Time for recognition of lay counsellors
Accessed November 2017
An Independent Report
of the West Africa Commission on Drugs
NHSP 2017- 2022 (Final draft)
Report on the symposium 26–28 May 2015, New Babylon Meeting Center, The Hague
Data from the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
A Rapid Appraisal of Priorities, Policies and Practices
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated and added yet another layer of vulnerability to an already dire web of vulnerabilities of girls in the African continent, which constitute about 49% of the total child population. Critically, gender equality and... girls’ multidimensional vulnerability have been accentuated to an unprecedented level. The pandemic has triggered major concerns about the potential reversal of the strides achieved over the years towards gender equality and human development in Africa.
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PLOS Medicine | DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002088 August 23, 2016
The attainment of Zambia’s goal of being a prosperous and middle-income country by 2030 as stipulated in its Vision 2030 is dependent on among others, a healthy and productive population. Therefore, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has prioritized ...medbox">health as a key socio-economic investment in the Seventh National Development Plan 2017-2021. The government is also committed to achieving the targets under the health goal number three and other health related targets under other goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda. Despite progress which has been made in improving the health of Zambians, the country still faces a high burden of communicable diseases and a growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Structural and social deprivation including poverty, inequalities and marginalisation also remain major threats to health. In order to effectively address all the social determinants of health, all sectors should take into account health and well-being as a key element of policy development.
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Data from the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Demographic and Health Surveys. DHS Trend Reports No. 7
2nd edition.
The tool kit provides learning objects and curricular content to support the competencies for those proficiency/trainee levels