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Infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene measures for home care and isolation for mpox in resource-limited settings: interim operational guide

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

This interim operational guide outlines infection prevention, control, and water, sanitation, and hygiene measures for home care and isolation of mpox in resource-limited settings. It focuses on practical strategies to manage and prevent the spread ... more

Bridging the gap between ethics and decision-making in pandemics - Report of the WHO Pandemic Ethics and Policy Summit

World Health Organization WHO OCHA Services reliefweb (2022) C_WHO

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised profound ethical challenges on an unprecedented global scale. These challenges include how to allocate scarce resources (especially vaccines and therapeutics), both within and between countries, whether and when to mandate vaccines and/or masks, whether and how to co ... more

The principles of Catholic social teaching: A guide for decision making from daily clinical encounters to national policy-making

Wright, K.S. (2017) CC

The Linacre Quarterly84 (1) 2017, 10-22

The impact of climate change on mental health and emotional wellbeing: current evidence and implications for policy and practice

Lawrence, E.; R. Thompson, G. Fontana, et al. (2021) CC

Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health | Sustainable Development Goals - Resource Centre

Whitmee S., Haines A. et al. (2015) C2

By almost any measure, human health is better now than at any time in history. Life expectancy has soared from 47 years in 1950–1955, to 69 years in 2005–2010, and death rates in children younger than 5 years of age have decreased substantially, from 214 per thousand live births in 1950–1955, ... more

Operations Manual for Delivery of HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment at Primary Health Centres in High-Prevalence, Resource-Constrained Settings

World Health Organization (2008) C_WHO

Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV. Policy brief
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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Cryptococcal disease, particularly cryptococcal meningitis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV with advanced HIV disease. It is estimated that it is responsible for nearly 19% of AIDS-related mortality, second only to tuberculosis. Rapid screening, diagnosi ... more

Recommended package of interventions for HIV, viral hepatis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for people who inject drugs: policy brief

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

HIV, viral hepatitis and STI epidemics, particularly among people who inject drugs and other key populations, continue to be fuelled by laws and policies criminalizing sex work; drug use or possession; diverse forms of gender expression and sexuality; stigma and discrimination; gender discrimination ... more

Improving the quality of care in the public health system in Bangladesh: building on new evidence and current policy levers

Krishna Hort, Valeria de Oliveira Cruz, Murad Sultan World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

Bangladesh Health Systems in Transition

Moving toward UNAIDS 90-90-90 ART Targets in Tanzania

Bryant Lee, Rosemary Silaa, Catherine Barker, et al. Health Policy Project (2015) C1

Newborn survival in Nepal: a decade of change and future implications

Pradhan, Y.V., Upreti, S.R., Pratap, K.C.N, et al. Health Policy and Planning (2012) CC

Nepal is on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals for maternal and child health despite high levels of poverty, poor infrastructure, difficult terrain and recent conflict. Each year, nearly 35000 Nepali children die before their fifth birthday, with almost two-thirds of these deaths occurr ... more

Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation

Interagency Policy Coordination Subcommitee for Preparedness & Response to Radiological and Nuclear Threats (2010)

The purpose of this guidance is to provide emergency planners with nuclear detonationspecific response recommendations to maximize the preservation of life in the event of an urban nuclear detonation. This guidance addresses the unique effects and impacts of a nuclear detonation such as scale of ... more

The cost of the reemergence of monkeypox: An overview of health financing in Africa

Sokunbi T.O., Akinbi E.O. Health Policy OPEN (2024) CC

This study aims to provide an overview of health financing in Africa and to examine the impact of the reemergence of mpox on health financing in the region.

Shock-Responsive Social Protection Systems research: Case study—Lesotho

Kardan, A., O’Brien, C. and Masasa, M. Oxford Policy Management (2017) C2

Zambia Nutrition Country Profile 2015

International Food Policy Research Institute (2015)

Nepal Health Sector Programme II (NHSP II) Mid-Term Review

HEART (Health & Education Advice and Resource Team (2013) C1

Political Will for the Health System Devolution in Kenya: Insights from three counties

Lipsky A., Mulaki A., Williamson T., et al. Health Policy Project, USAID (2015) C1

Burkina Faso Nutrition country Profile 2015

International Food Policy Research Institute (2015) C1

The next generation of refugee resettlement in Europe: Ambitions for the future and how to realise them

Migration Policy Institute (2020) C1