This document focuses on making recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Chagas disease, an infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan agent of a systemic parasitic disease. Methodology: These clinical practice guidelines were prepared following the WHO handbook for guideline dev...elopment (5). A multidisciplinary development group was formed, comprised of thematic experts, epidemiologists, methodologists, and users. Since there were no existing guidelines that could be adapted, the guidelines were developed from scratch.
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The Joint Response Plan sets out a comprehensive programme shaped around three strategic objectives – deliver protection, provide life-saving assistance and foster social cohesion. The Plan covers all humanitarian sectors and addresses key cross-cutting issues, including protection and gender main...streaming. The Plan will also strengthen emergency preparedness and response for weather-related risks and natural disasters, with a focus on community
engagement.
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Primary care - Putting people first: This chapter describes how primary care brings promotion and prevention, cure and care together in a safe, effective and socially productive way at the interface between the population and the health system.
Tools and practical guidance for achieving high uptake
Alcohol misuses
Substance use disorders
Chapter G.1
Background paper 9
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
May 2021
The U.S. President‘s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Standard Treatment Guideline
World Drug Report 2018
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Substance use disorders
Chapter G.3
Third Stocktaking Report, 2008
Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS