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Investing in Mental Health: Evidence for Action

World Health Organization WHO (2013) C_WHO

In this report, potential reasons for this apparent contradiction between cherished human values and observed social actions are explored with a view to better formulating concrete steps that governments and other stakeholders can take to reshape social attitudes and public policy.

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Nepal National Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines

Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) - Nepa (2014)

Accessed at March 2014

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Communication with the Public in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency (available in multiple languages)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (2013)

The aim of this publication is to provide practical guidance for public information officers on the preparation for and response to a nuclear or radiological emergency, and to fulfil in part functions assigned to the IAEA in the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a... more

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The Core Elements of Human Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Resource-Limited Settings

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2018) C_CDC

Antibiotic stewardship refers to coordinated efforts and activities that seek to measure and improve use of antibiotics. Implementation of ASPs has demonstrated positive public health and clinical impacts including reducing costs, lengths of hospital stays, and the burden of antibiotic resistance wh... more

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Global Education Monitoring Report 2020: Latin America and the Caribbean: Inclusion and education: All means all

UNESCO (2020) C1

Key Messages and Recommendations. The Report, Todos y todas sin excepción, produced by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and the Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC /UNESCO Santiago), along with the Laboratory of Education, Research and Innovation in... more

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End-to-end integration of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza sentinel surveillance: revised interim guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

his guidance provides interim guidance for the integration of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virologic and genomic surveillance, from sentinel site case enrolment and sampling to the eventual sharing of the virus sequence data, a process known as end-to-end surveillance. This guidance builds on experience... more

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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

iSupport is a self-help skills and training programme for carers of people with dementia. Worldwide, around 55 million people have dementia. Dementia causes significant psychological and emotional impact on families and carers. iSupport aims to prevent and/or decrease mental and physical health prob... more

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The dual threat of extreme weather and the COVID-19 crisis: Anticipating the impacts on food availability

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2020) C1

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound negative effect on the global economy and is occurring in the context of a rapidly changing climate. This year is expected to be the second hottest in recorded history. Weather forecasts for 2020 indicate a high probability that extreme weather will adverse... more

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Severe Acute Malnutrition Update: Current WHO Guidelines and the WHO Essential Medicine List for Children

Williams, Phoebe CM.; Berkley, James A. (2016) C1

This document was prepared in response to a need to review and potentially update the current recommendations for the antibiotic treatment of both inpatient and outpatient management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM). The current recommendations (Table 1) are based on guidelines published in 2013 i... more

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Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV
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World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Cryptococcal disease is one of the most common opportunistic infections among people living with advanced HIV disease and is a major contributor to severe illness, morbidity, and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. These guidelines update the recommendations that were first released i... more

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L’efficacité contestée du recours aux agents de santé communautaires pour la prise en charge du paludisme

Druetz T. Université de Montréal (2015) C2

Évaluation du programme burkinabé dans les districts de Kaya et de Zorgho Objectif. L’objectif central de cette thèse est d’évaluer, dans des conditions réelles d’implantation, les effets du programme burkinabé de prise en charge communautaire du paludisme sur le recours aux soins de... more

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2019 ART Clinical Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Adults, Pregnancy, Adolescents, Children, Infants and Neonates

Deparment of Health, South Africa (2019) C1

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Checklist for assessing quality of healthcare - Facilities

Kenya Ministry of Health (2021) C1

Kenya Quality Model for Health - Level 2 Facilities

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Inheriting a sustainable world? Atlas on children’s health and environment.

World Health Organization (WHO) (2018) C_WHO

In 2015, 26% of the deaths of 5.9 million children who died before reaching their fifth birthday could have been prevented through addressing environmental risks – a shocking missed opportunity. The prenatal and early childhood period represents a window of particular vulnerability, where enviro... more

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United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Disability Data and Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation: The Way Forward - a Disability - Inclusive Agenda Towards 2015 and Beyond

Secretariat to the Conventi on on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Division for Social Policy and Development United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2014) CC

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Cross-sectional Survey to Assess Prevalence of Disability and Access to Services in Albay Province, The Philippines

Hodge, M., Bolinas, A., Jaucian, E., et al. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2017) CC

In this article a cluster randomized cross-sectional survey, conducted in Albay Province in the Philippines in April 2016, was used to assess the prevalence of disability and access to support services. This was done with the purpose of generating representative data for local programme development... more

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Humanitarian inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities
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Age and Disability Consortium CBM International, HelpAge International,and Handicap International (2018)

The Standard consists of nine key inclusion standards, and seven sets of sector-specific inclusion standards for protection – water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and livelihoods, nutrition, shelter, settlement and household items, health and education. Each standard comes with key actions... more

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#CostingEquity. The case for disability-responsive education financing

Christoffel-Blindenmission (CBM); International Disablity and Development Consotrium (IDDC), UN; et al. (2017)

The report surveyed 9 leading bilateral and multilateral education donors in respect of their approach to disability-inclusive education.

iSupport recommended

Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV recommended

Humanitarian inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities recommended

iSupport
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Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV
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Humanitarian inclusion standards for older people and people with disabilities
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