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CVD Advocacy Toolkit: The Road to 2018

Markbreiter, J.; Buckley, P. World Heart Federation (2016) CC

The World Heart Federation (WHF) has been advocating globally for stronger legislation and policy regarding cardiovascular disease (CVD) for many years. Now, as focus shifts from global to national progress, we call on members and colleagues to advocate for greater action on CVD in your local setti ... more

Guidelines on Clinical management of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) in suspect/confirmed novel coronavirus (nCoV) cases

National Centre for Disease Control (formerly National Institute of Communicable Diseases) National Centre for Disease Control (formerly National Institute of Communicable Diseases) (2020) C2

Accessed: 16.04.2020

Socio-economic Impacts of the Ebola Virus Disease on Africa. Revised Edition

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (2015)

Fast-Track Development of Ebola Vaccines

Wellcome Trust; CIDRAP (2015)

Principles and Target Product Criteria. Roadmap January 12, 2015

Humanitarian responses by local actors: Lessons learned from managing the transit of migrants and refugees through Croatia

Larsen, M., Demir, E. and Horvat, M. (2016) C3

How do local authorities and humanitarian agencies collaborate when refugees are in transit? An IIED-supported research project is looking at the transit refugee response in Croatia.

Rwanda: Ebola Preparedness Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Final Report - DREF Operation n° MDRRW017

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2019) C1

Eleven (11) districts in Rwanda were initially were considered most at risk of the outbreak, namely: • Rusizi, Nyamasheke, Karongi, Rutsiro, Rubavu (bordering DRC) • Musanze, Burera, Gicumbi and Nyagatare (bordering Uganda) • Kigali city (comprised of 3 localities) due to the presence of Ki ... more

Missed: Polio Communications Quarterly Update – October 2012

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) UNICEF (2012)

With a focus on Pakistan and Nigeria’s most vulnerable communities, this report provides insight about the role that community push-back is playing in the transmission of the polio virus and how the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) can mitigate these social risks to reach every missed ch ... more

Tackling antimicrobial use and resistance in pig production: lessons learned in Denmark

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2019) C2

This publication describes an arduous campaign to tackle the use of antimicrobials - specifically antibiotics - in the Danish swine-producing sector thanks to the collaboration between the regulatory sector within the Ministry of Environment and Food, private veterinary practitioners and swine produ ... more

Leptospirosis in sugarcane plantation and fishing communities in Kagera northwestern Tanzania

Mgode, G.; Japhary, M.; Mhamphi, G. PLoS Neglected Tropical diseases (2019) CC

Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonotic disease of worldwide importance, though relatively neglected in many African countries including sub Saharan Africa that is among areas with high burden of this disease. The disease is often mistaken for other febrile illnesses such as dengue, malaria, rickettsi ... more

The Wise List 2015

Stockholm Drug and Therapeutics Committee (2015) C_WHO

with recommended essential medicines for common diseases in patients in Stockholm County Council (Healthcare Region), Sweden

Covid-19 in Brazil in 2020: impact on deaths from cancer and cardiovascular diseases

Cordeiro Jardim, B.; et al. (2022) CC

Rev Saude Publica. 2022; 56: 22. Published online 2022 Apr 11. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004040

Strengthening the Human Resource Base at Township Level: Ensuring More Effective Implementation of Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives

Myanmar Red Cross Society (2012) C1

CBDRR Practice. Case Studies 2
No publication year indicated.

Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices of the Rohingya

Plan International (2018) C1

Commissioned by Plan International the report draws on data from research conducted in Bangladesh in April 2018. It explores how adolescent girls within two age brackets (10-14 and 15-19) understand the unique impact the crisis has upon them, and how they have responded to the challenges they face.
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Break Through - November 2012

Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation (2012) C2

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY ALLIANCE newsletter – NOVEMBER 2012

Monitoring Guide and Toolkit for Key Population HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Programs

FHI 360 (2016) C1

This publication provides guidance to governments, civil society organizations (nongovernmental organizations and community-based organizations) and other partners implementing HIV prevention, care and treatment programs with key populations. This guide is designed to assist these programs in the de ... more

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of Human rights in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (A/HRC/41/18)

UN Human Rights Council (2019) C1

(Advance unedited version)

Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Migration: Training Guide

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR (20023) CC

This training guide is designed to enable participants to understand the human rights perspective on migration, and how human rights laws and standards can be operationalized to make migration safer and an empowering experience for all. It provides an introduction to related principles and issues an ... more

Creating a Healing Environment - Volume II: Technical Papers

John Frederick International Labour Organization IPEC & Trafficking in Children-South Asia (TICSA) (2002) C1

Psycho-Social Rehabilitation and Occupational Integration of Child Survivors of Trafficking and Other Worst Forms of Child Labour |

Trend analysis of cardiovascular disease mortality, incidence, and mortality-to-incidence ratio: results from global burden of disease study 2017

Amini, M.; Zayeri, F.; Salehi, M. BioMed Central (2021) CC

Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the global leading causes of concern due to the rising prevalence and consequence of mortality and disability with a heavy economic burden. The objective of the current study was to analyze the trend in CVD incidence, mortality, and mortality-to- ... incidence ratio (MIR) across the world over 28 years. Methods The age-standardized CVD mortality and incidence rates were retrieved from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2017 for both genders and different world super regions with available data every year during the period 1990–2017. Additionally, the Human Development Index was sourced from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) database for all countries at the same time interval. The marginal modeling approach was implemented to evaluate the mean trend of CVD incidence, mortality, and MIR for 195 countries and separately for developing and developed countries and also clarify the relationship between the indices and Human Development Index (HDI) from 1990 to 2017. Results The obtained estimates identified that the global mean trend of CVD incidence had an ascending trend until 1996 followed by a descending trend after this year. Nearly all of the countries experienced a significant declining mortality trend from 1990 to 2017. Likewise, the global mean MIR rate had a significant trivial decrement trend with a gentle slope of 0.004 over the time interval. As such, the reduction in incidence and mortality rates for developed countries was significantly faster than developing counterparts in the period 1990–2017 (p < 0.05). Nevertheless, the developing nations had a more rather shallow decrease in MIR compared to developed ones. Conclusions Generally, the findings of this study revealed that there was an overall downward trend in CVD incidence and mortality rates, while the survival rate of CVD patients was rather stable. These results send a satisfactory message that global effort for controlling the CVD burden was quite successful. Nonetheless, there is an urgent need for more efforts to improve the survival rate of patients and lower the burden of this disease in some areas with an increasing trend of either incidence or mortality. more