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The reality of managing asthma in sub-Saharan Africa – Priorities and strategies for improving care

Mortimer, K.; Masekela, R.; Ozoh, O.; et al. (2022) CC2

Asthma is the most common non-communicable disease in children and remains one of the most common throughout the life course. The great majority of the burden of this disease is seen in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), which have disproportionately high asthma-related mortality relati... more

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis: how to interpret rapid molecular test results

World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

This training toolkit by the European Laboratory Initiative for TB, HIV and Viral Hepatitis provides a unique combination of practical guidance and expert advice on the interpretation of selected WHO-endorsed tests for drug-resistant tuberculosis (D... more

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From neglect to hope: Voices of leishmaniasis

Drugs for neglected diseases initiative DNDi (2023) C2

Website last accessed on 14.04.2023 Health workers Luke (Kenya), Juliana (Colombia), and Shishu (India) share the same hope for their patients with leishmaniasis: simple, oral treatments. For the first time ever, it seems leishmaniasis research ... more

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Donor funding for family planning: levels and trends between 2003 and 2013

Grollman, C.; F. L. Cavallaro; D. Duclos et al. Health Policy and Planning (2018) C1

The International Conference on Population and Development in 1994 set targets for donor funding to support family planning programmes, and recent initiatives such as FP2020 have renewed focus on the need for adequate funding to rights-based family ... more

Diabetes WHO - Arabic version

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

The World Health Organization's fact sheet on diabetes provides an overview of the disease, highlighting its increasing prevalence, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It outlines the main types of diabetes—Type 1, Type 2, and gestat... more

Diabetes WHO - Chinese version

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

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Vector alert: Anopheles stephensi invasion and spread in Africa and Sri Lanka

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Anopheles stephensi, a highly competent vector of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, is considered an efficient vector of urban malaria. Until 2011, the reported distribution of An. stephensi was confined to certain countries of South Asia and parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Since then, the vector ... more

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The Power of Cities: Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases and Road Traffic Injuries

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The report is geared towards mayors, local government officials and city policy planners.It highlights key areas where city leaders can tackle the drivers of NCDs, including tobacco use, air pollution, poor diets and lack of exercise, and improve road safety. From anti-tobacco actions in Beijing a... more

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Community-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Control of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review

Polidano, K., Wenning, B., Ruiz-Cadavid, A. et al. Social Sciences (2022) CC

We reviewed the evidence on community-based interventions for the prevention and control of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Community initiatives tailored towards awareness and mobilisation are regarded as a priority area in the Neglected Tropical Dis... more

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IFAD’s response to the impacts of the war in Ukraine: A Crisis Response Initiative

International Fund for Agricultural Development (2022) CC

As the war in Ukraine pushes food, fuel and fertilizer prices toward record levels putting food security in many of the world’s poorest countries at risk, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today launched a Crisis Response ... to ensure that small-scale farmers in high-risk countries can produce food over the next few months to feed their families and communities while reducing the threat to future harvests. more

Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: A systematic review and evidence map

Van Katwyk, S. R.; Grimshaw, J. M.; et al (2019) C2

BACKGROUND: Growing political attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) offers a rare opportunity for achieving meaningful action. Many governments have developed national AMR action plans, but most have not yet implemented policy interventions to reduce antimicrobial overuse. A systematic evidenc...e map can support governments in making evidence-informed decisions about implementing programs to reduce AMR, by identifying, describing, and assessing the full range of evaluated government policy options to reduce antimicrobial use in humans. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Seven databases were searched from inception to January 28, 2019, (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PAIS Index, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and PubMed). We identified studies that (1) clearly described a government policy intervention aimed at reducing human antimicrobial use, and (2) applied a quantitative design to measure the impact. We found 69 unique evaluations of government policy interventions carried out across 4 of the 6 WHO regions. These evaluations included randomized controlled trials (n = 4), non-randomized controlled trials (n = 3), controlled before-and-after designs (n = 7), interrupted time series designs (n = 25), uncontrolled before-and-after designs (n = 18), descriptive designs (n = 10), and cohort designs (n = 2). From these we identified 17 unique policy options for governments to reduce the human use of antimicrobials. Many studies evaluated public awareness campaigns (n = 17) and antimicrobial guidelines (n = 13); however, others offered different policy options such as professional regulation, restricted reimbursement, pay for performance, and prescription requirements. Identifying these policies can inform the development of future policies and evaluations in different contexts and health systems. Limitations of our study include the possible omission of unpublished initiatives, and that policies not evaluated with respect to antimicrobial use have not been captured in this review. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge this is the first study to provide policy makers with synthesized evidence on specific government policy interventions addressing AMR. In the future, governments should ensure that AMR policy interventions are evaluated using rigorous study designs and that study results are published. more

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Kompendium "How to Wahlfach - Global Health" - Eine erfahrungsbasierte Anleitung zur Etablierung eines universitären Wahlfachs für Studierende

UAEM, GandHI, GHA-D (2019) C2

Liebe Global Health-Interessierte, ihr studiert an einer Universität, an der es noch kein Lehrangebot zu Global ... gibt? Ihr spielt mit dem Gedanken, das zu ändern, wisst aber nicht genau, wie? Ihr wollt selbst ein Wahlfach gestalten und durchführen? An den Universitäten Leipzig und Hannover haben Studierende 2018 und 2019 bereits erfolgreich Wahlfächer zu Global Health ins Leben gerufen. Basierend auf ihren Erfahrungen soll euch das folgende Kompendium eine Hilfestellung für die Etablierung eines eigenen Wahlfaches an eurer Universität bieten. In 11 steps zum Wahlfachkönnt ihr nachvollziehen, welche bürokratischen Schritte gegangen und welche inhaltlichen sowie organisatorischen Fragen geklärt werden müssen. Außerdem findet ihr einen Leitfaden zur Vorbereitung einer Unterrichtsstunde, sowie einen Stundenverlaufsplan für die Eigenverwendung und am Ende eine Auflistung möglicher Qüllen und Ansprechpartner. Wir hoffen, dass Global Health bald an vielen weiteren Unis in der Lehre präsent sein wird und freuen uns, durch diesen Beitrag hierfür Unterstützung bieten zu können. Für Fragen und Anmerkungen stehen wir euch jederzeit gerne zur Verfügung! more

Urban Health Initiative a model process for catalysing change - air pollution: communications to promote health

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Communications and outreach to policy-makers and the wider public are essential to mobilize and sustain support for policy solutions to air pollution and bring the needed health, environment and economic benefits.

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The EU in Global Health

European Commission (2014) C2

EU and Global Governance for Health - How EU global policies impact health

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Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia (Infosheet)

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO

2017 - 2025 Accessed: 06.03.2019

Urban Health Initiative a model process for catalysing change - air pollution: tools for cleaner, healthier air in cities

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The Urban Health Initiative promotes tools and guidance to assess the health impacts of air pollution and the ... benefits of sustainable development in energy, transportation, land-use and waste. more

Global child and adolescent mental health: The orphan of development assistance for health

Lu C., Li Z.; Patel V. PLOS Medecine (2018) CC

More than 40% of the world population is 24 years old or younger, the vast majority of whom live in low- and lower middle–income countries. Globally, a quarter of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for mental disorders and substance abuse is borne by this age group and about 75% of mental diso... more

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The ‘global health’ education framework: a conceptual guide for monitoring, evaluation and practice

Bozorgmehr, K.; VA.Saint, and P. Tinnemann (2011) CC

Global Health. 2011 Apr 18;7:8. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-8 Results: Currently, ‘new’health challenges and educational needs as a result of the... more

Global mapping report on multisectoral actions to strengthen the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions: experiences from around the world

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

There is growing understanding and high-level endorsement of the importance of strong collaborative multisectoral approaches to address a broad range of social, economic and governance issues for the prevention and control of noncommunicable disease (NCDs) and mental ... conditions. In 2019, World Health Organization (WHO) Member States requested the WHO Director-General to provide an analysis across countries of successful approaches for the prevention and control of NCDs that used multisectoral action.This report describes the experiences of different countries, areas and territories in implementing multisectoral actions to tackle NCDs and is the first step to address their request for an analysis of such efforts more

WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

WHOs Special Initiative for Mental Health has supported the availability of mental health services for more than 40 million more people. Learn abo... more