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Total fat intake for the prevention of unhealthy weight gain in adults and children: WHO guideline

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

This guideline provides updated, evidence-informed guidance on the percentage of total fat in the diet to reduce the risk of unhealthy weight gain. This guideline is intended for a wide audience involved in the development, design and implementation of policies and programmes in nutrition and pub... more

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Preventing and responding to acute watery diarrhoea (AWD)/Cholera - For kitchens and cooking areas in schools and children centres

Health Cluster; World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

What you should do as head of school or child centre to prevent cholera: Educate all staff and pupils on the common cholera transmission routes and how to prevent it. Educate all kitchen staff on how to handle food and cooking utensils. Emphasis the key points below: o All kitchen staff MUST wa... more

Barriers to childhood asthma care in sub-Saharan Africa: a multicountry qualitative study with children and their caregivers

Naidoo, K.L.; Dladla, S.; Mphahlele, R.E. et al. BMJ Open (2023) CC

This study identifies barriers and provides recommendations to improve asthma care in children across sub-Saharan Africa, where qualitative data is lacking despite high rates.

UNICEF’s HIV Programming in the Context of COVID-19: Building back better for children, adolescents and women

Unicef (2021) CC2

The coronavirus outbreak that began in 2019 (COVID-19) threatens to reverse years of hard-won gains in preventing and treating HIV. Fragile health systems are further stressed as health workers navigate an increased client load and demands at work while also being concerned for their own health and ... more

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.

Regional training package on integrated care for health and development of newborns and children under five at home: participant manual

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Regional training package

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Regional training package on integrated care for health and development of newborns and children under five at home: facilitator guide

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Facilitators can be a mix of doctors, trainers of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI), nutritionists, public health officers (or otherwise according to each country’s situation) and needs of individual countries. Some countries may consider it important to include a doctor in the t... more

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National consolidated guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and the management of HIV in children, adolescents and adults
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Dept. of Health, Republic of South Africa (2015) C1

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National Training Package on Paediatric HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment. Participants Handbook: Module 1: Overview of HIV in Children

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania (2015) C1

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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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Guidance on Disability Inclusion for GBV Partners in Lebanon: Case Management of Survivors & At-risk Women, Children and Youth with Disabilities

Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) and UNICEF Lebanon (2018) CC

Persons with disabilities are one of the most vulnerable and socially excluded groups in any crisis-affected community. They may be in hidden in homes, overlooked during needs assessments and not consulted in the design of programs.4 While gender-based violence (GBV) affects women, girls, men and bo... more

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Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of three diagnostic tests to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in school children in Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Fuss, A.; H.D. Mazigo; D. Tappe, C.Kasang, A. Mueller (2018) CC

PLoS ONE 13(8): e0202499. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202499 This was a school-based cross-sectional study conducted in 2015 among 305 school children aged 7–16 years from two primary schools located in Ilemela and Magu Districts, north... more

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Consultation on HIV differentiated service delivery models for specific populations and settings: Pregnant and breastfeeding women, children, adolescents and key populations

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

Meeting report Geneva, 16-18 November 2016

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Incidence and Prevalence of Opportunistic and Other Infections and the Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV-infected Children in Low- and Middle income Countries

B-Lajoie,MR. O. Drouin,G. Bartlett, et al. IDSA, HIVMA, et al. (2016) C2

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Clinical Infectious Diseases® 2016;62(12):1586–94

Molecular assays intended as initial tests for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB and rifampicin resistance in adults and children: rapid communication

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

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Development and pilot evaluation of a home-based palliative care training and support package for young children in southern Africa

S. N. Naicker; A. Stein; L. Richter; et al. BMC Palliative Care (2016) CC

Naicker et al. BMC Palliative Care (2016) 15:41 DOI 10.1186/s12904-016-0114-7

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Tip-sheet to identify and make use of online and digital resources to offer mental health and psychosocial support to children and adolescents in the context of COVID-19

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Region (2020) C_UNICEF

The current COVID-19 epidemic, like other infectious disease outbreak previously, imposes to Child Protection actors to work and deliver services with great creativity and flexibility, especially in those areas of interventions traditionally relying on group-gathering (i.e. Child Friendly Spaces)... more

Guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among adults, adolescents, and children: recommendations for a public health approa

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO

Guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among adults, adolescents, and children: recommendations for a public health approach : December 2014 supplement to the 2013 Consoli... more

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Hoja de ruta para poner n a la tuberculosis en niños y adolescentes (Roadmap ending TB in children and adolescents)

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2020) C_WHO

La nueva hoja de ruta para poner fin a la TB en la población infantil y adolescente tiene un amplio público destinatario y alentamos a los países a que la adapten en función de su contexto nacional. Se prevé que utilicen la hoja de ruta los encargados de formular políticas a nivel nacional, re... more

Public policy challenges in light of the care crisis: The impact of the pandemic on households with children and adolescents led by women

Guzmán M. National Directorate for Economy, Equality and Gender and UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated preexisting structural economic inequalities, and had a disproportionate impact on informal workers, especially on women and young people, who lost jobs and income. The situation was even more difficult for single-parent households led by women,... more

National consolidated guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and the management of HIV in children, adolescents and adults recommended

National consolidated guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and the management of HIV in children, adolescents and adults
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