BMC Health Services Research (2017) 17:623 DOI 10.1186/s12913-017-2567-7
PLoS ONE 11(1): e0144662. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144662
The Global Reference List of 100 Core Health Indicators is a standard set of core indicators prioritized by the global community to provide concise... information on the health situation and trends, including responses at national and global levels.
This second (2018) edition builds on the previous work of the inter-agency working group that was commissioned by global health leaders to reduce reporting burden. The 2018 list of indicators contains modifications and additions to indicators and metadata elements to reflect the recommended health and health-related indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals, including universal health coverage.
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Nepal has made substantial progress in reducing under-five mortality and is on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4, but advances in neonatal health are less encouraging. The objectives of... this study were to assess relative and absolute inequalities in neonatal mortality over time, and to review experience with major programs to promote neonatal health.
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This document highlights the key aspects of safe health-care waste management in order to guide policy-makers, practitioners and facility managers to improve such services in ...to-highlight medbox">health-care facilities. It is based on the comprehensive WHO handbook Safe management of wastes from health-care activities (WHO, 2014), and also takes into consideration relevant World Health Assembly resolutions, other UN documents and emerging global and national developments on water, sanitation and hygiene and infection prevention and control.
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This research aims to identify a core set of clinical skills for working in
a Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) setting, and to discuss whether they are appropriate for task shifting to a new or an alternative cadre ...hlight medbox">of rehabilitation workers.
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Infant Psychiatry
Chapter B.1
Early Maltreatment and exposure to violence
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DOI 10.1186/s12913-015-0911-3
NEUROLOGY ATLAS presents for the first time, the most
comprehensive collection and compilation of information on
neurological resources across 109 countries. The results confirm
that the available resources including services for neurological
di...sorders are markedly insufficient; in addition, there are large
inequities across regions and income groups of countries.
Urgent action is required to enhance the resources available
to address the increasing burden of neurological disorders.
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Alcohol misuses
Substance use disorders
Chapter G.1
To understand the mental health treatment gap in the Region of the Americas by examining the prevalence of mental ...ht medbox">health disorders, use of mental health services, and the global burden of disease.
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DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 115
No Public Health without Refugee and Migrant health.
This report, the first of its kind, creates an evidence base with the aim ...ute-to-highlight medbox">of catalysing progress towards developing and promoting migrant-sensitive health systems in the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region and beyond. This report seeks to illuminate the causes, conse-quences and responses to the health needs and challenges faced by refugees and migrants in the Region, while also providing a snapshot of the progress being made across the Region. Additionally, the report seeks to identify gaps that require further action through collaboration, to improve the collection and availability of high-quality data and to stimulate policy initiatives
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This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achievement of the goals and objectives ...ribute-to-highlight medbox">of the New Urban Agenda.
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