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Safe listening. Devices and Systems

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

A WHO-ITU Standard. Nearly 50% of people aged 12-35 years – or 1.1 billion young people – are at risk of hearing loss due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud sounds, including music they listen to through personal audio devices. Ahead of World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Org... more

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Code of Practice to minimize and contain Antimicrobial Resistance

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO, World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This document provides additional guidance for the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, and should be read in conjunction with the Recommended International Code of Practice for Control of the Use of Veterinary Drugs CAC/RCP 38-1993. Its objectives are to minimize... more

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Recommendations for the Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant Women with HIV Infection and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States

Development of Health and Human Services USA; AIDSinfo Development of Health and Human Services USA; AIDSinfo (2020) C2

Developed by the HHS Panel on Treatment of Pregnant Women with HIV Infection and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission— A Working Group of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC) Accessed: 12.02.2020

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Addressing the antibiotic resistance threat– the role of water, sanitation and hygiene

ReAct (2020) C2

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are spreading at an alarming rate and some bacterial infections may once again be untreatable. Antibiotic resistance (ABR), conservatively calculated, causes more than 500 000 deaths every year. This number is projected to rise dramatically if radical actions are not ta... more

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Nepal: National Antimicrobial Resistance Containment Action Plan 2016

Department of Health Services Ministry of Health Nepal (2016) C2

Antibiotics have been a critical public health tool since the discovery of Penicillin in 1928, saving the lives of millions of people around the world. In developing country like ours, where the burden of treatable disease is very high and access to health facilities and laboratories is difficult, a... more

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Code of Practice to minimize and contain Antimicrobial Resistance WHO and FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

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Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19

Gentilini U., M. Almenfi, I. Orton (2020) C2

This second edition of the “living paper” contributes to the global knowledge on how countries are responding to the pandemic by documenting real-time actions in a key area of response – that is, social protection measures planned or implemented by governments. For the purpose of this revie... more

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WHO guidelines on the use of chest imaging in COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Updated 2022. This guide addresses the care pathway from presentation of the patient to a health facility to patient discharge. It considers different levels of disease severity, from asymptomatic individuals to critically ill patients. Accounting for variations in the benefits and harms of chest im... more

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Flash Appeal for COVID-19 Mozambique, May - December 2020

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2020) CC

The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Mozambique on 22 March 2020. As of 26 May, Mozambique had 194 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 168 were locally transmitted. The country’s capital, Maputo, and the province of Cabo Delgado are currently the epicentres of the outbreak in Mozambique, w... more

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Handwashing compendium for Low Resource Settings - A living document

The Sanitation Learning Hub (2020) CC

The compendium provides guidance on low-cost handwashing facilities that can be widely used in low and middle-income countries. We hope that this can be shared extensively as governments and agencies tackle the crisis in low and middle-income countries where handwashing facilities are urgently neede... more

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Severe acute respiratory infections treatment centre: practical manual to set up and manage a SARI treatment centre ( Arabic Version)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

آذار / مارس 2020مركز معالجة حالات العدوى التنفسیة الحادة الوخیمةدلیل عملي لإنشاء وإدارة مركز لمعالجة حالات العدوى التنفسیة الحادة الوخیمة وقسم لتحري المصابین بھذه ا�... more

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Kenya National Violence and Injury Prevention and Control Action Plan 2018 – 2022

Violence and Injury Prevention Unit- Ministry o Health, Kenya (2018) C1

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Gap Analysis: the Inclusion of People with Disability and Older People in Humanitarian Response

Pryor, W.; M. Marella and A. Robinson Humanitarian Innovation Fund HIF; ELRHA (2020) C1

Part 2: Part 2 Beyond the evidence: Implications for innovation and practice Part 2 of the Gap Analysis presents the insights from individuals working in humanitarian response, disability inclusion and older age inclusion. This report begins by looking at how an agenda for the inclusion of people ... more

WHO guidelines on the use of chest imaging in COVID-19 recommended

WHO guidelines on the use of chest imaging in COVID-19
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