to human health and well being. A person’s mental health and many common mental disorders are shaped by various so ... more
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Assessment of the health needs of Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Syria’s neighboring countries

El Arnaout, N., Rutherford, S., Zreik,, et al. (2019) CC
Health needs of displaced Syrians in refugee hosting countries have become increasingly complex in light of the protracted Syrian conflict. The primary aim of this study was to identify the primary health ... more
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Germany: health system review. Health Systems in Transition

Busse R, Blümel M World Health Organization (WHO) (2014)
The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) series consists of country-based reviews that provide a detailed description of a health system and of reform and policy initiatives in progress or under devel ... more
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Introduction: mhGAP training of health-care providers. Training manual

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Overview Learning objectives • Understand the mental health treatment gap in low-, middle- and high-income countries. • Understand the principles and aims of the Mental Health Gap Action Prog ... 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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Mental Health Services in the Community

European Union EU (2018) CC
Good practices in Mental Health and Well-being
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Mental Health Work at Work, in Schools, Prevention of Depression and Suicide

European Union EU (2017) CC
Good Practices in Mental Health & Well-being
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Health in all policies: training manual

World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO
The purpose of this manual is to provide a resource for training to increase understanding of Health in All Policies (HiAP) by health and other professionals. It is anticipated that the ... more
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Public Health Advice on preventing health effects of heat

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2011) C_WHO
New and updated information. Adverse health effects of hot weather and heat-waves are largely preventable. Prevention requires a portfolio of actions at different levels:from health system pr ... more
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Food Planet Health. EAT

EAT Lancet Commission (2019) CC
Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems. Summary Report of the EAT Lancet Commission This report was prepared by EAT and is an adapted summary of the Commission Food in The Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems. To access the EAT–Lancet Comm ... more
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Assessing Facility Capacity, Costs of Care, and Patient Perspectives. Health Service Provision in Zambia

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME); University of Zambia (2014) CC
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Assessing Facility Capacity, Costs of Care, and Patient Perspectives. Health Service Provision in Kenya

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (2014) C1
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Health Facility and Health Worker Baseline Assessment for Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, Child Health and Nutrition Services

Millennium Development Goal Acceleration Initiative Government of Zambia (2015) CC
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Evaluation of Community-based Health Insurance Pilot Schemes in Ethiopia: Final Report

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Ethioian Health Insurance Agency (2015) C1
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Improving health and learning through better water, sanitation and hygiene in schools

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe; UNICEF; UNESCO (2019) C_WHO
An information package for school staff
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A Review of Community Health Worker (CHW) knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to the sexual health of MSM, including existing training materials and manuals in Europe & neighbouring countries

C. Folch; P. Fernández-Dávila; J. Palacio-Vieira; et al. European Commission; Centre d'Estudis Epidemiològics sobre les Infeccions de Transmissió Sexual i Sida de Catalunya (CEEISCAT); European AIDS Treatment Group (2020) C2
Accessed: 07.03.2020 A Review of Community Health Worker (CHW) knowledge, attitudes and practices relating to the sexual health of MSM, including existing training materials and manuals in Europ ... more
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Facilitator's Training Guide for a Stigma-Free Health Facility

R. Kidd; S. Clay; M. Stockton; et al. USAID From the American People; PEPFAR; Health Policy Project (2015) C2
Policy June 2015 Training Menus, Facilitation Tips, and Participatory Training Modules
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Promoting the Health of Men who Have Sex with men Worldwide

M. Sundararaj; R. Zahn; K. Mason; et al. MSMGF; John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2014) C2
A Training Curriculum for Providers
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Resources to Support Mental Health and Coping with the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Suicide Prevention Resource Center (2020) C1
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) has compiled a selection of web pages and information sheets on mental health and coping with the effects of COVID-19. These resources are a selection from key organizations in the field. We will conti ... more
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Framework for One Health Practice in National Public Health Institutes
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC
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Health Sector Transformation in Quality: First Edition 2016

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia -Ministry of Health (2016) C1
A guide to support implementation of health service Quality Improvement activities in Ethiopian health facilities
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The Essential Public Health Functions in the Americas: A Renewal for the 21st Century. Conceptual Framework and Description

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO
The document is structured into five sections. The first presents the key experiences and challenges that justify a renewal of the EPHFs. The second section updates the groundwork for the exercise of public health and provides a framework to inform ... more
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District Health Management Information System (DHMIS) - Standard Operating Procedures Facility Level

Health Republic of South Africa (2016) CC
This document provides SOPS to ensure appropriate data and information management at health facilities. These SOPs are an updated version of the 2013 SOPs. These SOPs aim to clarify the responsibilities and procedures for effective management of ag ... more
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Community health workers at the dawn of a new era: 6. Recruitment, training, and continuing education

Meike J. Schleif, Iain Aitken , et al. Health Research Policy and Systems (2021) CC
This is the sixth of our 11-paper supplement entitled “Community Health Workers at the Dawn of New Era”. Expectations of community health workers (CHWs) have expanded in recent years to encompas ... more
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Strategic Toolkit for Assessing Risks- A comprehensive toolkit for all-hazards health emergency risk assessment

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The Strategic Tool for Assessing Risks (STAR) offers a comprehensive, easy-to-use toolkit and approach to enable national and subnational governments to rapidly conduct a strategic and evidence-based assessment of public health risks for planning an ... more
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Guidelines Storage Essential Medicines And Other Health Commodities. Urdu Version

World Health Organization WHO; Deliver; UNICEF (2006) C_WHO
Maintaining proper storage conditions for health commodities is vital to ensuring their quality. Product expiration dates are based on ideal storage conditions and protecting product quality until their expiration date is important for serving custo ... more
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Child and adolescent health in humanitarian settings: operational guide: a holistic approach for programme managers

World Health Organization WHO; Eastern Mediterranean Region (2022) C_WHO
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Community health worker models in South Africa: a qualitative study on policy implementation of the 2018/19 revised framework

Murphy, J.P.; A. Moolla, S. Kgowedi et al. Health Policy and Planning (2020) C1
South Africa has a long history of community health workers (CHWs). It has been a journey that has required balancing constrained resources and competing priorities. CHWs form a bridge between communities and healthcare service provision within ... more
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Educating for planetary health and environmentally sustainable health care: Responding with urgency

McLean M., Gibbs T., Mc Kimm J. (2020) CC
There is little doubt that 2019 was a defining year on many fronts for the environment. The repercussions of the climate emergency were experienced across the globe, with floods, devastating wildfires, and unprecedented melting of polar ice sheets and glaciers. While the new decade began with the Au ... more
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Engaging and supporting National Public Health Institutes as Key Climate Actors

International Association of National Public Health Institutes (2021) CC
The roadmap highlights and advocates for the existing and potential key role of national public health institutes (NPHIs) in climate adaptation and mitigation, and how they contribute to climate policies, research and action.
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Gender and One Health context analysis for HEAL

Eba, B.; Wieland B., Flintan F., et al. (2020) CC
The One Health approach can help achieve progress and promotes synergies on national and global priorities by generating synergies at the human-animal-environmental interface. While evidence is still scare, it is likely that the approach is highly c ... more
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Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility

Al Delaimy W., Ramanathan V., Sanchez Sorondo M. et al. (2020) CC
This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vect ... more
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Migrant and refugee health

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) CC
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Antimicrobial stewardship programmes in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries: a WHO practical toolkit. Online Course

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The toolkit provides guidance on where to get started, including the structures and resources that should be put in place at the national and health-care facility level, through a stepwise approach in low-resource settings. As the ultimate goal of a ... more
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Reducing UPOPs and Mercury Releases from the Health Sector in Africa

Pieper, R. UNDP; GEF; Health Care without Harm (2020) CC
Technical lessons learnt report UNDP GEF Project
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Learning from practice: case studies of health in strategic environmental assessment and environmental impact assessment across the WHO European Region

World Health Organization WHO World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Health is routinely considered in strategic environmental assessment (‎SEA)‎ and environmental impact assessment (‎EIA)‎, following requirements of European Union directives and the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Conve ... more
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Climate change and health in small island developing states: a WHO special initiative

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
This report has been prepared in response to informal requests by SIDS Member States and territories for WHO assistance in confronting the stark and dire situation which climate change has created in their countries and the impact it is having on their peoples
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Brazil's health system functionality amidst of the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of resilience

Bigoni, A.; et al. (2022) C2
The Lancet Regional health Americas, vol.10 (2022) June 1, March 04, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100222
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Health situation update in Ukraine

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Report by the Director-General 22 May 2022
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Core Indicators 2019: Health Trends in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Organización Panamericana de la Salud (2019) C_WHO
Core Indicators 2019: Health Trends in the Americas starts with a demographic overview of the Americas to demonstrate how the Region has changed over 25 years. These key demographic indicators provide valuable context to better understand the popula ... more
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Legal capacity and the right to decide: WHO QualityRights core training: mental health and social services: course guide

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Ensuring mental health and well-being has become a worldwide imperative and an important target of the Sustainable Development Goals. But in all countries around the world, our response has been woefully insufficient, and we have made little prog ... more
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Mental health, disability and human rights: WHO QualityRights core training - for all services and all people: course guide

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Les modules de formation et d’orientation QualityRights ont été élaborés pour renforcer les connaissances, les compétences et la compréhension des principales parties prenantes sur la manière de promouvoir les droits des personnes en situation de handicap psychosocial, intellectuel ou cogni ... more
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Harmonized health facility assessment (‎HHFA)‎: comprehensive guide

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The HHFA Comprehensive guide serves as the main reference document for planning and implementing a country HHFA. This guide will promote understanding of: What the HHFA is and the information it can and cannot provide. The HHFA modules, questionnaires and CSPro electronic data collection tool. Th ... more
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Strengthening the collection, analysis and use of health workforce data and information: a handbook

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Access to health workers who are fit for purpose, motivated and protected is a fundamental force of health service delivery and the achievement of universal ... more
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Tracking urban health policies

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
To enhance health co-benefits across urban policies which tackle air pollution and climate change, WHO, in cooperation with various international, national, and local partners, implemented the Urban Health ... more
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Health needs assessment of the adult population in Ukraine: survey report September 2022

World Health Organisation WHO (2023) C_WHO
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has caused a deterioration in the level of access to health-care services and medicines in the country, particularly for people living in regions close to the front line and areas that are not partially or fully co ... more
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A public health perspective on zero- and low-alcohol beverages

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
There is an expanding market of no- and low-alcohol beverages (NoLos). However, their effects on global ethanol consumption and public health are still questioned. Policies and regulations about NoLos’ availability, acceptability and affordability ... more
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Health Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean. A Baseline for the Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2023) C_WHO
his publication provides an overview of social inequalities in several indicators related to the health of women, children, and adolescents in a region deemed as one with high levels of inequality: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In order for ... more
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Health financing for the COVID-19 response: Process guide for national budgetary dialogue. ACT-A Health Systems Connector

World Health Organization (WHO), World Bank, Global Financing Facility (GFF) et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) CC
Annual and medium-term budget preparation processes are the platforms through which specific plans are transformed into actual resource allocation decisions. The aim of this Process Guide is to support key stakeholders involved in these processes (such as the Cabinet, Ministries of Finance and ... more
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Communicating on air quality and health – Inspiring practices, challenges and tips

Health and Environment Alliance (2018) CC
In spite of the work carried out by the EU institutions, the Member States, many cities and grassroot movements in Europe, the general public is still not engaging enough in air quality policy initiatives and the level of awareness and knowledge of the effects of poor air quality on ... more
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Capacity building in public health nutrition

Geissler, C. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2015) CC
The aim of the present paper is to review capacity building in public health nutrition (PHN), the need for which has been stressed for many years by a range of academics, national and international organisations. Although great strides have been mad ... more
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Health emergency preparedness for imported cases of high-consequence infectious diseases

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ecdc) (2022) C_CDC
Preparedness planning is essential in order to respond effectively to outbreaks, including single case occurrences of highconsequence infectious diseases (HCID), such as the importation of a viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) case
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Community Discussion Guide for Maternal and Newborn Health Care

Mobilising Access to Maternal Health Services in Zambia Programme, District Health Management Teams UK Aid; Health Partner International, MOH Zambia (2012) C1
A training manual for safe motherhood action groups (MAMaZ)
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Core Competencies in Adolescent Health and Development for Primary Care Providers

Pierre André Michaud, Valentina Baltag, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2015)
Including a Tool to Assess the Adolescent Health and Development Component in Pre-Service Education of Health-Care Providers
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Policy Brief 1 : Building a Dispensary Health Management Information System

Aga Khan Health Services, Kenya (2015)
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Strengthening community mental health resources by training refugees as peer counselors - A manual for trainers

Josi Salem-Pickartz Al Himaya Foundation for Trauma Recovery, Growth and Resilience (2008)
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An Analytical Report on Female Community Health Volunteers of Selected Districts of Nepal

USAIDNepal, New ERA, Government of Nepal (2008) C1
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Improving maternal and child health in Asia through innovative partnerships and approaches. The case of Nepal

Fiona Samuels and Svetlana Ancker Overseas Development Institute (ODI), (2015) C1
Following an overview of maternal and neonatal child health in Nepal and in the districts covered by the project, the briefing outlines the background to the Strengthening Approaches for Maximizing Maternal, Neonatal and Reproductive ... more
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Community Health Worker Incentives in Malawi: Lessons Learned

USAID (2015) C1
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Working with Individuals, Families and Communities to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health. Module 5

World Health Organization WHO; PAHO Pan American Health Organization, Enfant du Monde (2017) C_WHO
A Toolkit for Implementation. Module 5: Finalizing, monitoring and evaluating the IFC action plan
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Making every school in the Region of the Americas a health-promoting school: Implementation guide for educational institutions

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2024) CC
Every day, schools engage in numerous activities that help promote the health and well-being of students, families, and communities. There is clear evidence of the benefits of the health-promoting s ... more
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Expanding the Roles of Nurses in Primary Health Care

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Americas (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
[Preface]. For more than forty years Primary Health Care (PHC) has been recognized as the cornerstone of an effective and responsive health system. The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 reaffirmed the ri ... more
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Operational framework for strengthening human, animal and environmental public health systems at their interface

World Bank (2018) C1
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How school systems can improve health and well-being: topic briefs: nutrition

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This topic brief highlights how nutrition and healthy diets support the achievement of education and learning objectives, and explains how intervention benefits can be amplified with a whole-school and systems approach. The recommended actions are informed by the Global Standards for ... more
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Improving the physical health of adults with severe mental illness: essential actions

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges , England; et al. (2016) C1
This report, written in partnership with various Royal Medical Colleges and Public Health England, sets out the essential actions to improve the physical health of adults with severe mental illness ... more
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Target product profile for a rapid test for diagnosis of Buruli ulcer at the primary health-care level

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
In 2009, WHO’s Second International Conference on Buruli Ulcer Control and Research resolved to strengthen the capacity of national laboratories to confirm cases of the disease, but advised that “efforts are still needed to develop simple diagnostic tools usable in the field as well as disabilit ... more
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Public Health in Medical Curriculum - Student's Toolkit

International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) (2018) C2
For those passionate about advancing public health education in their medical schools
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Mental Health. Fact sheet on sustainable development goals: health target

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
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WHO guideline recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
The key aim of this guideline is to present recommendations based on a critical evaluation of the evidence on emerging digital health interventions that are contributing to health system improvemen ... more
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Good practice framework for mental health and wellbeing in first responder organisations

Beyond Blue; Heads Up (2019) C2
Accessed April 2019
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Research for universal health coverage: World health report 2013

World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO
Universal health coverage ensures everyone has access to the health services they need without suffering financial hardship as a result. In December 2012, a UN resolution was passed encouraging gove ... more
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Report on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe (2018) C_WHO
No Public Health without Refugee and Migrant health. This report, the first of its kind, creates an evidence base with the aim of catalysing progress towards developing and promoting migrant-sensit ... more
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Updated Program Functionality Matrix for Optimizing Community Health Programs

CHW Central; Community Health Impact Coalition; USAID; et al. (2018) C2
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Community health workers in Lesotho: Experiences of health promotion activities

T. Seutloali; L. Napoles; N. Bam African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; AOSIS (2018) C2
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ISSN: (Online) 2071-2936, (Print) 2071-2928
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Orientation Programme on Adolescent Health for Health-care Providers - Facilator Guide

World Health Organization (WHO); Department of Child Health and Adolescent Health (CAH) World Health Organization (WHO); Department of Child Health and Adolescent Health (CAH) (2020) C_WHO
New Modules Accessed: 09.03.2020
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Philippine Action Plan to Combat AMR: One Health Approach

Phillipine Department of Health (2019) C_WHO
Antibiotics have been useful in fighting infectious diseases in our country for decades, but because of the overuse and misuse of these agents, an increasing number of organisms are now resistant to them. The Philippines, like other Southeast Asian countries, has already been encountering the many c ... more
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WHO recommendations on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
This document provides an overview of sexual and reproductive health and rights issues that may be important for the human rights, health and well-being of adolescents (aged 10–19 years) and the r ... more
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Strengthening Quality Midwifery Education for Universal Health Coverage 2030

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
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