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We are also dying of AIDS

Human Rights Watch (2014) C1
Barriers to HIV Services and Treatment for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia The 80-page report documents the obstacles faced by people with disabilities in both the community and healthcare settings. These include pervasive stigma and discrimina ... more
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Integrating Mental Health into HIV Services: Standard Operating Procedures & Training Manual

AIDS Support and Technical Assistance Resources Project, USAID (2014)
Integration of mental health (MH) and HIV programs has the potential to significantly improve health outcomes for people living with HIV (PLHIV). This training package, which is comprised of a training-of-trainers manual, an accompanying presentatio ... more
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Migrants and refugees have rights!

Caritas (2016) C1
Impact of EU policies on accessing protection. The report highlights the tragedy hundreds of thousands of people face when seeking protection in Europe. Women, men and children escaping war, repression and violation of human rights often turn to Eur ... more
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ZAZI: a participatory programme on Sexual and Reproductive Health for women and girls - a toolkit for facilitators
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Durden E.; M.Gumede John Hopkins Health and Eduaction, South Africa; USAID; et al. (2016) CC
This toolkit has been developed by the ZAZI campaign for use by peer educators, community outreach workers, faith-based organisations, and traditional health practitioners to help facilitate participatory discussions on sexual and reproductive health with women ... more
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Philippines Humanitarian Bulletin Issue 1 | February 2018

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2018) C1
Mayon Volcano continues to show high levels of unrest. Local authorities have evacuated over 82,000 people to safety and have requested the Humanitarian Country Team to assist with addressing priority needs and issues. • Severe Tropical Storm Tem ... more
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Water, sanitation, hygiene and health

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2019) C_WHO
Safe water, sanitation and hygiene (collectively known as WASH) are crucial for human health and well-being. Yet, millions of people globally lack adequate WASH services and consequently suffer from or are exposed to a multitude of preventable illne ... more
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National Policy on Disability

Ministry of Labour, Youth Development and Sports, Tanzania (2004) C1
Since independence (1961) the Government through the Department of Social welfare has been providing services to people with disabilities without a comprehensive policy. The adoption of the National Policy on Disability (NPD) is the outcome of many ... more
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Global Status Report on Disability and Development. Prototyp 2015

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) (2015) CC
This report situates disability and inclusion within the broader context of sustainable development, with a particular focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paper provides background on the historical role of the UN in promoting inclusion and outlines the current trends and challeng ... more
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Nutrition training manual for health and agriculture workers at community level in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), International Potato Center (CIP)and International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (2016) C1
Nutrition training of health and agriculture workers can help to reduce child undernutrition. Specifically, trained health extension workers cancontribute through frequent nutrition counselling of caregivers. Evidence from systematic reviews has showed that providing nutrition training targeting hea ... more
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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools

World Health Organization (WHO) (2012) C_WHO
A companion to the Child Friendly Schools Manual
WASH in Schools aims to improve the health and learning performance of school-aged children – and, by extension, that of their families – by reducing the incidence of water and sanitat ... more
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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Mortality

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2016) C1
Census Report Volume 4-B
In the 2014 Census, early-age mortality was measured from the responses to two simple retrospective questions on childbearing addressed to ever-married women aged 15 and over. These questions referred to how many live c ... more
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The Epidemiology of Trachoma in Mozambique: Results of 96 Population-Based Prevalence Surveys.

Abdala, M et al (2017) C1
Surveys are needed to guide trachoma control efforts in Mozambique, with WHO guidelines for intervention based on the prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular (TF) in children aged 1–9 years and the prevalence of trichiasis in adults ... more
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Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of three diagnostic tests to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in school children in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Fuss, A.; H.D. Mazigo; D. Tappe, C.Kasang, A. Mueller (2018) CC
PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202499. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202499 This was a school-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2015 among 305 school children aged 7–16 years from two primary schools located in Ilemela and Magu Districts, north ... more
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Public–private mix for TB prevention and care: a roadmap

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
In 2017, 3.6 million of the estimated 10 million people with TB worldwide were “missed” by national TB programmes (NTPs). Two thirds of them are thought to access TB treatment of questionable quality from public and private providers who are not ... more
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We need to talk

Translators without Borders (2019) CC
Effective Ebola risk communication requires respect and transparency and remains as vital as ever. An assessment of changing communication needs and preferences in Beni, North Kivu. In the second year of the current Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ... more
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Analysis of HIV/AIDS response in penitentiary system of Ukraine

O.M. Balakireva; A.V. Sudakova; N.V. Salabai; A.I. Kryvoruk USAID; UNODC; Ukrainian Institute for Social Research after Olexander Yaremenko; et al. (2012) C2
Summary Report on the Comprehensive Study This study is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of their authors and ... more
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On the Margins. Education for Children with Disabilities in Kazakhstan

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1
The government of Kazakhstan has committed to ensuring that children with disabilities have access to inclusive education and it has taken the important step of ratifying international human rights treaties enshrining the rights of people with disab ... more
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Global Education Monitoring Report 2020: Latin America and the Caribbean: Inclusion and education: All means all

UNESCO (2020) C1
Key Messages and Recommendations. The Report, Todos y todas sin excepción, produced by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and the Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC /UNESCO Santiago), along with the Laboratory of Education, Research and Innovation in ... more
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Involving Persons Living with HIV Networks in National HIV Policy Dialogue A Case Study of MANET+ in Malawi

M. L. Mattingly; A. G. Yemaneberhan; S. Feller; et al. USAID; PEPFAR; AIDS Free (Strenghtening High Impact Interventions for a AIDS-free Generation); JSI Research & Training Institute; et al. (2016) C2
AIDSFree Case study series This publication is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under th ... more
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AIDS by the Numbers, Novemer 2019

UNAIDS (2019) C_WHO
In 2018: 54% of new HIV infections were among key populations and their sexual partners, 40% decrease in new HIV infections since the peak in 1997, 37.9 million people living with HIV in the world, 1 700 000 children living with HIV (under 15 years) ... more
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WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection - Module 9

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
Module 9 Strategic planning July 2017 Module 9: Strategic planning. As WHO recommends offering PrEP to people at substantial HIV risk, this module offers public health guidance for policy-makers on how to prioritize services, in order to reac ... more
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Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Policy brief, 24 July 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to ... more
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Situational Brief: Newly Arrived Migrants & Asylum Seekers in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic

Emelurumonye I. N., A. Miglietta Lancet Migration (2020) CC
On 30thJanuary 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the People’s Republic of China to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) under the international Health ... more
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Youth-centred digital health digital health interventions

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
A framework for planning, developing and implementing solutions with and for young people. The guidance presented in this document is intended for digital health intervention designers, developers, implementers, researchers and funders. Newcomers t ... more
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Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) protocol

World Health OrganizationEurope (2016) C_WHO
The WHO Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative in more than half the countries in the Region for routine monitoring of the policy response to the emerging obesity epidemic. The aim of the Initiative is to measure trends in overweight and obesity in c ... more
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National Implementation Guidelines for HIV and STI Programming Among Young Key Populations

NASCOP (National AIDS & STI Control Programme), Kenya (2018) CC
These guidelines were developed as part of Kenya's fast-track plan to end AIDS among adolescents and young people. Based on research into adolescent and young key populations in Kenya and elsewhere, they outline a package of HIV prevention services, ... more
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A Decade of Loss: Syria's Youth after 10 years of crisis

International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC (2021) CC
As the crisis in Syria moves into its second decade, a survey commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross highlights the heavy price paid by young Syrians. 1,400 Syrians between the ages of 18-25 were surveyed in Syria, Lebanon and Germany. Across the three countries, young ... more
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Southern Africa (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia) Drought/Food Insecurity Emergency Appeal

IFRC (2021) CC
In the last quarter of 2019 Southern African Regional Interagency Standing Committee Africa (RIASCO) reported that more than 11 million people were experiencing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in nine Southern African countries1 due to ... more
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Compendium of data and evidence-related tools for use in TB planning and programming

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The Compendium of data and evidence-related tools for use in TB planning and programming was developed as a companion document to the People-centred framework for tuberculosis programme planning and prioritization – user guide, pu ... more
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The impact of climate change on global child health - position statement

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2021) C2
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health recognises that climate change is an existential threat to the health and wellbeing of children and young people. In October 2020, we joined national health and academic alliances to declare cl ... more
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Ukraine - Humanitarian Response Plan 2022 (February 2022)

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) C1
Almost eight years of active fighting have had profound consequences on the lives of millions of people in the conflict-affected Donetska and Luhanska oblasts of eastern Ukraine. An estimated 2.9 million p ... more
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Role of Information Sources in Vaccination Uptake: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in Sierra Leone, 2019

Kulkarni, S.; et al. (2022) C1
Global Health Science and Practice February 2022, https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00237 Key Findings: Exposure to vaccination information from faith leaders and health facilities was associated with increased likelihood of vaccination uptake. The significant association between exposure to a ... more
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Monkeypox outbreaks outside endemic regions: scientific and social priorities
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A. Zumla; Valdoleiros, S. R.; Haider, N.; et al. The Lancet (2022) CC
As the world recovers from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflects on lessons learnt from failure of global public health systems to contain the global outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, new infectious disease threats, caused by movement of people glob ... more
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In Danger: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022
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UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO
Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa have all seen increases in annual HIV infections ove ... more
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Person-centred recovery planning for mental health and well-being: self-help tool: WHO QualityRights

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Ensuring mental health and well-being has become a worldwide imperative and an important target of the Sustainable Development Goals. But in all countries around the world, our response has been woefully insufficient, and we have made little progress to advance mental health as a fundamental human ... more
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State of the world's nursing 2020: Investing in education, jobs and leaderships

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (2020) C_WHO
Nurses are critical to deliver on the promise of “leaving no one behind” and the global effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They make a central contribution to national and global targets related to a range of health priorities, including universal health coverage, mental ... more
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Urogenital Schistosomiasis among Schoolchildren and the Associated Risk Factors in Selected Rural Communities of Kwara State, Nigeria

Sundar, S.; Abdulkareem, B.; Habeeb, K. et al. (2018) CC
Urogenital schistosomiasis is a common neglected tropical disease in many rural communities in African countries, with patches of infection in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Globally, an estimated 239 million people are currently infected, with b ... more
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Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevalence, Incidence, Impact, and Trends over Time

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
The chapter Dementia in Latin America and the Caribbean: Prevalence, Incidence, Impact, and Trends over Time, is part of the publication series titled “Decade of Healthy Aging: situation and challenges”. This document aims to provide an outline of the current situation in Latin America and the C ... more
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UNICEF Myanmar Humanitarian Situation Report No. 12: January-December 2022

UNICEF (2023) C_UNICEF
Myanmar continues to experience a severe - and worsening - humanitarian and human rights crisis. Conflict and violence have escalated across the country, impacting children and their families and displacing more than 1.5 million people. Access of co ... more
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Panorama of Diabetes in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2022) C_WHO
The burden of diabetes is enormous, positioning it as one of the main challenges facing public health today. Currently, it is estimated that 62 million people are living with diabetes in the Region of the Americas and projections show its prevalence ... more
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National User Guide on the Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults at the PHC Level 2021

Health Department: Republic of South Africa (2021) CC
Hypertension is referred to as a “silent killer”. Most people with hypertension are unaware of their condition as in most cases, they experience no warning signs or symptoms hence they are not identified or treated. Hypertention is associated wi ... more
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Recent Advances in the Management Strategies for Buruli Ulcers

Popa G.; Muntean Al., Popa M. (2023) CC
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a bacterial skin infection that is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans and mainly affects people who reside in the rural areas of Africa and in suburban and beach resort communities in Australia.
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Panorama of Diabetes in the Americas by Pan American Health Organization

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2022) C_WHO
The burden of diabetes is enormous, positioning it as one of the main challenges facing public health today. Currently, it is estimated that 62 million people are living with diabetes in the Region of the Americas and projections show its prevalence ... more
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Guidelines for Management of Type 1 Diabetes

Indian Council of Medical Research (2022) CC2
The ICMR type 1 diabetes guidelines come at a time when the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has disproportionately affected people with diabetes population, exposing them to a high risk for severe illness and mortality. Globally, diabetes was responsible for ... more
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Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2023
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (2024) CC
At the end of 2023, an estimated 117.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing the public order. The latest Global Trends report, published in ... more
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Issue Brief: Ukraine Conflict and the impact on Mental Health

The MEDBOX Team (2024) CC
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine progresses, the civilian population and the Armed Forces face enormous challenges. It is unsurprising that people's mental health deteriorate in such conditions. This Issue Brief provides publications and informative ... more
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Kenya Disability Law Guidebook

Kupenda for the children (2020) C1
Accessed on 10.03.2021 This law guidebook is a simplified summary of Kenyan disability policy, so that those who have disabilities or are associated with them can be aware of their rights. This guidebook is meant to be an introduction and a simple guide to Kenyan laws that concern ... more
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Consolidated guidelines on the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV Infection
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World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
2nd edition. These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection and the care of people living with HIV. They are structu ... more
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Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease: Guidelines For Assessment And Management Or Cardiocascular Risk
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World Health Organization WHO (2007) C_WHO
This publication provides guidance on reducing disability and premature deaths from coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease in people at high risk, who have not yet experienced a cardiovascular event.
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Guideline: Nutritional care and support for patients with tuberculosis

Maria del Carmen Casanovas, Knut Lönnroth, Luz Maria De-Regil et al World Health Organization (2013) C_WHO
Undernutrition increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB) and in turn TB can lead to malnutrition. Undernutrition is therefore highly prevalent among people with TB. It has been demonstrated that undernutrition is a risk factor for progression from TB ... more
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Surgery for victims of war

D. Dufour; S. Kromann Jensen; M.Owen-Smith, et al. ICRC (1998)
This handbook summarizes the experience of leading practitioners in the field of war surgery and is intended to help military and civilian surgical teams treat people wounded in armed conflicts. It covers first aid, admission of urgent cases and tri ... more
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice surveys Zika virus disease and potential complications. Resource pack

World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO
This is a resource pack for a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) surveys about Zika virus and its suspected complications such as microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. This resource and associated advice was requested by governments and response partners as a way to rapidly obtain valuab ... more
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Guidelines for Health Staff Caring for Gender-based Violence Survivors: Including Protocol for Clinical Management of Rape [EN]

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Protection Cluster, Health Cluster (2016) C1
Gender-based violence, including rape is a problem throughout the world, occurring in every society, country and region. Refugees and internally displaced people are particularly at risk of this violation during every phase of an emergency situation ... more
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Critical Response and Funding Requirements - Response to the Water Crisis in Syria

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2022) CC
In September 2021, the UN and its partners presented a response plan to mitigate the impact of the water crisis in northern and north-east Syria which requested US$200 million to assist up to 3.4 million of the over five million people estimated to ... more
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Burning Problems, Inspiring Solutions - sharing lessons on action agains tobacco and fossil fuels

NCD Alliance, IISD (2019) C2
This report challenges policy-makers and political leaders to tackle fossil fuel production and consumption as a health control issue, in the same way that smoking has been reduced and regulated. Fossil fuel combustion is a major source of toxic air pollution that kills 7 million ... more
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Guideline ‒ Alternative mass drug administration regimens to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
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World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Lymphatic filariasis is a vector-borne neglected tropical disease that causes damage of the lymphatic system and can lead to lymphoedema (elephantiasis) and hydrocele in infected individuals. The global baseline estimate of persons affected by lymphatic filariasis is 25 million men with hydrocele an ... more
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Burundi Regional Refugee Response Plan: January - December 2018

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (2017) C1
As the Burundi refugee crisis enters its fourth year, some 430,000 Burundian refugees are being hosted across the region by the governments and people of Tanzania, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. Although the spectre of mas ... more
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2018 South Sudan Humanitarian Needs Overview
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UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2017) C1
This document provides the Humanitarian Country Team’s shared understanding of the crisis, including the most pressing humanitarian needs and the estimated number of people who need assistance. It represents a consolidated evidence base and he ... more
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Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for Action

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
There is a substantial and ever-increasing unmet need for rehabilitation worldwide, which is particularly profound in low- and middle -income countries. The availability of accessible and affordable rehabilitation is necessary for many people with ... more
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JRP for Rohingya humanitarian crisis

Inter Sector Coordination Group - Bangladesh (2018) C1
March - December 2018 The Government of Bangladesh has kept its borders open to Rohingya refugees and leads the humanitarian response. The people of Bangladesh continue to show tremendous generosity and hospitality in the face of a massive influx. ... more
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HIV drug resistance report 2021

World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
The HIV drug resistance report 2021 summarizes findings from 38 countries that had finalized the surveys by the time of this report and shared data with WHO. Pretreatment HIVDR to non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) can affect more than 10% of adults starting therapy and is fo ... more
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Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017: Key Indicators Report

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Central Statistical Organization et al. (2018) C1
The survey is representative of the Union Territory, its states and regions and urban and rural areas. It was conducted in all the districts and in 296 of the 330 townships of Myanmar. A total of 13,730 households were interviewed. It collects data on the occupations of ... more
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Disability-inclusive social protection research in Nepal

Banks, Lena M., Walsham, Matthew and others International Centre for Evidence in Disability (2018) C1
A national overview with a case study from Tanahun district. The overall aims of this study are (1) to assess the extent to which social protection systems in Nepal address the needs of people with disabilities; and (2) to identify and document elem ... more
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Disability-inclusive social protection research in Vietnam

Banks, Lena M., Walsham, Matthew and others International Centre for Evidence in Disability (2018) C1
A national overview with a case study from Cam Le district
The overall aims of this study are (1) to assess the extent to which social protection systems in Vietnam address the needs of people with disabilities; and (2) to identify and document ... more
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Rwanda: National Guidelines for Prevention and Management of HIV and STIs

Ministry of Health, Rwanda & Rwanda Biomedical Centre (2016) C2
The target audience for this guideline is primarily for health care providers nurses, doctors, social workers and other people involved in HIV response in Rwanda so that they are capable of offering quality care services to patients over a long time ... more
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Annual Report 2017

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Zambia (2018) C1
The UNFPA Zambia 2017 Annual Report highlights key milestones and achievements recorded with UNFPA support towards improving the health and well-being of women and young people in Zambia.
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Noncommunicable diseases risk behaviours among youth in the South-East Asia Region: findings from GSHS and GYTS

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East-Asia (2016) C_WHO
The publication conveys the quantitative surveillance results focusing on tobacco use and noncommunicable disease (NCD) related behaviours among youth (13–15 years) in Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region, namely, the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) and the Global Youth ... more
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Design and validation of a trachomatous trichiasis - only survey

World Health Organization (WHO), Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Working Group on Monitoring and Evaluation (2017) C_WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) endorses the use of population-based prevalence surveys for estimating the prevalence of trachoma. In general, the prevalence of TF in children aged 1–9 years and the prevalence of TT in adults ... more
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Pakistan AIDS Strategy III 2015-2020

Ministry of Health, Pakistan (2015) C1
The purpose of the PAS III is to guide Pakistan’s overall national response for HIV and AIDS through 2020, through focused interventions with set targets, costs, roles and responsibilities. The successful implementation of PAS III involves multiple stakeholders to achieve priority outcomes outline ... more
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Gender in Humanitarian Action Brief No. 5. Rohingya Refugee Crisis Response - Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh (July 2018)

Inter Sector Coordination Group (ISCG) (2018) C1
UNHCR and its partners implement interventions focusing on adolescent girls and boys, including:
▪ Formation and capacity building of adolescent girls and boys’ clubs as peer groups for awareness raising, and SGBV prevention and response mechanisms.
▪ Community based protection activ ... more
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Vulnerability in Myanmar: A Secondary Data Review of Needs, Coverage and Gaps

Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Programme Facility (HARP-F) & Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) (2018) C1
Based on the Vulnerability Index developed in this review, an estimated 22.7 million persons in Myanmar, or 44% of the population, were found to have some form of vulnerability related to human development and/or exposure to active conflict/violence. These ... more
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Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Somalia

Federal Government of Somalia, Puntland & Somaliland, Zonal NMCPsMoH (2016) C1
The main objective of the malaria prevention and control programme in Somalia is to prevent mortality and reduce morbidity due to malaria. The groups most vulnerable to the disease, children aged under 5 years and pregnant women, are especially targ ... more
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An Invisible Crisis: Exploring Mental Health needs in the Syrian and Iraqi Crises

Médecins du Monde (2018) C1
It highlights the numerous challenges to quality service provision, along with the organisation’s response to mental health needs, and recommendations for international and regional decision-makers including: - Advocating and working towards mental health policies that support adequate funding f ... more
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Facilitating inclusion in disaster preparedness: A practical guide for CBOs

International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Give2Asia (2018) C1
In disaster preparedness, the participation of women, children, older people, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and other minority groups and sectors is important because they are the most vulnerable against disasters. Inclusive disaster preparednes ... more
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Community Action Research in Disability (CARD): An Inclusive Research Programme in Uganda

Hartley, S.; et al. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2017) CC
The Community Action Research on Disability (CARD) programme in Uganda embraced and modified the EDR approach, recognising the need for including people with disability in the research process from concept to outcome, and nurturing participation and ... more
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Post-traumatic stress disorder: NICE guideline
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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2019) C1
NICE guideline | This guideline covers recognising, assessing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children, young people and adults. It aims to improve quality of life by reducing symptoms of PTSD such as anxiety, sleep problems an ... more
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Yemen: 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Country Team in Yemen (2019) C1
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen remains the worst in the world. Nearly four years of conflict and severe economic decline are driving the country to the brink of famine and exacerbating needs in all sectors. An estimated 80 per cent of the population – 24 million ... more
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Trauma symptoms in children after the tsunami

Gunaratne, C., Kremer, P.J., Lewis, A.J. & Clarke, V. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health (2013) CC
Limited research has examined factors associated with psychological distress following natural disasters among non-Western child populations. Conditions associated with trauma-related symptoms following the 2004 tsunami in a sample of 265 Sri Lankan child survivors (53.6% female, ... more
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No Place to Call Home. Protecting children´s rights when the changing climate forces them to flee. For every child in danger.

UNICEF UNICEF (2015)
Around the world, approximately 1 in 45 children are on the move – nearly 50 million boys and girls that have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced within their own countries.1 Climate-related events and their impacts are already contributing significantly to these staggering numbers ... more
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Ending Child Marriage in India

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2007)
India has the largest number of child brides in the world — one third of the global total.1 Yet, recent data indicates that in the last decade there has been a significant decline in the prevalence of child marriage from 47 per cent to 27 per cent of the proportion of women ... more
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Out of the Shadows. Making Mental Health a Global Development Policy
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Seth Mnookin World Bank Group, and World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
Mental disorders impose an enormous burden on society, accounting for almost one in three years lived with disability globally. •In addition to their health impact, mental disorders cause a significant economic burden due to lost economic output and the link between mental disorders and costly, po ... more
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Climate Change and Health. Key facts

World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and health professionals worldwide are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that to avert catastrophic health impacts and prevent ... more
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WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for people who use these interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the follow ... more
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Urban HEART : Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool

World Health Organization WHO (2010) C_WHO
The Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) is a user-friendly guide for policy- and decision-makers at national and local levels to: identify and analyse inequities in health between people living in various parts of cities, ... more
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World Drug Report 2022 Booklet 2 Global Overview of Drug Demand and Supply

United Nations Office on Drug and Crime UNODC (2022) C1
Constituting the second part of the World Drug Report 2022, the present booklet contains an overview of the global demand for and supply of drugs. The first chapter of the booklet begins with the latest estimates of the number of people who use dru ... more
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National consolidated Guidelines for comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment

World Health Organization (Africa) (2018) C_WHO
“Continuum of HIV services refers to a comprehensive package of HIV prevention, diagnostic, treatment, care and support services provided for people at risk of HIV infection or living with HIV and their families” August, 2018
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WHO implementation tool for pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection - Module 12

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
Module 12: Adolescents and young adults July 2018 Module 12: Adolescents and young adults. This module is for people who are interested in providing PrEP services to older adolescents and young adults who are at substantial risk for HIV. It ... more
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Myanmar Humanitarian situation report No.2 2020

UNICEF (2020) C1
In response to COVID-19, UNICEF continues to support the Ministry of Health and Sports’ Health Literacy Promotion Unit to translate and disseminate messages including in ethnic languages for the border areas on good hygiene and handwashing. Social media boosting and message dissemination reach app ... more
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Ukraine: Emergency Response Plan for the Covid-19 Pandemic

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) C2
The following Emergency Response Plan for the COVID-19 pandemic seeks to set out activities that will be undertaken by humanitarian actors in Ukraine over the course of 2020 to respond to the public health impact of the epidemic – as well as the indirect, socio-economic impact on ... more
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WHO recommendations on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
This document provides an overview of sexual and reproductive health and rights issues that may be important for the human rights, health and well-being of adolescents (aged 10–19 years) and the relevant World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines ... more
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How COVID-19 is changing the world. Vol.II

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
The pandemic presents tough choices for governments, local communities, health and school systems, as well as families and businesses: How to re-open safely? How to safeguard people’s lives and protect their livelihoods? Where to allocate scarce r ... more
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COVID-19: A catastrophe for children in sub-Saharan Africa

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF
The well-being of children in sub-Saharan Africa is under siege from all directions since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The region is now suffering its first-ever economic recession, pushing about 50 million people into extreme poverty, a maj ... more
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Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) - Data collection procedures

World Health OrganizationEurope (2016) C_WHO
The WHO Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative in more than half thecountries in the Region for routine monitoring of the policy response to the emerging obesity epidemic. The aim of the system is to measure trends in overweight and obesity in childr ... more
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Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoring
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months of age and point-of-care tests to monitor treatment in people living with HIV; the treatment monitoring algorithm; and timing of ... more
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Pandemic-related disruptions to schooling and impacts on learning proficiency indicators: A focus on the early grades

UNESCO (2021) CC
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, echoed the concerns of people and organisations around the world when he recently referred to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on schooling as a ‘generational catastrophe’. .
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Keeping the 100-year-old promise: making insulin access universal

WHO (2021) C_WHO
High prices, hard-to-access human insulin, few insulin producers, and weak health systems are just some of the barriers that people with diabetes face a century after insulin was discovered, WHO notes in a new report
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My hero is you - How kids can fight COVID-19
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Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC; World Health Organization (WHO); UNICEF; et al. (2020) C_WHO
A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced With the help of a fantasy creature, Ario, “My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!” explains how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from coronavirus and how to ... more
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Rapid communication on systematic screening for tuberculosis

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent even if is largely curable and preventable. In 2019 an estimated 2.9 million of the 10 million people who fell ill with TB were not diagnosed or rep ... more
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Diagnostic target product profiles for monitoring, evaluation and surveillance of schistosomiasis control programmes

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Health ministries currently lack effective tools for monitoring and evaluation of schistosomiasis control programmes. Egg detection can be used, but the cost, challenges of obtaining samples, and the need for trained personnel and equipment limit the frequency of monitoring. The purpose of this TPP ... more
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Overview of Tuberculosis Coinfection with HIV in Ecuador 2010-2015

Torres, A.; M. Cedeño, R. Pinargote, M. Fors revistabionatura (2020) CC
Volumen 5 / Número 1 , 1025-1028 • http://www.revistabionatura.com To describe the behavior of Tuberculosis/Human Immunodeficiency Virus co-infection in a cohort of people affected by sensitive Tuberculosis in Ecuador from 01 January 2010 ... more