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The Role of Communities in Mental Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Meta-Reviewof Components and Competencies

Brandon A. Kohrt,Laura Asher, Anvita Bhardwaj, et al. (2018) CC

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jun; 15(6): 1279. Published online 2018 Jun 16. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15061279

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WHO consolidated guideline on self-care interventions for health: sexual and reproductive health and rights

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting new approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a ... systems perspective and for people who use these interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the following working definition of self-care: Self-care is the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a health- care provider more

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Women’s Mental Health: Promoting a Gendered Approach to Policy and Service Provision

The Women´s Health Council The Women´s Health Council (2007) CC

The mission of the Women’s Health Council is to inform and influence the development of health policy to ensure the maximum ... and social gain for women in Ireland. Its membership is representative of a wide range of expertise and interest in women’s health. The Women’s Health Council has five functions detailed in its Statutory Instruments: 1. Advising the Minister for Health and Children on all aspects of women’s health. 2. Assisting the development of national and regional policies and strategies designed to increase health gain and social gain for women. 3. Developing expertise on women’s health within the health services. 4. Liaising with other relevant international bodies which have similar functions as the Council. 5. Advising other Government Ministers at their request. more

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Community based Mental health and Psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Three-tiered support for children and families (Field test)

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2018) CC

The CB MHPSS operational guidelines were developed in response to emerging evidence on the determinants of children’s resilience, lessons learned from the evaluation of existing approaches, and the unique challenges that today’s crises pose for ... more

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Guiding framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Development Cooperation

German Cooperation Deutsche Zusammenarbeit (2018) CC

This paper was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in 2015, and produced by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) ... more

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Regional Migrant Health Survey on Tuberculosis and HIV and Health Service Response for Migrants in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

L. G. Johnston International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2019) C2

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Integration of Gender and Human Rights in HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

R. Clarke; S. Caffe; A. Guedes; et al. Pan American Health Organization; (Regional Office of the World Health Organization); UN Women (United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) (2013) C2

Training for Health Care Providers Facilitators’ Manual

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Christian Responses to Health and Development

German Institute for Medical Mission (2014) C2

In 1964 medical mission was challenged and called to define its distinctiveness and its special role in the context of that particular time. The consultation "Tuebingen I" clearly stated: ... more

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"The greatest need was to be listened to": The importance of mental health and psychosocial support during COVID-19

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (2020) C1

Experiences and recommendations from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Measures imposed by governments to prevent the spread of the disease, including lockdown restrictions, qu... more

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Direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on maternal and child health in Bangladesh

M. M. Ahmmed; M. A. Babu; J. Ferdosy (2021) CC

Bangladesh has been going through incremental trend of GDP growth rates for a long time. The GDP is the key aspect to measure the economic growth of a country. But the current world wide pandemic due to the COVID-19 hardly affects the world’s economy as well as Bangladesh. The present... more

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Integrating Primary Care And Public Health

Bernd Rechel Eurohealth (2020) CC

There are many calls for improved integration between primary care and public health, but also sizeable obstacles to achieving this, such as differences in the ways the two sectors are organised <... financed, as well as differences in education, culture and approach. This article, based on a new Observatory policy brief, describes the types of interventions that come into consideration, the principles that should be followed, and the factors that can facilitate successful collaboration. While there is no universal template that can be followed by all countries, improved integration promises to yield substantial benefits to patients and wider populations. more

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Data availability for assessing disruption of essential services for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health during COVID-19: lessons learned from Tajikistan

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC

Civil disorder, authority credibility and public health: Chile’s unique sociopolitical context in dealing with COVID-19

Caqueo-Urízar A., Urzúa A. et al (2021) C2

Civil disorder, authority credibility and public health: Chile’s unique sociopolitical context in dealing with COVID-19.

Integrating neglected tropical diseases into global health and development: fourth WHO report on neglected tropical diseases

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

This fourth WHO report on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) reviews the progress made towards achieving the Roadmap targets for 2020, noting the remaining challenges, then looks beyond 2020 to evaluate the changing global health ... development landscape, considering the implications of integrating these diseases into the broader 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. more

A household-based community health worker programme for non-communicable disease, malnutrition, tuberculosis, HIV and maternal health: a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial in Neno Distr

Wroe, E.B.; Nhlema, B.; Dunbar, E.L. et al. BMJ Global Health (2021) CC

Background: Community health worker (CHW) programmes are a valuable component of primary care in resource-poor settings. The evidence supporting their effectiveness generally shows improvements in disease-specific outcomes relative to the absence of... more