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How your community can prevent the spread of COVID-19
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IFRC, UNICEF and WHO (2020) C_UNICEF
This document, produced by IFRC, UNICEF and WHO, suggests key actions on how people and communities can stay safe and slow down the spread of COVID-19, particularly for contexts where you might have been asked by your local authorities to maintain physical distance or stay home. Available in: Arabi ... more
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Clinical management of COVID-19: Living guideline, 15 September 2022
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The WHO COVID-19 Clinical management: living guidance contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management of people with COVID-19. Providing guidance that is comprehensive and holistic for the optimal care of COVID-19 patients throughout their entire illness is ... more
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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 educators and policy planners, and applies ... more
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Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on countries affected by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria

Global fund (2020) CC
While many of the countries hit by the COVID-19 in the first few months of the year are now beginning to relax lockdown measures as infection and death rates fall, in the regions most affected by HIV, TB and malaria, such as Africa, South Asia and Latin America, the pandemic continues to accelerate. ... more
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Guidance for conducting a country COVID-19 intra-action review (IAR)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The WHO Guidance for Conducting a Country COVID-19 Intra-Action Review (IAR) was developed to guide countries to conduct periodic review(s) of their national and subnational COVID-19 response, so countries do not miss critical opportunities for learning and improvement to better respond to the COVID ... 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 relevant World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on how to address them in an easilyaccessible, user ... more
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COVID-19 Managment: Curriculum for Community Health Workers
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa has only 3% of the world’s health workers to cater for 11% of the world population, bearing over 25% of the global disease burden (WHO, 2014). With a steady increase in reported cases on the African Continent, the current COVID-1 ... more
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Broader health impacts of vertical responses to COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries

Tabitha Hrynick, T.; S. Ripoll and S. Carter Social Science in Humanitarian Action (2021) C1
This paper reviews the effects of vertical responses to COVID-19 on health systems, services, and people’s access to and use of them in LMICs, where historic and ongoing under-investments heighten vulnerability to a multiplicity of health threats. We use the term ‘vertical response’ to describ ... more
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Potential Implications for the COVID-19 Response

Bhopal,S., and M. Nielsen British Medical Journal (2020) C1
The authors state that researchers, governments and global agencies should proceed with particular care in the evaluation of candidate SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in LMICs, with effective communication to build trust and avoid generation of vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine efficacy is often highly variable betwee ... more
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Using social media to disseminate COVID-19 Information

USAID (2020) CC
A Technical Brief for Breakthrough ACTION Field Teams Social media can be used to collect and address rumors or popular beliefs among target audiences, share evidence-based and timely health information, receive instant feedback on materials, conduct remote trainings, promote awareness of a project ... more
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A Social Media Toolkit for Healthcare Practitioners
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World Health Organization WHO; Government of the United Kingdom (2021) C_WHO
Tackling COVID-19 misinformation. Ensuring communities have access to lifesaving public health information from trusted sources and are not misled by misinformation is essential to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to empower doctors and nurses – some of the most effective and trusted ... more
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Assessing health systems in Guinea for prevention and control of priority zoonotic diseases: A One Health approach

Standleya C. J., Carlinb E. P., Sorrella E. M. et al. Elsevier (2019) CC
To guide One Health capacity building efforts in the Republic of Guinea in the wake of the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, we sought to identify and assess the existing systems and structures for zoonotic disease detection and control. We partnered with the government ministries resp ... more
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Quality health services and palliative care: practical approaches and resources to support policy, strategy and practice

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
As countries commit to achieving universal health coverage, it is imperative to ensure that the design and delivery of palliative care services place attention on quality of care, with action needed across all domains of quality health services: effectiveness, safety, people-centredness, timeliness, ... more
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Promoting access to medical technologies and innovation, second edition, 30 August 2021

World Health Organization WHO and World Intellectual Property Organization WTO, WHO, WIPO (2021) CC
The second edition of the joint WHO, WIPO and WTO publication “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation: Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade” (the Trilateral Study),* published in 2020, included a special insert mappi ... more
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Ending the neglect to attain the sustainable development goals. One health: approach for action against neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
This companion document to Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030 ("the road map") aims to support a range of stakeholders - including countries in which neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are endemic, international organi ... more
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Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
This second edition of the Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline provides the most up to date technical guidance on mask use in community settings in the context of COVID-19. In this edition, new information includes updated mask re ... more
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Health Care Facilities Resilient to Climate Change Impacts

Paterson, J.; P. Berry, K. Ebi and L. Varangu (2014) CC
nt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11(12), 13097-13116; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111213097 Climate change will increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events and create risks that will impact health care facilities. Health care facilities will need to assess climate chang ... more
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Data for impact_ How UNADIS data is guiding the world to end AIDS

UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO
As part of the UN’s data strategy—which seeks to nurture data as a strategic asset for insight, impact and integrity—UNAIDS plays an indispensable role in generating data for effective action against the AIDS pandemic. It leads the world’s most extensive data collection on HIV epidemiology, ... more
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Fostering Health Systems’ Monitoring to Better Serve Older Populations

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The chapter Fostering Health Systems’ Monitoring to Better Serve Older Populations is part of the publication series entitled Decade of Healthy Aging: Situation and Challenges. The publications are designed to favor the prioritization of effective actions at the local level as well as the monitori ... more
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Field Guide for Preparedness and Response to Diphtheria Outbreaks in the Western Pacific Region

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Due to high routine vaccination coverage, overall counts of diphtheria case have significantly declined in the Western Pacific Region recently. However, diphtheria is still prevalent in several countries and areas of the Region and remains a public health issue due to its high case fatality rate. ... more
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Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!): guidance to support country implementation, second edition.

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing the second edition of its Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) guidance. The document aims to equip governments to respond to the health and well-being challenges, opportunities and needs of adolescents. The guidance pro ... more
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Screening for cardiovascular disease risk and subsequent management in low and middle income countries: challenges and opportunities

Bovet, P.; Chiolero, A.; Paccaud, F. et al. Public Health Reviews (2015) CC
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), mainly heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of premature mortality in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Identifying and managing individuals at high risk of CVD is an important strategy to prevent and control CVD, in addition to multisector ... more
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World Heart Federation Roadmap for Hypertension – A 2021 Update

Jemoon, P.; Séverin, T.; Amodeo, C. et al. Global Heart (2021) CC
The World Heart Federation (WHF) Roadmap series covers a large range of cardiovascular conditions. These Roadmaps identify potential roadblocks and their solutions to improve the prevention, detection and management of cardiovascular diseases and provide a generic global framework available for loca ... more
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Standard Operating Procedure for the Afghanistan Youth Health Line

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2024) CC
UNFPA supports the Youth Health Line (YHL), launched in 2012, as a nationwide, youth friendly health service to provide information and counseling for adolescents and youth on issues related to their health and reproductive health. The YHL is providing a vital service to young people around the coun ... more
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Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual and reproductive health programmes

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The WHO document "Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual and reproductive health programmes: implementation guidance" provides a framework for integrating noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) into existing health programs for HIV/AIDS, tub ... more
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WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2020) C_WHO
The "WHO Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) Disease Interventions for Primary Health Care" provides a set of cost-effective, evidence-based interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, and cancers. Designed ... more
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Prevalence, Etiology, and Outcome of Sepsis among Critically Ill Patients in Malawi

Prin, M.; Onofrey, L.; Purcell, L; et al. (2020) CC2
Most of the global burden of sepsis occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but the prevalence and etiology of sepsis in LMICs are not well understood. In particular, the lack of laboratory infrastructure in many LMICs has historically precluded an assessment of the pathogens leading to ... more
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WHO training package on environmental cleaning: Evaluation methodology guide

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
This purpose of this guide is to inform robust evaluations of the WHO training package – a package aimed at personnel whose primary role in health-care facilities is environmental cleaning, hereafter referred to as cleaners. The WHO training package – Environmental cleaning and infection prev ... more
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Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment: version with International Classification of Health Intervention (‎ICHI)‎ codes

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
In this version of the compendium, each guidance is coded using the International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). The compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO and other UN organizations on health and environment. Guidance on policies and actions a ... more
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Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC
Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a ... more
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Global Malaria Programme operational strategy 2024–2030
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World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Ahead of World Malaria Day, the WHO Global Malaria Programme published a new operational strategy outlining its priorities and key activities up to 2030 to help change the trajectory of malaria trends, with a view to achieving the global malaria targets. The strategy outlines 4 strategic objectives ... more
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Best practice portal: standards and guidelines
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2019) CC
The Best practice portal is a resource for professionals, policymakers and researchers in the drugs field. We provide information on the available evidence on drug-related prevention, treatment and harm reduction, focusing on the European context. T ... more
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CoroncareLife

Catholic Health Association of India CHAI; Billion Lives; Sisters Doctor Forum of India, et al. (2020) CC
In order to assist those who are undergoing stress because of Corona Virus crisis, an online Help Desk was launched at Catholic Health Association of India, Directorate, Hyderabad on 26th February. Billion Lives, a social impact tech company base ... more
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ThinkHazard!

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (2016) CC
As an online disaster risk visualization tool, ThinkHazard! aims to provide users with information to make risk-informed choices. This is the first platform of its kind, allowing anyone to quickly find information on 8 different types of hazards in ... more
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Humanitarian Insight

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2018) C1
A web-based portal that connects the data and information generated through coordination processes to the managers and leaders who rely on it for decision-making. Using Humanitarian InSight, anyone can, for the first-time, access publicly available information on needs, response, funding and gaps th ... more
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The BMJ Coronovirus

British Medical Journal BMJ (2021) CC
BMJ is offering a range of free online resources to support researchers, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to understand and respond to the global health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The free ... more
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Centre for Global Mental Health

King's Health Partners; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2019) CC
The mission of this Center is to close the treatment gap for people living with mental, neurological and substance use disorders in low resource settings
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HealthMap

Computational Epidemiology Group, Boston Children's Hospital (2015) CC
Global Health, Local Information. The freely available Web site 'healthmap.org' and mobile app 'Outbreaks Near Me' deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international tra ... more
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E-learning Resources for Global Health Researchers

Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health (2019) C1
E-learning Resources for Global Health Researchers : Many organizations offer no- and low-cost e-learning resources to those working in the field of global health research. Resources include training courses, MOOCs and course materials (presentations, videos, reading lists, visual aids, articles), ... more
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Covid 19 - Integrating Gender Based Violence Risk Mitigation

Unicef (2020) C_UNICEF
This webinar provides training on integrating GBV risk mitigation and how to support a survivor of GBV and safe referrals. This training is designed to provide an introduction to and resources for this area of work. This learning resource contribut ... more
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Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) Website
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Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) (2022) CC
In 1981, the Christian Medical Commission (CMC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) assigned a pharmaceutical adviser to provide technical support in the area of pharmaceutical technical support to church health programmes in Africa. Later in 2000, the supported church health organizations jointl ... more
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Training Works! What You Need to Know About Managing, Designing, Delivering, and Evaluating Group-Based Training

Jhpiego, Population Leadership Program, IntraHealth International, TRG, Family Health International (2003)
Document on key points needed to design, manage, deliver and evaluate training You can also find a spanish and french version here: http://reprolineplus.org/resources/training-works-what-you-need-know-about-managing-designing-delivering-and-evaluating-group
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SAFE Paediatric Anaesthesia course

AAGBI Foundation (2016) CC
The SAFE Paediatric Anaesthesia course is an 'off the shelf package' supported by a facilitator manual, teaching materials and standard operating procedures. It is hoped that the course is clinically relevant and will improve the practice of anaesthesia for children to a safe standard.
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WHO Global Learning Laboratory for Quality UHC

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The WHO Global Learning Laboratory (GLL) for Quality UHC links the experiences, expertise, and wisdom of people across the world on important issues relating to quality in the context of UHC. The GLL is a safe space to share knowledge, experiences and ideas; to challenge ideas and approaches; and to ... more
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Newborn Baby Training Material

World Health Organization WHO; Dept. of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India (2021) C_WHO
A range of learning resources for primary health care of the newborn are available
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Risk communications
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
For public health emergencies, risk communication includes the range of communication capacities required through the preparedness, response and recovery phases of a serious public health event to encourage informed decision making, positive behaviour change and the maintenance of trust. Risk commu ... more
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GO pre-deployment training: participant handbook
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World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO
This is a pre-deployment training, tailored specially to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, offered to WHO personnel, consultants, and key partners. The material covered in modules 1-4 is applicable and useful to frontline response workers, national and international. Only Module 5, which focuses on ... more
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Medical Peace Work Textbook, 2nd edition, Course 3: War, weapons and conflict strategies

Salvage J, Rowson M, Melf K, Wilmen A (2012) C1
This course describes the health effects of war, weapons and strategies of violent conflict. Beginning with weapons of mass destruction it then moves on to other weapons and strategies of war such as the use of landmines and mass rape. The course concludes with a number of lessons which give an hist ... more
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COVID-19 Partners Platform Abbreviated User Guide (Pillar 10)Uploading and Reviewing National Deployment and Vaccination Plans(NDVP)

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The Platform has functionality for country-level users, such as uploading theNational Deployment and Vaccination Planon the Info tab by the WCO vaccine expert, followed by validation by a government official. The Platform has functionality for regional users, such as Reviewingof National Deployment ... more
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Global Surgery & Anaesthesia Statistics

G4Alliance for surgery, obstetric, trauma and anesthesia care (2018) CC
Data Collection: Recommended Surgical and Anaesthesia Care Indicators
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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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Availability, prices and affordability of essential medicines in Haiti

Harinder Singh Chahal, Nazaire St. Fort, Lisa Bero Journal of Global Health (2013) CC
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BCG Vaccine - Information for Health Professionals

Ministry of Health; healt promotion agency, New Zwaland Goverment (2014) C1
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Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Ethiopia: Implementation experiences and lessons learned

Rajiha A. Ibrahim, Amete M. Teshal, Surafel F. Dinku, et al. (2018) CC
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 7, No 2 | a770 | 06 December 2018
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Education for sustainable healthcare: Leadership to get from here to there

McKimm J., Redvers N., El Omrani O., et al. (2020) C1
The current global crises, including climate, COVID-19, and environmental change, requires global collective action at all scales. These broad socio-ecological challenges require the engagement of diverse perspectives and ways of knowing and the meaningful engagement of all generations and stages of ... more
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Understanding land-use change conflict: a systematic review of case studies

de JOng, L.; S. de Bruin, J. Knoop and J. van Vliet (2021) CC
Journal of Land Use Science, 16:3, 223-239, DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2021.1933226
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Civil disorder, authority credibility and public health: Chile’s unique sociopolitical context in dealing with COVID-19

Caqueo-Urízar A., Urzúa A. et al (2021) C2
Civil disorder, authority credibility and public health: Chile’s unique sociopolitical context in dealing with COVID-19.
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COVID-19 in Latin America and the caribbean region: Symptoms and morbidities in the epidemiology of infection

Anaya-Covarrubias, J.Y.; et al. (2022) C1
Curr Opin Pharmacol . 2022 Apr;63:102203.doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102203. Epub 2022 Feb 11. The COVID-19 pandemic has widespread economic and social effects on Latin America (LA) and the Caribbean (CA). This region, which has a high prevalence of chronic diseases, has been one of the most affected ... more
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Cholera English Information
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Mauder, S. The MEDBOX Team (2022) CC
MEDBOX Issue Brief 26. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by eating or drinking food or water that is contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Cholera remains a global threat to public health and is an indicator of inequity and lack of social development. Researchers have esti ... more
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South Africa’s capacity to conduct antimicrobial stewardship

Chetty, S. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases (2021) CC
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a serious public health threat was globally acknowledged by WHO in 2015, through the launch of the Global Action Plan (GAP). With a limited number of new antibiotics in the developmental pipeline, many countries are in the process of establishing strategies for anti ... more
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A systematic review of healthcare-associated infections in Africa: An antimicrobial resistance perspective

Emmanuel O. Irek, Adewale A. Amupitan, Temitope O. Obadare, Aaron O. Aboderin (2018) CC
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 7, No 2 | a796 | 06 December 2018
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Closing the mental health treatment gap in South Africa: a review of costs and cost-effectiveness

Jack, H.; R.G. Wagner, I. Petersen, et al. (2014) CC
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A narrative systematic review of life skills education: effectiveness, research gaps and priorities

A. Nasheeda; H. B. Abdullah; S. E. Krauss; N. B. Ahmed International Journal of Adolescence and Youth ; Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) (2018) C2
InternatIonal Journal of adolescence and Youth 2019, Vol. 24, No. 3, 362–379 https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1479278
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Guidance about Communication to Combat COVID-19

Communication for Devleopment4 Network (2020) CC
The guide seeks to address questions about how we can face local communication challenges presented by the pandemic, and how communicators respond effectively to the situation through supporting our communities to cope and to protect themselves. This guide aims to provide insights for a wide range o ... more
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Algorithm for COVID-19 triage and referral
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Efficient triage of patients with COVID-19 at all health facility levels (primary, secondary and tertiary) will help the national response planning and case management system cope with patient influx, direct necessary medical resources to efficiently support the critically ill and protect the safety ... more
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Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: introduction

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
School health programmes have been demonstrated to be the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions aimed at reducing the main modifiable risk behaviours f ... more
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European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021: Paediatric Life Support

Van de Voorde, P.; et al. European Resuscitation Council (2021) CC
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IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Minimum Service Package

Inter-Agency Standing Commitee (2022) C2
The MHPSS MSP is an easy-to-follow intersectoral package, which spells out the activities and actions that all humanitarian actors should put in place in all emergencies for an effective MHPSS response. It speaks to different actors at the global, regional, national, and local levels to plan, coordi ... more
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SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) (2019) CC
The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions (CIHS) promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and substance use conditions, whether seen in specialty behavioral health or primary care provider ... more
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Hand Hygiene and COVID-19
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Geffert, K.; and S. Mauder MEDBOX (2020) CC
MEDBOX Issue Brief No.2. The main route of transmission of the Sars-CoV-2 virus are small respiratory droplets. Therefore, thoroughly cleaning of hands with either alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water is one of the corner stones of basic protective measures against COVID-19 for everyone. A part ... more
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Инвестиции в первые годы жизни в период пандемии коронавируса

World Bank Group The World Bank (2020) CC
Дети младшего дошкольного возраста нуждаются в комплексном уходе, который включает в себя заботу о здоровье, полноценное питание, обучение в раннем возрасте, вним ... more
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Where There Are No Pharmacists

Sarah Andersson; Beverley Snell Third World Network; Health Action International Asia Pacific (2019) C2
2nd edition. A Guide to Managing Medicines for All Health Workers. Available for purchase via following link https://www.twn.my/title2/books/HAI.htm Where there are no trained pharmacists serving communities, other categories of health workers are called upon to order, buy, store, dispense and ad ... more
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‘You must carry your wheelchair’ – barriers to accessing healthcare in a South African rural area

Richard Vergunst, Leslie Swartz, Gubela Mji, Malcolm MacLachlan & Hasheem Mannan Global Health Action (2015) CC
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MEDBOX Annual Report 2018

Mauder, S.; K.Geffert Medical Mission Institute (2019) CC
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Toolkit for the Integration of Mental Health into General Healthcare in Humanitarian Settings

International Medical Corps (2019) C1
This Toolkit aims to support the understanding and implementation of integrated mental health programs in humanitarian settings. It provides a framework for essential steps and components, with associated key guidance and resources, that strengthen the integration process, and is primarily intended ... more
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MEDBOX Annual Report 2019

Mauder, S.; K. Geffert, F. Hommes and N. Bonilla-Perez Medical Mission Institute (2020) CC
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Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: approaches for schools

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
School health programmes are the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions in order to reduce the main modifiable risk behaviours for noncommunicable disea ... more
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Principles of Clinical Ethics and Their Application to Practice

Varkey, B. Medical Principles and Practice (2021) CC
Med Princ Pract 2021;30:17–28 An overview of ethics and clinical ethics is presented in this review. The 4 main ethical principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and explained. Informed consent, truth-telling, and confidentiality spring from the ... more
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MEDBOX Annual Report 2021

Mauder, S.; and P. Reijer MEDBOX Team (2022) CC
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Unprecedented economic attack on Sub-Sahara African economies: coronavirus: How severe is the perceived slump?

Nichiimunya N. Environment Systems & Decisions (2020) CC
This paper is motivated by the global spread of the coronavirus referred to as COVID-19 and its efect on Sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has alluded to the COVID-19 not only afecting the global health but also trade and tourism, commodity prices, and fnanci ... more
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Transitional Settlement - Displaced Populations

Tom Corsellis and Antonella Vitale University of Cambridge shelterproject; Oxfam (2005)
For the estimated 20 million refugees and 25 million internally displaced people worldwide, well-planned settlements can help to maximise their protection and security, and support them to minimise the spread of disease, manage natural resources sustainably, and maintain good relations with their ho ... more
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Perceived Susceptibility of Persons with Physical Disability to Factors Contributing to the Risk of Contracting HIV in Cameroon: A Qualitative Study

Elvis E. Tarkang, Prosper M. Lutala International Journal of HIVAIDS Prevention, Educa tion and Behavioural Science (2015) CC
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Community health workers, recipients’ experiences and constraints to care in South Africa – a pathway to trust

Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Jane Goudge & Lenore Manderson AIDS Care Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDSHIV (2016) CC
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Frequently asked questions on the WHO treatment guidelines for isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
Version: 24 April 2018
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Myanmar National Water Policy (Burmese Version)

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Transport, National Water Resources Committee (2014) C1
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European Union Standards for Tuberculosis Care 2017 Update
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2018) CC
The update of the ESTC was conducted as a joint endeavour with ERS, consulting experts from international societies and organisations, national TB programmes, civil society and affected communities. The second edition of the ESTC includes 21 standards in the areas of diagnosis, treatment, HIV and co ... more
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What we do - AJAN

AJAN (African Jesuit AIDS Network) (2019) C2
Accessed: 12.11.2019
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Can ‘‘Giving Preference to My Patients’’ be Explained as a Role Related Duty in Public Health Care Systems?

Holm, S Health Care Analysis (-2011) CC
One of the most obvious ways in which to ensure impartiality in a health care system is to require impartiality of all actors in the system, i.e. to give health care professionals a duty to treat everyone impartially and to deny them the ‘right’ to give their patients preferential treatment. And ... more
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Management of covid-19: a practical guideline formaternal and newborn health care providers inSub-Saharan Africa

B. N. Ezenwa, I. B. Fajolu, O. R. Akinajo, et al. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine (2020) CC
COVID-19 is a pandemic that is currently ravaging the world. Infection rate is steadily increasingin Sub-Saharan Africa. Pregnant women and their infants may suffer severe illnesses due to theirlower immunity. This guideline prepares and equips clinicians working in the maternal and new-born section ... more
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صحة الدورة الشهرية والنظافة للفتيات والنساء ذوات الإعاقة

Unicef (2021) C_UNICEF
Menstrual Health & Hygiene for Girls and Women with Disabilities in Arabic
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Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4)

U.S. Global Change Research Program (2018) C2
The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) fulfills that mandate in two volumes. This report, Volume II, draws on the foundational science described in Volume I, the Climate Science Special Report (CSSR).2 Volume II focuses on the human welfare, societal, and environmental elements of climate cha ... 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 made worldwide in the science of nutrition, there rema ... 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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The Intersection of Sex Work and HIV Criminalization - An Advocate’s Toolkit

H. Flynn; M. Rose; B. Diaz; et al. National LGBTQ Task Force; The Center for HIV Law Policy (2017) C2
Toolkit
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Guidelines on Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-exposed and HIV-infected infants and children: Practical approaches to implementation and scale up

World Health Organization; UNICEF (2009) C_WHO
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Developing Anaesthesia Textbook
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David Pescod (2007) C1