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South African Antimicrobial Resistance National Strategy Framework. A One Health Approach 2018 – 2024

Dept. of Health ; Dept of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, South Africa (2018) C1

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War on drugs for peace in Afghanistan: Lessons from South America

South Asia Democratic Forum (2018) C2

SADF POLICY BRIEF 31 October 2018 Issue n° 8 ISSN: 2406-5625

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Using antipsychotic medication for the treatment of schizophrenia in children and adolescents

M. Ferrin; H. Gosney; A. Marconi; J. M. Rey IACAPAP (2016) C2

Other disorders Chapter H.5.1

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What is stigma? A guide to understandingmental health stigma

SeeChange (2010) C2

People with mental health conditions are challenged in dealing with the symptoms that result from the condition but are also challenged by the prejudice and stereotypes that result from misconception and misunderstanding about mental health. But what is mental health stigma and why is it a cent... more

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Strategies aimed at improving community attitudes
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World Health Organization WHO (2012) C_WHO

Q13: Are strategies aimed at improving community attitudes towards mental, neurological and substance use conditions (e.g. anti-stigma campaigns) feasible and effective?

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The huge humanitarian crisis of Venezuela

Save the Children (2019) C1

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Primary Health Care on the Road to Universal Health Coverage. Excecutive Summary

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Countries must invest at least 1% more of GDP on primary health care to eliminate glaring coverage gaps At current rates of progress up to 5 billion people will miss out on health care in 2030 Countries must increase spending on primary healthcare by at least 1% of their gross domestic product (... more

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HIV Due to Female Sex Work: Regional and Global Estimates

A. Prüss-Ustün; J. Wolf; T. Driscoll; et al. Plos One (2013) CC

PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org May 2013 | Volume 8 | Issue 5 | e63476

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Curbing Antimicrobial Resistance in Food Animal Production

Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (2016) C2

Antimicrobials are widely used in food animal production, and use is rapidly increasing. In an era of growing demand for animal products, there is an increasing trend towards the industrial production of food animals, especially in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). One hallmark of this me... more

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition

UN Secretary-General; UN Sustainable Development Group UNSDG (2020) C1

Policy Brief 2 June 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and human crisis threatening the food security and nutrition of millions of people around the world. Hundreds of millions of people were already suffering from hunger and malnutrition before the virus hit and, unless immediate action is tak... more

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Support for Rehabilitation: Self-Management after COVID-19 Related Illness

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2021) C_WHO

This leaflet provides support and advice for adults who are recovering from COVID-19. It can be used by individuals after hospitalization from the illness and those in the community who did not need hospitalization. The leaflet can complement care received from health care professionals. This is the... more

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Bending The Curve ending TB. Annual Report 2017

World Health Organization, South-East Asia (2017) C_WHO

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Guide for the preparation of a risk communication strategy for COVID-19 vaccines: A Resource for the countries of the Americas

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

This document facilitate the preparation of a risk communication and community engagement strategy for vaccination against COVID-19. Its goal is to help to strengthen the communication and planning capacities of the ministries or secretariats of health and other agencies in charge of communicating ... 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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Interim recommendations for use of the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine against COVID-19: interim guidance, 20 December 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

27 September 2022 These WHO interim recommendations for use of the Novavax NVX-CoV2373 vaccine were developed on the basis of advice issued by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) and the evidence summary included in the background document and annexes referenced below.

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Tuberculosis (TB)
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Reijer, P.; and S. Mauder (2022) CC

MEDBOX Issue Brief no. 19: World TB Day: Invest to end TB. Save Lives

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Climate Smart Agriculture in Uganda

Feed the Future (2019) CC

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The public health playbook: ideas for challenging the corporate playbook

Lacy-Nicholas, J.; Marten, R.; Crosbie, E.; Moodie,R. The Lancet Global Health (2022) CC

Lancet Glob Health 2022 Published Online May 24, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00185-1 Many commercial actors use a range of coordinated and sophisticated strategies to protect business interests— their corporate playbook—but many of these strategies come at the expense of public h... more