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Antidepressants (Tricyclic Antidepressants and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) in treatment of adults with depression

World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO

Q 1: Are antidepressants (Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCA) and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI)) better (more effective than/as safe as) than treatment as usual (placebo) in adults with depressive episode/disorder?

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Contact tracing: Public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, having had contact with COVID-19 cases in the European Union -third update

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2020) C_CDC

This document aims to help EU/EEA public health authorities in the tracing and management of persons, including healthcare workers, who had contact with COVID-19 cases. It outlines the key steps of contact tracing, including contact identification, listing and follow-up, in the context of the COVID-... more

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Lesotho: WHO and UNICEF estimates of immunization coverage: 2016 revision

World Health Organization (WHO) & United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (2017) C_WHO

Data received as of July 3, 2017 | WHO and UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage - next revision available July 15, 2018

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Education and Training. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Good primary care may lead to fewer avoidable hospitalizations, but unsafe primary care can cause avoidable illness and injury, leading to unnecessary hospitalizations, and in some cases, disability and even death.Implementing system changes and practices are crucial to improve safety at all levels ... more

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Preventing and mitigating COVID-19 at work

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Workplaces outside of healthcare facilities can be also settings for transmission of COVID-19. Outbreaks of COVID-19 has been reported in various types of workplaces and job categories. All workers should be protected from acquiring COVID-19 because of their work. The prevention of COVID-19 in ... more

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Policy statement and recommended actions for early detection of colorectal cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

World Health Organization WHO; Eastern Mediterranean Region (2022) C_WHO

Policy Statement

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Pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

World Health Organization (2012) C_WHO

Q7: What is the effectiveness, safety and role of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, within non- specialist health care for children with a diagnosis of Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

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Respiratory viruses surveillance country, territory and area profiles, 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

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WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children
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World Health Organization, UNICEF (2009)

A Joint Statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.

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Decontamination and waste management. Laboratory Biossafety Manual

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Laboratory Biossafety Manual

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Drug use and road safety

World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

Psychoactive substance use affects the functioning of the brain and leads to impaired driving

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Strategic plan for the prevention and control of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2010–2015)

World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean (2010) C_WHO

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National Programme for Prevention and Control of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

A Manual for Medical Officer Developed under the Government of India – WHO Collaborative Programme 2008-2009 Accessed: 11.03.2019

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Activity book – Healthy plants, healthy planet

Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (2020) CC

This activity book has been designed, written and illustrated to bring children and young people closer to the world of plant protection; the science that deals with plant health. Although addressed to an age group between eight and twelve years, this book can also be useful for older kids and educa... more

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Tuberculosis control and human rights in the national legislation of Ukraine

S. Dagron World Health Organization Europe (2016) C_WHO

Report of a mission 20–24 April 2015

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Covid-19 and NCDs

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Assessment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) service disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary results. Guidance on how to provide continuity for NCD programmes:• How to include NCDs in public health emergencies protocols?• How to develop national NCDs tool kits for use in emergen... more

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Vaccines and immunization for monkeypox: Interim guidance, 16 November 2022

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The goal of the global outbreak response for monkeypox is to stop human-to-human transmission of monkeypox, with a priority focus on communities at high risk of exposure which may differ according to context, and to effectively use strong public health measures to prevent onward spread of the diseas... more

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Influencing food environments for healthy diets

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2016) C2

Food environments are usually defined as the settings with all the different types of food made available and accessible to people as they go about their daily lives. That is, the range of food in supermarkets, small retail outlets, wet markets, street food stalls, coffee shops, tea houses, s...chool canteens, restaurants, and all the other venues where people buy and eat food. These environments differ enormously depending on the context. They can be extensive and diverse, with a seemingly endless array of options and price ranges, or they can be sparse, with very few options on offer. Because they determine what food consumers can access at a given moment in time, at what price, and with what degree of convenience, food environments both constrain and prompt the consumer’s choice.Food environments are influenced by the food systems which supply them, and vice versa. Food systems encompass the entire range of activities, people and institutions involved in the production, processing, marketing, consumption and disposal of food (FAO, 2013). They include but are not limited to food supply chains. Making food systems nutrition-sensitive can contribute to addressing all forms of malnutrition, as food systems determine whether the food needed for good nutrition are available, affordable, acceptable and of adequate quantity and quality. How closely food systems and food environments are interrelated and interdependent, and the degree to which external factors affect nutrition outcomes, varies from setting to setting.Many of today’s food systems and food environments are challenged in supporting consumer choices that are consistent with healthy diets and good nutrition. Consumers are not making choices based on nutrition and health, and poor diet is now the number one risk factor for death and disability worldwide (GBD, 2015). Food systems that do not enable healthy diets are increasingly recognized as an underlying cause of malnutrition (GLOPAN, 2016), and malnutrition, irrespective of form, has a huge cost. Economic costs associated with undernutrition are estimated at $1-2 trillion per year, about 2-3% of global GDP (FAO, 2013); the global economic cost of obesity and associated diet-related non-communicable diseases is estimated at $2 trillion per year, about 2.8% of global GDP (McKinsey, 2014). Influencing food environments for promoting healthy diets is an emerging strategy to address today’s nutrition challenges. 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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Morbidity management and disability prevention in lymphatic filariasis

World Health Organization (WHO) (2013) C_WHO

The content of these guidelines goes beyond the technicalities of medical needs with additional insights into community empowerment, possible access to welfare and economic opportunities and similar issues. If these are adequately explored, the health and quality of life of people affected and their... more

WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children recommended

WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children
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