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PQDx 0018-010-00 WHO PQDx PR July/2016, version 3.0

Evolution towards the elimination of congenital syphilis in Latin America and the Caribbean: a multicountry analysis

M. F. Silveira; R. G. Ponce de Leon; F. Becerra; et al. PAHO (Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization); Iris (Institutional Repository); Rev Panam Salud Publica (2019) CC
Original Research Rev Panam Salud Publica 43, 2019 | www.paho.org/journal | https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2019.31
Washington, D.C. 2017

New generations free of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and Chagas disease in the Americas 2018

M. Alonso González; M. B. Mello; L. Sereno; et al. Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization (Americas); Unicef (2019) C_WHO
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Adherence to Treatment for HIV A Training Curriculum for Counselors - Participant Manual

F. Saini; Dr. V. R. Kandula; G. Venugopal Engender Health Society (Improving Women's Health Worldwide); CII Confederation of Indian Industry; Population Foundation of India; et al. (2006) C2
Technical Update HIV Treatment July 2017
Guía práctica para mejorar la calidad de la atención mediante los servicios de agua, saneamiento e higiene en los establecimientos de salud
The State of the world’s nursing 2020 report provides the latest, most up-to-date evidence on and policy options for the global nursing workforce. It also presents a compelling case for considerable – yet feasible – investment in nursing education, jobs, and leadership. The primary chapters ... more

National Guideline on Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance an Response

Dr. Md. A. Hasan; Dr. S. A. J. Md. Musa; Dr. R. Mahmud et al. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh; World Health Organization (WHO); Unicef; et al. (2016) C2
Web annex 5: Oxytocin and ergometrine versus placebo or no treatment Evidence to decision framework
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has been facing a sociopolitical and economic situation that has negatively impacted social and health indicators. There have been intensified population movements both within the country and to other countries, ... more
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 improving the quality of routine ... more
An evidence-informed approach for non-formal, out-of-school CSE programmes that aims to reach young people from left-behind populations This guidance is intended to assist anyone designing and/or implementing CSE in out-of-school settings, especially in low- and middle-income countries. This includ ... more
The purpose of the review was to assign a cause of death, to ascertain the fac-tors that contributed to the death and to identify any systemic issues that could be addressed to prevent future similar deaths. The perinatal mortality audit process in 2019 provided important insights and evidence-based ... more
COVID-19 Vaccines: 1 Safety Surveillance 2 Manual While there is no indication that pregnant women have an increased susceptibility to infection with SARS-CoV-2, there is evidence that pregnancy may increase the risk of severe illness and mortality from COVID-19 disease in comparison with non-pregn ... more
2nd edition, June 2021
Community-based strategies play a significant role in many health systems in low- and middle-income countries, especially in light of critical shortages in the health workforce. The term community ... more
The State of the world’s nursing 2020 report provides the latest, most up-to-date evidence on and policy options for the global nursing workforce.
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 improving the quality of routine ... more
En el presente informe se señalan las principales deficiencias que padecen los servicios WASH nivel mundial: un tercio de los establecimientos de salud no disponen de los elementos necesarios para limpiarse las manos en los lugares donde se presta atención; uno de cada cuatro establecimientos care ... more
The Participant’s manual contains summaries of information presented by the trainers, copies of worksheets and checklists for the clinical practice and practical sessions, and exercises that participants will do during the course. One manual should be provided for each participant, using the modul ... more
These guidelines have been prepared by the Sub directorate: Maternal Health for the guidance of health workers (doctors and midwives) providing obstetric, surgical and anaesthetic services for pregn ... more
This report summarizes the latest scientific knowledge on the links between exposure to air pollution and adverse health effects in children. It is intended to inform and motivate individual and collective action by ... more
En 2015, 5,9 millions d'enfants de moins de cinq ans sont décédés (1). Les principales causes de mortalité infantile dans le monde sont la pneumonie, la prématurité, les complications durant l'accouchement, la septicémie néonatale, les anomalies congénitales, la diarrhée, les tra ... more
This booklet presents key messages for action, summarized from a set of chapters on different environmental health issues, available at www.who.int/ ceh/publications/healthyenvironmentsforhealthychildren. The work is a result of an on-going partners ... more
En esta obra se presentan mensajes básicos para pasar a la acción, resumidos en una serie de capítulos sobre diversos temas ligados a la salud ambiental, consultables en línea en: http://www.who.int/ceh/publications/hehc_booklet/en/ index.html
WHO Technical Series 971
manual de referencia rápida de anomalías congénitas e infecciones seleccionadas
Mientras los países se esfuerzan por avanzar hacia los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y lograr la cobertura sanitaria universal, las desigualdades sanitarias provocadas por la discriminación racial y los factores interrelacionados siguen estando omnipresentes. Las desigualdades que sufre ... more
This is an e-learning module with the objective of providing education for health professionals and pregnant women using published results and studies based on COVID-19 surveillance data, which have indicated an increased risk among pregnant women o ... more
La violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas es generalizada en la Región de las Américas, y tiene enormes consecuencias para su salud y bienestar, así como el de sus familias y sus comunidades. Se trata de un costo inaceptable que puede ser prevenido mediante acciones basadas en la evidencia, pr ... more
The African Regional Convening of the Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) stimulated the interest or engagement of almost 1500 individuals from 742 unique organizations in the fields of health, education, social welfare, women’s affairs, e ... more
Japan has been implementing projects of global extension of medical technologies under an official development assistance policy to improve public health and medicine by promoting Japanese medical technologies worldwide. The current work examines th ... more
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 stigma ... more
Comprehensive Primary Health Care has an important role in the primary and secondary prevention of several disease conditions, including non-communicable diseases which today contribute to over 60% of the mortality in India. The provision of Compreh ... more
Alcohol use is deeply embedded in the social landscape of many societies, and some 2300 million people drink alcoholic beverages in most parts of the world. At the same time, more than half of the global population aged 15 years and older reported having abstained from drinking alcohol during the pr ... more
Childhood Respiratory Diseases & the Environment learning objectives •To understand how the respiratory tract is affected by the environment •To describe respiratory diseases linked to the environment •To list one population-level intervention and one personal-level intervention for d ... more
This Birth Defect Surveillance facilitator (train-the-trainer) guide 2nd edition covers foundational skills needed to begin the development, implementation and ongoing improvement of a congenital anomaly surveillance programme, whether population-based or hospital-based, in particular for countries ... more
This document provides Technical content on ZIKV, its manifestations, complications, modes of transmission, and prevention measures to be used in answering frequently asked questions and conveying messages in information and communication materials, community talks, press conferences, etc.
District Level M & E Training and Reference Material for Primary Health Care Programmes
After Workplace exposures and Sexual Assault | DIRECTORATE: PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES | DIVISION: PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | SUB-DIVISION: OCCUPATIONAL ... more
Post Graduate programme is essential to prepare nurses to improve the quality of nursing education and practice in India. . Post graduate programme in nursing builds upon and extends competence acquired at the graduate levels, emphasizes application of relevant theories into nursing practice, ed ... more
The Zambia Population Based HIV impact assessment of 2016, reported the prevalence of viral hepatitis in Zambia as ranging between 5.6% among adults aged 15 to 59% in the general population, and 7.1% among HIV infected individuals. It is estimated that the majority of persons with chronic hepatitis ... more

Women, Harm Reduction, and HIV

K. Burns; P. Silva; R. Saucier Open Society Institute - Public Health Program (2009) C2
Assessment in action series Key Findings from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine Writing by Katya Burns Editing by Paul Silva and Roxanne Saucier
These guidelines have been developed to provide guidance to the Ministry of Health in managing applications for registration of human pharmaceutical products in Rwanda. It was compiled by the Technical Working Group (TWG) on Medicines Evaluation and ... more
The bill details procedures for accreditation and supervision of infertility clinics (and related organizations such as semen banks) handling spermatozoa or oocytes outside of the body, or dealing with gamete donors and surrogacy, ensuring that the legitimate rights of all concerned are protected, w ... more

Drug Policy and the Sustainable Development Goals

Health Poverty Action, International Drug Policy Consortium (2015) C2
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were launched in September 2015, made up of 17 Goals and 169 Targets that set out a plan of action that will shape the mainstream development agenda for the next 15 years1. There has already been much debate about how these Goals will be achieved, but the sig ... more
In African traditional medicine, the curative, training, promotive and rehabilitative services are referred to as clinical practices. These traditional health care services are provided through tradition and culture prescribed under a particular phi ... more
Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil y Paraguay

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
Accessed Febr. 6, 2020
Accessed Febr. 6, 2020
Background Document
Quick Reference Guide
Bajo el tema La equidad, el corazón de la salud, este plan procura catalizar los esfuerzos en los Estados Miembros para reducir las inequidades en materia de salud entre los países y los territorios y dentro de ellos, a fin de mejorar los resultados en materia de salud. En el plan se señalan medi ... more
In line with its decentralization principle, the Ethiopian Health Policy has achieved great progress in improving access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS services to the majority of the population. Both quality and coverage of servi ... more
Midwifery Capacity Building Strategy for Northern Syria 2017-2021 Available in Arabic
The Mtoto Mwerevu Stunting Reduction Toolkit is a resource for government and organisations involved in addressing stunting and broader nutrition issues in Tanzania. The toolkit was developed in conjunction with the Government of Tanzania (GoT) with funding from UK Aid as part of the Addressing Stun ... more
The National Guideline for Neonatal Care and Establishment of Neonatal Care Unit aims to provide health workers with all basics and necessary knowledge and skills to provide appropriate care at the most vulnerable period in a newborn’s life. This ... more

Guia de Atencion Clinica de Malaria 2010

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO Ministerio de la Protección Social, Colombia (2010) C1
Due to the particular Amazonian situation of vectorial transmission based mostly on the wild cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi with diversity of triatomine vectors involved in effective transmission, and the variety of eco-epidemiological situations that facilitate such transmission, the countries of the A ... more
It is Zika virus (ZIKV) that most often causes these neurological effects it appears to be the only arbovirus than can cause congenital malformations such as microcephaly. In any case, more scientific tests are needed to establish the causal relationship between the virus and this malformation (7-10 ... more
Rev. Panam Salud Publica. 2017;41:e153. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.153 Worldwide, over 6 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the pathogen that causes Chagas disease (CD). In the Americas, CD creates the greatest burden in disability-adjusted life years of any parasitic infection. In Co ... more
The objective of this concept note and the framework it outlines is the elimination of a group of CDs and the negative health effects they generate, which together create a tangible burden on affected individuals, their families and communities, and ... more
El objetivo de esta nota conceptual y del marco que describe es la eliminación de un grupo de enfermedades transmisibles y los efectos negativos sobre la salud que generan que juntos crean una carga tangible en las personas afectadas, sus familias y comunidades, y en los sistemas de atención de sa ... more
Las violencias por motivos de género atraviesan a mujeres, LGBTI+, ni­ñeces y adolescencias con gran impacto en múltiples dimensiones de la vida y el sistema de salud tiene un rol fundamental en su detección tem­prana, en la evaluación del riesgo, en la prevención y la atención integral.Por ... more
This manual and its Excel tool are under revision. The revised edition will be published soon.
Este manual y la herramienta de Excel que lo acompaña se encuentran en proceso de revisión. La edición revisada se publicará próximamente.
As the Americas undergo profound demographic change and there are more persons aged 65 years or older than children younger than 5 years, it is crucial to recognize that national immunization programs must be redesigned to ensure comprehensive protection for individuals across the lifespan. By adopt ... more

HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in the Region of the Americas: achievements, challenges and perspectives

F. Pérez; G. Ravasi; J. Peter Figueroa; et al. PAHO (Pan American Health Organization; World Health Organization); Iris (Institutional Repository); Rev Panam Salud Publica; Pan American Journal of Public Health (2016) C2
Overview Rev Panam Salud Publica 40(6), 2016