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Baby Friendly Community Initiative. A Training Manual for Community Health Volunteers (c-BFCI)

Ministry of Health, Kenya; UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO Ministry of Health, Kenya; UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
The community-BFCI (c-BFCI) manual has been developed to facilitate training of CHVs and stakeholders providing nutrition sensitive services at community level. The manual covers a wide range of topics: basic nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, Breast Milk Substitutes Act, gro ... more
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Essential Newborn Nursing for Small Hospitals. Facilitator's Guide

World Health Organization WHO; Dept. of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi, India (2004) CC
In resource restriced countries
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Fact sheet on Cervical Cancer

Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) (2021) CC
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COVID-19 Guidelines Module 5 - Drug therapy

National Department of Health, South Africa NDoH South Africa (2021) CC
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Standard Operating Procedures - Adherence Guidelines for HIV, TB and NCDs: Training Course for Health Care Workers Participant Guide
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National Department of Health, South Africa (2020) C1
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES PARTICIPANT GUIDE This Participant Guide has been designed to assist health facilities and community based non-clinicians to develop skills to provide linkage to care, adherence and retention in care services for chronic conditions
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Guideline for Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting for Healthcare Professionals

SAHPRA (2020) CC
Communication to Healthcare Professionals Mar-2020 This guideline is intended to assist healthcare professionals in the participation of very important process of continuous surveillance of safety and efficacy of the health products which are used in their clinical practice. Continuous evaluation o ... more
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Training community healthcare workers on the use of information and communication technologies: a randomised controlled trial of traditional versus blended learning in Malawi, Africa

Nikolaos Mastellos, Tammy Tran, Kanika Dharmayat et al. BMC Medical Education (2018) CC
Despite the increasing uptake of information and communication technologies (ICT) within healthcare services across developing countries, community healthcare workers (CHWs) have limited knowledge to fully utilise computerised clinical systems and mobile apps. The ‘Introduction to Information and ... more
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Lineamientos para la vigilancia por Laboratorio de virus respiratorios

ASCOFAME: Asociación Colombiana de Facultades de Medicina, Colombia (2020) CC
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Recommendations for national SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies and diagnostic capacities
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Interium guidance, 25 June 2021Timely and accurate diagnostic testing is an essential tool in preventing and controlling the spread of COVID-19. This document describes recommendations for national testing strategies and the use of PCR and rapid antigen tests in different transmission scenarios of t ... more
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Priorities for Tuberculosis Bacteriology Services in Low-Income Countries International Union

Hans L. Rieder, Armand Van Deun, Kai Man Kam, Sang Jae Kim, T. Martin Chonde, Arnaud Trébucq, Richard Urbanczik International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2007) CC
Second Edition
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National Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, The United Republic of Tanzania (2006) C1
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Basic malaria microscopy. Part 1: Learner's guide
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World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO
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Selection and use of Ebola in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assays. Emergency guidance

World Health Organization (2015)
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Introduction of DNA-based identification and typing methods to public health practitioners for epidemiological investigation of cholera outbreaks

Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
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Рекомендации в отношении национальных стратегий тестирования на COVID-19 и диагностического потенциала: временные рекомендации, 25 июня 2021 г.
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Обновленная версия. В этой версии приведены обновленные рекомендации относительно стратегии диагностического тестирования в контексте обновлённой классификаци ... more
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Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform (LEAP)

Drugs for neglected diseases initiative DNDi (2023) C2
The Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform (LEAP) was established to support the generation of scientific evidence for the development and distribution of new treatments for leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa.
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The Use of Cholera Rapid Diagnostic Tests

Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) World Health Organisation (WHO) (2016) C_WHO
Interim Technical Note
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India: Guidelines for Quality Assurance of smear microscopy for diagnosing tuberculosis

Government of India, Central Tuberculosis Division, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2005) C1
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Руководство по укреплению потенциала в областиобщественного здравоохранения в наземных транспортных узлах и трансграничному сотрудничеству

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C1
В этом руководстве использован комплексный подход к укреплению системы здравоохранения на границах с целью оказания поддержки национальным координационным цент ... more
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India: National Guidelines on Quality Management Systems in HIV Testing Laboratories (Split 7/7)

National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2015) C1
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Guidelines for treatment of tuberculosis

World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO
4th edition. This is fourth edition of Treatment of tuberculosis: guidelines, adhering fully to the new WHO process for evidence-based guidelines. Several important recommendations are being promoted in this new edition
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Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
Testing and diagnosis of hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infection is the gateway for access to both prevention and treatment services, and is a crucial component of an effective response to the hepatitis epidemic. Early identification of persons with chronic HBV or HCV infection enables them to recei ... more
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Viral Load Scale-up Experience in Uganda

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda (2016) C1
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Arsenic Mitigation in Bangladesh. Media Brief

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bangladesh (2000)
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National Policy to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Cambodia (2014) C2
This is the first national Policy to combat AMR in Cambodia. It was developed based on conclusions and recommendations of a country situaytion analysis.
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Situational Analysis of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Humans and Animals in Zimbabwe

The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy CDDEP (2017) C2
This situation analysis has gathered information about the current state of AMR, contributing factors and antimicrobial use in Zimbabwe from the human, animal, agricultural and environmental sectors. Data has been gathered from different sectors such as the general public, academia, the Ministry of ... more
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Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Laboratories for TB Control in Cambodia

National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control (CENAT) , Cambodia Ministry of Health, Camboida (2007) CC
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CDC in Sierra Leone: Factsheet

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2015) C_CDC
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Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children

Stephen Graham, Malgosia Grzemska, Suzanne Hill et al World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO
2nd edition. Like the original, this second edition of the guidance aims to inform the revision of existing national guidelines and standards for managing Tuberculosis (TB), many of which include guidance on children. It includes recommendations, based on the best available evidence, for improving ... more
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Tanzania: HIV Care and Treatment Plan 2003-2008

The William J. Clinton Foundation Ministry of Health, Tanzania (2003) C1
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National action plan for combating Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis

USAID; NIH; CDC (2017) C1
Year one report
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Advice on the use of point-of-care immunodiagnostic tests for COVID-19

OCHA; Reliefweb; World Health Organization (WHO) OCHA; Reliefweb; World Health Organization (WHO); Health Cluster (2020) C2
Scientific brief 8 April 2020
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IOM Regional Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for the Middle East and North Africa COVID-19

reliefweb; International Organization for Migration IOM (2020) C2
While the full effects of COVID-19 remain unknown, the pandemic continues to profoundly impact regional migration and mobility dynamics, with deep health, social and economic consequences for the most vulnerable, including migrants, displaced populations and their host communities, and returnees.
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Zika: Strategic Response Framework & Joint Operations Plan January - June 2016
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World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
The strategy focuses on mobilizing and coordinating partners, experts and resources to help countries enhance surveillance of the Zika virus and disorders that could be linked to it, improve vector control, effectively communicate risks, guidance and protection measures, provide medical care to thos ... more
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Reaching people with MDR-TB

UNITAID; WHO; Stop TB Partnership; FIND (2014) C_WHO
Progress in diagnosis: Akey in overcoming the MDR-TB crisis. The expanse-TV project progress and impact brief.
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Strengthening and adjusting public health measures throughout the COVID-19 transition phases

World Health Organization (Europe) (2020) C_WHO
24 April 2020 Policy considerations for the WHO European Region This document provides key considerations for Member States to help them to decide on the modulation of large-scale restrictive public health measures (i.e. movement restrictions and large-scale physical distancing), while at the ... more
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The Role of Laboratories and Blood Banks in Disaster Situations

Pan American Health Organization (2001) C_WHO
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Strategic Communication for Zika Prevention: A Framework for Local Adaptation

Alice Payne Merritt, Gabrielle Hunter, Anne Ballard et al. ohns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (2017) C1
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) WHO Thailand Situation Report – 7 April 2020

OCHA; Reliefweb; World Health Organization (Thailand); Thai Ministry of Public Health OCHA; Reliefweb; World Health Organization (Thailand); Thai Ministry of Public Health (2020) C2
7 April 2020
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IOM East and Horn of Africa - Regional Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan for Covid-19 April-December 2020

IOM UN Migration (2020) C2
Updated on 6 APRIL 2020 There are serious concerns that the situation might escalate in the next weeks modelling the epi curve of other regions. The interlinkages between human mobility and the current pandemic of COVID-19 are well established, and while international flights have been suspended i ... more
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Hospital Readiness checklist for COVID-19 (Form)

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) CC
19 February 2020
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-1- التسلسل الجینومي لفیروس �ورونا -س ا رس -2لأ ه د ا ف ّالصح ةّالعامة

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
WHO-2019-nCoV-genomic_sequencing
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Public health events of initially unknown etiology: A framework for preparedness and response in the African Region

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa; USAID; GOARN (2014)
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Target Product Profile for Zaïre ebolavirus rapid, simple test to be used in the control of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

World Health Organization (2014) CC3
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Public Health Emergency Management Guidelines for Ethiopia 2012

Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute Public Health Emergency Management Centre (2012) C1
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Zika virus vectors and risk of spread in the WHO European Region

World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe (2016) C_WHO
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Zika virus disease epidemic: Preparedness planning guide for diseases transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2016) C1
The threat posed by Zika virus infection highlights the need to reinforce preparedness arrangements for mosquito-borne diseases in EU/EEA countries, especially for pathogens transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. The aim of this document is to highlight measures that can effectively red ... more
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Frequently asked questions - Zika virus expected to spread in Europe in late spring and summer: overall risk is low to moderate

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
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Exercise Development Guide for Validating Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plans

World Health Organization WHO; Western Pacific Region (2006) C_WHO
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Joint External Evaluation of Sierra Leone: Mission Report November 2016

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO
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Tuberculosis in the Americas - Regional Report 2015

World Health Organization; Pan American Health Organization (2015) C_WHO
Epidemiology, Control, and Financing
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Anti-Tuberculosis drug resistance in the world

World Health Organization; Stop TB Department (2008) C_WHO
Tuberculosis MDR-TB & XDR-TB The 2008 Report
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Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Nigeria

Federal Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Health (2017) C2
SITUATION ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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The National Tuberculosis Health Sector Strategic Plan 2015-2020
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Bonsu FA, Hanson-Nortey NN, Afutu FK et al. Ghana, Ministry of Health (2014) C1
The mandate of the National Tuberculosis Control Programme is to provide leadership and stewardship to accelerate intense and coordinated efforts to reduce the adult TB burden of 290 per 100,000 population recently established in the 2013 National TB Prevalence Survey. Other key challenges are low T ... more
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A Strategic Framework for Emergency Preparedness

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO
The Strategic Framework for Emergency Preparedness is a unifying framework which identifies the principles and elements of effective country health emergency preparedness. It adopts the major lessons of previous initiatives and lays out the planning and implementation process by which countries can ... more
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Global Action Plan on HIV Drug Resistance: Response to comments & modifications

World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO
12-13 December 2016 Global Action Plan on HIV Drug Resistance - Webinars 12-13 December 2016
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HIV Viral load testing operational guide. 60 Lessons learned from the OPP-ERA Project

OPP-ERA, et al. Solthis, et al. (2019) C1
The Guide to operationalize HIV viral load testing HIV presents 60 lessons learnt from the project in a systemic approach including: viral load strategy, laboratories, procurement and supply management, patient care and economy.
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Maldives National Action Plan for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2022

Maldives Food and Drug Authority Ministry of Health (2017) C2
Maldives has made significant strides in the area of infectious disease prevention and control. This is exemplified by elimination of malaria from Maldives in 2015 and successes in TB control. In addition, Maldives is a front runner in infectious disease prevention through successful water, sanitati ... more
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Indonesia: National Action Plan on AMR 2017-2019

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, World Health Organization WHO and World Organisation for Animal Health OiE (2017) C_WHO
The issue of Antimicrobial resistance has become one of the most substantial health issues, prompting the World Health Assembly (WHA) to urge Member States to finalise tailor made national action plans by May 2017, aligning them with objectives of the Global Action Plan (GAP). These cover awareness, ... more
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National Action Plan for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance: Myanmar 2017-2022

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO
Myanmar, as a country going through rapid socio-political transition and institutional development also suffers with a high burden of infectious disease. An ongoing challenge has been to effectively reach its 51 million population, most of whom battle tuberculosis, acute respiratory infections, diar ... more
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Philippine Action Plan to Combat AMR: One Health Approach

Phillipine Department of Health (2019) C_WHO
Antibiotics have been useful in fighting infectious diseases in our country for decades, but because of the overuse and misuse of these agents, an increasing number of organisms are now resistant to them. The Philippines, like other Southeast Asian countries, has already been encountering the many c ... more
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Health workers’ education and training on antimicrobial resistance: curricula guide
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World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
This curricula guide builds on several existing products of WHO and partners, aimed at supporting countries in their effort to address the first objective of the GAP-AMR (to improve awareness and understanding of AMR). It is targeted specifically at health educators and policy planners, and applies ... more
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Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2: interim guidance, 11 September 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334254
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Options for the use of rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) C_CDC
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East and Horn of Africa COVID-19 Strategic Response and Recovery Plan 2021

International Organization for Migration IOM (2021) CC
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Guidance for surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants: Interim guidance, 9 August 2021
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC
This document aims to describe a minimum set of surveillance activities recommended at the national level to detect and monitor the relative prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and outline a set of activities for the characterization and assessment of risk posed by these variants. A set of indicators ... more
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The Somali strategy for Cholera prevention and control 2020-2024
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Government of SomaliaWorld Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO
Cholera is an acute gastrointestinal infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae serogroup O1 or O139, and is often linked to unsafe drinking water, lack of proper sanitation and personal hygiene. It adversely affects mostly the poor and vulnerable populations in countries, which are already d ... more
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Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Guidance for the African Region

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC
Antimicrobials are medicines, including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics, that are used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals, and plants. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) arises when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to these medicines, ren ... more
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WHO confirms Zika virus strain imported from the Americas to Cabo Verde

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
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Ebola virus disease – Operational readiness and preparedness in nine countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
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COVID-19 Pandemic Preparedness and response in Ethiopia. Weekly Bulletin

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (2021) CC
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First meeting of the network on Buruli ulcer PCR laboratories in the WHO African Region Centre Pasteur du Cameroon, Yaoundé, 21–24 October 2019

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC
Research to develop point-of-care tests is in progress. Treatment of Buruli ulcer comprises 8 weeks of combined antibiotics (rifampicin and clarithromycin). Complementary therapies such as wound care, skin graft and prevention of disability are needed in some cases to ensure full recovery. The targ ... more
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Guidelines For Outbreak Control

World Health Organization (2003)
communicable Disease Toolkit
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Reaching the Third 90: Implementing Routine Viral Load Monitoring in Lesotho

Yohannes Mengistu, Tsietso Motsoane, Pheello Pompong, Kelello Mapolosi, David Holtzman (2016) C2
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Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) Country Report Burkina Faso

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) CC
The Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) project has conducted a multi-year, multi-country study that provides stark insights on the under-reported depth of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis across Africa and lays out urgent policy recommendations to addr ... more
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Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) Country Report Cameroon

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) CC
The Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) project has conducted a multi-year, multi-country study that provides stark insights on the under-reported depth of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis across Africa and lays out urgent policy recommendations to addr ... more
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Pocket book of hospital care for children
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2013) C_WHO
Guidelines for the Management of common childhood Illness. 2nd edition These guidelines focus on the management of the major causes of childhood mortality in most developing countries, such as newborn problems, pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, meningitis, septicaemia, measles and related conditions, ... more
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Containing Hemorrhagic Fever Epidemic, The Ebola Experience in Uganda (October 2000 – January 2001)

Lamunu M, Lutwama J.J, Kamugisha J; et al. (2002)
A paper presented at the 10th International Congress on Infectious Disease, Singapore
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Second WHO Model List of Essential In Vitro Diagnostics

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
The updated List of Essential Diagnostics contains 46 general tests that can be used for routine patient care as well as for the detection and diagnosis of a wide array of disease conditions, and 69 tests intended for the detection, diagnosis and monitoring of specific diseases. The List is divid ... more
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X-ray equipment maintenance and repairs workbook for radiographers & radiological technologists

Ian R McClelland World Health Organization WHO (2004)
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Sierra Leone Acclereated Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2014)
Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Response Plan in West Africa July to December 2014 Annex 4
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Public health management of persons having had contact with Ebola virus disease cases in the EU

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2014)
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Urgently needed: rapid, sensitive, safe and simple Ebola diagnostic tests

World Health Organization (2014)
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Guidance on regulations for the Transport of Infectious Substances 2021-2022: applicable as from 1 January 2021

World Health Organization (2021) C_WHO
This publication provides information for identifying, classifying, marking, labelling, packaging, documenting and refrigerating infectious substances for transportation and ensuring their safe delivery. The document provides practical guidance to facilitate compliance with applicable international ... more
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The Role of Social Mobilization in Controlling Ebola Virus in Lofa County, Liberia

Fast SM, Mekaru S, Brownstein JS, Postlethwaite TA, Markuzon N. (2015)
Plos Current Outbreaks 2015 May 15 . Edition 1. doi: 10.1371/currents.outbreaks.c3576278c66b22ab54a25e122fcdbec1
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Annual Report NACO 2013 - 14

NACO, Department of AIDS Control (2013)
Department of AIDS Control Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
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Epidemic preparedness and response plan for cholera in Syria

World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) C_WHO
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A guide for conducting table-top exercises for national influenza pandemic preparedness

World Health Organization WHO; Western Pacific Region (2006) C_WHO
The purpose of this Guide is to set out a simple, user-friendly, step-by-step approach for conducting table-top exercises for use in countries. These are generic guidelines which may be adapted for use at all levels in a country.
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Zambia Demographic Health Survey, 2013-2014. Final Report

Ministry of Health, Zambia; University of Zambia; DHS Program; et al. (2015) C1
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National HIV viral load testing guidelines to support HIV and AIDS prevention, care and treatment
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania (2015) C1
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The use of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (TB-LAMP) for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: policy guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
Following review of the latest evidence, WHO recommends that TB-LAMP can be used as a replacement for microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB in adults with signs and symptoms of TB. It can also be considered as a follow-on test to microscopy in adults with signs and symptoms of pulmonary TB, e ... more
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Disease diagnosis in primary care in Uganda

Martin Kayitale Mbonye, Sarah M Burnett, Robert Colebunders, et al. (2014) CC
BMC Family Practice201415:165, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-165 Open Access
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Operation Manual for Regional Medical Equipment Maintenance Workshops and Medical Equipment Maintenance Guidelines

Ministry of Health Uganda; Health Infrastructure Division (2015) C1
A guide for Regional Workshop and Hospital Technicians
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Nepal: Annual Report 2071/72 (2014/15) Leprosy Control Programme

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health Department of Health Services Leprosy Control Division (2014) C1
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Sierra Leone: National Non-Communicable Diseases STRATEGIC PLAN 2013-2017

Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone (2013) C1
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Diagnostic errors. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
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Scaling-Up Access to HIV Viral Load Testing (Botwana)

Mine, M. MASA, Ministry of Health, Gabarone, Botswana (2016) C2
Viral Load Scale-up and Decentralized Testing Experience in Botswana. This AIDS 2016 presentation highlights how Botswana’s decentralized testing model provides an example of how “taking the services closer to the people, rather than people coming to the services” can increase access, when s ... more
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Falling short

International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; Treatment Action Group; msh; ec al. (2017)
Ensuring Access to Simple, Safe and Effective First-Line Medicines for Tuberculosis. Accessed in November 2017.
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Education in Ghana - Data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Ghana Health Service (GHS), and ICF International (2015) C2