This publication is an updated version of the Management of Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection clinical protocol released in 2007 by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. It is intended 
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                                        for all health care workers involved in preventing, diagnosing, treating and caring for people living with TB and HIV in the specific settings of the WHO European Region.
                                    
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                                This 3rd edition of Guidelines for medicine donations has been developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with major international agencies active in humanitarian relief 
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                                        and development assistance. The guidelines are intended to improve the quality of medicine donations in international development assistance and emergency aid. Good medicine donation practice is of interest to both donors and recipients...
                                    
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                                Working Document Nov. 2020
The COVAX Supply and Logistics workstream lead by UNICEF, Gavi and WHO have released a working copy of the COVID-19 Vaccination, Country Readiness & Delivery: Supply 
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                                        and Logistics Guidance. Countries might find this Guide useful when developing and strengthening their supply chain strategies to receive, store, distribute and manage the COVID-19 vaccines and their ancillary products, in line with their national deployment and vaccination plan (NDVP). The document also provides links to the different tools and resources to aid countries in performing assessment, planning and capacity-building activities.
                                    
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                                WHO has a unique combination of technical public health and scientific expertise, and a global operational footprint, with field offices in more th
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                                        an 150 countries. In 2020, this global, technical, and operational reach meant WHO was able to support countries around the world in every aspect of COVID-19 public health response, from surveillance and laboratory testing to maintaining essential health services in the most vulnerable and fragile contexts.
                                    
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                                5 May 2021
This Information Note is intended to assist national TB programmes and health personnel worldwide to maintain essential tuberculosis (TB) services during the COVID-19 pandemic 
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                                        and in the recovery phase. It is important that recent progress made in TB prevention and care is not reversed by COVID-19. The WHO Global TB Programme, along with WHO regional and country offices, developed this note in response to questions received from Member States and other partners since the start of the pandemic. The note includes references to other published WHO information products relevant to TB practitioners. WHO continues to monitor the situation closely for any changes that may influence this note and will issue updates should any factors change.
                                    
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                                Supplement to the 2016 consolidated Guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for Treating and Preventing HIV infection
HIV Treatment
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                Antibiotic Stewardship (AS) is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials to improve patient outcomes, reduce microbial resistance, and decrease the spread of multi-drug resistant organisms. In clinical settings, stewa
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                                        rdship activities focus on measuring and improving how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients. Improving antibiotic prescribing involves implementing effective strategies to modify prescribing practices to align them with evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and management.
                                    
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                                N95 or equivalent respirators are single-use personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for use by health workers that provide direct care to patients with diseases transmitted by aerosols or duri
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                                        ng aerosol generating procedures (AGP) for patients with acute respiratory disease, as is the case of COVID-19. • Given the current shortage of N95 and equivalent respirators, the World Health Organization (WHO) has suggested the possibility of their extended use by the same individual for up to 6 hours or the reprocessing of respirators when necessary.
                                    
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                                March - June 2018
Myanmar introduced Child Death Surveillance and Response (CDSR) in 2015 as an initiative to reduce child (under-5) mortality, an initiative that will contribute to the country’s efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Go
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                                        als (SDG). Technical Guidelines for CDSR were developed in 2015 followed by the development of Training Package in 2016. An Implementation Plan was made in 2016; and this led to all townships implementing CDSR in early 2017. After one year of implementation an assessment was carried out in early 2018.
The assessment was conducted in 3 region/states – Ayeyarwaddy, Magway, Shan South, with information gathered from the state/region, district, township and basic health unit levels. In addition a caretaker interview was conducted to see health-seeking behavior. In addition to these three regions/states, information was also gathered from three other regions/states but only at the region/state level – Mandalay, Yangon, Kachin.
                                    
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                                The main objective of this guidance is to provide scientific advice on public health principles and considerations for infection 
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                                        and prevention control of COVID-19 in migrant and refugee reception and detention centres in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK).
                                    
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                                Non-Communicable   Diseases   (NCDs)   are   a   worldwide   epidemic.   Particularly,  the  most  common  diseases  -   Cardiovascular  diseases,  Chronic   Obstructive   Pulmonary   Diseases   (COPD),   Chronic   Kidney Diseases, Cancer,  Diabetes,  injuries  
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                                        and  disabilities,  EMT, oral,  eye  greatly  contribute  to  the  morbidity  and  mortality  accounting  for  around  60%  of  all  deaths  worldwide.  The  disease  pattern  is  also  changing  from  infectious  to  chronic  in  Rwanda  like  other  developing  countries   due   to   the   epidemiological   transition.
                                    
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                                This checklist is an operational tool to help national authorities develop or revise national respiratory pathogen (inclusive of influenza and coronaviruses) pandemic preparedness plans.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                2nd edition - Published in 2003, the first WHO/HAI medicine prices manual Medicine Prices – A 
New Approach to Measurement Draft for field-testing provides a draft methodology and tools to conduc
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                                        t national medicine prices and availability surveys. This second edition of the survey manual has been updated to reflect the wealth of practical 
experience in conducting medicine prices and availability surveys garnered in the project’s first two phases.
                                    
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                                This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on parenting interventions for parents and caregivers of children aged 0–17 years that are designed to reduce child maltreatment 
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                                        and harsh parenting, enhance the parent–child relationship, and prevent poor mental health among parents and emotional and behavioural problems among children.
                                    
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                                With the goal of ending viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030, the Regional Action Plan will provide an actionable framework for implementing evidence-based interventions at scale. It wi
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                                        ll be informed through strategic monitoring of the response, that must be equitable and sustainable and allow for innovations for acceleration and reaching out to all in need with health services. A major reduction in prices of newer drugs to potentially cure hepatitis C offers an added opportunity to work towards its elimination.
                                    
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                                Sepsis contributes significantly to preventable mortality and is the final common pathway to death for severe infectious diseases; it can also arise as a complication of injuries 
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                                        and non-communicable diseases.
                                    
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                                The recommendations cover the level of blood pressure to start medication, what type of medicine or combination of medicines to use, the target blood pressure level, and how often to have follow-up checks on blood pressure. In addition, the guidelin
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                                        e provides the basis for how physicians and other health workers can contribute to improving hypertension detection and management.
                                    
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                                The primary audience for these recommendations includes health professionals who are responsible for developing national 
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                                        and local health-care guidelines and protocols and health workers involved in the provision of care to women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour and childbirth; this includes midwives, nurses, general medical practitioners and obstetricians. The primary audience also includes managers of maternal and child health programmes, and relevant staff in ministries of health and educational and training institutions, in all settings.
                                    
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                                The primary audience for these recommendations includes health professionals who are responsible for developing national 
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                                        and local health-care guidelines and protocols and health workers involved in the provision of care to women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour and childbirth; this includes midwives, nurses, general medical practitioners and obstetricians. The primary audience also includes managers of maternal and child health programmes, and relevant staff in ministries of health and educational and training institutions, in all settings.
                                    
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                                This  field  study  to  measure  access  to  and  use  of  medicines  was  undertaken  in  GHANA  in May-June 2008. The  study  assessed  information  on  the  socio-economic  level  of  households, and
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                                         access to and use of medicines for acute and chronic conditions as well as opinions and perceptions about medicines. The survey was conducted in six regions. In each region, six reference public  heath  care  facilities  were  selected  among  those  participating  in  the  Level  II  Facility Survey  that was  carried  out in parallel. Within defined distances  from  each reference public health care facility, households were selected by purposive cluster sampling. A total of 1065 household  respondents  were  interviewed  by  means of  a  structured  paper  questionnaire
                                    
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