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Iron Status of Burkinabé Adolescent Girls Predicts Malaria Risk in the Following Rainy Season

Brabin, L.; S. Gies; S. A. Roberts et al. MDPI (2020) CC

High levels of storage iron may increase malaria susceptibility. This risk has not been investigated in semi-immune adolescents. We investigated whether baseline iron status of nonpregnant adolescent girls living in a high malaria transmission area in Burkina Faso affected malaria risk during the fo... more

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Nutritional interventions update: vitamin D supplements during pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was first published in 2016 with the objective of improving the quality of routine health care that all women and adolescent girls receive during p... more

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Prevention: breast cancer risks factors and prevention

World Health Organization WH=; Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2021) C_WHO

This summary covers the preventive approach to breast cancer control and includes prophylactic medications, prophylactic surgery and lifestyle modifications for breast cancer prevention. Health professional training and individual risk assessments and counseling are also discussed.

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OCHA Policy Brief on Gendered Drivers, Risks and Impacts of Food Insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2023) CC

It is widely understood that the food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s fastest growing and most neglected crises. It lacks sufficient global focus, resources and urgency. As in so many crises, women and girls are disproportionately affected and shoulder t...he consequences of protracted neglect, with unconscionable impacts on their safety, life chances and agency. Gaining a holistic view of the gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is difficult. This is due to a lack of data and prioritization, and the large geographical and socioeconomic terrain covered by both regions. However, what we do know about this crisis is more than enough to urgently address the needs of women and girls. An OCHA discussion paper on this topic (which will be published imminently, and from which this policy brief is drawn) found that there is: A strong risk of profound regression in gender equality gains made to date in the countries of concern, including on education, sexual and reproductive health, and the economic independence of women and girls (with knock-on effects on broader humanitarian and development outcomes). An increasing challenge to reverse what must be recognized as a protracted and growing gender-based violence (GBV) emergency in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The food insecurity crisis in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa is protracted, multidimensional and highly gendered, with spiralling impacts on gender equality and food security outcomes. It is driven by interwoven and overlapping factors, including climate change, political instability, conflict, socioeconomic conditions, migration and displacement and, more recently, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine. Interlinked with these factors are gendered structural drivers of food insecurity, including deeply entrenched gender inequalities and harmful social norms. Gendered risks and impacts of food insecurity include alarming limitations on access to education, sexual and reproductive health rights, women’s agency and participation, and dramatic increases in different existing forms of GBV and the emergence of new ones. Recognition of such gendered dimensions of food insecurity and of the need for a multisectoral approach in the response is key to addressing the crisis, along-side sustained commitment and adequate allocation of resources. This policy brief draws out key findings from the OCHA discussion paper on this topic, which includes a desk review of studies, assessments and reports, and interviews with local women’s organizations on the front lines of the food insecurity crisis in communities across both regions. Below are the most pressing gendered drivers, risks and impacts of food insecurity (not in order of priority), as well as key gaps in the current humanitarian response to food insecurity, and recommendations to take forward. more

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Malaria in pregnancy training manual. Facilitator's answer booklet

Ministry of Health Ghana USAID; GFATM; et al. (2011) C1

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MPS - Making Pregnancy Safer, Implementing the MPS Initiative in Soroti district, Uganda

WHO, Ministry of Health, Uganda (2007) C_WHO

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Preventing Malaria during Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of Effective IPTp Delivery

Florey, Lia Calverton, Maryland, USA: ICF International (2013) C2

DHS Analytical Studies No. 39

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Guideline on Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction: Early Warning and Accessible Broadcasting

Dion, Betty; Qureshi, Aqeel Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES), Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (2014) C1

- Build community resilience to coastal hazards by improving capacity of inclusive disaster management systems.
- Reduce the mortality rate of persons with disabilities in situations of risk.
- Raise awareness about inclusive policies, practices and disaster risk reduction strategies that ... more

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Indonesian Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes in Pregnancy

D. Purnamasari, S. Waspadji, J. MF Adam, et al.; Indonesian Society of Endocrinology (ISE) (2013) C1

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B1 Perinatal and early childhood risk and protective factor and disorders: early maltreatment and exposure to violence

Susan MK Tan, Norazlin Kamal Nor, Loh Sit Fong, Suzaily Wahab, Sheila Marimuthu & Chan Lai Fong IACAPAP (2015) C1

This publication seeks to describe the best treatments and practices based on the scientific evidence available at the time of writing as evaluated by the authors and may change as a result of new research. Readers need to apply this knowledge to patients in accordance with the guidelines and laws o... more

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How can social protection reduce adolescent HIV-Risk?

Cluver, L, Orkin, M, Meinck, F, Boyes, M, & Sherr, L Unicef; The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS; European Research Council; et al. (2016)

(2016) ‘Structural Drivers and social protection: mechanisms of HIV risk and HIV prevention for South African adolescents’. JIAS, 2016, 19(1):20646. http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.19.1.20646. Social protection and HIV: Research implications for policy - 1 of 6

Nutritional interventions update: zinc supplements during pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Evidence from a systematic review on antenatal zinc supplementation was evaluated as part of the World Health Organization (WHO) antenatal care (ANC) guideline development process in 2016, and the following recommendation on zinc supplementation was made: “Zinc supplementation for pregnant women i... more

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Nutritional interventions update: multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was published in 2016 with the objective of improving the quality of routine health care that all women and adolescent girls receive during pregnan... more

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Diagnostic criteria and classification of hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2013) C_WHO

New criteria for classifying and diagnosing hyperglycaemia first detected during pregnancy have been accepted by a group of experts convened by WHO. These new criteria are an update of recommendations published by WHO in 1999

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Technical update on treatment optimization: use of efavirenz during pregnancy: a public health perspective

World Health Organization (2012) C_WHO

1.HIV infections – drug therapy. 2.Anti-HIV agents – adverse effects. 3.Anti-retroviral agents. 4.Benzoxazines – adverse effects. 5.Pregnancy. 6.Disease transmission, Vertical - prevention and control. 7.Treatment outcome. I.World Health Organization

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Integrating sexual and reproductive health into health emergency and disaster risk management

World Health Organization; UNICEF; UNHCR; et al. (2012)

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Guidance Note on Disability and Emergency Risk Management for Health

World Health Organization; UNICEF; UNISDR; et al. (2013) C_WHO

This guidance note is intended primarily for health actors working in emergency and disaster risk management (hereafter 'emergency risk management') at the local, national or international level, and in governmental or nongovernmental agencies. People with disabilities, those... more

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Gender and Security: Guidelines for mainstreaming gender in security risk management
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Persaud, C.; European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2012) C2

Gender and security is a complex issue, and this research found that there are different levels of comprehension of what it means in humanitarian and development assistance practice. The aims of the paper are twofold: to raise general awareness about gender and how it relates to security risk manage... more

WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience. Executive Summary

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

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Report on the status of major health risk factors for noncommunicable diseases: WHO African Region, 2015

World Health Organization; Africa Region (2016) C_WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2010 projects that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) will be responsible for over 44 million deaths during the next decade, representing an increase of about 15% since 2010. Most of these deaths will occur in the WHO ... more

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Gender and Security: Guidelines for mainstreaming gender in security risk management
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