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Essential and actionable measures for enhancing country preparedness for Viral Haemorrhagic Fever outbreaks in the WHO African Region
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World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

The target audience of this document (and the associated online companion tool) includes WHO country offices in Member States of the African Region; Member States’ ministries of health and their public health emergency operation centres; relevant external assessment teams; and partners looking... more

Beyond illness: Understanding the social determinants in the life of a middle-aged Pakistani woman

World Health Organization WHO EMHJ – Vol. 30 No. 12 – 2024 (2025) C_WHO

Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of poor health, and the scarcity of resources limits access to essential health care services.

An Infographic Guide to Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV)

UNFPA (2025) C2

An Infographic Guide to Technology-facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) offers a visually engaging toolkit designed to raise awareness and deepen understanding of the pervasive and harmful impact of TFGBV on women and girls in all their diversity.

Guideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 years of age

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Pneumonia and diarrhoea account for 23% of under-five mortality and were responsible for an estimated 1.17 million deaths in children under five globally. Furthermore, pneumonia and diarrhoea were responsible for 18% of mortality in children 5–9 years of age, resulting in an estimated 86 000 preve... more

Targeted and selective strategies in measles and rubella vaccination campaigns: Interim guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

The World Health Organization provides regional and national strategies and operational plans that aim to support countries in work to achieve measles control and elimination. These are guided by high level frameworks including the Immunization Agenda 2030 and the Measles and Rubella Strategic Frame... more

Making every school in the Region of the Americas a health-promoting school: Implementation guide for educational institutions

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2024) CC

Every day, schools engage in numerous activities that help promote the health and well-being of students, families, and communities. There is clear evidence of the benefits of the health-promoting schools (HPS) approach, not only for improving overall health outcomes (physical, mental, and social) i... more

What is Asthma? Allergy Foundation South Africa

Allergy Foundation South Africa (2024) CC2

Asthma is a long term illness of the lungs that causes the tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs (airways) to become swollen (inflamed) and produce lots of thick mucus. In a person with asthma, the lung swelling (inflammation) makes the airways “twitchy”; this means they close easily... more

Medical emergencies: asthma

BDJ Team (2018) CC2

When someone is having an asthma attack, their airways go into spasm which causes tightness of the chest; the linings of the airways become inflamed and phlegm is produced further obstructing the airways and leading to severe difficulty in breathing (Fig. 1). Asthma does lead to fatalities and shoul... more

What is Asthma? - Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform

Global Allergy and Airways Patient Platform (2022) CC2

Asthma is a chronic lung condition that affects your airways or bronchial tubes. It causes your airways to narrow, swell and produce extra mucus, which in turn makes it more difficult to breathe. The narrowing of the airways causes you to feel short of breath, wheezy or trigger fits of coughing.

What is Asthma? - Global Allergy & Airways

Global Allergy & Airways (2024) CC2

Asthma is a chronic (long-term) lung condition that affects your airways or bronchial tubes. It can cause your airways to narrow and their lining to swell and to produce extra mucus, which makes it more difficult to breathe. The narrowing of the airways causes you to feel short of breath, wheeze, or... more

What is asthma?Lets learn together about asthma as Dr.Shema Christine explains to depth about asthma

COU Family TV (2022) CC3

Video about asthma: What is asthma? Lets learn together about asthma as Dr.Shema Christine explains to depth about asthma

Asthma in children under 5 years old

Annamali, M. National Asthma Education Programme (2024) CC2

Asthma is chronic inflammation of the airways in the lungs. In asthma, the airways in the lung narrow due to swelling of the mucosa, increased mucus production, and spasm of the airways.

Adverse Effects of Crystalline Silica Exposure

American Thoracic Society (1996) CC2

This American Thoracic Society Statement was prepared by a Committee of the Scientific Assembly on Environmental and Occupational Health at the request of the American Lung Association Occupational Health Expert Advisory Group to emphasize the continuing importance of silicosis as a major lung disea... more

Air Pollution and Noncommunicable Diseases

Schraufnagel, D.E.; Balmes, J.R.; Cowl, C.T. et al. American College of Chest Physicians (2019) CC

Although air pollution is well known to be harmful to the lung and airways, it can also damage most other organ systems of the body. It is estimated that about 500,000 lung cancer deaths and 1.6 million COPD deaths can be attributed to air pollution, but air pollution may also account for 19% of all... more

Household air pollution - WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the significant health risks associated with household air pollution, primarily resulting from the use of inefficient and polluting fuels and technologies for cooking, heating, and lighting. In 2020, approximately 2.1 billion people—about one-third of... more

Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective

Lelieveld, J.; Pozzer, A.; Pöschl, U. et al. Cardiovascular Research (2020) CC

Long-term exposure of humans to air pollution enhances the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. A novel Global Exposure Mortality Model (GEMM) has been derived from many cohort studies, providing much-improved coverage of the exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5). We applied the GE... more

Air Pollution - Our overview of indoor and outdoor air pollution

Ritchie, H.; Roser, M. Global Change Data Lab (2024) CC2

The Our World in Data webpage on air pollution provides an extensive overview of the global impact of air pollution on health and the environment. It presents data on sources of pollution, such as industry, vehicles, and domestic energy use, and highlights the associated health risks, including resp... more

Avoid air pollution - Avoid Asthma

Achieving control of asthma in children in africa - acacia (2022) CC2

Pollution (dirty air) is a big trigger for asthma as it makes it difficult to breathe and affects the health of humans, animals, and plants. Avoiding pollution helps prevent asthma symptoms!

Secondhand smoke can infiltrate into other units through hallways and stairwell

Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2016) CC2

Secondhand smoke can infiltrate into other units through hallways and stairwells. Don’t be shy when it comes to your health. Talk to your building manager about making your apartment smokefree.

Secondhand Smoke infographics - Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC

Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2015) CC2

Secondhand smoke and the harmful chemicals in it are known causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, ear infections.and asthma attacks in infants and children. They are also known causes of HEART DISEASE,stroke, and lung cancer in adult nonsmokers.

Essential and actionable measures for enhancing country preparedness for Viral Haemorrhagic Fever outbreaks in the WHO African Region recommended

Essential and actionable measures for enhancing country preparedness for Viral Haemorrhagic Fever outbreaks in the WHO African Region
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