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The global doctor

Willott C et al. UCL Institute for Global Health and Development Education Research Centre, Institute of Education (2012) C2
This report explores the reasons why global health is critical to medicine and what this means for medical education. It argues that an understanding of global health is important for all students a ... more
National Tuberclosis and Leprosy Programme (NTLP)

SAVE Advocacy Strategy - The Kenyan Case Study

Inerela + Kenya (International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or personally affected by HIV - Kenya Chapter); Christian aid (2019) C2
Accessed: 17.11.2019
This report presents the results of the official United Nations estimates and projections of urb ... more
This document presents a consolidated summary of urgent activities required to advance preparedness, as elaborated in each country's national plan, with a particular focus on Priority 1 countries. It presents ... more
Child Survival Working Group Accessed: 30.10.2019
n 2015, Member States of the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its accompanying Sustainable Development Goals ... 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. ... more

Agricultural adaptation: Six categories of good practices and technologies in Africa

Unique Kulima Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (2021) C1
The threats posed by climate change to agriculture are now well known. Climate change has already resulted in a negative trend in mean crop yield per decade, and this is likely to continue as the ce ... more
The spread of COVID-19 poses a challenge for emerging markets such as those in Africa and Latin America. While governments around the world are suf ... more
Following the declaration of the 9th Ebola Disease Outbreak (EVD) on 8 May 2018 by the Democrati ... more
The availability of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities, especially in maternity and primary-care settings where they are often absent, supports core aspects ... more
The document, "Sustainable Management of Radiotherapy Facilities and Equipment," by WHO and IAEA, provides guidelines for managing radiotherapy equipment and facilities to ensure effective and safe ... more
The aim of this publication is to provide practical guidance for public information officers on the preparation for and response to a nuclea ... 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
District Level M & E Training and Reference Material for Primary Health Care Programmes
Further Analysis of the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Demographic and Health Surveys. DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 80

APCA Atlas of Palliative Care Africa

Rhee, J.Y.; et al. African Palliative Care Association (2020) C_WHO
The APCA Atlas provides the most up-to-date information of palliative care development in nearly all countries in Africa, using indicators derived, ... more

Atlas of Health and Climate

World Health Organization WHO Word Health Organization (2012) C_WHO
The Atlas of health and climate is a product of this unique collaboration between the meteorolog ... more
Bulletin of the World Health Organization Volume 93, Number 9, September 2015, 589-664
Kulkarni et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain (2015) 16:67 DOI 10.1186/s10194-015-0549-x
The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4, developed this guide for quantifying health commodities; it will assist technical advisors, program managers, warehouse managers, procurement officers, and service providers in (1) estimating ... more
The main objectives of these guidelines are: A. To create awareness among the CBM family (International Office, Member Associations, Regional Offi ... more
Time for recognition of lay counsellors Accessed November 2017
Framework of Indictors and Targets
This research report provides results from the study on living conditions among people with disabilities in Zambia. Comparisons are made between individuals with and without disabilities and also be ... more
The Guide has been developed to enhance the knowledge capabilities of NDMAs and their local partners. This is accomplished by exposing them to ... more
The Lay Counselor Cadre in Botswana
The report summarizes the estimates of the burden of ... more

Mental health policy development in Africa

O. Gureje & A. Alem Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2000) C_WHO
Mental health issues are usually given very low priority in health service policies. Although this is changing, African countries are still confronted with so many problems caused by communicable diseases and malnutrition that they have not woken up to the ... more

The sustainable development goals and the HIV response

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS) (2019) C2
Stories of putting people at the centre Accessed: 20.11.2019

Children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa

R. Smart; HIVAIDS Consultant Save the Children (UK) South Africa Programme; The Department of Social Development (2003) C2
A Rapid Appraisal of Priorities, Policies and Practices
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, wh ... more
The Updated guidelines on Management of tuberculosis in children and adolescents include new recommendations that cover diagnostic approaches for TB, shorter treatment for children with non-severe d ... more
The target audience of this document (and the associated online companion tool) includes WHO country offices in Member States ... more
WHO-OHCHR launch new guidance to improve laws addressing human rights abuses in mental health care Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) and ... more
The report examines how people with mental health conditions are often shackled by families in their own homes or in overcrowded and unsanitary institutions, against their will, due to widespread stigma and a lack ... more
This report sets out ways to make pre-hospital care and ambulance services operating in areas of armed violence safer. Written by the Norwegian Red Cross with support from ... more
The revised guidelines present two major changes to existing guidelines: (A) there are now just 2 categories of pneumonia instead of 3 (“pneumoni ... more
- Resilient Markets - Resilient Agriculture - Resilient People - Political Leadership for Resilient Growth
The Global Campaign Against Epilepsy “Out of the Shadows”
The toolkit is a collection of assessment tools and checklists that describe the key considerations to be taken into account when transitioning to ... more
The WHO Global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030 encourages development partners and global health initiatives to leverage their support to health systems in countries to sustainably strengthen ... more
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 ... more
The sub-Saharan African region, carries 90% of the over 250 million cases of schistosomiasis occ ... more
Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 21 Issue no. 6 e 25142
Weaknesses in care programmes providing anti‐retroviral therapy (ART) persist and are often instigated by late HIV diagn ... more
A WFP analysis of the economic and food security implications of the pandemic
The 2021 COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP) for AFR serves as a regional guide for a holistic public health response to COVID‑19 at regional, national and sub-national levels. The ... more
This third booklet of the World Drug Report 2022 has a dual focus: opioids and cannabis. The first chapter ... more
Constituting the fourth part of the World Drug Report 2022, this booklet focuses on the market d ... more
This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,323 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. ... more
The report surveyed 9 leading bilateral and multilateral education donors in respect of their approach to disability-inclusive education.
Constituting the second part of the World Drug Report 2022, the present booklet contains an over ... more
This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,333 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. ... more

The World Climate and Security Report 2021_2

Brock, S.; Barrett, O.L.; Birkman, L.; et al. International Military Council on Climate and Security (2021) C1
The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of the International Mil ... more
Background: Cervical cancer accounts for 23% of cancer incidence and 22% of cancer mortality among women in Burkina Faso. These proportions are more than 2 and 5 times higher than those ... more

The World Climate and Security Report 2021

Brock, S.; Barrett, O.L.; Birkman, L.; et al. International Military Council on Climate and Security (2021) CC
The World Climate and Security Report (WCSR) 2021 from the Expert Group of the International Mi ... more
Building on our decades of commitment to human rights in medicine and healthcare, we have published a new report on emerging threats in health-related human rights both globally and in the UK. 'H ... more
The GFF needs an additional US$2.5 billion from 2021 to 2025 to enable countries to protect health gains and accelerate progress toward the 2030 Goals. O ... more
With the increase in frequency of disasters, there is a need to improve early warning systems (EWS) for EA to reduce the risks faced by children an ... more

Atlas of African Health Statistics 2018

World Health Organization ( WHO Regional Office for Africa) (2018) C_WHO
Universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals in the WHO African Region

Bridging the Gap: IEC 4 LGBTI

Mary Leakey et al. COC Netherlands and Columbia University – ICAP (South Africa) (2015) CC
A Handbook to Support Strengthening of Organisational Capacity in Developing Information, Education and Communication (IEC) Materials for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) People in Southern Africa Accessed 7 July 2015
Supplement to the Healthcare Waste Management Toolkit for Global Fund Practitioners and Policy Makers
This report presents further analysis of the 2015 Nepal Health Facility Survey. Data analysis is based on the Donabedian framework for assessing qu ... more
English Analysis on World and 9 other countries about Food and Nutrition, Drought and Other; published on 13 Oct 2021 by ECHO, FAO and 3 other organizations
Pregnancy and childbirth during adolescence profoundly affects the lives of millions of girls worldwide, and is a leading cause ... more
It is too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 on Africa. To date the experience has been varied. There are causes for concern, but also reaso ... more
2020 was a year like no other. Amidst on-going humanitarian crises, largely fuelled by conflict and violence but also driven by the effects of climate change – such as ... more
This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,284 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. ... more
This report describes findings from a telephone survey with 1,316 people conducted in February 2021. The survey examined how people respond to public health and social measures (PHSMs) to prevent COVID-19. ... more
Extraced from the full version of WDI 2016
We systematically reviewed Medline as well as the references of published review articles for relevant studies of adherence to multidrug treatment ... more
The synthesis looked across the evaluations and reviews as mentioned above to draw lessons and conclusions across the different contexts. ... more
This publication marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It is dedicated to ... more
This report presents three scenarios on the impact of COVID-19 in Africa using economic growth forecasts, mortality and efforts to ameliorate impact through social grants. Likely effects are examine ... more
The cholera outbreak has affected 14 countries in the WHO African Region. The climate-induced natural disasters such as cyclone and flooding in ... more
This report explores the extent to which evidence, policy, normative guidance and commitments on HIV and gender-based violence, and their interlinkages, is being translated into action on the ground ... more

HIV-sensItIve socIal Protection

Unicef; Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (2019)
With focus on creating linkages between social cash transfer programmes and HIV services Accessed: 21.08.2019
In 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Malawi conducted a nationwide assessment of emergency obstetric and newborn care (EmONC) services. This cr ... more
The Need for a Regional Response to an Unprecedented Migration Crisis. This report provides an overview of where the more than 2 million Venezuel ... more