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Recovery toolkit: Supporting countries to achieve health service resilience

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
A key purpose of the Recovery Toolkit is to support countries in the reactivation of health services which may have suffered as a result of the eme ... more
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WHO alcohol brief intervention training manual for primary care

World Health Organization (Europe) (2017) C_WHO
Alcohol contributes significantly to the disease and mortality burden in the WHO European Region, and primary health care systems play an important role in reducing the impact of harmful alcohol use ... more
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Because We Matter: Addressing COVID-19 and Violence Against Girls in Asia-Pacific

Plan International; Save the Children (2020) CC
Asia is home to more than half of the world’s 1.1 billion girls. Gender inequality in many parts of the region means that girls are often systematically disadvantaged and oppressed by poverty, vio ... more
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WHO recommendations on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health

Anayda Portela, Helen Smith, Cicely Marston World Health Organization (WHO) (2015)
The primary audience for the guideline is health programme managers, including governmental and non-governmental organizations, and policy makers who are responsible for designing maternal, newborn and child health programmes, primarily in low-incom ... more
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Special Issue: Newborn Health in Uganda

Kate Kerber, Stefan Peterson & Peter Waiswa Global Health Action (2015)
This special issue on Newborn Health in Global Health Action is being launched to share the experience of how to scale up a cost-effective package of ... more
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Survive and Thrive: Transforming care for every small and sick newborn

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO
Just about everyone has experienced the joy that a healthy newborn child brings to parents, families and communities. But the arrival of a newborn who is small or sick often results in immediate wor ... more
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Kangaroo mother care: a transformative innovation in health care

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This document puts forward the joint position and vision of an expert, global, multistakeholder working group on implementing Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) for all preterm or low birth weight (LBW) infants as the foundation for small and/or sick newbor ... more
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Children’s Ebola Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone

Isabelle Risso-Gill and Leah Finnegan UNICEF; Save the Children; Plan International (2015)
Nearly half the population of Sierra Leone is under the age of 18 years and the impact of the Ebola crisis on their lives now and on their future o ... more
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Stronger collaboration, better health: global action plan for healthy lives and well-being for all
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World Health Organization WHO; The Global Fund; UNAIDS, et al. (2019) C_WHO
The overall objective of the Global Action Plan is to enhance collaboration among 12 global organizations engaged in health, development and humanitarian responses to accelerate country progress on the health-related SDG targets. The Plan presents a ... more
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Healthier Populations in Africa

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Promoting health and preventing disease is a critical component of the effort required to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). to date, efforts to achieve UHC have focused mostly on strengthening health systems and their capacities to provide cu ... more
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A worldwide charter for all children with asthma

Szefler, S. J.; Fitzgerald, D. A.; Adachi, Y.; (2020) CC2
Asthma is the commonest chronic childhood disease and encompasses a spectrum of airway diseases with similar symptoms. Inaccurate diagnosis remains common, especially in younger children, with failure to characterize the different “asthmas.” Chi ... more
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WHO recommendations on drug treatment for non-severe hypertension in pregnancy
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The primary audience of these recommendations includes healthcare providers who are responsible for developing national and local health protocols (particularly those related to hypertensive disorders of ... more
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Guideline on Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Early Warning and Accessible Broadcasting

Dion, Betty; Qureshi, Aqeel Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (2014) C1
- Build community resilience to coastal hazards by improving capacity of inclusive disaster management systems.
- Reduce the mortality rate of ... more
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Neurological disorders public health challenges

World Health Organization WHO WHO (2006) CC
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, a collaborative endeavour of the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank and the Harvard School of ... more
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Refugee Health
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Médecins sans Frontières (1997) C3
An approach to emergency situations. Relief workers face rapidly changing and complex environments, new disease patterns, enormous humanitarian needs and relatively limited resources. The authors of this book use their ... more
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Vaccination in Acute Humanitarian Emergencies - A Framework for Decision Making
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World Health Organization (2018) CC
Humanitarian emergencies, regardless of type and cause, have a number of common risk factors for communicable diseases inextricably linked to excess risk ... more
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Breastfeeding and COVID-19. FAQ

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Mothers and healthcare workers who support them have many questions and concerns about whether it is safe for mothers with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 to be close to and breastfeed their babies during the pandemic. To address their questions, WHO has released a list ... more
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World Heart Federation Roadmap for Heart Failure

Ferreira, J.P.; Kraus, S.; Mitchell, S. et al. Global Heart (2019) CC
In 2012, all Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed a historical target to reduce premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCD). This commitment was echoed in 2015 ... more
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WHO Eritrea 2022 Annual Report

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
During the year 2022, COVID-19 continued to be a significant challenge in Eritrea as in many other countries across the world. As COVID-19 devastated communities around the world, WHO worked with the MoH to strengthen the National and Sub-National health systems in order to meet community needs and ... more
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Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for people with chronic hepatitis B infection (March 2024)

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
Hepatitis B (HBV) infection is a major public health problem and cause of chronic liver disease. The 2024 HBV guidelines provide updated evidence-informed recommendations on key priority topics. These include expanded and simplified treatment cri ... more
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Bangladesh: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2017) C1
Climate change is a growing concern for Bangladesh because 90 percent of the country is approximately 10 feet above sea level. An evaluation was completed which discovered that high tides in Bangladesh were increasing 10 times more rapidly than the ... more
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The Urban Water Supply Guide: service delivery options for low-income communities

Noakes, C.; and R. Franceys Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (2014) CC
Providing improved water supply to low-income urban communities is a difficult challenge faced by water utilities throughout Africa and Asia. This guide provides an introduction to available options for serving these communities. The guide draws on sector ... more
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Nutrition Program Design Assistant: A Tool for Program Planners (NPDA)

CORE Group Nutrition Working Group, Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance III Project (FANTA), and Save the Children (2015)
Reference Guide Version 2. Revised. The Nutrition Program Design Assistant is a tool to help organizations design the nutrition component of their community-based maternal and child health, food sec ... more
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The Case for Investment in Nutrition in Sudan

Sibanda-Mulder, Flora; De Beni, Davide UNICEF Sudan (2014)
Over the period 2015 to 2019, scaling up a package of selected nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive interventions to cover 90 per cent of Sudan would:
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Research and Evaluation Agenda for HIV and Maternal Health in sub-Saharan Africa

Kendall, Tamil; Danel, Isabella (2014) C1
Women and Health Initiative Working Paper No. 1. Women and Health Initiative
Improving maternal health in the context of the sub-Saharan African HIV epidemic requires greater understanding of the ... more
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mhGAP operations manual

World Health Organization WHO (2018)
mhGAP is based on evidence-based technical guidelines (4) and provides a set of tools and training packages to extend service provision. The mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) for MNS disorders in non-specialized health settings (8) is a clinical ... more
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Nutritional interventions update: multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was published in 2016 with the objective of i ... more
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Primary Surgery Vol. One: Non-Trauma
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Cotton, M., et al. Global Healp; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tropenchirurgie; International Coll. Essential Surgery (2016) CC
This comprehensive book has established itself as the most useful text for the medical practitioner in poor-resource settings who is obliged to manage surgical cases. It is particularly adapted for those whose surgical experience is basic or minimal ... more
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Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders

Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm, Tarun Dua et al. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The World Bank (2016) CC
Disease Control Priorities, 3rdEdition: Volume 4. Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders are common, highly disabling, and associated with significant premature mortality. The impact of ... more
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Infection Control Assessment Tool for Primary Health Care Facilities

SIAPS USAID (2013) C1
Nosocomial or health-facility-acquired infections are a serious issue, representing one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality i ... more
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South-East Asia Regional response framework for DR-TB, 2017-2021
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World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East-Asia (2017) C_WHO
The WHO South-East Asia (‎SEA)‎ Region bears a high burden of tuberculosis (‎TB)‎ and MDR-TB. In 2015, the Region accounted for nearly 200 000 or 35% of the global estimated new RR/MDR-TB c ... more
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WHO Bangladesh Country Cooperation Strategy: 2020–2024

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2022) C_WHO
Notable progress has also been made on other key health indicators such as reducing maternal, infant and child deaths and malnutrition, increasing immunization coverage, eliminating infectious diseases such as polio and reducing the incidence ... more
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Fever Diagnostic Technology Landscape
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UNITAID World Health Organisation (WHO) (2018) C_WHO
1st edition. Unitaid’s report describes a slate of new devices that can more efficiently identify dangerously ill children so that they can be treated immediately. These tools make it easier to recognize danger signs, and support integrated appr ... more
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Global report on children with developmental disabilities

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
Developmental disabilities are common. Yet, children with developmental disabilities have been neglected in health systems planning and policy provisions for health and continue to experience stigmatization, institutionalization, barriers to access ... more
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Turning Plans into Action for antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Working Paper 2.0: Implementation and coordination

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
This paper was developed to support AMR coordination committees and others tasked with addressing AMR at country level to do just that. Drawing on the published literature and the operational experience and expertise ... more
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Paying Primary Health Care Centers for Performance in Rwanda

Basinga, P., Gertler, P.J., Binagwaho, A., et al. The World Bank (2010) C2
Paying for performance (P4P) provides financial incentives for providers to increase the use and quality of care. P4P can affect health care by providing incentives for providers to put more effort into specific activities, and by increasing the amo ... more
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A Roadmap to combat postpartum haemorrhage between 2023 and 2030

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
WHO today released its first roadmap to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) – defined as excessive bleeding after childbirth - which affects millions of women annually and is the world’s leading cause ... more
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Nutritional interventions update: vitamin D supplements during pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was first published in 2016 with the objective of ... more
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Infection prevention and control guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease, August 2023
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World Health Organization WHO (2023) CC
Ebola disease and Marburg disease outbreaks continue to occur in Africa, with increased frequency. In addition to resulting in high mortality and morbidity, the outbreaks generate fear and mistrust about the response activities within the communitie ... more
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2 million African community health workers - Harnessing the demographic dividend, ending AIDS and ensuring sustainable health for all in Africa

UNAIDS (2017) CC
This report makes the case for a major new initiative—to rapidly recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers in Africa. Drawing on a vast body of evidence and substantial regional experi ... more
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Field Guide for Preparedness and Response to Diphtheria Outbreaks in the Western Pacific Region

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Due to high routine vaccination coverage, overall counts of diphtheria case have significantly declined in the Western Pacific Region recently. However, diphtheria is still prevalent in several countries and areas ... more
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Programming strategies for Postpartum Family Planning

World Health Organization; USAID; MCHIP (2013)
This publication is designed to be used by programme planners and managers as a resource when designing interventions to integrate postpartum family planning into national and subnational strategies. Postpartum family planning should not be considered a ‘vertical’ programme, but rather as an int ... more
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Global status report on violence prevention 2014

World Health Organization (2014)
The Global status report on violence prevention 2014, which reflects data from 133 countries, is the first report of its kind to assess national efforts to address interpersonal violence, namely child ... more
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Essential Emergency and Critical Care: a consensus among global clinical experts

Schell, C.O.; K. Khalid, A.Wharton-Smith, et al. (2021) CC
Key questions What is already known? Critical illness is common throughout the world and COVID-19 has caused a global surge of critically ill patients. There are large gaps in the quality of ... more
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MSF Clinical Guidelines. Diagnosis and Treatment Manual
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Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) (2022) C2
This diagnostic and treatment manual is designed for use by medical professionals involved in curative care at the dispensary and hospital levels. We have tried to respond in the simplest and most practical way possible to the questions and problems faced by field medical staff, using the accumulate ... more
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Ambition and Action in Nutrition 2016-2025

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
WHO’s Ambition and Action in Nutrition 2016-2025 is anchored in the six global targets for improving maternal, infant and young child nutrition and the global diet-related NCD targets.
In support ... more
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WHO labour care guide: user’s manual
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The WHO Labour Care Guide is a tool that aims to support good-quality, evidence-based, respectful care during labour and childbirth, irrespective of the setting or level of health care. This manual ... more
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IRC Health Strategy 2023-2027

International Rescue Committee (2023) CC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading humanitarian agency dedicated to helping people whose lives have been shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Health comprises nearly half ... more
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Protecting, promoting, and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 Implementation guidance

World Health Organization, UNICEF (2018) C_WHO
This updated implementation guidance is intended for all those who set policy for, or offer care to, pregnant women, families and infants: governments; national managers of maternal and child healt ... more
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Guide for clinical case management and infection prevention and control during a measles outbreak

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Guide for clinical case management and infection prevention and control during ameasles outbreak. This guide has been developed to reduce the high morbidity and mortality seen in some of the current ... more
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mhGAP Intervention Guide Mental Health Gap Action Programme Version 2.0 for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings
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Tarun Dua, Nicolas Clark, Neerja Chowdhary et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2016) C_WHO
The key updates include: content update in various sections based on new evidence; design changes for enhanced usability; a streamlined and simplified clinical assessment that includes an algorithm for follow-up; inclusion of two new modules - Ess ... more
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Facilitator’s Guide for the Basic needs-based Response Options Analysis & Planning

CaLP DRC Okular Analystis, EU (2017) C1
The Facilitator’s Guide for the basic-needs based Response Options Analysis and Planning (ROAP) is a step-by-step guide comprising tools and templates to carry out a multi-sectoral response analysis and planning of response options, in a sudden-on ... more
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Innovative Mental Health Programs in Latin America & The Carribbean

Caldas de Almeida, José Miguel (‎ed.)‎ & Cohen, Alex (‎ed.)‎. Pan American Health Organization (2008) C_WHO
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 processes of change, and ended up disappearing before th ... more
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World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Mental health is critically important to everyone, everywhere. All over the world, mental health needs are high but responses are insufficient and inadequate. The World mental health report: transforming mental health for all is designed to inspire and inform better mental health for everyone everyw ... more
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World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all - executive summary

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
Mental health is critically important to everyone, everywhere. All over the world, mental health needs are high but responses are insufficient and inadequate. The World mental health report: transforming mental health for all is designed to inspire and inform better mental health for everyone everyw ... more
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Operational framework for building climate resilient health systems

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
The framework responds to the demand from Member States and partners for guidance on how the health sector and its operational basis in health systems can systematically and effectively address the challenges increasingly presented by climate variability and change. This framework has been designed ... more
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Environmental Stewardship and Climate Action Handbook

World Vision (2023) CC
Climate change presents the single biggest threat to human development, and its widespread impacts disproportionately burden the poorest and most vulnerable households in fragile and rural developing contexts – particularly women and children. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate C ... more
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List of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO
This document provides a list of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities and aims to accelerate progress towards the SDGs. It consolidates the key and enabling commodities from existing WHO guidelines on maternal and newborn heal ... more
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This 4 th Edition of the Malawi Guidelines for Clinical Management of HIV in Children and Adults will be implemented from July 2018

Ministry of Health and Population, Malawi (2018) CC2
This document defines the framework for Malawi’s National HIV Programs. Considering public health benefits and risks, as well as funding and resource implications, deviations from these guidelines are not supported by the Ministry of Health.
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Taking Care of a Baby at Home After Birth: What Families Need to Do

CoreGroup; Safe the Children; USAID; et al. (2011)
This flipbook, released in Nov. 2011, contains key messages that pregnant women and their families need in order to plan care of an infant at home right after birth. It focuses on essential actions families can take both to prevent newborn death and ... more
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Definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth: the 2018 joint statement

World Health Organization WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, ICM, ICN, FIGO and IPA (2018) C_WHO
This statement presents the 2018 definition of skilled health personnel providing care during childbirth (also widely known as a “skilled birth attendants” or SBAs). It results from the recent review and revision ... more
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Quality of care for children with severe disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Clarke-Deelder, E., G. Shapira, H. Samaha, et al. (2019) CC
BMC Public Health (2019) 19:1608 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7853-3
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A Time of Joy, a Time of Challenge: The Health of Mothers & Newborn in Namibia

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2009)
A supplement to The State of the World’s Children Report 2009
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Impact of Water and Sanitation Interventions on Childhood Diarrhea: Evidence from Bangladesh

Sharifa Begum, et al. Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Grantee (2013) C1
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Realities of teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone

Korrie de Koning, Heidi Jalloh-Vos, Maryse Kok, et al. (2013) C1
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Evaluation of Intensification of Maternal and Neonatal Micronutrient Program in Nepal

The Nielsen Company Pvt. Ltd. (2015) C1
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Improving the quality of care for mothers and newborns in health facilities. POCQI: Point of Care Quality Improvement. Coaching Manual

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2017) C_WHO
Four simple steps to practice quality improvement at health facility level
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Analysis of the Situation of Children and Women in Bangladesh 2015

UNICEF (2015)
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Nepal: Integrated Nutrition Package for Improving the Nutrition of Women and Children - Facilitator Guide Suaahara

Ministry of Health, Nepal (2012) C1
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Managment of sick and small newborns in South Africa

Robertson A., Malan A., Greenfield D. (2015) CC
The training is based on ensuring that the competencies to care for newborn are acquired. A range of adult learning methods are used, these include reading and self-study, discussion, and case based learning in written exercises and group discussi ... more
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An assessment of antenatal care among Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Matthew Benage; et al. (2015) CC
Conflict and Health 2015, 9:8 doi:10.1186/s13031-015-0035-8
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Impact of health systems strengthening on coverage of maternal health services in Rwanda, 2000–2010: a systematic review

Maurice Bucagu, Jean M. Kagubare, Paulin Basinga, Fidèle Ngabo, Barbara K Timmons & Angela C Lee Reproductive Health Matters (2012) CC
From 2000 to 2010, Rwanda implemented comprehensive health sector reforms to strengthen the public health system, with the aim of reducing maternal and newborn deaths in line with Millennium Development Goal 5, among many other improvements in natio ... more
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Care of the Newborn Training Guide

Deborah Armbruster, Diana Beck, Susan Goldman, Phyllis Long SAVE THE CHILDREN (2005)
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Analysis of the Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health Workforce in East & Southern Africa

UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) (2017) C1
The State of the World's Midwifery
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Evaluation of integrated community case management for malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea and newborn health in eight districts of central Uganda

Laura Gover, Andrew Anguko, Jane Bruce, Godfrey Magumba, et al. Malaria Consortium (2011) CC
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The Situation of Children and Women in Indonesia 2000-2010 : Working Towards Progress with Equity under Decentralisation

UNICEF Indonesia (2011)
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The Situation of Children and Women in Liberia 2012 - From Conflict to Peace

UNICEF (2012)
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Situation Analysis of Children and Women in Kenya, 2017

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2017) C1
The report provides the much-needed evidence to design interventions for children in Kenya and as such we urge partners to use this report as a document for planning for children.
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PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BIOETHICS : CASE - STUDIES IN WOMEN’S HEALTH

By the Committee on Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health, International Federation of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) (2012)
This curriculum can be used freely in order to stimulate means of ethical analysis, reflection and decision-making.
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Improving the Lives of Married Adolescent Girls in Amhara, Ethiopia

J. Edmeades, R. Hayes, G. Gaynair (International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)) (2014) C1
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Situational analysis of quality improvement in maternal and neonatal health care, Sierra Leone

United Nations Population Fund UNFPA (2018) CC
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National Training Package on Paediatric HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment. Participants Handbook. Module 8: Prevention of HIV in Children

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania (2015) C1
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Determinants Of Coital Frequency Among Married Women In Central African Republic: The Role Of Female Genital Cutting

Stewart H.; L. Morrison; R. White Journal of Biosocial Science (2002) C1
Journal of Biosocial Science / Volume 34 / Issue 04 / October 2002, pp 525 - 539 DOI: DOI:10.1017/S0021932002005254, Published online: 24 September 2002 This paper examines determinants of one ... more
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Prevention and Recognition of Obstetric Fistula Training Package. Facilitator's Manual

EngenderHealth; Fistula Care; USAID (2012) C1
Fistula Care's implementing partner in Ethiopia, IntraHealth, has developed materials to train health workers on obstetric fistula prevention, identification, and pre-repair care. The course contains a participant handbook (PDF, 604 KB), a facilitator manual (PDF, 1.3 MB), ten modules, a variety ... more
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Policies and program implementation experience to improve maternal nutrition in Ethiopia

L. S. Saldanha, L. Buback, J. M. White, et al. (2012) C1
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Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Illness

USAID; MCHIP (2014) CC
Documentation of Best Practices and Bottlenecks to Program Implementation in Senegal SUMMARY REPORT Accessed at March 2014
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Determinants of Maternal Care-Seeking in Kenya

Samwel Mbugua, Kerry L. D. MacQuarrie (2018) C1
DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 111
This study is a theory-driven analysis of the socio-demographic determinants of maternal care seeking in Kenya. Specifically, it examines predisposing, enab ... more
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Guidelines for Control of Iron Deficiency Anaemia

Adolescent Division, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government of India (2013) C1
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National Operational Guideline for Community-Based Health Services, 2021

Ministry of Health The United Republic of Tanzania (2021) CC2
Towards Sustainable Community Health and Social Welfare Services Leaving No One Behind. This Operational Guideline for Community-Based Health Services (CBHS) in line with the CBHS Policy Guideline map an integrated and coordinated national approach to community-based health services in Tanzania. ... more
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The use of low-cost Android tablets to train community health workers in Mukono, Uganda, in the recognition, treatment and prevention of pneumonia in children under five: a pilot randomised controlled

J.O’Donovan, K. Kabali, C. Taylor, et al. (2018) CC
Human Resources for Health201816:49; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0315-7
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Guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth-weight infants in low- and middle-income

World Health Organization WHO (2011)
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Prevention and Recognition of Obstetric Fistula Training Package. Participant Handbook

EngenderHealth; Fistula Care; USAID (2012) CC
Fistula Care's implementing partner in Ethiopia, IntraHealth, has developed materials to train health workers on obstetric fistula prevention, identification, and pre-repair care. The course contains a participant handbook (PDF, 604 KB), a facilitator manual (PDF, 1.3 MB), ten modules, a variety ... more
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Pocket Book of Hospital Care For Neonates and Infants

Maternal & Childhealth Advocacy International (MCAI) , Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) Radcliffe (2015) C2
This 277 page pocketbook is a summary of the emergency components of basic neonatal and older infants hospital care from our 900 page textbook “International Maternal & Childhealth Care. A practi ... more
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Uganda: Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Malaria, Pneumonia and Diarrhoea - Implementation Guidelines

World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF; Ministry of Health Uganda (2010) C_WHO
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Coverage, Timelines, and Determinants of Incomplete Immunization in Bangladesh

Sheikh, Nurnabi; Sultana, Marufa et al. (2018) CC
Trop. Med. Infect. Dis. 2018, 3, 72;
The study identified some key determinants of untimely and incomplete childhood vaccinations in the context of Bangladesh. The findings will contribute to ... more
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Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness - Introduction (Module 1/9)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; WHO; UNICEF (2009) C_WHO
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Strategic framework for the Comprehensive Control of Cancer Cervix in South-East Asia Region

World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia (2015)
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Human Devastation Syndrome: The Impact of Conflict on Mental Health

Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) (2018) C1
The magnitude and complexity of these mental health conditions caused by prolonged and extensive trauma requires a diagnosis fitting the unique context of the Syrian conflict. Over half a million pe ... more
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The Prevention and Management of Obstetric Fistula: A Curriculum for Nurses and Midwives

East, Central, and Southern African Health Community (ECSA-HC) and EngenderHealthFistula Care (2012) CC
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An Introduction to Evaluation of Humanitarian Action. Course Manual

Margie Buchanan-Smith and John Telford Channel Research; ALNAP (2006)