Category East and Southern Africa

Lesotho: National HIV & AIDS Strategic Plan 2011-2015/16

Goverment of Lesotho (2013) C1

Revised

Addressing childhood trauma in a developmental context

Gregorowski, C. & Seedat, S. Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (2013) CC

Traditionally, understanding of the psychiatric and psychological effects of trauma have been developed from studies with adults and then applied to trauma-exposed children with some modifications. While this is an important step to understanding the sequelae of trauma in children and adolescents, t ... more

'I Can Forgive Now' - Evaluation Study of War Child's Psychosocial Support Intervention I DEAL

Eiling, E. & van Diggele-Holtland, M. War Child Holland (2013) C2

Despite growing evidence on the impact of psychosocial support interventions, there is an urgent need for a stronger evidence base on approaches that effectively support children affected by armed conflict. To contribute to this evidence base, and building on a pilot study conducted in Uganda in 200 ... more

Implementation of a Mental Health Care Package for Children in Areas of Armed Conflict: A Case Study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Sudan

M. J. D. Jordans; W. A. Tol; D. Susanty; et al. PLOS Medicine (2013) CC

PLOS Medicine | www.plosmedicine.org January 2013 | Volume 10 | Issue 1 | e1001371

Plano Estratégico do Sector da Saúde PESS 2014-2019

Ministério da Saúde, Direcção Nacional de Saúde Pública, Direcção de Planificação e Cooperação (2013) C2

Barriers to accessing and receiving mental health care in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Isabell Schierenbeck, Peter Johansson, Lena M. C. Andersson, Dalena van Rooyen Health and Human Rights Journal (2013) C1

The right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is enshrined in many international human rights treaties. However, studies have shown that people with mental disabilities are often marginalized and discriminated against in the fulfillment of their right to ... more

Maternal Mental Health. A handbook for health workers
recommended

Alan J Flisher PMH (2013) CC

The Perinatal Mental Health Project (PMHP) provides training to health workers and community-based workers involved in caring for mothers. This handbook is intended as a supplement to this training programme and as a resource to anyone involved with mothers and mothers-to-be. The handbook should ... more

Mobilising access to maternal health services in Zambia

MaMaZ UKAid; Health Partners International; Ministry of Health, Zambia (2013) C1

Training Videos on Child Mental Health

Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia OpenLearn Create (2013) CC

A set of 5 training videos on child mental health created by the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health. The research team produced five short training videos, modelling an HEW interviewing mothers of children with autism or intellectual disability to demonstrate skills in early detection, supportive ... more

Proposed guidelines for the management of nodding syndrome

Idro R, Musubire K A, Byamah Mutamba B; et al. World Health Organization WHO (2013) CC

African Health Sciences 2013; 13(2): 219 - 232 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v13i2.4

Nodding syndrome

Scott F. Dowell, James J. Sejvar, Lul Riek, et al. CDC (2013) CC

Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 19, No. 9, September 2013

Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms in Refugee Camps in Rwanda: An Ethnographic Study

Child Protection in Crisis Network for Research, Learning & Action (2013) CC

Despite the increasing population of refugees stuck in protracted situations and our awareness of the vulnerability of children and adolescents growing in up these contexts, relatively little is known about community based child protection mechanisms (CBCPMs) in refugee communities. CBCPMs, defined ... more

Best Practices for Engaging Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms and Establishing Synergies with the Education Sector: Learning from Protracted Refugee Settings in Uganda and Rwanda

Child Protection in Crisis Save the Children (2013) CC

The education sector forms an important part of the child protection response in refugee settings, and UNHCR’s Education Strategy (2012-16) reflects a focus on refugee education as a core component of UNHCR’s protection mandate. The right to education for all children also forms part of the Unit ... more

Standard Operating Procedures And Job Aids For Reproductive Health Commodity Management

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2013) CC

National palliative care training curriculum for HIV&AIDS, Cancer and other life threatening illnesses

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2013) CC

Improved school-based deworming coverage through intersectoral coordination - The Kenya Experience

World Health Organization WHO - Regional Office Africa (2013) C_WHO

A national faecal examination of 27 729 schoolchildren from 395 schools carried out in 2008 indicated that intestinal parasitic worms affected an estimated five million (56.8%) children in Kenya. Existing evidence shows that worm infections lead to reduced literacy levels due to impaired growth a ... more

Africa: cancer control Series

The Lancet (2013) C1

Sub-Saharan Africa faces a major public-health challenge from non-communicable diseases. Although infectious diseases continue to afflict Africa, the proportion of the overall disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa attributable to cancer is rising, and the region is predicted to have a greater than 85 ... more

Combating Desertification in Kenya: Emerging Lessons from Empowering Local Communities

UNSP (2013) C1

The Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASAL) constitute about 80% (467,200 sq. km) of Kenya’s total land mass and is grouped into geographical zones including the Savannah covering most of the North- eastern and South-eastern parts, the Coastal region, the North Rift Valley, the Highlands and the Lake Vict ... more