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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 ... more
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Ecuador - Country Indicators Medical Devices

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO
Fact Sheet Global Atlas of medical devices
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Macroeconomics and health : investing in health for economic development / report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health

World Health Organization WHO (2002) C_WHO
The Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) was established by World Health Organization Director-General Gro Harlem Brundtland in January 2000 to assess the place of health in global economic development. Although health is widely understood ... more
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Invisible numbers; The true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them 2022

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – along with mental health, cause nearly three quarters of deaths in the world. Their drivers are social, environmental, commercial and geneti ... more
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Report - Invisible numbers: the true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – along with mental health, cause nearly three quarters of deaths in the world. Their drivers are social, environmental, commercial and geneti ... more
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Worldwide rates of diagnosis and effective treatment for cystic fibrosis

Guo, J.; Garratt, A.; Hill, A. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis (2022) CC
Time has seen management for Cystic Fibrosis (CF) advance drastically, most recently in the development of the disease-modifying triple combination therapy ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor. There is currently limited evidence regarding both the global ... more
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Young People’s Guide to Climate Change and Children’s Health

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2024) CC
“We must not forget that no matter where we are or how old we are, we can all work for life and take action.” Francisco Vera, 15, UNICEF Child Advocate The Young Climate Activists toolkit was created by advocates of all ages who, like you, are deeply concerned about our planet's future. Havin ... more
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Clinical management of diphtheria: guideline

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO
WHO has published the first-ever guidance on the clinical management of diphtheria. The only previously available guidance was an operational protocol. The new guidance followed the rigorous process for developing guidance at WHO. It addresses the use of Diphtheria Antitoxin (DAT) in the treatmen ... more
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Cardiovascular disease risk profile and management practices in 45 low-income and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study of nationally representative individual-level survey data

Peiris, D.; Ghosh, A.; Manne-Goehler, J. et al. PLoS Medicine (2021) CC
Global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is high and rising, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Focussing on 45 LMICs, we aimed to determine (1) the adult population’s median 10-year predicted CVD risk, including its v ... more
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The health and humanitarian case for banning and eliminating nuclear weapons

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), World Medical Association, World Federation of Public Health Associations, International Council of Nurses (2016) C1
In this paper, we review the most significant health and environmental facts and explain why — from a medical perspective — a proper understanding of what nuclear weapons will do invalidates all arguments for continued possession of t ... more
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From Rights to Realities: Confronting the Challenge of Educating Persons with Disabilities in Developing Countries

Beckmann, P.J.; N. Abera, T. Saballa, et al. (2016) CC
Global Education Review, 3(3).4-27
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Population Dynamics in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

NFPA, UNDESA, UN-HABITAT, IOM (2013) C1
Report of the Global Thematic Consultation on Population Dynamics
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Atlas - Child and adolescent mental health resources

World Health Organization; International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions; World Psychiatric Association (2005) C_WHO
Global concerns: Implications for the future Child Mental Health Atlas
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Textbooks for Sustainable Development - A guide to embedding

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (UNESCO MGIEP) (2017)
This valuable and timely guidebook represents an innovative contribution to enhancing quality education through textbooks. It will change the way textbook authors, publishers and educators, as well as governments of the United Nations Member States, see the poten ... more
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A Fatal Attraction? Business engagement with the 2030 Agenda

Karolin Seitz Misereor, Brot für die Welt, GPF (2019)
Governments have dedicated a pivotal role to the private sector in the implementation and financing of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. This has pushed a turn towards the private sector, the promotion of multi-stakeholder partnerships between public and private actors. However, far too often there is a ... more
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Miles to go

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS) UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS) (2018) C2
Global AIDS Update 2018 Closing Gaps Breaking Barriers Righting injustices
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The Challenge of Oral Disease.

FDI World Dental Federation (2015) C1
A all for global Action. The Oral Health Atlas. Second edition
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Build to last - A framework in support of universal quality pre-primary education

2020 (2020) C1
Today, the world is facing a learning crisis: While millions of children have entered education systems for the first time, many of them cannot read, write or do basic mathematics, even after several years of primary school.1 This global learning cr ... more
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A lifeline to learning - Leveraging technology to support education for refugees

UNESCO Education 2030 (2020) CC
Education is UNESCO’s top priority because it is a basic human right and the foundation on which to build peace and drive sustainable development. UNESCO is the United Nations’ specialized agency for education and the Education Sector provides glo ... 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 resources? How to protect those unable to protect th ... more
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Rapport 2020 sur le plaudisme dans le monde. Messages généraux

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO
The 2020 edition of the World malaria report takes a historical look at key milestones that helped shape the global response to the disease over the last 2 decades – a period of unprecedented success in malaria control. The report features a detai ... more
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The State of the World’s Antibiotics Report 2021

Siriam, A.; et al. The Center For Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy CDDEP (2021) CC
A Global Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Drivers. Since the first State of the World’s Antibiotics report in 2015, antimicrobial resistance has leveled off in some high-income countries but continues to rise in many low- and middle-i ... more
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How COVID-19 is changing the world. Vol.III

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2021) C1
Since the release of the first volume in May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rage around the world. By mid-March, 2021, countries around the globe had reported over 123 million cases—a nearly five-fold increase since this report’s previous volume—and over 2.7 million deaths attrib ... more
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Kenya Pharmaceutical Sector Development Strategy

United Nations Industrial Develoopment Organization (2012) C1
Global UNIDO Project: Strengthening the local production of essential medicines in least developed and developing countries
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Pandemics in the age of the Anthropocene: Is ‘planetary health’ the answer?

David P.M., Le Dévédec N. et al. (2021) C2
Some observers have described the coronavirus pandemic as an 'Anthropocene disease,' thereby highlighting its connection with this new ecological era that is characterised by the considerable pressure human activities are exerting on ecosystems and the consequences on public health, society and the ... more
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Towards safe drinking water and clean cooking for all

Isha, R.; and K.R. Smith (2021) CC
The Lancet Global Health Volume 9, ISSUE 3, e361-e365, March 01, 2021 The public health community has tried for decades to show, through evidence-based research, that safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and clean cooking fuels that reduce ho ... more
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The Ukraine war and threats to food and energy security

Benton, T.; et al. Chatham House (2022) CC
Cascading risks from rising prices and supply disruptions, April 2022. Global resource markets are still reeling from the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the two countries are major suppliers of energy, food and fertilizers. Supply disru ... more
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Developing the Resilience Framework for Nursing and Healthcare

Morse, J.M.; et al. (2021) CC
Global Qualitative Nursing Research March 31, 2021 Research Article Find in PubMed https://doi.org/10.1177/23333936211005475
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WHO Guideline on self-care interventions for health and well-being, 2022 revision: executive summary
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
A global shortage of an estimated 18 million health workers is anticipated by 2030, a record 130 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, and there is the global threat of pandemics su ... more
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Trachoma Action Planning

International Coalition for Trachoma Control ICTC (2020) CC
This Trachoma Action Planning – a planning guide – is published by the International Coalition for Trachoma Control at the request of the World Health Organization Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020.
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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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Guidance on Racism and Xenophobia: How UNHCR can address and respond to situations of racism and xenophobia affecting persons under its mandate

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2023) CC
States have committed and assumed obligations to address multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, returnees and stateless persons. The Global Compact on Refugees places ending ... more
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Working for Health 2022-2030 Action Plan: protection and performance

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
This thematic brief accompanies the Working for Health 2022–2030 Action Plan, serving as a rationale to the related actions of the Working for Health progression model (see Annex). The brief aims to inform Member States, non-state actors and other users of the Action Plan to guide action on inves ... more
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Working for Health 2022-2030 Action Plan: education and employment

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This thematic brief accompanies the Working for Health 2022–2030 Action Plan, serving as a background and rationale to the related actions of the Working for Health progression model (see Annex). The brief aims to inform Member States, nonstate actors and other users of the Action Plan on the con ... more
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Longlist of knowledge gaps in Planetary health

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023) C2
The longlist of knowledge gaps is based on existing research agendas published in 2015 or later and expert input from reviewers of the first draft of the longlist. It only includes knowledge gaps focussing on a better understanding of the relationship between ... more
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World Urbanization Prospects. The 2018 Revision

United nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2019) CC
This report presents the results of the official United Nations estimates and projections of urban and rural populations for 233 countries and areas of the world and for close to 1,900 urban settlements with 300,000 inhabitants or more in 2018, as published in World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 ... more
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Promoting the health of refugees and migrants: experiences from around the world

World Health Organization (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This publication is a compendium of 49 country examples highlighting efforts in improving refugees’ and migrants’ health following the adoption of the WHO Global Action Plan on Promoting the health of refugees and migrants at the seventy-second ... 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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Donor Funding for Newborn Survival: An Analysis of Donor-Reported Data, 2002–2010

Pitt1, C.; J. E. Lawn; M. Ranganathan et al. PLoS Med (2012) CC
Background:Neonatal mortality accounts for 43% of global under-five deaths and is decreasing more slowly than maternal or child mortality. Donor funding has increased for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), but no analysis to date has disagg ... more
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Guidance to facilitate monitoring and evaluation for antimicrobial resistance national action plans

Quadripartite: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; UN Environment Programme UNEP; World Health Organization WHO; World Organisation for Animal Health WAHO (2023) CC
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global human, animal, plant and environment health threat that needs to be addressed by every country. The impacts of AMR are wide-ranging in terms of human health, animal health, food security and safety, environ ... more
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Guidance for country validation of viral hepatitis elimination and path to elimination

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Building on the 2021 Interim guidance, this second version and update, incorporates the lessons and feedback from the hepatitis pilots that successfully demonstrated the feasibility of measuring hepatitis B and C impact targets to demonstrate elimination, whilst highlighting challenges caused by hig ... more
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Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
This document presents the World Health Organization Operational framework for building climate resilient and low carbon health systems*. ***The framework's goal is to increase the climate resilience of health systems to protect and improve the health of communities in an unstable and changing clima ... more
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WORLD HEART REPORT 2023 CONFRONTING THE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE KILLER

Cesare, M.D.; Bixby, H.; Gaziano, T. et al. World Heart Federation (2023) CC
Global progress against cardiovascular disease (CVD) is flatlining. Though rates of CVD deaths globally have fallen in the last three decades, this trend has begun to stall and, without concerted efforts, is at risk of reversing.
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Diabetes prevention, screening and management

International Pharmaceutical Federation (2021) CC2
Diabetes is a significant public health issue that affects approximately one in 10 adults globally, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90–95% of cases. This chronic condition causes considerable morbidity and mortality and is growing in impact, with cases projected to rise from 537 million in 202 ... more
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Diabetes prevention, screening and management - A handbook for pharmacists

International Pharmaceutical Federation (2021) CC2
Diabetes is a significant public health issue that affects approximately one in 10 adults globally, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 90–95% of cases. This chronic condition causes considerable morbidity and mortality and is growing in impact, with cases projected to rise from 537 million in 202 ... more
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Toolkit for developing a multisectoral action plan for noncommunicable diseases: module 1: conducting a comprehensive assessment

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
One of the first steps in developing a multisectoral action plan (MSAP) is to use a situation analysis to provide a comprehensive assessment of the health needs, prevailing risks and the context of the area to which the plan will apply. This will help countries, regions, provinces or cities intendi ... more
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The ISN framework for developing dialysis programs in low-resource settings

International Society of Nephrology (2021) CC2
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important contributor to mortality from noncommunicable diseases. No decrease has been seen for CKD mortality contrary to many other important non-communicable diseases (e.g., cardiovascular disease). The prevalence of CKD and kidney failure are increasing all over ... more
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Health Technology MANUAL: Improving the Integrated Management of Chronic Diseases at the First Level of Health Care Services

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Care for persons with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a major health priority for most countries worldwide, particularly for low-middle income countries where the problem seems to be worsening. Globally, ... more
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Prioritised research agenda for prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases

Bousquet, J.; Kiley, J.; Bateman, E.D. European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) (2010) C_WHO
The article outlines the prioritized research agenda for the prevention and control of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) as part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) action plan on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) from 2008 to 2013. It highlights the significant ... more
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UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines

UNAIDS (2024) CC
Language influences the way we think, how we perceive reality, and how we behave. With respect to HIV, language can embody stigma and discrimination, which impacts access to testing, acquisition of HIV, and engagement with treatment. Language plays a role in supporting respect and empowerment of ind ... more
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A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control

Reddel, H. K.; Bateman, E. D.; Becker, A.; et al. (2015) CC2
Over the past 20 years, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has regularly published and annually updated a global strategy for asthma management and prevention that has formed the basis for ma ... more
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Asthma management in low and middle income countries: case for change

Mortimer, K.; Reddel, H. K.; Pitrez, P. M.; et al. (2022) CC2
Asthma is the most common noncommunicable disease in children, and among the most common in adults. According to the most recent estimates from the Global Asthma Network Phase I study, around one in 10 children and adults have symptoms of asthma and ... more
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Healing the World

World Council of Churches WCC (2021) CC
The global coronavirus pandemic, which has brought death to hundreds of thousands and serious illness to millions more, also poses profound spiritual questions and real challenges to Christians everywhere. The pandemic itself has become a fundament ... more
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Ensuring sustainable access to effective antibiotics for EVERYONE - EVERYWHERE

ReAct Action on Antibiotic Resistance (2021) CC
How to address the global crisis in antibiotic research and development. The report includes a comprehensive summary and critical evaluation of recent initiatives to overcome the barriers to achieve sustainable access to antibiotics. As antibiotic ... more
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Epilepsy Management At Primary Health Level In Rural China

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
A Global Campaign Against Epilepsy Demonstration Project
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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 Public Health, drew the attention of the international health community to the burden of neurologi ... more
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HIV prevention in the Spotlight

M. Alonso González; J. Hourcade Bellocq; M. B. Mello; et al. Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization (Americas); UNAIDS (2017) C_WHO
An analysis from the perspective of the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean Washington, D.C., 2017
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Les systèmes de santé en action - Un guide électronique pour les leaders et les managers

Vriesendorp, S.; M.Shukla, K. Johnson Lassner et. al. Management sciences for health (MSH) (2010) C2
Dans cette perspective, nous espérons que notre expérience pratique dans ces domaines constituera un apport aux prochaines éditions de ce guide. Et si le renforcement des systèmes de santé peut ne pas être une science exacte et que l’approch ... more
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Analysis of the challenges in implementing guidelines to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant gram-negativs in Europe

Evelina Tacconelli, Michael Buhl, Hilary Humphreys et al. (2019) C2
The global increase of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) presents a growing concern in healthcare worldwide. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the annual number of HAI exceeds ... more
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Situational Analysis Report on Antimicrobial Resistance in Pakistan

The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy CDDEP (2016) C2
Pakistan Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) was formed in the wake of international and national efforts for AMR curtailment. A group of experts from microbiology, infectious diseases and veterinary medicine ... more
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Safe Back to School: A Practitioner’s Guide

Save the Children; Education Cluster; Protection Cluster et al. (2020) C2
The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented levels of disruption to education, impacting over 90% of the world’s student population: 1.54 billion children, including 743 million girls. School closures and the wider socio-economic impacts ... more
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Medical PPE production in Africa: Promoting Local Manufacturers to support the COVID-19 Response (Workshop report)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C1
The global pandemic has highlighted fragility in international supply chains and the dependency of many African countries on imported personal protective equipment (PPE). Market pressures have also increased prices for imported supplies and put addi ... more
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Guidance on developing a national deployment and vaccination plan for COVID-19 vaccines

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
This global guidance provided the framework for over 100 countries to develop their NDVPs. This updated (second) version supersedes the previous version published in 16 November 2020. New information has been added on the following areas: th ... more
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Conceptualising Long COVID as an episodic health condition

Brown, D.A.; K.K O’Brien (2021) CC
BMJ Global Health https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/9/e007004
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Education for sustainable healthcare: Leadership to get from here to there

McKimm J., Redvers N., El Omrani O., et al. (2020) C1
The current global crises, including climate, COVID-19, and environmental change, requires global collective action at all scales. These broad socio-ecological challenges require the engagement of d ... more
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Health workforce governance for compassionate and respectful care: a framework for research, policy and practice

Cometto, G.; S. Assegid; G. Abiyu, et al. (2022) C1
BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e008007. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2021-00800
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Our duty of care

Abdul Rahim, H.F.; M. Fendt-Newlin, S. T. Al-Harahsheh, et al. Quatar Foundation; Wolrd Innovation Summir ofr Health WISH (2022) CC
A global call to action to protect the mental health of health and care workers
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Analysis of Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PPR) architecture, financing needs, gaps and mechanisms

World Bank (2022) CC
A global Pandemic, Preparedness and Response (RRR) architecture
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Hesitation and Refusal Factors in Individuals' Decision-Making Processes Regarding a Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination

Cerda A. A., Garcia L. Y. (2021) C2
Introduction: Considering the global prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a vaccine is being developed to control the disease as a complementary solution to hygiene measures—and better, in social terms, than social distancing. Given ... more
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Improving Child Nutrition

Unite for Children; UNICEF (2013)
The achievable imperative for global progress
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Ghana’s National Health insurance scheme and maternal and child health: a mixed methods study

Kavita Singh, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Frank Otchere et al. BMC Health Services Research (2015) C1
Ghana is attracting global attention for efforts to provide health insurance to all citizens through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). With the program’s strong emphasis on maternal and child health, an expectation of the program is tha ... more
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Inclusive Education is for Everyone

Sian Tesni and Anais Keenon Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2014)
CBM and the Global Campaign for Education 2014
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Twice invisible: Accounting for internally displaced children

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (2019) C1
Internally displaced children are twice invisible in global and national data. First, because internally displaced people (IDPs) of all ages are often unaccounted for. Second, because age-disaggregation of any kind of data is limited, and even more ... more
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Antimicrobial resistance and the nurse’s role

Agne Diminskyte (2016) C2
Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat as it is present in all parts of the world and it means that there is a shortage of effective antibiotics to treat simple infections and diseases, also statistics reveal that because of antimicrobial resis ... more
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Apercu Humanitaire Mondial 2021 (Abridged Version)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2020) C1
COVID-19 has triggered the deepest global recession since the 1930s. Extreme poverty has risen for the first time in 22 years, and unemployment has increased dramatically. Women and young people aged 15 – 29 working in the informal sector are bein ... more
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Survey-Based Cross- Sectional Study

Abir, T.; et al. (2021) CC
Annals of Global Health, 87(1), p.43. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3269; The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of mental health symptoms (anxiety, depression, and stress) in Bangladesh and the factors associated with these sympto ... more
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Understanding the Antibiotic Manufacturing Ecosystem

Wellcome Trust; Boston Consulting Group (2022) CC
A view of global supply chains, pressure points, and implications for antimicrobial resistance response
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Prevalence, Etiology, and Outcome of Sepsis among Critically Ill Patients in Malawi

Prin, M.; Onofrey, L.; Purcell, L; et al. (2020) CC2
Most of the global burden of sepsis occurs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but the prevalence and etiology of sepsis in LMICs are not well understood. In particular, the lack of laboratory infrastructure in many LMICs has historically p ... more
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Strengthening genocide prevention through education in Africa: policy brief

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO (2023) CC
African countries, like many regions of the world, are affected by the legacy of atrocity crimes. Genocide, the transatlantic slave trade and slavery, colonialism and post-independence violence committed during dictatorships, not to mention civil war and violent extremism, have severely violated hum ... more
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Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (2010) CC
The INEE Minimum Standards Handbook is the only global tool that articulates the minimum level of educational quality and access in emergencies through to recovery. The Minimum Standards express a commitment that all individuals—children, youth an ... more
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Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management

Daniel S. Chertow, Christian Kleine, Jeffrey K. Edwards, Roberto Scaini, Ruggero Giuliani, and Armand Sprecher (2014)
The New England Journal of Medicine has a perspective on Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — Clinical Manifestations and Management, written by authors who have cared for more than 700 patients with EVD between August 23 and October 4, 2014, in t ... more
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Education of children with disabilities in India

Nidhi Singal (2009) C1
Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2010, Reaching the marginalized
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Maternal and Newborn Health in Urban India: A Monograph based on Literature Review Exercise

Save the Children (2016) C2
India contributes to 16% of the global maternal deaths and around 27% of global newborn deaths. Reducing the burden of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in urban poor settings today requi ... more
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Standards and Normative Mechanisms for Disaster Risk Reduction

Jachia, Lorenza United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (2014) C1
Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
The aim of this paper is to help bring voluntary standards into the toolbox of disaster risk reduction, including both by encouraging their use by busin ... more
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Child and adolescent mental health policy in South Africa: history, current policy development and implementation, and policy analysis

S. Mokitimi; M. Schneider; P. J. de Vries International Journal of Mental Health Systems; BioMed Central (2018) CC
Mental health problems represent the greatest global burden of disease among children and adolescents. There is, however, lack of policy development and implementation for child and adolescent mental health (CAMH), particularly in low- and middle-in ... more
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Life-skills education in the context of HIV and AIDS

F. Samuels United Nations Educational; Scientific and Cultural Organization (2012) C2
Background paper prepared for theEducation for All Global Monitoring Report 2012 Youth and skills: Putting education to work 2012/ED/EFA/MRT/PI/15
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Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery (Available Languages)

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (2010) CC
The INEE Minimum Standards Handbook is the only global tool that articulates the minimum level of educational quality and access in emergencies through to recovery. The Minimum Standards express a commitment that all individuals—children, youth an ... more
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Guidelines On Advanced Practice Nursing

International Council of Nurses (2020) CC
In order to meet changing global population needs and consumer expectations, healthcare systems worldwide are under transformation and face restructuring. As systems adapt and shift their emphasis in response to the disparate requests for healthcare ... more
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The WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book - Infographics

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to global health and development and it contributes to millions of deaths worldwide each year. Inappropriate use and overuse of antibiotics are driving an increase in AMR and have a detrimental impact on th ... more
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Prevalence and distribution of schistosomiasis in human, livestock, and snail populations in northern Senegal: a One Health epidemiological study of a multi-host system

Léger, E.; Borlase, A.; Fall, C. et al. The Lancet Planetary Health (2020) CC
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease of global medical and veterinary importance. As efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public health problem and interrupt transmission gather momentum, the potential zoonotic risk posed by livestoc ... more
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Evaluation of Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)

Sheila Reed, Camille Eric Kouam, Krishna Belbase et al. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Evaluation Office (2013)
This evaluation is the first systematic effort by UNICEF to generate evidence on how well its global as well as country level Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) strategies have worked, including their acceptance and ownership in vario ... more
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Counterfeit drugs and medical devices in developing countries

Beverly D Glass (2014) CC
The occurrence of a high percentage of couterfeit medicines on the global medicines market is often attributed to a lack of effective regulation and a weak enforcement capacity. This review, while focusing on counterfeit medicines and medical device ... more
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The impact of myopia and high myopia

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
Report of the Joint World Health Organization–Brien Holden Vision Institute Global Scientific Meeting on Myopia | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 16–18 March 2015
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Flood Disaster Risk Management - Hydrological Forecasts: Requirements and Best Practices (Training Module)

Vogelbacher, A. National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2013) C1
This Case Study explores flood forecasting systems from the perspective of its position within the flood warning process. A method for classifying the different approaches taken in flood forecasting is introduced before the elements of a present-day ... more
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WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care: a summary

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
Confronted with the important issue of patient safety, in 2002 the Fifty-fifth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution urging countries to pay the closest possible attention to the problem and to strengthen safety and monitoring systems. In May 2004, the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly approv ... more
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Catalysing the HIV response for adolescents

Unicef; UNAIDS (2018)
In eastern and southern Africa #EndAdolescentAIDS July 2018 - A global call to action - Case studies - Blogs - Next steps
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Communities at the Centre

UNAIDS (2019) C2
Defending Rights Breaking Barriers Reaching People with HIV Services Global Aids Update 2019
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Checking in on the Checklist

Buissonniere, M. Lifebox and Ariadne Labs (2019) CC
The report and an accompanying series of studies show the global uptake of the World Health Organization (WHO) Surgical Safety Checklist in its first ten years since its launch and recommend ways the Checklist can be more effectively used to improve ... more
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The FAO Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2016-2020

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS FAO (2016) C2
Supporting the food and agriculture sectors in implementing the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance to minimize the impact of antimicrobial resistance
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Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Africa: Successes, gaps and a roadmap for the future

Kariuki S., K. H. Keddy, M. Antonio AOSIS (2018) C2
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) in 2015, there has been rapidly growing awareness among many African countries that they need to be doing more to combat an ... more