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This interim guidance has been updated with advice on safe and appropriate home care for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and on the public ... more

Good governance for prison health in 21st century

World Health Organization (Europe); UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) (2013) C_WHO
A policy brief on the organization of prison health
The vision of the new Strategic Action Plan for Strengthening HIS in Myanmar 2017- 2021 is “A strong health information system for a strong health system”. The mission statement of HIS in Myanma ... more
BMC Health Services Research BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201818:251; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3072-3
A Guidance and Resource Package for Country Offices for Coordination, Planning, Key Messages and Actions
dos Santos et al. BMC Public Health 2014, 14:80 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/80
SITUATION ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Education 2030 Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action specifies that the mandate of the Global Education Monitoring Report is to be ‘the mechanism for monitoring ... more
Who suffers Most from Extreme Weather Events? Weather-related Loss Events in 2019 and 2000 to 2019 The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 analyses and ... more
Report on Main Findings
The review encompasses three complementary components: 1) a review of published literature 2000-2015 on NCDs and their risk factors; 2) qualitative interviews with key actors engaged in NCD research in Myanmar; ... more
This version of Field Trials of Health Interventions includes seven new chapters on conducting systematic literature reviews, trial governance, preliminary studies and pilot testing, budgeting ... more
This Technical Brief focuses on appraising and prioritising options for climate resilience with a view to informing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programme ... more
At present at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The world faces considerable challenges in terms of eye care, including inequalities in the coverage ... more
This Global Plan builds on the previous edition, which laid out priority actions for 2018-2022, informed by global commitments member states endorsed at the 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting (U ... more
This National Action Plan addresses actions needed to be taken in order to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the country. It is obligatory to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance and promote behavioral change through public communicati ... more
A Global Campaign Against Epilepsy Demonstration Project
www.jogh.org • doi: 10.7189/jogh.02.020405 ~ December 2012 • Vol. 2 No. 2 • 020405
This report considers how to integrate health into urban planning, investments, and policy decisions, so as to support the implementation and achie ... more
World's largest Science, Technology & Medicine Open Access book publisher Chapter 7 from the book People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits
Guidance Note A DFID practice paper
Tropical Medicine and International Health volume 21 no 1 pp 101-107 january 2016
Moving towards equity and quality

Beyond the Rhetoric: Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival in Nepal

Sharma, G. & Pandey, S.R. Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (NJOG) (2015) CC
Nepal has performed exceptionally in improving reproductive, maternal and child health outcomes over the past two decades. In this article, we discuss these achievements ... more
Third Edition: Revised October 2012
The intent of these guidelines is to develop a holistic, coordinated, proactive and technology driven strategy for management of biological disasters through a culture of prevention, mitigation and ... more
IDS Practice Paper in Brief 23
From 2000 to 2010, Rwanda implemented comprehensive health sector reforms to strengthen the public health system, with the aim of reducing maternal and ... more
A public health emergency operations centre (EOC) is a central location for coordinating operational information and resources for strategic management of pugencies ... more
Every day, schools engage in numerous activities that help promote the health and well-being of students, families, and communities. There is clear ... more
Designed for trainers of health workers, this manual offers skills-building sessions on developing more “male-friendly” health services. Utilizing participatory ... more
Therapeutics Information and Pharmacovigilance Centre | TIPC
The uneven distribution of HIV risks and burdens across populations is a well-substantiated fact, though seldom publicly acknowledged. Gay men and other men who have sex with men, people who inject ... more
Results and Lessons Learned from CapacityPlus 2009-2015
Levels and Inequities
DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 110
This study shows large variations in maternal health indicators across high-priority counties in Kenya. Nairobi exceeds the natio ... more

Network HPN Paper: The role of education in protecting children in conflict

Susan Nicolai and Carl Triplehorn Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN); Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2003) C1
Education in emergencies is a young area; the evidence of its impact is often anecdotal, and although its status as a humanitarian concern has gained legitimacy in recent years, it has yet to be accepted across the humanitarian community. Much more ... more
Health Systems for Outcomes Publication | Using qualitative data from Rwanda, this study focuses on four institutional factors that affect health worker performance ... more
Updated with information on Ebola virus disease and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus A wide variety of health events ranging in severity may occur related to air transport, requiring di ... more

Assessing performance of Botswana’s public hospital system

Seitio-Kgokgwe, Gauld, Hill et al International Journal of Health Policy and Management (2014) CC
The use of the World Health Organization Health System Performance Assessment Framework
A recent survey of the literature and experience identified five broad actions that development institutions and governments, as well as their partners an ... more
An Easy-Reference Guidebook for Healthcare Providers In Developed and Developing Countries

Human resources for health in Botswana

Nkomazana, O., Peersman, W., Willcox, M., et al. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine (PHCFM) (2014) CC
The results of in-country database and reports analysis

Safety and security for national humanitarian workers

Stoddard, Abby ; Harmer, Adele ; Haver, Katherine Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2011) C1
Annex I to: To stay and deliver, good practice for humanitarians in complex security environments

The principal findings of the report include that despite overall improvements in aid agenc ... more
DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS DHS WORKING PAPERS 2015 No. 117
The Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance Policy Handbook, 2nd Edition updates the November 2013 version to indicate the Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance (PV) Centre’s compliance with the WHO Pharmacovigilance Indicators Handbook 2015.
This manual is for use by doctors, nurses, rehabilitation specialists, National Buruli ulcer Control Programme managers and other health workers involved in the prevention of disability activities i ... more
Emergencies, in spite of their tragic nature and adverse effects on mental health, are unparalleled opportunities to build better mental health sys ... more
This report documents the secondary humanitarian problems and impacts of large-scale Ebola outbreak on the different humanitarian sectors, to provide a non-exhaustive plan to help future responders. A large scale Ebola outbreak, in this document, re ... more
The strategic plan reflects shared commitments to enhance collaboration between environmental, animal (wildlife and domestic) and human health, ... more
What are the local beliefs and practices around illnesses and death, the transmission of disease and spirituality, which affect decision-making (ar ... more
3rd edition
The goal of this course is to provide participants with the foundational skills needed to begin the development, implementation and ongoing improvement of a congenital anomalies surveillance programme, in particular for countries with limited resou ... more
Despite its rich culture, great economic potential, high level of education and last but not least its sheer size – it is the largest state whose borders lie entirely within Europe and is 1.7 time ... more
This six-day training is intended for case managers/community health volunteers/field supervisors who help households affected by HIV in India.
The aim of these Guidelines is to provide a framework for the conservation and sustainable use of plants in medicine. To do this, the Guidelines describe the various tasks that should be carried out to ensure that where medicinal plants are taken fr ... more

Situation Assessment of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Bangladesh 2016

Valerie Karr et al. Institute for Community Inclusion at University of Massachusetts (2016) C1
The purpose of the situation assessment was to execute a situation analysis for Autism and Neurodevelopment Disorder (NDD) in Bangladesh. The situation assessment covers the following areas: a review of the scale ... more
A summary of health effects, resources, and adaptation examples from health departments funded by CDC’s Climate ... more
The five hepatitis viruses have different epidemiological profiles, and their impact, duration, and transmission route also vary. The most common transmission routes contributing to the spread of he ... more
The UNAIDS 2020 global report is a call to action. It highlights the scale of the HIV epidemic and how it runs along the fault lines of inequalities.
This guidance document is designed to ensure that the process of iteratively managing the health risks of climate change is integrated into the overall National Adaptation Planning (NAP) process, including through assessing risks; identifying, prior ... more
This document shall serve as the most comprehensive set of guidelines on the safe management of waste generated from heath care activities in the country. It incorporates the requirements of all Philippine laws and regulations governing HCWM ... more
The report provides a brief introduction to patents and licences and their effect on the market for antiretroviral (ARV) medicines. It gives an overview of the patent landscape with respect to a sel ... more
This document provides a summary of the recommendations for hand hygiene best practices to be performed by health workers providing care and/or support to patients with filovirus infection (Ebol ... more
This is the fifteenth edition of the lecture notes. They were first published in 1987 as a summary of the material used in the biannual epilepsy teaching weekend organised under the auspices of the UK Chapter of the International League against Epilepsy. (Lecture series consist of a total of 59 cha ... more
Rwanda’s fourth health sector strategic plan (HSSP4) is meant to provide the health sector with a Strategic Plan that will highlight its commitments and ... more
In this guideline, natural ventilation is considered 
among one the effective measures to control infections in health care. This guideline provides 
a design and operation guide for hospital pl ... more
The Third Rwandan Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP III) provides strategic guidance to the health sector for six years, between July 2012 and Jun ... more

Basic Epidemiology

Bonita, R.; R.Beaglehole, and T. Kjellström World Health Organization WHO (2006) C_WHO
2nd edition
This manual has been developed to guide rapid risk assessment of acute public health risks from any type of hazard in response to requests from Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO). ... more
The purpose of this strategy is to guide the planning, management and development of human resources for health in Rwanda for the period 2011 - 2016. The overall aim of the plan is to increase the n ... more