the aid library

LIST OPTIONS

Filter

8353

Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

Operational Guidance: Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies

Emergency Nutrition Network ENN (2021) C2

Women and children, especially pregnant girls and women, infants and young children and postpartum women, are populations that are extremely vulnerable in emergencies. Breastfeeding provides children with hydration, comfort, connection, high quality nutrition and protection against disease, shieldin... more

Overview of capacity building opportunities in “One Health”, internationally and with focus on Africa

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ (2022) CC2

An interdisciplinary approach to address global health challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, loss of biodiversity, human migration has been framed by the One Health approach. This approach is promoted at global level by the Tripartite of the World Health Organisation, the World A... more

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

Polio Vaccine Security Framework

Global Polio Eradication Initiative GPEI (2025) CC

Long-term polio vaccine security – the timely, sustained, and uninterrupted supply of suitable types of affordable, quality-assured polio vaccines – is essential in the global effort to achieve and maintain a polio free world. However, fragmented approaches and short-term planning pose considera... more

Download (1448)

View PDF (1473)

Guidelines for case management malaria in Ghana

Ministry of Health, Ghana CDC; USAID; et al. (2014) CC

3rd edition

Download (266)

View PDF (433)

Indonesia Environmental Service Program (ESP) Evaluation

USAID (2017) C1

WASH Ex-Post Evaluation Series - Water Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) Project
This evaluation examines the sustainability of selected components of the USAID/Indonesia Environmental Services Program (ESP), which was implemented from 2004–2010. Among other objectives, this activ... more

Download (125)

View PDF (176)

Rigging the System. Government Policies Co-Opt Aid and Reconstruction Funding in Syria . Arabic Version

Human Rights Watch (2019) C1

نظام مغشوش سياسات الحكومة السورية لاستغلال المساعدات الإنسانية وتمويل إعادة الإعمار

Download (175)

View PDF (154)

COVID-19 Planning Guide for Adapting Risk Communication and Community Engagement as Public Health and Social Measures Shift

IFRC; Save the Children andJohn Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2020) CC

With Safety Tips for Conducting Community Meetings Updated July 2020 This document includes key Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) considerations during shifting lockdown measures, safety measures for conducting in-person community meetings, and a template that brings both of these... more

Das Ungleichheitsvirus

Oxfam (2021) C1

Wie die Corona-Pandemie soziale Ungleichheit verschärft und warum wir unsere Wirtschaft gerechter gestalten müssen

Download (136)

View PDF (181)

White Paper on the Rights of People with Disabilities - Implementation Matrix 2015-2030
recommended

National Department of Health South Africa SADA (2015) CC

A implementation Matrix approved by the Cabinet of the Government of South Africa

Download (1512)

View PDF (4055)

Facts For Life
recommended

UNICEF, WHO, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, WFP (2010) C_UNICEF

Handbook on pregnancy, childbirth, childhood illnesses, child development and the care of children. The handbook, Facts for Life, provides vital messages and information for mothers, fathers, other family members and caregivers and communities to use in changing behaviours and practices that can sav... more

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Information Packet

Centers of Disease Control CDC (2009)

External Link

Procédures opérationnelles standard pour la coordination de la préparation et de la rimposte en cas d'évènement de santé publique dans la région africaine de l'OMS

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), Bureau régional de l’Afrique (2014) C_WHO

Download (1461)

View PDF (2627)

Laboratory Testing for the Diagnosis of HIV Infection: Updated Recommendations

Bernard M. Branson, S. Michele Owen, Laura G. Wesolowski et Centers for Disease control and Prevention (2014) C_CDC

This document updates recommendations for HIV testing by laboratories in the United States and offers approaches for reporting test results to persons ordering HIV tests and to public health authorities. The recommended algorithm is a sequence of tests used in combination to improve the accuracy of ... more

Download (1258)

View PDF (1759)

Utilisation de sang total ou de plasma de convalescent recueilli chez des patients rétablis après une maladie à virus Ebola pour la transfusion, comme traitement empirique pendant les épidémies

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2014)

Liste de contrôle consolidée pour se préparer à faire face à la maladie à virus Ebola
recommended

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2014)

Cette liste de contrôle devrait aider les pays à évaluer et à tester leur niveau de préparation pour faire face à la propagation de maladie à virus Ebola. Elle doit également servir d'outil pour identifier des actions concrètes à prendre et les moyens pour la communauté internationale de ... more

External Link

European guideline on the management of syphilis

M. Janier, V. Hegyi, N. Dupin et al (2014)

J. European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 4 August 2014

Download (782)

View PDF (1451)

Équipe de renforcement de la préparation à la maladie à virus Ebola Visite de pays au Togo 24 novembre-1décembre 2014

Organisation Mondiale de la Sant&; eacute;; OMS (2015)

Download (533)

View PDF (890)

Ebola and beyond: Equality, sustainability, security - interlaced challenges in a global development era

Leach, M. (2014)

This paper, originally presented as a Sussex Development Lecture, asks how the Ebola crisis might offer a lens to reflect on interlaced challenges around curbing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building inclusive, secure societies, and why these matter so much. And it discusses why ad... more

White Paper on the Rights of People with Disabilities - Implementation Matrix 2015-2030 recommended

Facts For Life recommended

Liste de contrôle consolidée pour se préparer à faire face à la maladie à virus Ebola recommended

White Paper on the Rights of People with Disabilities - Implementation Matrix 2015-2030
recommended

Facts For Life
recommended

Liste de contrôle consolidée pour se préparer à faire face à la maladie à virus Ebola
recommended