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Regional Guidelines for the Management of Severe Falciparum Malaria in Large Hospitals

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2006) C_WHO

hese are two parallel guidelines, one for small hospitals and another one for large hospitals. In view of heavy burden of malaria and prevalence of drug resistant falciparum malaria in the South-East Asia Region, the guidelines were developed for use by medical personnel who treat severe malaria pat ... more

Diagnostic criteria and classification of hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2013) C_WHO

New criteria for classifying and diagnosing hyperglycaemia first detected during pregnancy have been accepted by a group of experts convened by WHO. These new criteria are an update of recommendations published by WHO in 1999

Assist - The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)

R. Humeniuk, S. Henry-Edwards, R. Ali; et al. World Health Organization WHO (2010) C_WHO

Manual for use in primary care. There is substantial evidence for the benefits of screening and brief intervention in primary health care for alcohol problems. However, there is a need for screening and brief interventions with cross-cultural relevance for substances other than alcohol or tobacco, ... more

Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations an Inter-agency Field Manual

WHO; UNFPA; UNHCR (1999) C1

Malawi MDG Endline Survey 2014

National Statistical Office of Malawi; UNICEF; WHO; et al. (2015)

Humanitarian Response Plan Achievements January-December 2018

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2019) C1

The 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) aimed to assist 10.5 million people with direct assistance and 11.2 million people with improved access to basic services. In an effort to meet humanitarian needs, humanitarian partners provided various types of humanitarian life-saving and life-sustaining ... more

Out of the dark: Meeting the needs of children with TB

Médecins sans Frontières (2011) C3

Guidelines forPrevention and Management of Stroke
recommended

National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS), India (2019) C2

Management of Diabetes Mellitus-Tuberculosis
recommended

Lin, Y., et al. The Union (2019) C1

1st edition This resource provides practical guidance for front line health workers responsible for the diagnosis, management and care of patients with these two diseases. Published in collaboration with the World Diabetes Foundation

COVID-19 Impact: The seeds of a future hunger pandemic?

Action against hunger (2020) C1

Previous pandemics have demonstrated that more people could die from the indirect consequences of an outbreak than from the disease itself. As the fight against the pandemic is pushing millions into poverty and hunger, COVID-19 will likely be no different.

WFP Global Response to COVID-19: September 2020

World Food Programme (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic is a multiplier of vulnerability, compounding threats to food insecurity, while exposing weaknesses in food and health systems. It is severely undermining the capacity of communities to cope in times of crisis and has become a stress test for political and economic stability.

Amref Operational Guidelines For Community Health Workers In The Context Of COVID-19

AMREF Health Africa, Health System Advocacy Partnership (2020) CC

Recognizing the importance of the critical role of community health in disaster management, the Amref health Africa has developed this operational guide to provide policy direction on COVID-19 response at community level. This guide has been developed in collaboration with all the implementing cou ... more

Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) - A manual for primary care physicans - Trainee´s handbook

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The manual has been designed in a comprehensive manner, the aim being to provide a holistic approach to the short-term development of human resources, with a focus on primary care physicians. This is a reference manual meant for primary care physicians who will provide care to older people in primar ... more

Nutritional interventions update: multiple micronutrient supplements during pregnancy

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was published in 2016 with the objective of improving the quality of routine health care that all women and adolescent girls receive during pregnan ... more

Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) in developing countries

International Pharmaceutical Federation (1997) CC

Recommendations for step-wise implementation

Maternal and fetal assessment update: imaging ultrasound before 24 weeks of pregnancy
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This recommendation is an update of one of the 49 recommendations that were published in the WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience. The recommendation was developed initially using the standardized operating procedures described in the WHO handbook for guideline d ... more

Undernourished and Overlooked: A Global Nutrition Crisis in Adolescent Girls and Women.

UNICEF (2023) C_UNICEF

There has been important progress for the rights of adolescent girls and women in recent decades, yet millions still struggle to access the nutritious diets, essential nutrition services and nutrition and care practices they need to prevent malnutrition. Undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies ... more

Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency Involving the Transport of Radioactive Material

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, WHO; OCHA; ET al. (2022) C_WHO

IAEA Safety Standards for protecting people and the environment

International assistance for victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons: time for a reality check?

Coupland R, Loye D International Review of the Red Cross (2009) C2

The risks of the use of nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical (NRBC) weapons are heterogeneous. Each risk has its own implications for developing and deploying any capacity to assist victims of an NRBC event and, in parallel, for the health and security of the people bringing this assistance ... more