the aid library

LIST OPTIONS

Filter

10143

Resource mobilisation for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Getting AMR into plans and budgets of government and development partners / Nigeria country level report

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The most significant finding of the case study for integrating antimicrobial resistance (AMR)into existing programs and mobilising resources for funding in Nigeria, is that most of the AMR activities within the Nigerian National Action Plan (NAP)canalready be incorporated within exi... more

External Link

Reducing hospital-acquired infections and improving the rational use of antibiotics in a developing country: an effectiveness study

Murni I. K., T. Duke, S. Kinney et al. (2014) C2

Nosocomial infections, or hospital-acquired infec-tions (HAI), are among the most significant causesof morbidity and mortality in healthcare settingsthroughout the world.Prevention of HAIs iscentral to providing high quality and safe health-care, even in settings with limited resources.Transmi... more

Download (127)

View PDF (157)

Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19: A Real-Time Review of Country Measures

Gentilini U., M. Almenfi, I. Orton (2020) C2

This “living paper” contributes to the global knowledge on how countries are responding to the pandemic by documenting real-time actions in a key area of response – that is, social protection measures planned or implemented by governments.

Download (83)

View PDF (150)

Mapping HIV prevalence in Africa for a better understanding of epidemics: example from Burkina Faso using 2003 Demographic and Health Survey data

Larmarnage J., Vallo R., Yaro S. et. al. (2010) C2

Since 2001, several Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) include HIV testing. For many countries, in particular in sub-Saharan Africa, DHS are the only national source of data in general population. Several DHS collect latitude and longitude of s... more

Download (175)

View PDF (221)

Mapping the health system response to childhood obesity in the WHO European Region. An overview and country perspectives (2019)

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2019) C_WHO

Childhood obesity is a major public health problem globally, which could undermine progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Prevention is recognized as the most efficient means of curbing the epidemic; however, given the scale of the problem and the many children who need profes... more

External Link

Knowledge, attitudes and practices about human African trypanosomiasis and their implications in designing intervention strategies for Yei county, South Sudan

Bukachi, SA.; Mumbo, AA.; Alak, ACD.; Sebit, W.; Rumunu, J. et al. PLOS Neclected Tropical Diseases (2018) CC

A clear understanding of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of a particular community is necessary in order to improve control of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT).New screening and diagnostic tools and strategies were introduced into South Sudan, as part of integrated delivery of primar... more

External Link

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 disaggregated aid for newborns. We evaluated if and how a... more

Download (621)

View PDF (1539)

Projected Zika Virus Importation and Subsequent Ongoing Transmission after Travel to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games —Country-Specific Assessment, July 2016

Ardath Grills, Stephanie Morrison, Bradley Nelson et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016) C_CDC

Download (320)

View PDF (456)

Levels and Determinants of Use of Institutional Delivery Care Services among Women of Childbearing Age in Ethiopia: Analysis of EDHS 2000 and 2005 Data.

Mehari, Asmeret Moges ICF International (2013) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 83.

Download (399)

View PDF (499)

Influence of Service Readiness on Use of Facility Delivery Care: A Study Linking Health Facility Data and Population Data in Haiti

Wang, Wenjuan, Michelle Winner, Clara Burgert, and Josh Colston ICF International (2014) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 114

Resource mobilisation for antimicrobial resistance (AMR): Getting AMR into plans and budgets of government and development partners / Ghana country level report

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

The Ghanaian Cabinet approved the antimicrobial resistance (AMR)Policy and Implementation plan(hereafter referred to as the national action plan or NAP)in December 2017, whilst the country case study was in progress. This has set in motion the impl... more

Download (49)

View PDF (46)

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 variation within countries by socio-demographic char... more

External Link

Prevention of sexual transmission of Ebola in Liberia through a national semen testing and counselling programme for survivors: an analysis of Ebola virus RNA results and behavioural data

Soka, M.J.; M.J. Choi; A. Baller, et al. (2016) CC

The Lancet Global Health 2016 Published Online August 30, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30175-9

Download (251)

View PDF (433)

The Impact of Tuberculosis among Immigrants: Epidemiology and Strategies of Control in High-Income Countries—Current Data and Literature Review

C. Contini, M. Maritari, M. die Nuzzo, et al. INTECH (2017) CC

World's largest Science, Technology & Medicine Open Access book publisher Chapter 7 from the book People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits

Download (242)

View PDF (463)

Childhood multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the European Union and European Economic Area: an analysis of tuberculosis surveillance data from 2007 to 2015

C. Ködmön; M. van den Boom; P. Zucs, et al. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2017) CC

15. Euro Surveill. 2017;22(47):pii=17-00103

Download (460)

View PDF (751)

The Role of Antenatal Care in Predicting Health Facility Delivery among Women in Kenya: Further Analysis of Data from the 2008-09 KDHS

Obago, Irene T ICF International (2013) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 86

Download (404)

View PDF (746)

Assistance to Victims of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War: Guidance on Child-focused Victim Assistance. Chapter 5.1.: Data collection and analysis

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2014)

External Link

Determinants of anemia among women and children in Nepal and Pakistan: An analysis of recent national survey data

Harding, Kassandra L.; Aguayo, Victor M. et al. (2017) CC

Maternal Child Nutrition. 2017;e12478
This paper analyzes individual level and household level determinants of anemia among children and women in Nepal and Pakistan. Applying multivariate modified Poisson models to recent national survey data, ... more

Download (173)

View PDF (326)

Nodding syndrome and epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions: comparing preliminary observations from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo with data from Uganda

R. Colebunders, A. Hendy, J.L. Mokili, et al. (2016) CC

BMC Res Notes (2016) 9:182 DOI 10.1186/s13104-016-1993-7

External Link

Use of the WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve classification to define patterns of hospital antibiotic use (AWaRe): an analysis of paediatric survey data from 56 countries

Hsia Y., B. R Lee, A. Versporten, et al The Lancet (2019) C2

Improving the quality of hospital antibiotic use is a major goal of WHO’s global action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance. The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification could facilitate simple stewardship interventions that are widely applicable globally.... more