Filter
10292
Filtered Results: 10292
Text search:
infectious
diseases
Featured
Recommendations
1008
New Publications
2425
Language
Document type
No document type
5072
Studies & Reports
1708
Guidelines
1617
Manuals
489
Fact sheets
453
Strategic & Response Plan
367
Training Material
179
Situation Updates
107
Resource Platforms
90
Infographics
83
Online Courses
47
Videos
38
Brochures
35
Dashboards/Maps
6
App
1
Countries / Regions
India
445
Global
440
Kenya
254
Sierra Leone
243
Liberia
221
South Africa
217
Nigeria
188
Africa
182
Ethiopia
182
Western and Central Europe
176
Latin America and the Carribbean
174
Uganda
170
Nepal
146
Congo, Democratic Republic of
139
Rwanda
135
Tanzania
133
Malawi
123
Zambia
111
Bangladesh
105
Russia
101
Syria
97
Guinea
97
West and Central Africa
97
Ghana
95
Brazil
95
Myanmar / Burma
93
Mozambique
91
Senegal
82
East and Southern Africa
81
Germany
78
Ukraine
75
Middle East and North Africa
75
Philippines
74
Haiti
73
Namibia
68
South–East Asia Region
65
Eastern Europe
64
Zimbabwe
63
South Sudan
62
Burkina Faso
58
Indonesia
55
Asia
54
Yemen
52
Lesotho
50
Cameroon
48
Colombia
47
Cambodia
46
Angola
42
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
40
Mali
34
Venezuela
33
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
32
Madagascar
31
Guinea-Bissau
28
Botswana
26
Pakistan
26
Paraguay
25
Eswatini/ Swaziland
25
Peru
24
Benin
22
Afghanistan
21
USA
20
Western Pacific Region
20
Bolivia
20
Vietnam
19
Tajikistan
17
China
17
Spain
17
Argentina
17
Central African Republic
17
Niger
16
Sudan
16
Somalia
16
Ecuador
16
Albania
15
Chad
15
Thailand
14
Chile
13
Jordan
13
North America
13
Moldova
12
Iraq
12
Georgia
11
Turkey
10
Togo
10
Lebanon
10
Papua New Guinea
10
North Macedonia
9
Laos
8
Burundi
8
Armenia
8
Southern Africa
8
Saudi Arabia
7
United Kingdom
7
Portugal
7
Sri Lanka
7
Timor Leste/ East Timor
6
Mexico
6
Italy
6
France
6
Iran
5
Egypt
5
Palestine
5
Honduras
5
Bhutan
5
El Salvador
4
Serbia
4
Canada
4
Uzbekistan
4
Malaysia
4
Japan
4
Greece
4
Libya
4
Gambia
3
Fiji
3
Singapore
3
Estonia
3
Kyrgyzstan
3
Congo-Brazzaville
3
Turkmenistan
3
Mauritius
3
Tunisia
3
Djibouti
3
Romania
3
Poland
3
North Korea
2
Switzerland
2
Kazakhstan
2
Mongolia
2
Qatar
2
Bulgaria
2
Dominican Republic
2
Hungary
2
Ireland
2
Gabon
2
Uruguay
2
Belgium
2
Australia
1
Austria
1
Morocco
1
Mauritania
1
Cape Verde
1
Lithuania
1
Denmark
1
Maldives
1
South Korea
1
Algeria
1
Morocco
1
Azerbaijan
1
Belarus
1
Israel
1
Latvia
1
Nicaragua
1
Slovakia
1
Guatemala
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
3694
Clinical Guidelines
857
Public Health
496
Key Resources
443
Women & Child Health
433
Capacity Building
196
Pharmacy & Technologies
122
Annual Report MEDBOX
3
Toolboxes
COVID-19
1516
HIV
839
TB
692
NTDs
556
Ebola & Marburg
518
AMR
410
Rapid Response
402
Mental Health
347
Planetary Health
313
Caregiver
248
NCDs
172
Cholera
170
Conflict
170
Refugee
169
Zika
151
Pharmacy
136
Disability
133
Global Health Education
133
Natural Hazards
109
Health Financing Toolbox
99
Polio
64
Malaria
51
Specific Hazards
41
Social Ethics
12
Typhoon
3
South Sudan
2
The flip book is for pre-deployment trainings for Ebola response, and is based on frequently asked questions about Ebola virus disease (EVD):
What is Ebola virus disease?
How do people become infected with EVD?
Why WHO is focusing on safe and dignified burials of people who have died ...
Rev. Panam Salud Publica. 2017;41:e153. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.153
Worldwide, over 6 million people are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the pathogen that causes Chagas disease (CD). In the Americas, CD creates the greatest burden in disability-adjusted life years of any parasitic infection. In Co...
Hand hygiene in health care in the context of Filovirus disease outbreak response. Rapid advice guideline
recommended
This document provides a summary of the recommendations for hand hygiene best practices to be performed by health workers providing care and/or support to patients with filovirus infection (Ebola and Marburg viruses).
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine 2022:13 25–40
Chagas disease (CD) or American trypanosomiasis is a neglected parasitic disease associated with significant mortality and morbidity that includes long-term disability, social stigma and a mental health toll. Perceived as a disease of the ve...
Guidelines for the prevention, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis B infection
recommended
The recommendations in these guidelines promote the use of simple, non-invasive diagnostic tests to assess the stage of liver disease and eligibility for treatment; prioritize treatment for those with most advanced liver disease and at greatest risk of mortality; and recommend the preferred use of n...
There is increasing interest in understanding the role of air pollution as one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide. Nine of 10 individuals breathe air with polluted compounds that have a great impact on lung tissue. The nature of the relationship is complex, and new or updated data are...
Interim guidance, 6 October 2021
Direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins (antigens) in nasal swabs and other respiratory secretions using lateral flow immunoassays (also known as rapid diagnostic tests, RDTs) offers a faster and less expensive method to test for SARS-CoV-2 than the reference ...
HAT diagnosis relies on laboratory techniques because clinical signs and symptoms are unspecific. Serodiagnostic tests exist only for Tbg and are based on the detection of specific antibodies, thus they are not confirmatory of infection. With the current low disease prevalence, the positive predicti...
Parasite Epidemiology and Control Volume 27, November 2024, e00380
The planning and implementation of intervention measures against schistosomiasis, particularly mass administration, require knowledge of the current status of the infection. This is important for monitoring the impact of the interve...
For the global community to be able to achieve ambitious targets relating to the prevention and treatment of HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), multiple types of medicines must be widely accessible to all affected populations in all countries.
The purpose of this rep...
A century after its discovery, Chagas' disease still represents a major public health challenge in Latin America. Moreover, because of growing population movements, an increasing number of cases of imported Chagas' disease have now been detected in non-endemic areas, such as North America and some E...
CORE Group has developed a module to improve preparedness for and response of communities in countries at risk of a cholera epidemic. The module consists of four lesson plans with accompanying flipcharts, intended to be delivered through community health workers. The lessons target mothers and careg...
This updated manual provides a basic understanding of the principles of laboratory and point-of-care (POC) testing in the context of screening and diagnostic approaches, as well as antimicrobial susceptibility testing, as components of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) control. As with previous...
The American Jornal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 105, no.6, pp.1772-1781.
Schistosomiasis, which is the second most important parasitic infection after malaria in terms of its socioeconomic impact, is responsible for the loss of an estimated 4.5 million disability-adjusted life years (DA...
There is an overabundance of information circulating about the new coronavirusdisease(COVID-19), which can make it hard for people to identify which information is reliable and trustworthy. Rumours and misinformation travel fast–especially through social media.This cannot only stop people from ado...
Curr Opin Pharmacol . 2022 Apr;63:102203.doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2022.102203. Epub 2022 Feb 11.
The COVID-19 pandemic has widespread economic and social effects on Latin America (LA) and the Caribbean (CA). This region, which has a high prevalence of chronic diseases, has been one of the most affected...
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are a worldwide epidemic. Particularly, the most common diseases - Cardiovascular diseases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD), Chronic Kidney Diseases, Cancer, Diabetes, injuries and disabilities, EMT, oral, eye g...
Infectious Diseases of Poverty (2022) 11:111; With some 134,073,166 people living in endemic communities at risk of infection, Nigeria is the most endemic country in Africa and requires preventive chemotherapy (PC) for a total of 26.3 million persons. The National Schistosomiasis Elimination Program...
Research Article
BMC Infectious Diseases 2014, 14:91/1471-2334/14/91
An essential participant in antimicrobial stewardship who has been unrecognized and underutilized is the“staff nurse.”Although the role of staff nurses has not formally been recognized in guidelines for implementing and operating antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) or defined in the medica...
