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Guidelines for TB infection prevention and control for health care workers in Kenya
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National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Lung Disease Unit, Ministry of Health, Kenya (2014) C1

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 hygi... more

National integrated comprehensive cholera prevention and control plan. Fiscal years (2017/18-2021/22)

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda World Health Organisation (WHO); UNICEF (2017) C1

The major areas of focus for the plan will be:
- Social mobilization and community empowerment (health promotion & education for disease prevention... more

Improving Infection Prevention and Control Practices at Health Facilities in Resource-Limited Settings
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Wonder Goredema Jane Briggs Mupela Ntengu, et al. USAID; SIAPS (2016) C1

SIAPS Technical Report. This report summarizes key accomplishments and lessons learned in implementing SIAPS’ approach to improving IPC practices in four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Jordan, and... more

Sierra Leone National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines_2022
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Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone, (2022) C1

The Sierra Leone National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines were jointly developed and... more

Effectiveness of Education and an Antibiotic-Control Program in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Thailand

Apisarnthanarak A.,S. Danchaivijitr,T. Khawcharoenporn, et al. (2006) C2

Overuse of antimicrobial agents occurs globally in both community and hospital settings. Misuse of antibiotics can lead to a variety of adverse outcomes, including the development of antimicrobial resistanceand increased cost of hospitalization... more

Worldwide Control and Management of Chagas Disease in a New Era of Globalization: a Close Look at Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi Infection.

Abras A., Ballart C., Fernández-Arévalo A., et al. Clinical Microbiology Reviews (2022) CC

April 2022 Volume 35 Issue 2 e00152-21 Population movements have turned Chagas disease (CD) into a global public health problem. Despite the successful implementation of subregional initiatives to contro... vectorial and transfusional Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Latin American settings where the disease is endemic, congenital CD (cCD) remains a significant challenge. In countries where the disease is not endemic, vertical transmission plays a key role in CD expansion and is the main focus of its control. Although several health organizations provide general protocols for cCD control, its management in each geopolitical region depends on local authorities, which has resulted in a multitude of approaches. The aims of this review are to (i) describe the current global situation in CD management, with emphasis on congenital infection, and (ii) summarize the spectrum of available strategies, both official and unofficial, for cCD prevention and control in countries of endemicity and nonendemicity. From an economic point of view, the early detection and treatment of cCD are cost-effective. However, in countries where the disease is not endemic, national health policies for cCD control are nonexistent, and official regional protocols are scarce and restricted to Europe. Countries of endemicity have more protocols in place, but the implementation of diagnostic methods is hampered by economic constraints. Moreover, most protocols in both countries where the disease is endemic and those where it is not endemic have yet to incorporate recently developed technologies. The wide methodological diversity in cCD diagnostic algorithms reflects the lack of a consensus. This review may represent a first step toward the development of a common strategy, which will require the collaboration of health organizations, governments, and experts in the field. more

National Comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Training for Pharmacy Professionals. Participant Manual

Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2018) CC

In line with its decentralization principle, the Ethiopian Health Policy has achieved great progress in improving access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS services to the majority of the population. Both quality and coverage of servi... more

National Multisectoral Action Plan (NMAP) for Prevention and Control of Common NCDs (2017-22)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India; WHO (2017) C_WHO

India is experiencing rapid demographic and epidemiological transitions with NCDs causing significant disability, morbidity and mortality both in urban an... rural populations and across all socioeconomic strata. According to the ICMR State Level Disease Burden Initiative, in 2016, NCDs accounted to an estimated 6.0 million deaths, constituting 62% of the total mortality of that year. more

Congenital Chagas disease: Updated recommendations for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of newborns and siblings, girls, women of childbearing age, and pregnant women

Carlier, Y.; Altcheh, J.; Angheben, A. et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2019) CC

In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Chagas disease (CD; Trypanosoma cruzi infection) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) [1] and... more

Interim Guidelines on Management of COVID-19 in Kenya - COVID-19, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Case Management

Dr. P. Amoth; Dr. S. K. Kibias Ministry of Health; University of Nairobi (2020) C2

Accessed: 02.05.2020 These consolidated guidelines provide recommendations for comprehensive prevention and case management strategies in Kenya Scope of the Guidelines: Infection ... and control Patient triage Emergency Medical Services Case management Laboratory testing algorithm Target Audience: Health care workers taking care of patients suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 These guidelines combine both preventive and clinical management of the disease in Kenyan context. The protocol borrows various international recommendations including the World Health Organization, from experience of other countries such as China that has struggled with the outbreak for a longer time and from principles of virology and infectious disease management. more

11th Annual Meeting and First Virtual Meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of the Amazonian Countries Initiative for the Surveillance and Control of Chagas Disease (AMCHA)

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2022) C_WHO

Due to the particular Amazonian situation of vectorial transmission based mostly on the wild cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi with diversity of triatomine vectors involved in effective transmission, and the variety of eco-epidemiological situations that f... more

Identify, Isolate, Inform: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Patients with Possible Ebola Virus Disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014)

Systematic review on the diagnosis, treatment, care and prevention of tuberculosis in prison settings

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2017) C_CDC

Scientific advice Prevention and control of communicable diseases in prison settings.

Improving Burial Practices and Cemetery Management During an Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — Sierra Leone, 2014

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2015)

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) January 16, 2015 / 64(01);20-27

Expert and stakeholder virtual consultation meeting to develop the Africa CDC Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health Strategy

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C_CDC

Executive summary On 27th and 28th April 2021, the division of Disease Control and ... in collaboration with Public Health England, organized a virtual consultative meeting as part of the consultations with Member States and partners for the development of the Africa CDC five years strategic plan for the prevention and control of Non-communicable Diseases … Report: Expert and stakeholder virtual consultation meeting to develop the Africa CDC Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health Strategy more

Efforts to Build Infection Control Capacity in in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone During the Ongoing Ebola Outbreak

Benjamin J. Park, MD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Department of Health and Human Services - USA (2015) C_CDC

Guidelines for screening for Tuberculosis infection and disease during the domestic medical examination for newly arrived refugees

U.S. Department of Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectios Diseases (2012) C_CDC

Division of Global Migration and Quarantine April 16, 2012

National Guidelines on TB/HIV Management and Program Collaboration and Implementation Manual, 2nd ed.

Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate General of Health Services (2016) C1

National Tuberculosis Control Program; Mycobacterial Disease Control National AIDS/STD ...
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