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Fact sheets on sustainable development goals: health targets - HIV

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Unicef; UNAIDS; World Health Organization; UNFPA (2008)
Third Stocktaking Report, 2008 Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS
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A Decision Makers Guide: Medical Planning and Response for a Nuclear Detonation

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2017) C1
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HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women

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EuroHealth Observer European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Eurostation (2020) C2
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Nepal: Human Resource Strategy Options for Safe Delivery

Kolehmainen-Aitken R.L., Shrestha I.B. Ministry of Health and Population Government of Nepal (2009) C1
A Global Inventory of Alternative Medical Waste Treatment Technologies
Lancet Planet Health 2019; 3: 469–77
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This document has been developed as a guide to allinstitutions producing health care waste in planning and implementation of interventions that will reduce mismanagement of hazar ... more
This helpdesk report seeks to establish what lessons have been learnt from the current and previous Ebola outbreaks. It recommends good practice and makes suggestions based on the evidence for good ... more
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Living Conditions Among Persons with Disability Survey Report
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Operational Guidelines for Planning and Implementation in District Hospitals
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Mental disorders are one of the top public health challenges in the WHO European Region, affecting about 25% of the population every year. In all countries, mental health problems are much more prev ... more
In the last quarter century, several projects emerged to reform mental health services in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Some did not survive the difficulties that inevitably arise in proce ... more
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BMJ Glob Health 2019;4:e001272. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001272 Trust is an essential component of successful cooperative endeavours. The global health response to the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola o ... more
2nd edition. The tool kit provides learning objects and curricular content to support the competencies for those proficiency/trainee levels
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Human resources for health in Botswana

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