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Wiping out Trachoma from Nepal – How Nepal eliminated trachoma as a public health problem

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Wiping out Trachoma from Nepal – How Nepal eliminated trachoma as a public health problem WHO - 2018

Menstrual Hygiene Matters

House, S.; T. Mahon and S. Cavill Water Aid (2012) C2

A resource for improving menstraul hygiene around the world. Comprehensive guidance with examples of good practice, information for colleagues and pupils in class and tips on how to break the taboo

Ebola and Lessons for Development

Huff, A.R. IDS (2015)

IDS Practice Paper in Brief 16

Delivering trauma and rehabilitation interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic review

Jain, R.P., et al. (2020) CC

BMJ Global Health2020;5:e001980. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-00198

Framework for implementing the “End TB Strategy” in the African Region 2016 - 2020

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2017) C_WHO

Tuberculosis (TB) control in the African Region has evolved since the disease was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993. Member States have adopted and implemented successive global and regional strategies and resolutions, with demonstrable positive impacts on in ... more

Helping young children who have experienced trauma: policies and strategies for early care and education

Jessica Dym Bartlett, Sheila Smith, Elizabeth Bringewatt Child Trends (2017) C1

In this report, we describe early childhood trauma and its effects, offer promising strategies for ECE programs and systems to help young children who have experienced trauma, and present recommendations for state policymakers and other stakeholders looking to support trauma-informed ECE for this vu ... more

Walking in our shoes: Perspectives of pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV on access to and retention in care in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia

Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) et al. (2017) C1

The study sought to understand the factors that facilitate women to adhere to treatment and return to health facilities for routine care from their own perspective. The researchers focused on Malawi, Uganda and Zambia, early adopters of the global guidance to provide lifelong treatment for pregnant ... more

A policy advocacy guide on sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for young key populations (YKPS)

S. Nyaude; O. Odumosu; J.Mphande; et al. AMSHeR (American Men for sexual Health & Rights); Children & AIDS (2018) C2

Setup and management of COVID-19 hotlines

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2020) C_WHO

Update on the use of nucleic acid amplification tests to detect TB and drug-resistant TB: rapid communication

WHO (2021) CC

In 2019, an estimated 10 million individuals fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) and 3 million of them were not reported to have beendiagnosed and notified. The gap is proportionately even wider for drug-resistant TB. Of the estimated 465 000 patients with rifampicin-resistant and multi-drug resistant T ... more

Children with Special Educational Needs

National Council for Special Education (NCSE) (2014) C2

Information Booklet for Parents

What is VCA? An introduction to vulnerability and capacity assessment

ICRC and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2006)

PC Senegal Community Health Manual - 2014 Edition

Berlin, E.; C. Cravero, S. Danner et. al. Peace Corps (2014) C2

Public Health is the science field dedicated to promoting health and well-being, and preventing disease within the human population to ultimately increase the quality of our livelihood and life span. Public Health does not focus on individual patients or diseases, but rather a given population and ... more

Governance and Health in Post-Conflict Countries: The Ebola Outbreak in Liberia and Sierra Leone

International Peace Institute (2016) CC

Lesotho: National HIV & AIDS Strategic Plan 2011-2015/16

Goverment of Lesotho (2013) C1

Revised

Global Health Initiative Strategy Zambia 2011 -2015

United States Government Zambia Interagency Team (2012) C1

Weak surveillance and policy attention to cancer in global health: the example of Mozambique

Lorenzoni, C; Oliveras, Laura; Vilajeliu, A, et al. (2018) CC

Cancer is an emerging public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa due to population growth, ageing and westernisation of lifestyles. In this piece, we use data from Mozambique over a 50-year period to illustrate cancer epidemiological trends in low-income and middle-income countries to hypothesise ... more

Investigation of the Quality of the 12 Most-Used Antibiotics Available in Retail Private Pharmacies in Rwanda

Bizimana, T.; Kagisha, V.; Nyandwi, J.B: et al. MDPI Antibiotics (2022) CC

Antibiotics 2022, 11(3), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030329. The authors found that the most-represented antibiotics on the Rwandan market were amoxicillin, co-trimoxazole and cloxacillin. No counterfeit antibiotics were found in this study. However, substandard batches with moderate ... more