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Botswana: National Health Quality Standards (Standards & Guidelines for Environmental Health Services)

Ministry of Health, Gabarone, Botswana (2013) C2

Standards & Guidelines for Environmental Health Services Improving Quality & Safety of Health Services

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Why Are Environmental Health Services So Important?

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2018) CC

How does environmental health services work with epidemiology and laboratory professionals to protect public health? Learn how environmental health services answer how and why a disease occurs, recommend actions to stop outbreaks and prevent future ones, and shield hosts from harmful agents through ... more

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The Relationship between the Health Service Environment and Service Utilization: Linking Population Data to Health Facilities Data in Haiti and Malawi.

Wenjuan Wang, Rebecca Winter, Lindsay Mallick, Lia Florey, Clara Burgert-Brucker, and Emily Carter ICF International (2015) C2

DHS Analytical Studies No. 51 Child Health, Family Planning, Geographic Information, HIV, Malaria, Maternal Health

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Philippines: Health and Environment , The Vital Link

Environmental Health Service (2001) C1

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COVID-19 Environmental Health Guidelines

Nation Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Department: Health Republic of South Africa (2020) C2

This document aims to guide Environmental Health Services (EHS) on key roles related to the management of the outbreak. This guide should be read in conjunction with the guideline for case finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South africa and the standard operating procedur... more

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Ensuring a safe environment for patients and staff in COVID-19 health-care facilities
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World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

A module from the suite of health service capacity assessments in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Interim guidance 20 October 2020. This assessment tool covers the following aspects: area distribution; surface availability versus foreseen occupancy rate; patient and staff flow... more

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Environmental Health Management After Natural Disaster
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Ruth Newman, Richard Hansen, John Quigley and Don Schramm Pan American Health Organization (2003) C_WHO

Natural disasters often increase morbidity and mortality rates. Taking appropriate measures to maintain environmental health helps to reduce or eliminate the risks of preventable disease and death. Such measures contribute not only to the health of individuals in and near disaster-stricken areas, bu... more

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Indonesia Environmental Service Program (ESP) Evaluation

USAID (2017) C1

WASH Ex-Post Evaluation Series - Water Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) Project
This evaluation examines the sustainability of selected components of the USAID/Indonesia Environmental Services Program (ESP), which was implemented from 2004–2010. Among other objectives, this activ... more

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Improving mental health and related service environments and promoting community inclusion WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health (P I L O T V E R S I O N)

World Health Organization WHO (2017)

This document provides training and guidance on the key standards related to the physical and social environment within mental health and related services that need to be met to promote good outcomes, independent living and community inclusion.

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Health and Environment Project in Benin

R. Edon Field Actions Science Reports (2010) C2

In 1989, the Republic of Benin was facing a great social and economical crisis. Civil servants of all the sectors in public administration were on strike. People did not know where to go for their health care. Salaries were not paid for more than six months and life for the general population wa... more

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Quality Assessment Guidebook: A guide to assessing health services for adolescent clients.

World Health Organization (WHO) (2009) C_WHO

Over the past few decades and throughout the world, the landscape of adolescent health has been altered dramatically. Currently, the total population of adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 years is 1.2 billion – the largest generation of young people in history. The vast majority of adolesce... more

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Climate-induced migration and health issues - A toolkit for policymakers

International Institute for Environment and Developmend (IIED) OCHA Services Reliefweb (2022) C2

Loss and damage is an urgent concern, driven by the increasingly harmful effects of climate change. Communities are experiencing new types and forms of climate impact, of higher frequency and intensity, which they are not equipped to handle. These impacts compel vulnerable communities to migrate to ... more

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Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC

Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. With a broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta...in CHW motivation for high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enhance their programmatic activities. Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose. Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal- lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi- tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec- tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance, manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha- sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for the primary health care systems. more

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Standard precautions: Environmental cleaning and disinfection

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The health care environment contains a diverse population of microorganisms and can be a reservoir for potential pathogens. If environmental cleaning is not performed correctly, then environmental contamination can contribute to the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms and health care-associated ... more

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Quality and safety practices for malaria rapid testing services

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This document is a guide defining requirements for quality and safety for malaria rapid diagnostic testing services to safeguard the quality of the results, the safety of the operators and patients and that of the environment for use by national malaria control programmes, regulators, implementers a... more

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National Policy and Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery Services

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Ministry of Public Health (2011) C1

Draft May 2011
The first ever nursing and midwifery services policy document in the history of MoPH was developed with the following aims:
1. Create a positive environment for Nursing and Midwifery Policy and Practice
2. Promote education, training and career development for nurses an... more

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National Guidelines for Health Care Waste Management in Ghana

Ministry of Health and Ministry of Environment Ghana (2019) CC

Ghana's attempt to regulate health care waste management started in 2002 with the development of guidelines on health care waste manage-ment by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2006, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) also developed the Health Care Waste Management Policy and Guidelines as ... more

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FEEDcities project: Food Environment Description in cities – eastern Europe and central Asia Sarajevo. The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019)

World Health Organization (2019) C_WHO

This technical report presents the results of a cross-sectional survey conducted in Sarajevo, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, between June and August 2017, as part of the FEEDcities Project (Food Environment Description in cities – eastern Europe and central Asia)... more

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The number of people exposed to water stress in relation to how much water is reserved for the environment: a global modelling study

Vanham, D.; L. Alfieri, M. Flörke et al. The Lancet, Planetary Health (2021) CC

The Lancet, Planetary Health Volume 5, ISSUE 11, e766-e774, November 01, 2021 Increasing human demand for water and changes in water availability due to climate change threatens water security worldwide. Additionally, exploitation of water resources induces stress on freshwater environments, leadi... more

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Towards Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities

Corvalan, C.; E. Villalobos Prats, A. Sena et al. (2020) CC

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(23), 8849; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238849 The aim of building climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities is: (a) to enhance their capacity to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable... more

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