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Hypertension and COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Scientific Brief, 17 June 2021
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Update on clinical long-term effects of COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The latest on the COVID-19 global situation & long term sequelae, March 2021
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Care of people with post-acute COVID-19

National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Tasforce (2021) CC
June 2021
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Advisory for Rational use of Remdesivir for COVID-19 Treatment

Ministry of Health& Family Welfare, Goverment of India (2021) CC
The purpose of this document is to stop to irrational use/ over prescription of this reserve/ experimental/ emergency use authorisation drug Remdesivir. For this reason, Joint Monitoring Group under Chairmanship of DGHS took into consideration findings of the followi ... more
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) training: Online training
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
access free courses in more than 60 languages
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Pneumonia kit 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
For 100 cases among which 60 cases of children ≥ 5 years old and 40 cases of children < 5 years old and adults. The new Pneumonia kit 2020 is specially designed to provide sufficient child-size antibiotics to treat pneumonia, targeting children under 5 years of age. It aims to provide life-saving treatment based o ... more
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Dengue Annual epidemiological report for 2019

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2021) CC
Surveillance Report
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Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: revised, updated and expanded for Integrated Care - Section 2; Session 1: The national infant feeding situation

WHO, UNICEF (2009)
The revised package of BFHI materials includes five sections: 1. Background and Implementation, 2. Strengthening and Sustaining the BFHI: A course for decision-makers, 3. Breastfeeding Promotion and Support in a Baby-friendly Hospital: a 20-hour course for maternity staff, 4. Hospital Self-Appraisal ... more
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IMAI district clinician manual: hospital care for adolescents and adults: guidelines for the management of illnesses with limited-resources. Vol. 2
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World Health Organization WHO (2011) C_WHO
The manual is written for clinicians working at the district hospital (first-level referral care) who diagnose and manage sick adolescents and adults in resource constrained settings. It aims to support clinical reasoning, and to provide an effective clinical approach and protocols for the managemen ... more
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Clinical management of human infection with pandemic (H1N1) 2009: revised guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO
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Philippines: General principles of vaccination adult

Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (2011) C1
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Guidelines for Case Management of Malaria
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Government of Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, National Malaria Control Programme (2015) C1
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Nigeria: Standard Operating Procedures for Lassa Fever Case Management

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (2017) C2
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Information about Nipah Virus

National Centre for Disease Control, India (2019) C1
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Guidance on Community Physical Distancing During COVID-19 Pandemic

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C_CDC
This guidance document addresses how physical distancing (referred to in previous guidance documents as ‘social distancing’) can help slow down transmission.
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Orientations du Centre Africain de Contrôle et de Prevention des Maladies sur la distanciation physique, communautaire durant la pandémie du COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C_CDC
Ce document d'orientation explique comment la distance physique (désignée dans les documents d'orientation précédents sous le nom de «distance sociale») peut aider à ralentir la transmission.
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Technical guidance on laboratory operations for coronavirus disease (COVID-19 ) testing in the WHO African region
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World Health Organization WHO; Regional Office for Africa (2020) C_WHO
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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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Post COVID Syndrome: An Overview and Approach to Management

AIDS Education Training Center AETC (2021) C1
March, 2021
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Vaccination against COVID-19 with the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine - A quick guide, July 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
This quick guide offers basic information about COVID-19, the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine and what to expect following vaccination: ...
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Guidelines on Management of COVID-19 in Kenya
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Ministry of Health, Kenya (2021) CC
It has been over a year since Kenya identified the first case of COVID-19 in the country. The Government formed the National COVID-19 task force, which supported the country's response through multi-sectoral technical working groups on testing, case management, risk communication and community engag ... more
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Questions and answers: COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy, 15 February 2022
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
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Antimicrobial Resistance and the Climate Crisis

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
Information note of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Arabic
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Trauma induced disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Ethno-Medizinisches Zentrum e. V. (2015) C1
This guide aims to inform about these illnesses - so-called ‘trauma-induced disorders’ - in general and ‘post-traumatic stress disorder’ (PTSD) in particular. It is also designed to offer support in finding treatment and counselling options.
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Poliomyelitis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2011)
Pink Book's chapter
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Adolescent HIV Care and Treatment: A Training Curriculum for Health Workers . Module 6 Trainer Manual

ICAP; CDC; University Teaching Hospital, et al. (2011)
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COVAXIN® (BBV152) – Inactivated, COVID-19 vaccine

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
The COVID-19 Vaccine (Whole Virion Inactivated) BBV152, COVAXIN® vaccine explainer includes key information on the vaccine specific requirements.
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Global Happiness Policy Report 2018

Sachs, J. D.; Dr. Bin Bishr, A; De Neve. J.-E.; et al. World Government Summit, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2018) C2
Global Happiness Council
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Bringing together physical and mental health

Chris Naylor; Preety Das; Shilpa Ross et al. The Kings Fund (2016) C1
A new frontier for integrated care. Until now, most efforts to promote integrated care have focused on bridging the gaps between health and social care or between primary and secondary care. But the NHS five year forward view has highlighted a third dimension – bringing together physical and ment ... more
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Mental health in the Americas: an overview of the treatment gap

Kohn R, Ali A, Puac-Polanco V, Figueroa C, López-Soto V, Morgan K, et al. Rev Panam Salud Publica (2018) CC
To understand the mental health treatment gap in the Region of the Americas by examining the prevalence of mental health disorders, use of mental health services, and the global burden of disease.
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Psychiatric stigma and discrimination in South Africa: perspectives from key stakeholders

Catherine O Egbe, C.Brooke-Sumner†, T. Kathree,et al. (2014) CC
BMC Psychiatry 2014 14:191 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-14-191
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Depression: A Global Crisis

World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) (2012) C_WHO
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Strategies aimed at improving community attitudes
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World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO
Q13: Are strategies aimed at improving community attitudes towards mental, neurological and substance use conditions (e.g. anti-stigma campaigns) feasible and effective?
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NVX-CoV2373 recombinant, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC
9 Febr. 2022 The COVID Covovax™ (SIIPL) and Nuvaxovid™ (Novavax) vaccine explainer includes key vaccine specific information on the vaccine specific requirements.
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Moderate Acute Malnutrition: a Decision Tool for Emergencies
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Global Nutrition Cluster MAM Task Force (2012)
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Measles Fact Sheet for Tsunami Affected Populations

WHO (2004)
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School Lessons Lesson 6: Water Quality Test

SODIS Sauberes Trinkwasser für alle (2011)
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School Lessons Lesson 2: Water Contamination
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SODIS Sauberes Trinkwasser für alle (2011) C1
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Global Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Pneumonia (GAPP)

World Health Organization; UNICEF (2008)
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How effective are community health workers?

Henry Perry; Rose Zulliger John Hopkins Bloomberg University (2012)
An Overview of Current Evidence with Recommendations for Strengthening Community Health Worker Programs to Accelerate Progress in Achieving the Health-related Millennium Development Goals
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Information for Ill Travelers: Ebola What you need to do (for travelers with Ebola symptoms)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014)
For use with travelers who may have symptoms consistent with Ebola and were recently in an area affected by an Ebola outbreak, but have no other known exposures
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Information for Ill Travelers: Ebola What you need to do (for travelers with Ebola symtpoms and risk exposures)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014)
For use with travelers who might have been exposed to patients with Ebola and are sick with symptoms consistent with Ebola infection and require further evaluation
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Keep Safe - Keep Serving. Standard Safety Measures for Health Worker
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World Health Organization; Christian Health Association Liberia (2014)
Reproduced by CHAL (Chrisitan Health Association Liberia) 3 October 2014
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Ebola 101 - CDC Slides for US Healthcare Workers

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014)
Presentation is current through November 21, 2014 and will be updated every Friday by 5pm. For the most up-to-date information, please visit www.cdc.gov/ebola. *Presentation contains materials from CDC, MSF, and WHO
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Ebola- local beliefs and behaviour change

Grant, C. HEART (2014)
What are the local beliefs and practices around illnesses and death, the transmission of disease and spirituality, which affect decision-making (around health-seeking behaviour, caring for relatives and nature of burials) and can inform effective behaviour change interventions for preventing Ebola i ... more
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Nutritional care of children and adults with Ebola virus disease in treatment centres Key recommendations

World Health Organization; UNICEF; World Food Programme (2014)
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Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected adults and adolescents 2014, Thailand

Weerawat Manosuthi, Sumet Ongwandee, Sorakij Bhakeecheep et al. (2015)
AIDS Research and Therapy 2015, 12:12 (24 April 2015)
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Mental Health Toolkit
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Evangelia Kampouri, Shyma Jundi, Nida Sheriff et al. Chayn (2015) C2
While working with survivors and victims of domestic abuse, we have learned that many people who have experienced abuse or trauma in their lives also experience mental health issues as a direct effect of what they have been through. This is why Chayn has created a Mental Health Toolkit available fo ... more
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Health Preparedness For El Niño Event 2015-2016

World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO
Global Situation Assessment of El Niño-related Health Risks
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Zika virus and potential complications: Questions and answers

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO
updated 05 April 2016
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Recognizing, Managing, and Reporting Zika Virus Infections in Travelers Returning from Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2016) C_CDC
Article from the CDC Health Alert Network
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Mosquito control: can it stop Zika at source?

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
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Training catalogue for outbreak response

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO
The training courses cover a wide range of technical and disease topics, to help prepare response workers with the skills and knowledge they need in a health emergency.
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Basic Paediatric Protocols (Kenya)
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Ministry of Health Kenya (2013) C1
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Community Case Management in Cameroon

psi (2010) C1
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National Training Package on Paediatric HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment. Participants Handbook. Module 9: HIV and Primary Health Care

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Control Programme, Tanzania (2015) C1
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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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Zika Basics: Flipbook for Community Health Workers

Centers for Disease Prevention and Control CDC (2016) C_CDC
This flipbook is for community health workers to use to educate their communities about Zika, how it is spread, the effects of the virus, what to do if infected, and how to prevent Zika.
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Syria: 3RP Regional Quarterly Update - September 2016: Health & Nutrition

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2016) C1
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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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Nutritional Anthropometric Survey: Children from 6 to 59 months, Kanchanpur District, Nepal

ACF International Network (2008) C1
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Mental Health. Psychische Gesundheit

Refugium Flucht und Gesundheit Department Gesundheitswissenschaften der HAW Hamburg. (2017) C1
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Lesotho Humanitarian Situation Report September 2017

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017)
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs | July – September 2017
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Tuberculosis - Prevention in travellers

A. A. Neilson, C. A. Mayer RACGP (2010) C2
Reprinted from Australian Family Physician Vol. 39, No. 10, october 2010
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Depression: Ratgeber für Angehörige

KBV & ÄZQ KBV (2013) C1
DÉPRESSION : CONSEILS AUX PROCHES اإلكتئاب – نصائح لألقرباء DEPRESSION – Guide for family members ДЕПРЕССИЯ – СОВЕТЫ БЛИЗКИМ DEPRESIÓN – CONSEJOS PARA ALLEGADOS DEPRESYON – HASTA YAKINLARI İÇİN TAVSİYELER
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Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey 2010

National Institute of Statistics, Directorate General for Health, and ICF Macro (2011) C1
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The Right to Health in Venezuela. Executive Summary

CODEVIDA, Coalición de Organizaciones por el Derecho a la Salud y a la Vida; PROVEA , Programa Venezolano de Educación - Acción en Derechos Humanos (2015) C1
This report was prepared by the Coalition of Organizations for the Right to Life and Health (CODEVIDA), and the Venezuelan Program of Education and Act ion in Human Rights (PROVEA) for consideration of the members of the CESCR, on the occasion of Venezuela ́s exam, to be held in June 2 ... more
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Trends in Child Health in Nigeria, 2003– 2013

Winter, Rebecca, Akinlo, Ambrose, and Lia Florey ICF International (2016) C2
DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 103
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Swaziland Briefing Kit 2006-07

MEASURE DHS (2008) C2
2006-07 Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey
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The Sphere standards and the Coronavirus response

The Sphere (2021) C_Sphere
Updated 8 June 2021. The document has two sections: A. The first section covers fundamental principles which are crucial to a successful, holistic intervention. B. The second covers relevant standards and guidance in the handbook’s Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) and Health ... more
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Radiological Terrorism: Emergency Management Pocket Guide for Clinicians

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2018) C_CDC
This pocket guide is designed for clinicians, including physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, who will provide emergency care following a radiological event. It should be used as a supplement to training and practice drills. (Prints on 8½" x 14" paper)
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News & Terrorism - Communicating in a Crisis: Biological Attack

The National Academies (2004) C1
A fact sheet from the National Academies and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on human pathogens, biotoxins and agricultural threats
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Specimen Management for Laboratory Diagnosis of Ebola and other Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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Rwanda Biomedical Center, National Reference Laboratory Division (2016) C1
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Rwanda: HEALTH SECTOR ANNUAL REPORT July 2013-June 2014

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2014) C2
This report highlights key achievements registered by the Ministry of Health, affiliated institutions, implementing agencies both at central and decentralized levels in 2013-2014. Generally, the Health Sector accomplishments and programs routine data for 2013-2014 confirm that Rwanda maintains its p ... more
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Rwanda: THIRD HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN JULY 2012 – JUNE 2018

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2012) C2
The Third Rwandan Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP III) provides strategic guidance to the health sector for six years, between July 2012 and June 2018. HSSP III has been inspired and guided by the VISION 2020, which will make Rwanda a lower-middle-income country by 2020; the Rwandan Health Policy ... more
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Onchocerciasis, an undiagnosed disease in Mozambique: identifying research opportunities

Noormahomed E, et al. (2016) C1
The objective of this paper is to summarise and critically review the available data about onchocerciasis in Mozambique, in order to report epidemiological and clinical aspects related to the disease and identify gaps in knowledge. The paper is intended to raise awareness of the existence and import ... more
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Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Somalia

Federal Government of Somalia, Puntland & Somaliland, Zonal NMCPsMoH (2016) C1
The main objective of the malaria prevention and control programme in Somalia is to prevent mortality and reduce morbidity due to malaria. The groups most vulnerable to the disease, children aged under 5 years and pregnant women, are especially targeted. Effective case management - early diagnosis a ... more
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Use of antibiotics for the treatment and control of cholera
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Global Task Force for Cholera Control (2018) C1
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium V. cholerae. It has a short incubation period of a few hours to 5 days. It is endemic in some countries, frequently showing seasonal variations in the number of reported cases. Cholera a ... more
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Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Management Guidelines

Sv Madhu, S. Srivastava (2015) CC
JIMSA Jan.-March 2015 Vol. 28 no.1 p.47-50e
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Victimization and PTSD in an Indian youth sample from Pune City

Rasmussen, D.J., Karsberg, S., Karstoft, K-I. & Elklit, A. Open Journal of Epidemiology (2013) CC
Background: Indian adolescents are presumably exposed to a range of potentially traumatizing and negative life events. However, the knowledge on this area is relatively sparse. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of exposure to potentially traumatizing and negative life events and t ... more
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Glossary of Terms Related to Trauma-Informed, Integrated Healthcare

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) (2018) C1
Provides a glossary of terms for healthcare providers to better understand the concepts within trauma-informed integrated care.
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Antipsychotics and mood stabilizers (lithium, valproate, or carbamazepine) for maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO
Q8. SCOPING QUESTION: In people with bipolar disorders who require maintenance treatment, are a) antipsychotics or b) mood stabilizers (lithium, valproate or carbamazepine) effective and safe?
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Cognitive functioning in major depression – a summary

Åsa Hammar and Guro Årdal (2009) CC
Front. Hum. Neurosci., 25 September 2009 | https://doi.org/10.3389/neuro.09.026.2009
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Infections of the nervous system

V. Parikh; V. Tucci; S. Galwankar PMC (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) (2012) C2
Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci. 2012 May-Aug; 2(2): 82–97. doi: 10.4103/2229-5151.97273 PMCID: PMC3401822 PMID: 22837896
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Encephalitis

J. E. Greenlee Merck Manual Professional Version (2019) C2
Accessed: 11.03.2019
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Atlas of headache disorders and resources in the world 2011

World Health Organization; Lifting the Burden (2011) C_WHO
A collaborative project of World Health Organization and Lifting The Burden
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Autism spectrum disorders

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO
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The concept of mental disorder: an African perspective

F. Njenga World Psychiatry (2007) C1
The concept of mental disorder is determined by many factors, including the historical context, cultural influence, level of scientific knowledge and capacity to carry out scientific enquiry, level of education in certain circumstances, as well as many others. In putting together a method of classif ... more
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Making Mental Health a Global Priority

Patricio V. Marquez, and Shekhar Saxena (2016) CC
Cerebrum. 2016 Jul-Aug; 2016: cer-10-16. Published online 2016 Jul 1.
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Mental Health. A Guide for Faith Leaders
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American Psychiatric Association Foundation and the Mental Health and Faith Community Partnership Steering Committee (2018) C2
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Treatment of anxiety disorders

B.Bandelo, S. Michaelis, D. Wedekind (2017) CC
Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2017 Jun; 19(2): 93–107.
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Diagnostic profiles and predictors of treatment outcome among children and adolescents attending a national psychiatric hospital in Botswana

A. A. Olashore; B. Frank‐Hatitchki: O. Ogunwobi BioMed Central; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (2017) CC
Olashore et al. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health (2017) 11:8 DOI 10.1186/s13034-017-0144-9
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Eating Disorders. First Aid Guidelines

Mental Health First Aid (2013) C2
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Менингит. Болезнь, требующая соблюдения мер предосторожности от заражения воздушно-капельным путём

University of Washington Medical Center University of Washington Medical Center (2006) C2
В этой брошюре рассказывается о том, что такое бактериальный менингит (т.е. менингит, который вызван бактериями Neisseria meningitides, Streptococcus pneumoniae, и Haemophilus influenzae) и каковы ... more
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Information Sheet for People with Schizophrenia

The Community Care For People With Schizophrenia In India (COPSI) Study (2015) CC
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Nodding syndrome

Scott F. Dowell, James J. Sejvar, Lul Riek, et al. CDC (2013) CC
Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 19, No. 9, September 2013
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS)

Communicable Disease Control Branch - Manitoba Health (2010) C2
Communicable Disease Control Branch Communicable Disease Management Protocol – Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), February 2010
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Outcomes of Universal Access to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in Georgia

T. Tsertsvadze; N. Chkhartishvili; L. Sharvadze; et al. Hindawi Publishing Corporation AIDS Research and Treatment (2011) C2
Research Article Hindawi Publishing Corporation AIDS Research and Treatment Volume 2011, Article ID 621078, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2011/621078
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Palliative care for older people: better practices

Hall, S.; H. Petkova, A.D. Tsouros, et al. World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe, et al. (2011) C_WHO
This publication aims to provide examples of better palliative care practices for older people to help those involved in planning and supporting care-oriented services most appropriately and effectively. Examples have been identifi ed from literature searches and from an international call ... more
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Standard treatment guidelines medicine (Respiratory Diseases) India

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India (2020) C1
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