Filter
8560
Filtered Results: 8560
Text search:
common
diseases
Featured
Recommendations
789
New Publications
2086
Language
Document type
No document type
4584
Studies & Reports
1557
Guidelines
1108
Manuals
472
Strategic & Response Plan
309
Fact sheets
212
Training Material
158
Situation Updates
52
Infographics
38
Brochures
29
Resource Platforms
21
Online Courses
13
Videos
6
App
1
Countries / Regions
India
421
Global
401
Kenya
241
South Africa
187
Ethiopia
173
Western and Central Europe
164
Sierra Leone
163
Uganda
161
Latin America and the Carribbean
145
Liberia
145
Africa
143
Nepal
135
Nigeria
133
Malawi
111
Bangladesh
103
Zambia
103
Tanzania
101
Myanmar / Burma
101
Rwanda
95
Ghana
83
Syria
79
Congo, Democratic Republic of
78
Ukraine
77
Philippines
66
Eastern Europe
57
Russia
57
Mozambique
56
South–East Asia Region
55
Zimbabwe
52
Asia
51
Brazil
51
Namibia
51
Cambodia
50
South Sudan
49
Guinea
47
West and Central Africa
45
Lesotho
43
East and Southern Africa
42
Haiti
41
Middle East and North Africa
40
Senegal
38
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
38
Indonesia
34
Germany
33
Botswana
33
Burkina Faso
32
Yemen
31
Cameroon
30
Pakistan
25
Eswatini/ Swaziland
24
Venezuela
22
Afghanistan
20
USA
19
Sudan
19
Benin
18
Somalia
18
Angola
17
Colombia
16
Thailand
16
Western Pacific Region
15
Vietnam
15
Central African Republic
15
Peru
14
China
12
Mali
12
Madagascar
12
Guinea-Bissau
11
Jordan
11
Iraq
11
Chile
9
Albania
9
Argentina
9
Lebanon
9
Moldova
9
Georgia
9
Ecuador
9
Tajikistan
8
Laos
8
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
8
Togo
7
North America
7
United Kingdom
7
Southern Africa
7
Sri Lanka
7
North Macedonia
6
Turkey
6
Spain
6
Papua New Guinea
6
Chad
6
Timor Leste/ East Timor
5
Kazakhstan
5
Kyrgyzstan
5
Armenia
5
Saudi Arabia
5
Bolivia
5
Egypt
5
Libya
5
Bhutan
5
Mexico
4
Iran
4
Niger
4
Burundi
4
Japan
4
France
4
Portugal
4
El Salvador
3
Serbia
3
Gambia
3
Canada
3
Fiji
3
Italy
3
Paraguay
3
Jamaica
3
Mauritius
3
Belarus
3
Greece
3
Palestine
3
Poland
3
Honduras
3
Congo-Brazzaville
2
Uzbekistan
2
Malaysia
2
Morocco
2
Mongolia
2
Qatar
2
Hungary
2
Ireland
2
Gabon
2
Turkmenistan
2
Tunisia
2
Israel
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Djibouti
2
Romania
2
Guatemala
2
North Korea
1
Switzerland
1
Australia
1
Singapore
1
Estonia
1
Vanuatu
1
Bulgaria
1
Mauritania
1
Dominican Republic
1
Croatia
1
Uruguay
1
Denmark
1
Maldives
1
Azerbaijan
1
French Guyana
1
Latvia
1
Nicaragua
1
Slovakia
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
3015
Clinical Guidelines
772
Public Health
576
Women & Child Health
419
Key Resources
381
Capacity Building
181
Pharmacy & Technologies
87
Annual Report MEDBOX
3
Toolboxes
COVID-19
793
Mental Health
731
HIV
607
TB
429
Planetary Health
342
AMR
310
NTDs
281
NCDs
264
Rapid Response
254
Ebola
254
Caregiver
251
Disability
237
Conflict
182
Refugee
145
Pharmacy
142
Global Health Education
140
Natural Hazards
98
Health Financing Toolbox
74
Zika
71
Cholera
48
Polio
45
Specific Hazards
42
Social Ethics
33
Typhoon
4
South Sudan
2
Health Financing
1
The report reflects on the trends, achievements and challenges in global health over the past decade during which Dr Margaret Chan has been Director-General of WHO. It discusses the role of WHO in dealing with such issues as the rise of noncommunicable diseases, leaps in life expectancy, and emergin...
This study consists of a descriptive analysis of M. tuberculosis isolates from Beira Central Hospital, Mozambique, during 2014–2015, being the first report of a genotypic testing used to provide information about second line drug resistance in Mozambique.
BMC Infectious Diseases (2016) 16:423 DO...
Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is usually contracted when drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fight against this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines a water, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) response with a monitoring system, improved water suppl...
The WHO Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study measures the burden of
disease using the disability-adjusted life year metric (DALY). The DALY metric
was developed to assess the burden of disease consistently across diseases,
risk factors and regions. A consistent and comparative description of the ...
SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research Autoimmune Diseases
Volume 2011, Article ID 937586, 5 pages doi:10.4061/2011/937586
Cyclone in Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Ebola virus disease in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Humanitarian crisis in Mali
Humanitarian crisis in Central African Republic.
SADC Communicable Disease Project
Component 5: Scaling-up Child and Adolescent HIV, TB and Malaria Continuum of Care and Support
DRAFT POST REGIONAL CONSENSUS AND VALIDATION MEETING Oct 2012
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when organisms that cause disease are no longer susceptible/responsive to antimicrobial agents that previously were effective in combating them. AMR is a global problem with particularly dire consequences for Africa which is already grappling with high levels ...
Excessive consumption of salt (more than 5 g per day) raises blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, and is the leading cause of death in the WHO European Region. Many countries in the Region have initiated national salt reduction strategies,...
The guide explains how vaccines work and answers your common questions as well as providing up-to-date information on the current approved COVID-19 vaccinations in the UK.
This guide was written in January 2021 and updated in March 2021 and is accurate at the time of publishing. Information will b...
Noma (cancrum oris) is a severe gangrenous disease of the mouth and face. It mostly affects children between the ages of 2 and 6 years living in extreme poverty. In addition to the known factors such as malnutrition, lack of vaccination in children and poor oral hygiene, several social and environme...
The internationally recognized criteria for diagnosis of neurocysticercosis include a requirement for neuroimaging techniques, such as computerized tomography (CT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ideally supported by serology. These facilities are not available in all settings, especially i...
Occupational health and safety programmes aim to prevent diseases and injuries arising out of, linked with or occurring in the course of work, while improving the quality and safety of care, safeguarding the health workforce and promoting environmental sustainability in the health sector.
This gu...
Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and breast and colon cancer. It also helps to prevent hypertension, overweight and obesity and can improve mental health, quality of life
and well-being.
Current Tropical Medicine Reports (2018) 5:247–256 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-018-0166-2 .Purpose of the Review Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing and disabling cutaneous disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, one of the skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs). This article aim...
Human schistosomiasis, a parasitic and often chronic illness, is one of the major neglected tropical diseases worldwide. It is estimated that 240 million people suffer from schistosomiasis, with more than 200000 fatalities recorded each year. Schistosomiasis is caused by an infection of the blood fl...
Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by pathogenic organisms belonging to the genus Leptospira, that are transmitted directly or indirectly from animals to humans. Leptospirosis is a major direct zoonosis. Humanto-human transmission occurs only very rarely.
The major neglected tropical diseases, Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis and schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni or S. haematobium are presumed to be widely distributed in Africa. Taenia solium taeniosis/ cysticercosis has been reported as an emerging disease in different regions of Af...
Burden of T. solium: Neurocysticercosis is a disease induced by T. solium larvae penetrating human tissues, especially the nervous system. Neurocysticercosis burdens economies, societies and individuals because of the impact of epilepsy on wages, health costs and social stigmatization of sufferers. ...
The epidemiology of the disease is mediated by the interaction of the parasite (trypanosome) with the vectors (tsetse flies), as well as with the human and animal hosts within a particular environment. Related to these interactions, the disease is confined in spatially limited areas called “foci...
