The results of a WHO survey conducted to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on up to 25 essential health services in countries show disruptions of essential health services in nearly all countries, and more so in lower-income than higher-income countries. The great majority of service disrup...tions were partial, which was defined as a change of 5–50% in service provision or use.
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                                                                To deliver on the Global Fund Strategy milestones
for 2028 and ensure we keep the SDG 3 target
within reach, we need to raise US$18 billion to
fund the Global Fund’s next three-year grant cycle.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                This document provides an overview of the evidence of nutrition gains that can be achieved with improved WASH, a description of key WASH practices, and practical knowledge and guidance on how to integrate WASH into nutrition programmes, including important monitoring and evaluation (M&E) aspects. Th...e document concludes by providing a suite of case-studies and lessons learnt in integrating WASH with nutrition efforts
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                                                                R4D conducted a thorough desk review and qualitative fiscal space analysis, 19 interviews about financing for the three diseases and the extent of alignment between public financial management systems and health policy objectives, and a validation workshop with government officials.
Tanzania’...s disease response faces a triple transition challenge: replacing donor funding, closing the resource gap that would exist even with donor funding, and more efficiently delivering on disease response objectives. 
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                                                                The Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) Guide for the Health Sector provides guidance on how to implement a comprehensive, integrated, and structured approach to disaster recovery. Its overarching goal is to minimize the impact of the disaster on communities and help countries to recover quickly and e...ffectively from disasters, in coordination with key stakeholders.
The DRF Guide for the Health Sector is adapted from the generic DRF Guide, and draws on the Implementation Guide For Health Systems Recovery in Emergencies, the Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Framework as well as the Disaster Recovery Guidance Series. The guide also makes links with multi-sectoral, government-led recovery planning processes such as the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), and it supports the implementation of the HDPN.
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                                                                With this World Health Day, WHO is drawing attention to a group of diseases that are spread by insects and other vectors, the heavy health and economic burdens they impose, and what needs to be done to reduce these burdens. Many of these diseases have been historically confined to distinct geographi...cal areas, but this situation has become more fluid due to a host of ills, including climate change, intensive farming, dams, irrigation, deforestation, population movements, rapid unplanned urbanization, and phenomenal increases in international travel and trade. The control of vector-borne diseases can make a major contribution to poverty reduction, as it precisely targets the poor
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                                                                Injury  to  the  skin  and  underlying  tissues  from  acute  exposure  to  
a  large  external  dose  of  radiation  is  referred  to  as  cutaneous  
radiation  injury  (CRI).  Acute  radiation  syndrome  (ARS)  1  will  
usually  be  accompanied  by  some  skin  damage;  however,  CRI  
can  ...occur  without  symptoms  of  ARS.  This  is  especially  true  with  
acute  exposures  to  beta  radiation  or  low-energy  x-rays,  because  
beta radiation and low-energy x-rays are less penetrating and less 
likely to damage internal organs than gamma radiation is. CRI can 
occur with radiation doses as low as 2 Gray (Gy) or 200 rads 2 and 
the  severity  of  CRI  symptoms  will  increase  with  increasing  doses.  
Most cases of CRI have occurred when people inadvertently came 
in contact with unsecured radiation sources from food irradiators, 
radiotherapy equipment, or well depth gauges. In addition, cases of 
CRI have occurred in people who were overexposed to x-radiation 
from fluoroscopy units.
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                                                                PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The elimination scenario planning (ESP) manual provides malaria-endemic countries with a comprehensive framework to assess different scenarios for moving towards this goal, depending on programme coverage and funding availability. It also helps countries set realistic timelines and provides essentia...l knowledge for strategic planning in the long term.
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                                                                2nd edition. WHO's recommendation has not changed: the standard WHO susceptibility tests should remain a primary method by which resistance is detected. However, it was considered necessary to update the existing resistance-monitoring procedures to also highlight the need for operationally meaningfu...l data.
Two new assays were included in this expanded version: an intensity assay and a synergist assay.
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