Filter
795
Filtered Results: 795
Text search:
X.
Chen
Featured
Recommendations
71
New Publications
140
Language
Document type
No document type
344
Studies & Reports
184
Guidelines
170
Manuals
37
Fact sheets
25
Strategic & Response Plan
18
Training Material
10
Situation Updates
3
Brochures
2
Resource Platforms
1
Infographics
1
Countries / Regions
India
87
Global
35
Russia
31
Brazil
24
Germany
21
Western and Central Europe
14
Latin America and the Carribbean
11
Middle East and North Africa
11
Kenya
10
Syria
10
Asia
10
South Africa
10
Eastern Europe
9
Spain
7
Yemen
7
Peru
6
Africa
6
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6
Paraguay
6
Indonesia
6
Nepal
5
Malawi
5
Mozambique
5
Bolivia
5
Argentina
5
Vietnam
5
Angola
5
Ukraine
4
Lesotho
4
Ghana
4
Sierra Leone
4
Burkina Faso
4
Zimbabwe
4
Philippines
4
West and Central Africa
4
South–East Asia Region
4
South Sudan
4
Ecuador
4
China
3
Rwanda
3
Nigeria
3
Cambodia
3
Guinea-Bissau
3
Congo, Democratic Republic of
3
France
3
Bangladesh
3
Uganda
3
Ethiopia
3
Zambia
3
Liberia
3
Eswatini/ Swaziland
3
Colombia
2
Chile
2
Laos
2
Italy
2
Tanzania
2
Jamaica
2
Portugal
2
East and Southern Africa
2
Sudan
2
Mali
2
Madagascar
2
Pakistan
2
Switzerland
1
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Turkey
1
Benin
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
1
Senegal
1
Niger
1
Afghanistan
1
Burundi
1
Malaysia
1
Austria
1
Mongolia
1
Guinea
1
USA
1
Haiti
1
Venezuela
1
Saudi Arabia
1
United Kingdom
1
Lebanon
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Sri Lanka
1
Central African Republic
1
Bhutan
1
Myanmar / Burma
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
285
Clinical Guidelines
80
Public Health
40
Women & Child Health
20
Key Resources
11
Pharmacy & Technologies
8
Capacity Building
6
Toolboxes
COVID-19
189
Mental Health
76
TB
64
Planetary Health
58
HIV
53
NCDs
33
Disability
20
NTDs
18
Refugee
14
Pharmacy
14
AMR
14
Rapid Response
13
Natural Hazards
12
Caregiver
11
Global Health Education
9
Zika
7
Health Financing Toolbox
6
Ebola
5
Conflict
5
Polio
5
Specific Hazards
1
Cholera
1
Social Ethics
1
Terminology used to describe the transmission of pathogens through the air varies across scientific disciplines, organizations and the general public. While this has been the case for decades, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the terms ‘airborne’, ‘airborne transmission’ a...
State of the Climate in Asia 2023
recommended
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst the impact of heatwaves became more severe, according to a new report from the World Meteorolog...
This MHPSS in Emergencies training aims to prepare MHPSS responders, disaster managers, and emergency team leaders for work in the field by building understanding of basic concepts of MHPSS in emergencies as well as planning and implementing PSS activities. It is for MHPSS focal points from the Red ...
The document provides detailed clinical guidelines for the therapy of Type 1 Diabetes as developed by the German Diabetes Association (DDG). It focuses on individualized insulin therapy, structured patient training, and monitoring of blood glucose levels. The guidelines emphasize preventing complica...
Air pollution is a major environmental risk factor and contributor to chronic, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). However, most public health approaches to NCD prevention focus on behavioural and biomedical risk factors, rather than environmental risk factors such as air pollution. This article discus...
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 accompaniment. With a
broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta...
The article "Under- and over-diagnosis of COPD: a global perspective" reviews the worldwide variation in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and issues related to its misdiagnosis. It highlights that COPD is under-diagnosed due to factors such as limited access to spiromet...
Risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren who participated in a casecontrol study in urban Uganda
Data on asthma aetiology in Africa are scarce. We investigated the risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren (5–17 years) in urban Uganda. We conducted a case-control study, among 555 cases and 1115 controls. Asthma was diagnosed by study clinicians. The main risk factors for asthma were tertia...
The goal of asthma treatment is to obtain clinical control and reduce future risks to the patient. To reach this goal in children with asthma, ongoing monitoring is essential. While all components of asthma, such as symptoms, lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and inflammation, may exist i...
Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to the most recent estimates from the Global Asthma Network Phase I study, around one in 10 children and adults have symptoms of asthma and one in 20 school-aged children have severe asthma ...
The pharmacological management of asthma has changed considerably in recent decades, as it has come to be understood that it is a complex, heterogeneous disease with different phenotypes and endotypes. It is now clear that the goal of asthma treatment should be to achieve and maintain control of the...
The pharmacological management of asthma has changed considerably in recent decades, as it has come to be understood that it is a complex, heterogeneous disease with different phenotypes and endotypes. It is now clear that the goal of asthma treatment should be to achieve and maintain control of the...
Aerosol pollutants are known to raise the risk of development of non-communicable respiratory diseases (NCRDs) such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and allergic rhinitis. Sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid pace of urbanization, economic expansion, and population growt...
Silicosis is not a new disease; the impact of silica dust on respiratory function was observed by Hippocrates in 430 B.C. and in the 16th century by Agricol. In 1713, Rammazini described silicotic nodules in post-mortems of stone cutters presenting with respiratory symptoms. In the mid-late 1800s,...
SODIS manual - updated version
The SODIS manual contains detailed information about technical and promotional aspects of the SODIS method.
Former version also available in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Uzbek, Russian
For the Assesor's Guide Vol 1 and 2 see: nrhm.gov.in/images/pdf/programmes/maternal-health/guidelines/Operational_Guidelines_for_Quality_Assurance_in_Public_Health_Facilities_and_checklists-3_books.zip
For full publication see: http://hesperian.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/sw_hmx/sw_lifestylemanual_Abmswai_2014.doc
Accessed October 2014.
