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The report focuses on several key areas where health outcomes are falling short, and provides insight into ways in which countries can improve the situation for their children
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a global and gendered crisis that is compounding existing inequalities and disproporti
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A new brief published by the IFRC and Climate Centre today details the adverse impacts of climate change on human health and provides more detail o
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Emerging evidence and experience to inform risk management in a warming world
Desta et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2018) 12:38 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0217-z
Editorial Review
AIDS 2019, 33:1411–1420
This brief document compiles existing material related to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for the COVID-19 crisis, as well as other resources that can be applicable to the context. Do
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scientific brief, 2 March 2022
From Individual to Collective healing: A trainer’s manual
The right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is enshrined in many international human rights treaties. However, studies have shown that people with men
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Considerations for implementing and adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19
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interim guidance, 14 June 2021
This document is intended for national authorities and decision makers in countries that have introduced large scale public health
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The combined effects from ambient (outdoor) air pollution and indoor (household, in particular) air pollution cause approximately 7 million premature deaths every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, IHD, COPD, lung cancer
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Glob Health Sci Pract February 1, 2014 vol. 2 no. 1 p. 103-116
This Technical Brief focuses on current principles and approaches to Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) management, highlighting key constraints, gaps in knowledge and areas still lacking consensus.
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Resource Guide for Advanced Learning
2nd edition. Essential guideline for humanitarian assistance
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jun; 15(6): 1279.
Published online 2018 Jun 16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061279
Rutstein SE et al. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2017, 20:21579 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/21579 | http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.1.21579
'Ethical Issues in Obstetrics and Gynecology' represents the results of carefully researched and considered discussion. The guidelines are intended to provide material for consideration
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This research paper uses the Health Resources and services Availability Mapping System (HeRAMS) database to develop two composite indices – one for
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This study examined the quality of facility-based maternal and newborn health care by describing the implementation of recommended practices for maternal
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The overall aim of the study was to understand the acceptability and usefulness of PHC clinical placements for nursing and midwifery students.
Health Services Insights Volume 10: 1–7
The WHO Regional Office for Europe, the WHO Collaborating Centre on Culture and Health at the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) and the Nationa
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The extensive use of natural resources threatens to exceed the carrying capacity of the Earth. The concept of a
circular economy offers an avenue to sustainable growth, good health and decent jobs,
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The 2019 SLDHS is a national sample survey that provides up-to-date information on demographic and health indicators. The sample was selected using a stratified, two-stage cluster design, with enume
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Prevention, identification and management of health worker infection in the context of COVID-19
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This document provides interim guidance on the prevention, identification and management of health worker infection in the context of COVID-19. It is intended for occupational
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The report offers an analysis of the broader challenges to securing humanitarian action and recommends areas for improvement. This study will contribute to improving the way humanitarians ‘do business’ in complex
security environments. Document
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DHS Working Papers No. 108 | Zimbabwe Working Papers
No. 9
The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) is a generic assessment instrument developed by WHO to provide a standardized method for measuring health
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Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth June 2018, Volume 65, Issue 6, pp 698–708
Miscellaneous
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Forschung mit Weitblick - Ein Handbuch für Studierende mit Interesse an Global-Health-Forschung
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Eine wachsende Anzahl von Studierenden interessiert sich für Global Health. Bisher mangelt es jedoch an ausreichenden Angeboten zur Verwirklichung von studentischen
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Interim practical manual supporting implementation of the WHO guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes
The Government of Kenya, through the Ministry of Health, has the
constitutional obligation to provide the highest level of health care for its
citizens. The Ministry of
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In this version of the compendium, each guidance is coded using the International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI).
The compendium provides a systematic compilation of published guidance from WHO
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The active participation and engagement of health and care workers (HCWs) in health emerge
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This report has been prepared in response to informal requests by SIDS Member States and territories for WHO assistance in confronting the stark and dire situation which climate change has created i
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3ie Impact Evaluation Report 39
Disease Control Priorities –3rdEdition, Volume 2.
This book focuses on maternal conditions, childhood illness, and malnutrition. Specifically, the chapters address acute illness and undernutritio
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Accessed: 07.11.2019
Interim Framework for the South-East Asia Region 28 October 2020
The biosphere underlies the whole sustainable development concept, as the layer on
which society and the economy rely. Nature and biodiversity fuel the natural cycles
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The report is geared towards mayors, local government officials and city policy planners.It highlights key areas where city leaders can tackle the drivers of NCDs, including tobacco use, air pollution, poor diets
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An information package for school staff
The document is structured into five sections. The first presents the key experiences and challenges that justify a renewal of the EPHFs. The second section updates the groundwork for the exercise of public
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The climate crisis has many consequences – among them widespread health impacts that will lead to immense societal, ecological, and economic harm.
Over the past two decades multiple large-scale r
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The paper sets out the specific communication challenge posed by Ebola and why it was so difficult to get to grips with this in the early months of the outbreak. It thendocuments when the health com
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The project was developed by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA), in line with the Federation’s statement “a world in which students are equipped with knowledge, skills and value to take on
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The guide aims to provide health and DRM practitioners, planners and policymakers across sectors with targeted information to help them strengthen
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A toolkit for Implementation. Module 3: Participatory community assessment in maternal and newborn health
The DHS report itself explains the purpose was, “to obtain and provide information on basic indicators of social progress including fertility, childhood mortality, reproductive and child
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Maternal Mental Health and child health and development in low and middle income countries
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The impact of maternal mental health problems on infants in high income countries has been identified mostly in terms of psychosocial and emotional development, thanks to the groundbreaking early wo
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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 o
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Including a Tool to Assess the Adolescent Health and Development Component in Pre-Service Education of Health-Care Providers
Shoman et al. Globalization and Health (2017) 13:1 DOI 10.1186/s12992-016-0224-2
Discussion Paper "Mental health, poverty and development", July 2009
Primary health care offers a cost–effective route to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, primary health-care syst
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The substantial burden of death and disability that results from interpersonal violence, road traffic injuries, unintentional injuries, occupational health risks, air pollution, climate change,
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DHS Working Papers No. 98.
This toolkit was developed to provide detailed information and resources to support implementation of the WHO intrapartum and immediate postnatal care recommendations at the
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This Practice Parameter reviews the evidence from research and clinical experience and highlights significant advances in the assessment
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of highly contagious viruses (of the Ebola or Marburg type) in the context of an epidemic outbreak in West Africa
Climate-related disasters, heatwaves, climate-sensitive diseases, and severe droughts and floods are taking lives and harming
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This Interim Guidance outlines how key public health and social measures needed to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread and the impact of the disease
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Key Messages and Recommendations.
The Report, Todos y todas sin excepción, produced by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and the Regio
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doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00226; Glob Health Sci Pract December 23, 2016 vol. 4 no. 4 p. 626-646
Procurement and supply management activities are fundamental to consistent and reliable access to essential medicines and
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This document was designed to inform educators, amongst others, about enhancing the pre-service curriculum with mental health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) materials, which can provide future professionals with the theoretical
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Climate change presents significant challenges to human health and biodiversity. Increased numbers of extreme climate events, such as heat waves, droughts or flooding, threaten human
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Human rights-based approaches to the creation of knowledge involve application of human rights principles to both the content and process of knowledge creation. Human rights-based approaches have special significance for the sexual
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This report presents findings from research conducted by Economist Impact to assess the health, demographic, social and economic impacts associated with different scenarios for financing the HIV epi
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