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Publication: Gendered Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis in Uganda and Opportunities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Recovery

Alys, W.; Aziz, A.; Caran Ann, M. (2022) CC2
As Uganda builds back from the COVID-19 shock, the Ugandan government is strengthening its commitment to a more gender-inclusive and sustainable economy. This report supports these efforts by describing the gendered impacts of COVID-19 and provides recommendations for Ugandan policy makers and World ... more
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WHO Country Cooperation Strategy 2017 -2022 Malawi

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC2
The Country Cooperation Strategy is the World Health Organization (WHO)’s reference for country work guiding planning and resource allocation through alignment with national health priorities and harmonization with other development partners. It clarifies roles and functions of WHO in supporting t ... more
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Open Access Re-envisioning Kangaroo Mother Care Implementation Through a Socioecological Model: Lessons From Malawi

Global Health: Science and Practice (2022) CC2
Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a critical strategy to care for preterm and low birth weight infants in resource-limited settings. Despite evidence of its effectiveness and low cost, coverage has remained low, largely due to sociocultural barriers. We aimed to better understand social norms and commun ... more
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The failure of community-based health insurance schemes in Tanzania: opening the black box of the implementation process

Kigume, R.; Maluka, S. (2021) CC2
Globally, there is increased advocacy for community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes. Like other low and middle-income countries (LMICs), Tanzania officially established the Community Health Fund (CHF) in 2001 for rural areas; and Tiba Kwa Kadi (TIKA) for urban population since 2009. This study ... more
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HIV and AIDS in Western Europe, Central Europe and North America

Avert Avert (2020) C2
Accessed: 11.03.2020
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EFFECTIVE CAPACITY-BUILDING STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: A RAPID REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jane Doherty (2015) C2
Discussion Document
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High Tuberculosis Prevalence in a South African Prison: The Need for Routine Tuberculosis Screening
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L. Telisinghe, K. L. Fielding, J. L. Malden, et al. PLOS One (2014) CC
PLoS ONE 9(1): e87262. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087262
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Extending beyond Policy: reaching UNAiDS’ Three “90”s in Malawi

Z. Chirwa; F. Kayambo; L. Oseni; et al. PMC; Frontiers in Public Health; P. M. Kelly (2018) CC
Policy Brief published: 16 March 2018 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00069
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A comparative analysis of national HIV policies in six African countries with generalized epidemics

K. Church; F. Kiweewa, A.Dasgupta; et al. Bull World Health Organ; PMC (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) (2015) C2
Bull World Health Organ 2015;93:457–467 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.14.147215
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Pretreatment drug resistance and new treatment paradigms in firstline ART

Moorhouse, M. Southern African HIV Cinicans Society (2018) C2
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The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Strategic Response Plan for the WHO African Region February – December 2020 (Update 4 May 2020)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO
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Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans

Ojji, D.B.; et al. (2019) C1
N Engl J Med 2019;380:2429-39.DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1901113
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The burden of HIV and tuberculosis on the resuscitation area of an urban district-level hospital in Cape Town

Swarts, L.; S. Lahri, and D.J. van Hoving (2021) CC
African Journal of Emergency Medicine Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 165-170
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iagnostic Gaps and Recommendations for Human African Trypanosomiasis: Assessment of User Needs, Use Cases, and the Diagnostic Landscape

PATH (2016) C2
In support of the London Declaration goals, PATH aims to catalyze engagement of the diagnostics industry and product development efforts. As part of this work, PATH conducted a diagnostic landscape analysis to identify gaps and evaluated current and nascent HAT diagnostics that may provide solutions ... more
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Asthma in South African adolescents: a time trend and risk factor analysis over two decades

Baard, C.B.; Franckling-Smith, Z.; Munro, J. et al. ERJ Open Research (2021) CC
The article "Asthma in South African adolescents: a time trend and risk factor analysis over two decades" investigates the prevalence and risk factors for asthma in Cape Town adolescents from 2002 to 2017. The study finds that while the overall prevalence of asthma remained similar, the severity of ... more
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Target product profile for a test for rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis diagnosis usable in peripheral health facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
The development of this target product profile (TPP) was led by the WHO Department of Control of Ne- glected Tropical Diseases (NTD) following standard WHO guidance for TPP development. In order to identify and prioritize diagnostic needs, a WHO NTD Diagnostics Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) was ... more
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Migration of South African health workers: the extent to which financial considerations influence internal flows and external movements

George, G., Atujuna, M. & Gow, J. BMC Health Services Research (2013) CC
Research Article
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State of Health in the WHO African Region
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World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office African Region (2018) C_WHO
This report is not a country scorecard. Rather, its purpose is to act as a compass to guide progress towards health in the SDGs. There has been a significant improvement in the state of health in the region with healthy life expectancy - time spent in full health - in the region increasing from 50 ... more
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Trouver des solutions pilotées par la communauté face à l'épidémie de COVID-19
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RCCE technical working group (2020) C1
Une note d'orientation interagencesur la collaboration avec les communautés des zones à forte densité pour planifier des approches locales de prévention et de gestion de la COVID-19.
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Afrique de l'Ouest - Pendemie de la COVID-19: Impact des mesures de restriction, December 2020

World Food Program WFP (2020) CC
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The state of the health workforce in the WHO African Region, 2021

WHO Universal Health CoverageLife Course Cluster, WHO Regional Office for Africa (2021) C_WHO
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Glaube in Aktion. Wie religiöse Organisationen den demografischen Wandel in Westafrika voranbringen

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (2022) CC
In Westafrika wird die Bevölkerung in den nächsten Jahrzehnten noch stark wachsen. Bis 2050 dürfte sich die Einwohnerzahl der 16 Staaten von heute 402 auf rund 797 Millionen Menschen nahezu verdoppeln. Der Grund dafür sind vor allem hohe Geburtenraten: Frauen bekommen zwischen Mauretanien und ... more
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Accelerating towards human African trypanosomiasis elimination: Issues and opportunities

Ozioko ,KU.; Okoye, CI.; Obiezue, RN.; Idika, IK.; Awudu, RA.; Ezewudo, BI.; Ezea, CO. (2019) CC
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been an alarming global public health issue. The disease affects mainly poor and marginalized people in low-resource settings and is caused by two subspecies of haemoflagellate parasite, Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by tsetse flies. Progress made in HAT ... more
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Applying Effective Communication for Development Interventions to HIV Prevention among Adolescents

Unicef (2019)
Programme Brief Accessed: 21.08.2019
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Are ending AIDS 2030 and UHC policy objectives jointly attainable in SADC? A fisical perspective

T. Lievens; A. Murray-Zmijewski; P. Booth HIV Economics Reference Group (2015) C2
Oxford Policy Management (OPM) - APW with UNAIDS (thru TSF)
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Bringing the crucified down from the cross

Buffel, O. Missionalia (2015) C1
Preferential option for the poor in the South African context of poverty Missionalia 43:3  (349–364)
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Community home based care guidelines

University of Western Cape; University of Cape Town, Maastricht University et al. Learning Network (2014) CC
Community Health Committee Training
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The roles, training and knowledge of community health workers about diabetes and hypertension in Khayelitsha, Cape Town

Tsollekile, L.P.; H. Schneider and T. Puoane Curationis (2018) CC
CONCLUSIONS: The roles performed by CHWs are broad, varied and essential for diabetes and hypertension management. However, basic knowledge about diabetes and hypertension remains poor while training is unstandardised and haphazard. These need to be improved if community-based NCD management is to b ... more
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Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) - Sleeping Sickness

Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative DNDi (2008) C2
At the forefront of DNDi’s efforts to develop new treatments is the need to understand the realities and treatment needs of patients and health care staff in the field. The ultimate goal for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a truly simplified treatment which can be orally administered, impl ... more
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Towards universal access - Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector

World Health Organization; UNAIDS; Unicef (2010) C_WHO
Progress Report 2010
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Global plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive

UNAIDS UNAIDS (2011) C2
Countdown to zero 2011- 2015
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Core competencies for the eye health workforce in the WHO African Region

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
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Antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region: current status and roadmap for action

Essack S.Y., A.T. Desta, R.E. Abotsi et al. Journal of Public Health (2016) C2
The escalating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pandemic is a global public health threat with extensive health, economic and societal implications. Resistance emerges because of selection pressure from rational and indiscriminate antimicrobial use in human health as well as in the veterinary, agricul ... more
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Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA):Prevalence and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Pattern among Patients—A Multicenter Study in Asmara, Eritrea

Yohaness Garoy E., Y. Berhane Gebreab, O. Okoth Achila et al. Hindawi (2018) C2
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) strainsor multidrug-resistant S.aureus, initially described in 1960s,emerged in the last decade as a cause of nosocomial infections responsible for rapidly progressive, potential fatal diseases including life-threatening pneumonia, necrotizing fascii ... more
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Build back fairer: Achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (2021) C_WHO
The report “Build back fairer: achieving health equity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region” provides ground breaking insights into the state of health inequities in the Region and urges countries to take action to address the social determinants of health to reverse the worsening trend of inequi ... more
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Changing food systems and infectious disease risks in low-income and middle-income countries

Waage, J.; D. Grace; E.M. Févre; et al. The Lancet Planetary Health (2022) CC
Lancet Planet Health 2022;6: e760–68 The emergence of COVID-19 has drawn the attention of health researchers sharply back to the role that food systems can play in generating human disease burden. But emerging pandemic threats are just one dimension of the complex relationship between agriculture ... more
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Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022: Health situation analysis of the WHO African Region

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO
Atlas of African Health Statistics 2022: Health situation analysis of the WHO African Region Since 2019, we have been implementing Phase 2 of the regional Transformation Agenda, which informs and aligns with the global WHO Transformation, to ensure WHO is accountable, driven by re- sults and provid ... more
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WHO interim guidelines for the treatment of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO
This document focuses on the management of patients affected by gambiense HAT and constitutes an update to the WHO therapeutic guidance issued in 2013. The main changes in recommendations concern the criteria and methods for deciding the treatment among the new set of therapeutic options and the pa ... more
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The Abuja Declaration: Ten Years On

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2010) CC
Follow up to the so called Abuja Declaration ten years later: In April 2001, heads of state of African Union countries met and pledged to set a target of allocating at least 15% of their annual budget to improve the health sector. At the same time, they urged donor countries to "fulfil the yet to be ... more
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Malaria action plan for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2022-2030

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO
This action plan is intended for senior-level decision-makers in ministries of health, malaria programme managers, entomologists, and epidemiologists working on malaria and other vectorborne diseases programmes. It is also intended for decision-makers and technical and advocacy staff at other orga ... more
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Tuberculosis (TB) in south African prisons

U. Mahlati Wits Journalism (2015) C2
The Wits Justice Project HIV Nursing Matters / page 30-33 / June 2015 Source: Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV in Arrested, Detained and Sentenced Persons, 2008.
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Central African Republic: A conflict mapping

Danish Institute for International Studies IPIS (2018) CC
In the post-colonial history of the Central African Republic, violence has often been the shortest way to presidential power. President Bozizé presented little deviation from this narrative after coming to power after a coup d’état in 2003. Whilst he faced armed opposition and a conflict-affecte ... more
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PERSISTENCE OF THE CRISIS IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER TO ACT

M. BENINGA Paul-Crescent, Dr. MANGA ESSAMA Déflorine Grâce, Dr. MOGBA Zéphirin Jean Raymond FES (2018) CC
The Central African Republic has experienced repeated sociopolitical crises since the tragic death of its founder, Barthélémy Boganda, the year before the county’s independence. Today there is a general tendency by foreign observers and analysts who are not conversant with the history of t ... more
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Determinants Of Coital Frequency Among Married Women In Central African Republic: The Role Of Female Genital Cutting

Stewart H.; L. Morrison; R. White Journal of Biosocial Science (2002) C1
Journal of Biosocial Science / Volume 34 / Issue 04 / October 2002, pp 525 - 539 DOI: DOI:10.1017/S0021932002005254, Published online: 24 September 2002 This paper examines determinants of one aspect of sexual behaviour – coital frequency – among 2188 married women in the Central African Re ... more
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Central African Republic: National Recovery and Peacebuilding Plan 2017-21

World bank group The World Bank (2017) CC
The Central African Republic is at a major turning point in its history. The country is just emerging from a very violent conflict, during which thousands of human lives were lost and one-third of the population was displaced. After a three-year transition, and with the support of the internationa ... more
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Central African Republic (CAR): COI Compilation

Austrian Red Cross UNHCR, et al. (2018) CC
This report serves the specific purpose of collating legally relevant information on conditions in countries of origin pertinent to the assessment of claims for asylum. It is not intended to be a general report on human rights conditions. The report is prepared within a specified time frame on the b ... more
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Le comportement sexuel des adolescents à Bangui (RCA)

Frédéric Kobelembi, F.; Ministère de la Lutte contre le VIHSIDA, Bangui, RCA (2012) C1
African Population Studies, Etude de la population africaine vol. 20 n° 2 La sexualité des adolescents est devenue un sujet de préoccupation de santé publique, avec l’extension du SIDA au cours de ces dernières années, particulièrement en milieu urbain. Quels sont les déterminants des pr ... more
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World Health Statistics 2021: monitoring health for the SDGs
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO
The report presents the latest data on more than 50 health-related Sustainable Development Goal and "triple billion" target indicators. The 2021 edition includes preliminary estimates for global excess deaths attributable to COVID-19 for 2020 and the state of global and regional health trends from 2 ... more
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Burden sharing or burden shifting? - HIV and TB

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (2019) C1
MSF provides treatment for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in more than 20 countries around the world. The report Burden sharing or burden shifting? How the HIV/TB response is being derailed examines the situation in nine countries where MSF runs programmes: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic ... more
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Generation Hope (Executive Summary)

Save the Children Save the Children (2022) CC
2.4 billion reasons to end the global climate and inequality crisis. An estimated 774 million children across the world – or one third of the world’s child population - are living with the dual impacts of poverty and high climate .The country with the highest percentage of children impacted by t ... more
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Strengthening the Health Workforce for Improved Services

USAID, CapacityPlus & PEPFAR (2015) C2
Results and Lessons Learned from CapacityPlus 2009-2015
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Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2021

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2022) C1
Continuing a worrying decade-long rising trend, the number of people forced to flee due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events seriously disturbing public order climbed to 89.3 million by the end of 2021. This is more than double the 42.7 million people who remained f ... more
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Differentiated care for HIV: A decision Framework for antiretroviral therapy delivery

Differentiated service delivery (2019) C2
It's time to deliver differently. Accessed: 13.11.2019
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Powering Healthcare Solutions Catalogue

Sustainable Energy for All; The World Bank; ESMAP (2020) CC
This catalogue serves the purpose of connecting stakeholders from the energy and health sectors with solutions providers, to help meet the energy needs of healthcare facilities in response to COVID-19 and beyond. The solutions provided herein represent a sample of a larger group of solution prov ... more
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Epilepsy in the WHO african region: Bridging the Gap

World Health Organization; International League against Epilepsy; International Bureau for Epilepsy (2002) C_WHO
The Global Campaign Against Epilepsy “Out of the Shadows”
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Rwanda: Emergency Medicine Clinical Guidelines

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2016) C2
The clinical guidelines and protocols for the practice of emergency medicine presented in this document are designed to be a useful resource not only for those wishing to become emergency medicine specialists, but also for general practitioners and other healthcare providers tasked with caring for p ... more
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The youth Bulge and HIV

UNAIDS (2018) C2
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Fostereing a Stronger Community-to-Facility Link to increase maternal and newborn health and nutrition

Micronutrient Initiative (2016) C1
Case Study
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National Training Package on Provider-initated Paediatric HIV Testing & Counselling in Zambia. Training Manual
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ICAP; CDC; University Teaching Hospital,; Ministry of Health, Zambia, et al. (2013) C1
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National Training Package on Provider-initated Paediatric HIV Testing & Counselling in Zambia.Participant Manual
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ICAP; CDC; University Teaching Hospital,; Ministry of Health, Zambia, et al. (2013) C1
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Recruiting and Motivating Community Health Workers in Zambia

N. Ashraf; O.Bandiera; S.Lee Innovation for Poverty Action (2014) C1
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Results Based Financing: Engaging Communities to Strengthen Systems in Fragile Contexts

Hetty Burgman and Piet Vroeg Cordaid (2015) C2
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Management of severe paediatric malaria in resource-limited settings

Maitland, K. (2015)
BMC Medicine (2015) 13:42 DOI 10.1186/s12916-014-0263-6
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Guidelines for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B and C Viral Infections in Kenya
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Prof. G. N. Lule, Dr. B. Nyawira Gastroenterology Society of Kenya , Republic of Keny (2015) C1
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WHO Recommended Surveillance Standards Meningococcal disease

World Health Organization (2000)
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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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HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: Progress accomplished in responding to the Epidemic

National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) (2016) C1
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Miners

M. Smelyanskaya, J. Duncan (The Focus Group Consulting); D. Daniels, et al. Stop TB Partnership; UNOPS; END TB (2016) C1
Key popupations brief.
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WHO Country Cooperation Strategy Kenya: medium-term support strategy 2014 - 2019

World Health Organization (WHO), Kenya Country Office (2014) C_WHO
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Occupational segregation, gender essentialism and male primacy as major barriers to equity in HIV/AIDS caregiving: Findings from Lesotho

Newman et al International Journal for Equity in Health (2011) CC
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2017 Global Nutrition Report. Nourishing the SDGs

Global Nutrition Report Stakeholder Group (2017)
The 2017 Global Nutrition Report focuses on 5 key areas and finds that improving nutrition can have a powerful multiplier effect across the SDGs. Indeed, it indicates that it will be a challenge to achieve any SDG without addressing nutrition. The report shows that there is an exciting opportunity t ... more
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12 populations being left behind

UNAIDS (2014) C2
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Sanitation in Small Towns: Experience from Mozambique

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2015)
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Reaching the 90-90-90 target: lessons from HIV self-testing

C. Celum; R. Barnabas The Lancet; Elsevier Ltd (2018) CC
Published:December 21, 2018 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30289-3
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HIV/AIDS in the South-East Asia region: progress and challenges

R. Pendse; S. Gupta; D. Yu; S. Sarkar World Health Organization South-East Asia Region (2016) C_WHO
Journal of Virus Eradication 2016; 2 (Supplement 4): 1–6 Review
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The economic impacts of The CT-OVC programme in Kenya

S. Asfaw; B. Davis; J. Dewbre; et al. PtoP (From Protection to Protection); Food and Agriculture Organization on the United Nations; Unicef; European Union; et al. (2013) C2
Policy Brief
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Guideline Treatment of tuberculosis in patients with HIV co-infection

Department of Health; Queensland Government (2019) C2
Version 3.0 Accessed: 24.11.2019
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At a glance

UNAIDS UNAIDS (2020) C2
Accessed: 11.02.2020
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UNAIDS hails new results showing that long-acting injectable medicines are highly effective in preventing HIV among women

UNAIDS (2020) C_WHO
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Persons with disabilities as experts-by experience: using personal narratives to affect community attitudes in Kilifi, Kenya

Joseph K. Gona, Newton C.R., Hartley, Sally, et al. (2018) C1
International Health and Human Rights (2018) 18:18 Disability awareness, Community, Attitudes, Experts-by-experience
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Planning of Africs's land/water future: hard or sorft landing

Falkenmark, M. (2022) CC
Ambio 51, 9-12 (2022). This article belongs to Ambio’s 50th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Solutions-oriented research.
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Schistosomiasis: Still a Cause of Significant Morbidity and Mortality

Verjeen, M. National Library of Medicine (2019) CC
Theodor Bilharz, a German professor of anatomy and chief of surgery at the Kasr El Ani Hospital of Cairo from 1850, first identified an infective organism, Distomum hematobium in 1851, which was renamed Schistosoma haematobium in 1858. It arose from a cestode worm, Hymenoleptis nana, lying in the sm ... more
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Onchocerciasis Fact Sheet

World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO
Onchocerciasis – or “river blindness” – is a parasitic disease caused by the filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus. It is transmitted through the bites of infected blackflies (Simulium spp.) that breed in fast-flowing rivers and streams, mostly in remote villages located near fertile land wher ... more
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Perspectives on Underlying Factors for Unhealthy Diet and Sedentary Lifestyle of Adolescents at a Kenyan Coastal Setting

Ssewanyana, D.; Abubakar, A.; Van Baar, A. et al. Frontiers in Public Health (2018) CC
The article explores the underlying factors influencing unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles among adolescents in Kilifi County, Kenya. Using a qualitative approach, the study involved interviews and focus group discussions with adolescents, stakeholders, and young adults. Key findings include a ... more
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EPI Comprehensive Multiyear Plan 2012-2016

Republic of Senegal , Ministry of Public Health and Prevention, Department of Medical Prevention (2011) C1
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Meningitis

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO
28 Sept. 2021 The focus of this fact sheet is on the four main causes of acute bacterial meningitis: Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) Haemophilus influenzae Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus)
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Growth with Resilience - Opportunities in African Agriculture - Montpellier Panel Report

The Montpellier Panel Agriculture for Impact-Imperial College of London (2012)
- Resilient Markets - Resilient Agriculture - Resilient People - Political Leadership for Resilient Growth
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Factors influencing ART adherence: Qualitative findings from selected sites in Tanzania - January 2008

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania (2008) C1
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Early Warning Websites Linklist
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WHO; GOARN, FAO, et al. (2015) CC
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Building on Community-based Health Insurance to Expand National Coverage: The Case of Ghana

Nathan J. Blanchet and Osei B. Acheampong USAID, Health Finance & Governance (2013) CC
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Rwanda: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Bangladesh: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Ethiopia: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Ghana: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Haiti: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Indonesia: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Kenya: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Liberia: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Malawi: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more
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Nepal: PROFILE OF PRETERM AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT PREVENTION AND CARE

Every Preemie—SCALE (2017) C2
The information provided here can be used to understand the current situation, increase attention to preterm births in Rwanda and to inform dialogue and action among stakeholders. Data can be used to identify the most important risk factors to target and gaps in care in order to identify and impleme ... more