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National Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy, 5th ed.

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) (2016) C1

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Recommendations for national SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies and diagnostic capacities
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Interium guidance, 25 June 2021Timely and accurate diagnostic testing is an essential tool in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19. This document describes recommendations for national testing strategies and the use of PCR and rapid antigen tests in different transmission scenarios of t... more

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Testes de diagnóstico para SARS-CoV-2. Guia provisória.11 setembro 2020

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

Tests diagnostiques pour le dépistage du SARS-CoV-2 : orientations provisoires, 11 septembre 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334254

Especificacoes tecnicas para selecao de testes diagnosticos in vitro essenciais para SARS-COV-2, 14 de junho de 2021

Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) OPAS (2021) C_WHO

Technical specifications for selection of essential in vitro diagnostic tests for SARS-COV-2, 14 June 2021

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Especificacoes technicas para selecao de testes diagnosticos in vitro essenciais para SARS-COV-2

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS OPAS (2021) C_WHO

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR TEST SELECTION ESSENTIAL IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR SARS-COV-2

Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

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

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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2015

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015) CC

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Guidelines on Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB (PMDT) in India + Annexures

Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (2012) C1

Standard Operating Procedures On The Decontamination Of EBOLA CARE CENTRES (ECCs)
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Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2015) C1

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Possible Sexual Transmission of Ebola Virus — Liberia, 2015

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2015)

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Early Release Vol. 64 ; 1 May 2015

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Selection and use of Ebola in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assays. Emergency guidance

World Health Organization (2015)

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Guidelines on Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB (PMDT) in India

Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Nirman Bhavan (2012) CC

Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme

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International Standards For Tuberculosis Care

Tuberculosis Coalition for Technical Assistance (TBCTA), USAID (2014) C2

3rd edition

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Management of Tuberculosis: Indian Guidelines

Kuldeep Singh Sachdeva (2012) C1

Chapter 105

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Manual for the Development and Assessment of National Viral Hepatitis Plans

Joe Schofield, Sarah Hess, Bandana Malhotra et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2015)

A Provisional Document. The purpose of this manual is to provide guidance to public health professionals tasked with managing a response to viral hepatitis. As every country’s needs are different with respect to its epidemiology and the current level of response, people would use this manual in di... more

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Influenza Surveillance Among Children With Pneumonia Admitted to a District Hospital in Coastal Kenya, 2007–2010

Clayton O. Onyango, Regina Njeru, Sidi Kazungu et al. (2012) CC

J Infect Dis. (2012) 206 (suppl. 1): S61-S67 Influenza data gaps in sub-Saharan Africa include incidence, case fatality, seasonal patterns, and associations with prevalent disorders. The authors found that the burden of influenza was small during 2007–2010 in this paediatric hospital in Kenya. In... more

Screening for sexually transmitted disease during the domestic medical examination for nearly arrived refugees

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (2014) C_CDC

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Surveillance strategy during Phase 3 of the Ebola response

World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) C_WHO

The goals of Ebola virus disease (EVD) surveillance during Phase 3 of the Ebola response are to promptly detect new, suspected EVD cases and deaths so as to trigger appropriate response, including rapid diagnosis, case isolation and management, contact tracing, safe burials, and the identification o... more

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Maintaining a safe and adequate blood supply during Zika virus outbreaks

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Inerim Guidance. These guidelines have been developed in recognition that infection with Zika virus may present a risk to blood safety, and in consideration of the declaration on 1 February 2016 by the WHO Director-General of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern with regard to clusters... more

Recommendations for national SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies and diagnostic capacities recommended

Standard Operating Procedures On The Decontamination Of EBOLA CARE CENTRES (ECCs) recommended

Recommendations for national SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies and diagnostic capacities
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Standard Operating Procedures On The Decontamination Of EBOLA CARE CENTRES (ECCs)
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