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Cardiovascular diseases in Africa in the twenty-first century: Gaps and priorities going forward

Minja, N.W.; Nakagaayi, D.; Aliku, T. et al. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2022) CC

In 2015, the United Nations set important targets to reduce premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths by 33% by 2030. Africa disproportionately bears the brunt of CVD burden and has one of the highest risks of dying from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide. There is currently an epide...miological transition on the continent, where NCDs is projected to outpace communicable diseases within the current decade. Unchecked increases in CVD risk factors have contributed to the growing burden of three major CVDs—hypertension, cardiomyopathies, and atherosclerotic diseasesleading to devastating rates of stroke and heart failure. The highest age standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to hypertensive heart disease (HHD) were recorded in Africa. The contributory causes of heart failure are changing—whilst HHD and cardiomyopathies still dominate, ischemic heart disease is rapidly becoming a significant contributor, whilst rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has shown a gradual decline. In a continent where health systems are traditionally geared toward addressing communicable diseases, several gaps exist to adequately meet the growing demand imposed by CVDs. Among these, high-quality research to inform interventions, underfunded health systems with high out-of-pocket costs, limited accessibility and affordability of essential medicines, CVD preventive services, and skill shortages. Overall, the African continent progress toward a third reduction in premature mortality come 2030 is lagging behind. More can be done in the arena of effective policy implementation for risk factor reduction and CVD prevention, increasing health financing and focusing on strengthening primary health care services for prevention and treatment of CVDs, whilst ensuring availability and affordability of quality medicines. Further, investing in systematic country data collection and research outputs will improve the accuracy of the burden of disease data and inform policy adoption on interventions. This review summarizes the current CVD burden, important gaps in cardiovascular medicine in Africa, and further highlights priority areas where efforts could be intensified in the next decade with potential to improve the current rate of progress toward achieving a 33% reduction in CVD mortality. more

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FAMILIARIZÁNDONOS CON LA PARÁLISIS CEREBRAL

International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; CBM; et al (2014)

Trabajando con grupos de madres y padres – un recurso de capacitación para facilitadores, madres y padres, cuidadores, y personas con parálisis cerebral

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Indicadores básicos 2019: Tendencias de la salud en las Américas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Organización Panamericana de la Salud (2019) C_WHO

El informe Indicadores básicos 2019: tendencias de la salud en las Américas comienza con un panorama demográfico de la Región que muestra los cambios que han ocurrido a lo largo de los últimos 25 años. Estos indicadores demográficos proporcionan un contexto útil para comprender mejor las car... more

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ERC Guidelines

European Resuscitation Council ERC (2021) CC

The European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation provide specific instructions for how resuscitation should be practiced and take into account ease of teaching and learning, as well as the science. They were developed by Europeans and have been specifically written with European pract... more

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Global Education Monitoring Report 2020: Latin America and the Caribbean: Inclusion and education: All means all

UNESCO (2020) C1

Key Messages and Recommendations. The Report, Todos y todas sin excepción, produced by the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and the Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC /UNESCO Santiago), along with the Laboratory of Education, Research and Innovation in... more

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Plan de Réponse Humanitaire Global : COVID-19 (avril - décembre)

OCHA; reliefweb (2020) C2

La pandémie du COVID-19 nous fait tous souffrir. Mais ses effets les plus dévastateurs et les plus déstabilisants se feront ressentir dans les pays les plus pauvres du monde. Nous sommes confrontés au plus important ralentissement économique que nous ayons connu de mémoire d’homme. Le systè... more

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Guia sobre infecciones de transmisión sexual

MCP; IRD; El Fondo Mundial; et al. (2016) C1

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Zika - Actualización Epidemiológica 25 de agosto de 2017

Pan American Health Organization PAHO; World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas (2017) C_WHO

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Guía de Práctica Clínica: Basada en la evidencia científica para la atención de la infección por VIH en niñas y niños menores de 13 años de edad (versión larga)

Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social; Fondo de Poblaciones de las Naciones Unidas - UNFPA Asociación Colombiana de Infectiologiá ACIN (2014) C1

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COVID-19 Impacts on African Children - How to Protect-a-generation at Risk

Save the Children (2020) C1

This policy paper underscores that, although children do not represent a high-risk group for direct COVID-19 fatality, the pandemic posts far-reaching secondary impacts that heighten risks to African children’s rights and wellbeing.

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Усиление мер реагированиясистем здравоохранения на COVID-19: техническое руководство

Всемирная организация здравоохранения. Европейское региональное бюро (2020) C_WHO

Усиление мер реагированиясистем здравоохранения на COVID-19: техническое руководство No 5: адаптация первичной медико-санитарной помощи для повышения эффективности о�... more

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Guidelines for emergency and compassionate use authorisation of health products and technologies

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2020) CC

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National Cancer Handling Guidelines

Ministry of Health, Kenya (2020) C1

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Cartagena Declaration on Refugees for Latin America

Colloquium on the International Protection of Refugees (1984) CC2

The Cartagena Declaration on Refugees was adopted by the Colloquium on the International Protection of Refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama on November 22, 1984. The declaration is a non-binding agreement but has been incorporated in refugee law in various countries. The Cartagena Declarat... more

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Uganda: Health Facilities Inventory July 2012

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda (2012) C1

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Advocacy actions to promote human rights in mental health and related areas WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health. Pilot version
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World Health Organization WHO (2017)

WHO QualityRights is an initiative which aims to improve the quality of care in mental health and related services and to promote the human rights of people with psychosocial, intellectual and cognitive disabilities, throughout the world.

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Financing Global Health 2015: Development assistance steady on the path to new Global Goals

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (2016) CC

Financing Global Health 2015 is the seventh edition of IHME’s annual series on global health financing. This report captures trends in development assistance for health (DAH) and government health expenditure as source (GHE-S) in low- and middle-income countries. Annually updated GHE-S and DAH est... more

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Atlas - Child and adolescent mental health resources

World Health Organization; International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions; World Psychiatric Association (2005) C_WHO

Global concerns: Implications for the future Child Mental Health Atlas

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Organización de los servicios de salud en el primer nivel de atención para el cuidado integral de salud en el marco de la emergencia sanitaria nacional por COVID-19

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS Ministerio de Salud Peru (2020) C_WHO

Organization of health services at the first level of care for comprehensive health care in the framework of the national health emergency by COVID-19

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Covid-19: Cómo hacer cubrebocas, jabón y más

Hesperian (2020) CC

Advocacy actions to promote human rights in mental health and related areas WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health. Pilot version recommended

Advocacy actions to promote human rights in mental health and related areas WHO QualityRights training to act, unite and empower for mental health. Pilot version
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