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Technical specifications for Pressure Swing Adsorption(PSA) Oxygen Plants
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Oxygen is an essential medicine required at all levels of the health care system; only high quality, medical-grade oxygen should be given to patients. Pressure swing adsorption (PSA) oxygen generating plants are a source of medical-grade oxygen. This document provides technical specifications as th... more

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Biomedical equipment for COVID-19 case management - inventory tool: Interim guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Countries can use this tool to collect in-depth facility inventories of biomedical equipment re-allocation, procurement and planning for COVID-19 case management. The survey assesses quantified availability and the causes for non-functioning of different sources of oxygen delivery and supply systems... more

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Pastoral care as a resource for development in the global healthcare context: Implications for Africa’s healthcare delivery system

Agbiji E., Agbiji O.M. AOSIS (2016) C1

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies ISSN: (Online) 2072-8050, (Print) 0259-9422

Let us embrace: The role and significance of an integrated faith-based initiative for HIV and AIDS

African Religious Health Assests Programme ARHAP (2006) CC

Masangane Case Study The Vesper Society commissioned ARHAP to do research on the integrated Masangane HIV/AIDS programme affiliated with the Moravian Church in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Completed in 2006, this study aimed to understand the role of the religious health assets of the Masangane ART ... more

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Roadmap for zoonotic tuberculosis

WHO; OiE; FAO; et al. (2017) C_WHO

Zoonotic tuberculosis (TB) is a form of TB in people predominantly caused by the bacterial species, Mycobacterium bovis, which belongs to the M. tuberculosis complex. The implications of zoonotic TB go beyond human health. The organism is host-adapted to cattle, where it is refer... more

Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department

AAP, ACEP, ENA, the EMSC National Resource Center, and Children’s National Medical Center USA (2009) C1

Plan nacional de preparación respuesta y mitigación en situación de pandemia de influenza

Republica de Honduras (2019) C1

One Health: human, animal and environmental health form one unit - and affect sustainable development

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau KfW (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a dramatic illustration of the extent to which the health of people, animals and the environment is interdependent, which is why “One Health” is now high on the political agenda. This document provides an overview of KfW Development Bank’s approach to promoti... more

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Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses: Surveillance in the Americas 2019

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

This third edition of the landscape analysis provides regional and country-specific data. This report illustrates the complexities in surveillance of influenza and other respiratory viruses and highlights differences in the countries’ preparedness capacities through charts, infographics, tables, a... more

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Strengthening multisectoral coordination on antimicrobial resistance: a landscape analysis of efforts in 11 countries

Joshi, M.P.; et al. (2021) CC

J of Pharm Policy and Pract 14, 27 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00309-8

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Protocol to investigate non-seasonal influenza and other emerging acute respiratory diseases

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. more

Mudança do clima e terra

International Panel on Climate Change IPCC (2019) C2

Relatório especial do IPCC sobre mudança do clima, desertificação, degradação da terra, manejo sustentável da terra, segurança alimentar, e fluxos de gases de efeito estufa em ecossistemas terrestres

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Checklists for care, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of respiratory devices
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This collection of posters are intended for health care workers, biomedical engineers and staff of health facilities in charge of caring, cleaning, decontaminating and sterilizing respiratory medical equipment in hospitals and health facilities. They include checklists to ensure the optimal infectio... more

A Clinician’s Handbook on Appropriate Use of MIcrobiologic Diagnostic Tests

Kenya Ministry of Health (2021) C1

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An analysis of the services provided by community health workers within an urban district in South Africa: a key contribution towards universal access to care

Thomas, L.S., E. Buch and Y. Pillay Human Resources for Health (2021) C1

Community health worker teams are potential game-changers in ensuring access to care in vulnerable communities. Who are they? What do they actually do? Can they help South Africa realize universal health coverage? As the proactive arm of the health services, community health workers teams provide ho... more

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Engaging and supporting National Public Health Institutes as Key Climate Actors

International Association of National Public Health Institutes (2021) CC

The roadmap highlights and advocates for the existing and potential key role of national public health institutes (NPHIs) in climate adaptation and mitigation, and how they contribute to climate policies, research and action.

Globethics.net – Resources on Environmental, Climate and Development Ethics

Globethics.net (2020) CC

Ethics in Higher Education

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Zoonosis emergence linked to agricultural intensification and environmental change

Jones B. A., Grace D. et al (2013) C2

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A v.110(21); 2013 May 21 PMC3666729 ; A systematic review was conducted by a multidisciplinary team to analyze qualitatively best available scientific evidence on the effect of agricultural intensification and environmental changes on the risk of zoonoses for which there are... more

Human health and climate change in Pacific island countries

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office of the Western Pacific (2015) C_WHO

Technical specifications for Pressure Swing Adsorption(PSA) Oxygen Plants recommended

Checklists for care, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of respiratory devices recommended

Technical specifications for Pressure Swing Adsorption(PSA) Oxygen Plants
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Checklists for care, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of respiratory devices
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