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Tobacco product regulation: Building laboratory testing capacity

World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

WHO has launched an online course on tobacco product regulation in response to the need for clear, practical advice on building laboratory testing capacity. This course is based on the Tobacco Product Regulation: Building Laboratory Testing Capacity handbook, launched during the 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town

Tags: tobacco use, laboratory tests, global health,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/TPRS-buildin

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: approaches for schools

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

School health programmes are the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions in order to reduce the main modifiable risk behaviours for noncommunicable diseases. This Practical application handbook provides advice to schools on providing young people with the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and life skills necessary for making informed decisions, and creating a healthy school environment that can reduce the risk of NCD

Tags: school education, life skills, Prevention, Noncommunicable Diseases,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: introduction

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

School health programmes have been demonstrated to be the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions aimed at reducing the main modifiable risk behaviours for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) . The background provided in this Introduction handbook and the approaches and advice outlined in the Practical application handbook focuses on providing young people with the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and life skills necessary for making informed decisions, and creating a healthy school environment that can reduce the risk of NCD

Tags: school education, life skills, Prevention, Noncommunicable Diseases,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Manual for developing national malaria strategic plans

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO

The aim of the framework is to provide guidance to Member States and partners on region-specific priority actions towards the goals, targets and milestones of the GTS. The central pillar of the framework is the adoption of programme phasing and transitioning, aimed at facilitating a tailored approach to malaria control/elimination. This is in response to the increasing heterogeneity of malaria epidemiology among and within countries of the region

Tags: malaria, malaria control, Elimination, National Strategy, guideline,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

The Guidelines for malaria vector control provide a “one-stop shop” for all countries and partners working to implement effective malaria vector control measures. They cover the 2 core malaria vector control interventions – ITNs and IRS – as well as supplementary interventions, namely chemical and biological larvicides, and personal protection measures, such as the use of topical repellents. The guidelines consolidate more than 20 sets of WHO recommendations and good practice statements in one user-friendly format

Tags: vector, Vector Control, malaria, insecticide, control measures,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Intégrer les maladies tropicales négligées dans l’action pour la santé mondiale et le développement: quatrième rapport de l’OMS sur les maladies tropicales négligées

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) (2018) C_WHO

Ce rapport montre que d’importants progrès ont été accomplis en 2015 pour atteindre les cibles de la feuille de route. Ces résultats procèdent de la mise en œuvre de cinq interventions recommandées par l’OMS pour vaincre les MTN : chimiothérapie préventive ; prise en charge innovante et intensifiée de la maladie ; écologie et gestion vectorielles ; services de santé publique vétérinaire ; et approvisionnement en eau sans risque sanitaire et services d’assainissement et d’hygiène

Tags: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), universal health care, monitoring and screening, financing health systems, sustainable development goals, maladies tropicales négligées (MTN), soins de santé universels, surveillance et dépistage, objectifs de développement durable (ODD),

Source: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handl

Money and Mosquitoes: The Economics of Malaria in an Age of declining Aid

Eric Maskin, Célestin Monga, Josselin Thuilliez and others (2018) C1

(African Development Bank policy research document 1)
The report examines financing in the battle against malaria, focusing on the role of foreign aid. It analyzes whether or not a disease such as malaria can be controlled or eliminated in Africa without health aid. It also presents a theoretical model of the economics of malaria and shows how health aid can help avoid the “disease trap.” While calling for increased funding from international sources to fight malaria, it also recommends that African countries step up their own efforts, including on domestic resource mobilization. In 2016, governments of endemic countries contributed 31% of the estimated total of US $ 2.7 billion.
Between 2000 and 2014, malaria control efforts were scaled up and worldwide deaths were cut in half. But declining health aid and deprioritized vertical aid (as for malaria), despite its potentially great efficiency, have led to rising numbers of cases. In 2016, 216 million cases of malaria were reported, up from 211 million in 2015. Africa was home to 90% of all malaria cases and 91% of malaria deaths in 2016. Progress appears to have stalled in the global fight against the disease

Tags: Africa, foreign aid, financial resources, malaria control, malaria prevention, malaria elimination, situation analysis,

Source: https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/a

Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 25 May 2018, vol. 93, no. 21 (pp.305–320) [EN/FR]

World Health Organization (2018) C_WHO

Contents 305 Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2017

Tags: NTD, neglected tropical diseases,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Global report on insecticide resistance in malaria vectors: 2010–2016

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

As of October 2017, the global database comprised almost 30 000 records, including results from bioassays to measure phenotypic resistance, and biochemical and molecular tests for resistance mechanisms. The current report presents an overview of data on malaria vector resistance for 2010 to 2016. It aims to provide the baseline for subsequent status updates and to identify any temporal trends. An online mapping tool called Malaria Threats Map allows further interactive exploration of available data.

Tags: Vector Control, malaria control, resistance, insecticide resistance, insecticide, Report, global strategy,

Source: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handl

Fighting Cholera - Operational Handbook: Response to outbreaks and risk prevention in endemic areas

Solidarités International (2018) CC

Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is usually contracted when drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fight against this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines a water, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) response with a monitoring system, improved water supply and quality, sanitation and hygiene, and a health response with the treatment of the disease itself

Tags: cholera, outbreak control, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, handbook,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

	Tobacco product regulation: Building laboratory testing capacity World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO Open external link (12) Add to my MEDBOX WHO has launched an online course on tobacco product regulation in response to the need for clear, practical advice on building laboratory testing capacity. This course is based on the Tobacco Product Regulation: Building Laboratory Testing Capacity handbook, launched during the 2018 World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town Tags: tobacco use, laboratory tests, global health, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/TPRS-buildin
	Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: approaches for schools World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX School health programmes are the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions in order to reduce the main modifiable risk behaviours for noncommunicable diseases. This Practical application handbook provides advice to schools on providing young people with the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and life skills necessary for making informed decisions, and creating a healthy school environment that can reduce the risk of NCD Tags: school education, life skills, Prevention, Noncommunicable Diseases, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: introduction World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX School health programmes have been demonstrated to be the most cost-effective way to influence health behaviours in young people. The purpose of this two-part handbook is to support schools as they seek to implement interventions aimed at reducing the main modifiable risk behaviours for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) . The background provided in this Introduction handbook and the approaches and advice outlined in the Practical application handbook focuses on providing young people with the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and life skills necessary for making informed decisions, and creating a healthy school environment that can reduce the risk of NCD Tags: school education, life skills, Prevention, Noncommunicable Diseases, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Manual for developing national malaria strategic plans World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2019) C_WHO View PDF(264) Download (126) Add to my MEDBOX The aim of the framework is to provide guidance to Member States and partners on region-specific priority actions towards the goals, targets and milestones of the GTS. The central pillar of the framework is the adoption of programme phasing and transitioning, aimed at facilitating a tailored approach to malaria control/elimination. This is in response to the increasing heterogeneity of malaria epidemiology among and within countries of the region Tags: malaria, malaria control, Elimination, National Strategy, guideline, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Guidelines for malaria vector control World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO View PDF(987) Download (377) Add to my MEDBOX The Guidelines for malaria vector control provide a “one-stop shop” for all countries and partners working to implement effective malaria vector control measures. They cover the 2 core malaria vector control interventions – ITNs and IRS – as well as supplementary interventions, namely chemical and biological larvicides, and personal protection measures, such as the use of topical repellents. The guidelines consolidate more than 20 sets of WHO recommendations and good practice statements in one user-friendly format Tags: vector, Vector Control, malaria, insecticide, control measures, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Intégrer les maladies tropicales négligées dans l’action pour la santé mondiale et le développement: quatrième rapport de l’OMS sur les maladies tropicales négligées Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) (2018) C_WHO View PDF(794) Download (365) Add to my MEDBOX Ce rapport montre que d’importants progrès ont été accomplis en 2015 pour atteindre les cibles de la feuille de route. Ces résultats procèdent de la mise en œuvre de cinq interventions recommandées par l’OMS pour vaincre les MTN : chimiothérapie préventive ; prise en charge innovante et intensifiée de la maladie ; écologie et gestion vectorielles ; services de santé publique vétérinaire ; et approvisionnement en eau sans risque sanitaire et services d’assainissement et d’hygiène Tags: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), universal health care, monitoring and screening, financing health systems, sustainable development goals, maladies tropicales négligées (MTN), soins de santé universels, surveillance et dépistage, objectifs de développement durable (ODD), Source: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handl
	Money and Mosquitoes: The Economics of Malaria in an Age of declining Aid Eric Maskin, Célestin Monga, Josselin Thuilliez and others (2018) C1 View PDF(387) Download (264) Add to my MEDBOX (African Development Bank policy research document 1) The report examines financing in the battle against malaria, focusing on the role of foreign aid. It analyzes whether or not a disease such as malaria can be controlled or eliminated in Africa without health aid. It also presents a theoretical model of the economics of malaria and shows how health aid can help avoid the “disease trap.” While calling for increased funding from international sources to fight malaria, it also recommends that African countries step up their own efforts, including on domestic resource mobilization. In 2016, governments of endemic countries contributed 31% of the estimated total of US $ 2.7 billion. Between 2000 and 2014, malaria control efforts were scaled up and worldwide deaths were cut in half. But declining health aid and deprioritized vertical aid (as for malaria), despite its potentially great efficiency, have led to rising numbers of cases. In 2016, 216 million cases of malaria were reported, up from 211 million in 2015. Africa was home to 90% of all malaria cases and 91% of malaria deaths in 2016. Progress appears to have stalled in the global fight against the disease Tags: Africa, foreign aid, financial resources, malaria control, malaria prevention, malaria elimination, situation analysis, Source: https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/a
	Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 25 May 2018, vol. 93, no. 21 (pp.305–320) [EN/FR] World Health Organization (2018) C_WHO View PDF(678) Download (274) Add to my MEDBOX Contents 305 Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2017 Tags: NTD, neglected tropical diseases, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Global report on insecticide resistance in malaria vectors: 2010–2016 World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO View PDF(313) Download (156) Add to my MEDBOX As of October 2017, the global database comprised almost 30 000 records, including results from bioassays to measure phenotypic resistance, and biochemical and molecular tests for resistance mechanisms. The current report presents an overview of data on malaria vector resistance for 2010 to 2016. It aims to provide the baseline for subsequent status updates and to identify any temporal trends. An online mapping tool called Malaria Threats Map allows further interactive exploration of available data. Tags: Vector Control, malaria control, resistance, insecticide resistance, insecticide, Report, global strategy, Source: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handl
	Fighting Cholera - Operational Handbook: Response to outbreaks and risk prevention in endemic areas Solidarités International (2018) CC View PDF(731) Download (203) Add to my MEDBOX Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is usually contracted when drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fight against this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines a water, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) response with a monitoring system, improved water supply and quality, sanitation and hygiene, and a health response with the treatment of the disease itself Tags: cholera, outbreak control, Outbreak Preparedness Plan and Coordination, handbook, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Guidelines for malaria vector control (2019)

UNICEF Cholera Toolkit (2017)

Rumour has it: a practice guide to working with rumours (2017)

Vector surveillance and control at ports, airports, and ground crossings (2016)

Impact of WASH Interventions during Disease Outbreaks in Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review protocol (2016)

Tobacco product regulation: Building laboratory testing capacity (2020)

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: introduction (2020)

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: approaches for schools (2020)

Manual for developing national malaria strategic plans (2019)

Guidelines for malaria vector control (2019)

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Guidelines for malaria vector control (2019)

UNICEF Cholera Toolkit (2017)

Rumour has it: a practice guide to working with rumours (2017)

Vector surveillance and control at ports, airports, and ground crossings (2016)

Impact of WASH Interventions during Disease Outbreaks in Humanitarian Emergencies: A systematic review protocol (2016)

Tobacco product regulation: Building laboratory testing capacity (2020)

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: introduction (2020)

Life skills education school handbook: prevention of noncommunicable diseases: approaches for schools (2020)

Manual for developing national malaria strategic plans (2019)

Guidelines for malaria vector control (2019)