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Informal consultation on end-game challenges for trachoma elimination

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Since 1996, trachoma has been targeted for elimination as a public health problem worldwide. The active trachoma criterion for national elimination as a public health problem is a TF1–9 < 5%, sustained for at least two years in the absence of antibiotic mass drug administration (MDA), in each form... more

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Guidelines for drinking-water quality: Small water supplies

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Small drinking-water supplies commonly experience operational, managerial, technical and resourcing challenges that impact their ability to deliver safe and reliable services. The needs and opportunities associated with these supplies therefore warrant explicit consideration in policies and regulati... more

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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Safe Male Circumcision Community Mobilization Training. A Guide for facilitators in Uganda

Safe Male Circumcision; Ministry of Health Uganda (2011) C1

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Men As Partners - A Program for Supplementing the Training of Life Skills Educators

EngenderHealth; PPASA (2001)

A manual intended for use by Men As Partners (MAP) educators in facilitating workshops on male involvement in reproductive health. Contains a variety of interactive educational activities on such topics as gender and sexuality, male and female sexual health, HIV and AIDS, and other sexually transmit... more

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We Keep It in Our Hearts: Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in the Syria Crisis

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2017) C1

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Situation Analysis of Children with Disabilities in Myanmar

UNICEF Myanmar (2016)

The study analyses the current situation of children with disabilities in relation to realizing their rights and accessing basic services, as well as their life experiences in their communities. It also focuses on identifying the barriers created by society that prevent children with disabilities fr... more

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Indonesia: Rapid Assessment of the Child Social Welfare Program (PKSA)

UNICEF (2015)

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Prudent and efficient use of antimicrobials in pigs and poultry

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2019) C2

This manual will contribute directly to the fourth focus area of the FAO Action Plan by promoting the prevention of infections and the prudent use of antibiotics in the pig and poultry sectors. The pig and poultry sectors are addressed together, as these sectors generally have the highest use of ant... more

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National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), India, 2015-16: Haryana

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF (2017) C2

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Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07: Key Findings (siSwati) (English)

Central Statistical Office (CSO) [Swaziland] and Macro International (2008) C2

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“No one was left” - Death and Violence Against the Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar

Médecins sans Frontières MSF (2018) CC

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Essential WASH Actions: A Training & Reference Pack to Supplement Essential Nutrition Actions

Rosenbaum, Julia and Bery, Renuka (2017) C1

The Essential WASH Actions toolkit expands the connection between WASH and nutrition. This resource offers a comprehensive set of essential WASH actions, references training materials for health workers, nutrition managers and community workers to build capacity, and outlines accompanying behaviors ... more

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UNFPA Myanmar Annual Report 2017

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2018) C1

Ensuring reproductive rights for all

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National Strategic Plan for Newborn and Child Health Development (2015-2018)

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health, Department of Health, Child Health Division World Health Organization (WHO), Country Office for Myanmar (2015) C_WHO

No publication year indicated
The specific objectives of the plan are to:
- Scale up evidence-based, cost effective interventions through effective strategies within a HSS approach and provide equitable coverage with quality.
- Reduce neonatal mortality by improved home-based newborn ... more

No contamines mi futuro! El impacto de los factores medioambientales en la salud infantil

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2017) C_WHO

En 2015, murieron 5,9 millones de niños menores de cinco años (1). Las principales causas de muerte en los niños a nivel mundial son la neumonía, la prematuridad, las complicaciones durante el parto, la sepsis neonatal, las anomalías congénitas, las enfermedades diarreicas, las lesiones ... more

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Healthy environments for healthy children: key messages for action

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This booklet presents key messages for action, summarized from a set of chapters on different environmental health issues.

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Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey 2017

Government of Sierra Leone, Action Contre la Faim France, Irish Aid (2018) C1

(August 28 – October 10, 2017)
A nutrition and mortality assessment using SMART methodology was applied and the survey covered 15 statistical (14 districts plus 1) domains countrywide. The main objective of the survey was to assess the current nutrition status of the population, especially ch... more

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2013 Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey (RMIS) Key Findings

MAL & OPD Division - RBC, Ministry of Health & The DHS Program - ICF International (2014) C2

Key Findings (in booklet form) from the 2013 Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey. The 2013 Rwanda Malaria Indicator Survey (RMIS) assessed malaria knowledge, prevention, and treatment practices. Over 4,700 households were interviewed.

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Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices of the Rohingya

Plan International (2018) C1

Commissioned by Plan International the report draws on data from research conducted in Bangladesh in April 2018. It explores how adolescent girls within two age brackets (10-14 and 15-19) understand the unique impact the crisis has upon them, and how they have responded to the challenges they face.<... more