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Digital Implementation Investment Guide (DIIG): Integrating Digital Interventions into Health Programmes

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

his practical Guide serves as a companion to the “WHO guideline: recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening” and provides a systematic process for countries to develop a costed implementation plan for digital health within one or more health programme areas, drawing ... more

Red and processed meat in the context of health and the environment: many shades of red and green: information brief

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

There is growing international consensus that food systems transformation is important to address the challenges of malnutrition in all its forms, the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), environmental sustainability, increasing inequality and ensuring the welfare of workers and animals. In li ... more

Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level.
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World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Health care-associated infections (HAI) are one of the most common adverse events in care delivery and a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. At any one time, up to 7% of patients in developed and 10% in developing countries will acquire at least on ... more

Guide to cancer early diagnosis
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World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Guidelines for establishing a poison centre

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This update of the Guidelines for poison control, entitled Guidelines for establishing a poison centre, reflects the development of the role of poison centres in public health and the sound management of chemicals, described in section 1, and the opportunities provided by new technology. Assessments ... more

Consolidated Guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations (Updated 2016)

C. Beyrer; A. Kamarulzaman; E. Aaraj; et al. World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

Guidelines Key Populations

Global report on hypertension: the race against a silent killer
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World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

This report compiles data for the first time on the far-reaching consequences of uncontrolled hypertension, including heart attacks, strokes and premature death, along with substantial economic losses for communities and countries. It also contains information on the global, regional and country-lev ... more

Essential Nutrition Actions and Essential Hygiene Actions: Training Guide – Health Workers and Nutrition Managers

Quinn, V., and A. Guyon (2015) CC

This training guide applies a participatory approach, reflecting the considerable evidence that adults learn best by practicing and reflecting on their experiences. It thus emphasizes exercises to improve skills in counseling that support clients to adopt optimal nutrition practices. Women’s nutri ... more

Cancer
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Hellen Gelband,Jha Prabhat, Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan et al. The World Bank (2015) C1

This volume presents the complex patterns of cancer incidence and death around the world and evidence on effective and cost-effective ways to control cancers. The Disease Control Priorities Volume 3 evaluation of cancer will indicate where cancer treatment is ineffective and wasteful, and offer alte ... more

The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Mortality

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2016) C1

Census Report Volume 4-B
In the 2014 Census, early-age mortality was measured from the responses to two simple retrospective questions on childbearing addressed to ever-married women aged 15 and over. These questions referred to how many live children they had ever given birth to, and how many ... more

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Cameroon: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bigna J. J., M.A. Amougou; S. L. Asangbeh, et.al. BMJ (2017) C1

Way of the elders conserving indigenous healing knowledge and medicinal plants

Sai Sam Hkam (2011) C1

An action research conducted in Bang Shau village Northern Shan State, Myanmar

National Guideline Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Nepal

Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and Population (2011) C1

Fourth Edition

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis Module 1: prevention - tuberculosis preventive treatment, second edition

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2024) C_WHO

About one fourth of the world’s population is estimated to have been infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacilli, and about 5–10% of those infected develop TB disease in their lifetime. The risk for TB disease after infection depends on several factors, the most important being the person’s im ... more

Principios de orientación para la alimentación de ninos no amamantados entre los 6y los 24 meses de Edad

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2007) C_WHO

Bangladesh/Myanmar: Rakhine Conflict 2017

World Health Organization WHO, Bangladesh (2017) C_WHO

Public Health Situation Analysis and Interventions 10 October 2017

Pathways to progress: a multi-level approach to strengthening health systems

Samuels, F., Amaya, A.B., Rodríguez Pose, R. and Balabanova, D. Overseas Development Institute (2014) C1

Findings on maternal and child health in Nepal, Mozambique and Rwanda, and neglected tropical diseases in Cambodia and Sierra Leone | This report synthesises findings from five country case studies from the health dimension of this project, which focus on maternal and child health (MCH) (Mozambique ... more

The Global HIV Epidemics among Sex Workers

D. Kerrigan; A. Wirtz; I. Semini; et al. The World Bank (2013) C2

Directions in Development Human Development