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ENGAGE-TB: integrating community-based tuberculosis activities into the work of nogovernmental and other civil society organizations: training of community health workers and community volunteers

Thomas Joseph, Nathalie Likhite, Lana Syed et al. World Health Organization (2015) C_WHO

Facilitator's Guide. This guide is designed to assist facilitators in training community health workers (CHWs) and community volunteers (CVs) in integrating community-based TB services into their work. The training will help community workers who already provide numerous services to understand TB an ... more

Report - Invisible numbers: the true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – along with mental health, cause nearly three quarters of deaths in the world. Their drivers are social, environmental, commercial and geneti ... more

Key Considerations for Children and their Caregivers During Covid-19

Govt. Canada; Save the Children; UNICEF (2020) C_UNICEF

The below guidance has been designed to ensure the care of children affected by COVID-19 due to either the child or caregiver requiring medical care in the home, community or health facility, it serves to

Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best

Sokolow SH, CL Wood, IJ Jones, (2016) CC

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(7): e0004794. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004794

Operational handbook on tuberculosis: module 6: tuberculosis and co-morbidities, 3rd ed

World Health Organization WHO (2025) C_WHO

Addressing comorbidities and risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) is a crucial component of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s End TB Strategy. This WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities aims to support countries in scaling up people-centred care, base ... more

Prevention of Disability in Buruli Ulcer: Basic Rehabilitation

Simonet, V. World Health Organization WHO (2008) C_WHO

The guide contains valuable tools for wound care and the rehabilitation of people affected by Buruli ulcer. It is also helpful for peripheral health centres in areas where Buruli ulcer is endemic and to people and their families affected by the disease

HIV Testing Services Strategy 2017-2020

Zimbabwe, Ministry of Health and Child Care (2017) C1

Lignes directrices pour les essais en laboratoire et sur le terrain de molluscicides destinés à la lutte contre la schistosomiase

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO

Changes in cardiovascular mortality in Chile during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chang, S.W.; P. Zitko, Á. Passi-Solar et al. Heart, BMJ journals (2021) C1

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted regular cardiovascular healthcare access and delivery. Service utilisation has declined, and excess cardiovascular mortality has been reported in several countries. We aim to estimate excess cardiovascular deaths in Chile during 2020.

Recommentation for an emergency use listing of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine (NUCLEOSIDE MODIFIED) submitted by Pfizer Europe MA EEIG

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

It’s About More than Just Sex

USAID; PTAM UYWG; FHI FHI (2013)

Curricula and Educational Materials to Help Young People Achieve Better Sexual and Reproductive Health

Training Needs Assessment of Health Workers on Health Care Waste Management in Kenya

UNDP (2018) CC

This report contains the results of an in-depth Training Needs Assessment (TNA) of Health Workers in the 4 project counties of the republic of Kenya – Nakuru, Kisumu, Nairobi and Bungoma. The assessment, facilitated by the UPOPs Project in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Minist ... more

Panorama de la diabetes en la Región de las Américas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2022) C_WHO

La carga de la diabetes es enorme, posicionándola como uno de los principales desafíos que enfrenta la salud pública en la actualidad. Actualmente, se estima que 62 millones de personas viven con diabetes en la Región de las Américas y las proyecciones muestran que su prevalencia seguirá aumen ... more

Stratégie mondiale du secteur de la santé contre les infections sexuellement transmissibles 2016-2021: Vers l'élimination des IST

Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS) (2016) C_WHO

Une fois adoptée et mise en œuvre, la stratégie contribuera à réduire sensiblement les nouvelles infections sexuellement transmissibles et les décès connexes (ainsi que les mortinatalités et le cancer du col de l’utérus), tout en améliorant la santé individuelle, la santé sexuelle des ... more

Addition of HIV self-test kits to partner notification services to increase HIV testing of male partners of pregnant women in Zambia

Mutale W.; K. Freeborn; L. A Graybill; et al. Lancet (2021) CC

Testing men for HIV during their partner’s pregnancy can guide couples-based HIV prevention and treatment, but testing rates remain low. We investigated a combination approach, using evidence-based strategies, to increase HIV testing in male partners of HIV-positive and HIV-negative ... more

Integrating Clinical Research into Epidemic Response: The Ebola Experience

Gerald Keusch, Keith McAdam, Patricia Cuff, Michelle Mancher, and Emily R. Busta National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017) C1

The 2014–2015 Ebola epidemic in western Africa was the longest and most deadly Ebola epidemic in history, resulting in 28,616 cases and 11,310 deaths in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The Ebola virus has been known since 1976, when two separate outbreaks were identified in the Democratic Repub ... more

Heat waves and human health

Lee, V.; F. Zermoglio; K.L.Ebi; et al. USAID (2019) C1

Emerging evidence and experience to inform risk management in a warming world

A conceptual framework for the environmental surveillance of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Patricia M.C. Huijbers, Carl-Fredrik Flach, D.G. Joakim Larsson Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg (2019) C2

The systematic surveillance of antibiotic use and antibiotic re-sistance prevalence in humans and animals is imperative for managingbacterial infectious disease (JPIAMR, 2019;WHO, 2015). Many low-income countries currently face substantial challenges in building national surveillance systems due to ... more

Regional competency assessment tool for midwifery educators and midwives

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2021) C_WHO

Politique national de santé communautaire

Direction Générale de la Santé Cellule de Santé Communautaire Ministère, Sénégal Ministère de la Santé et de l’Action sociale (2014) C2

L’objectif de la Politique de santé communautaire est de contribuer à la réduction de la morbidité, de la mortalité et des handicaps, avec la pleine participation des communautés.