Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER), 17 September 2021, Vol. 96, No. 37 (pp. 445-460)
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                PLoS ONE 17(9): e0272444. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0272444.
Based on the RE-AIM metrics, our results show that KMC is a feasible intervention that can improve neonatal outcomes among preterm infants in Zambia. The study findings show a promising, practical approach to scaling up KMC in... Zambia.
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                                                                The Plan subscribes to the goals and pillars of the WHO Global Technical Strategy against Malaria 2016-2030 (GTS), while presenting key elements to address the specific challenges of the Region.
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                PLOS Glob Public Health 3(7): e0001132. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.
pgph.0001132
 This paper  proposes a framework for strategic communications for malaria governance that involves five key elements: knowing the audience, defining the message, designing a medium, identifying a messenger, and ...selecting the timing
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                                                                Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications, 2025:17 29–47
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Vector control, alongside case management, remains the most effective approach to controlling and eliminating malaria. Key interventions, such as indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), have significantly reduced malaria transmission in many African countries. This... has enabled some countries to transition from the control phase to the elimination phase.
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                                                                The Ghana National Malaria Strategic Plan 2021–2025 aims to reduce malaria mortality by 90% and malaria cases by 50% (using 2019 as baseline) and to achieve pre-elimination in at least six districts by 2025. The plan focuses on scaling up prevention measures like distributing insecticide-treated n...ets, indoor residual spraying, seasonal chemoprevention, and prevention in pregnancy. It also emphasizes universal access to prompt diagnosis and effective treatment, strengthening health system governance, improving supply chains, mobilizing resources, and enhancing surveillance. Special attention is given to vulnerable groups and high-burden areas to ensure equity and sustainability in the fight against malaria.
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                                                                The Manual for Parasitological Surveillance in Prevention of Reintroduction or Re-establishment of Malaria in Sri Lanka (2019) provides guidelines to health professionals on how to conduct effective malaria surveillance to prevent the reintroduction of the disease in Sri Lanka, which was certified m...alaria-free in 2016.
The manual outlines strategies for active and passive case detection, laboratory diagnosis, case investigation, foci investigation, and follow-up measures. It emphasizes targeted screening of high-risk populations, including travelers and migrant workers, and explains the importance of prompt reporting, accurate parasitological confirmation, and coordination between healthcare levels. The overall goal is to maintain Sri Lanka’s malaria-free status by ensuring early detection and rapid response to any imported or locally suspected malaria cases.
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                                                                The new WHO guidelines provide clinical management recommendations for four of the most widespread arboviruses affecting humans: dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever.
An integrated approach is vital, as these four diseases often present with similar symptoms, especially in the early stages... of infection, and multiple arboviruses may circulate simultaneously in certain regions. This makes clinical differentiation challenging, particularly where diagnostic testing is not readily available.
This guideline is available in online format on the MAGICapp platform
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                                                                En la cuarta edición de Para la Vida figura información esencial que las amilias y las comunidades tienen que conocer para criar niños y niñas anos. Este manual ofrece consejos prácticos sobre el embarazo, el alumbramiento, las enfermedades de la infancia, el desarrollo infantil y la atención ...de los niños y niñas. En esta edición se presenta también un nuevo capítulo sobre protección de la infancia. El libro está dirigido a los padres y madres, las familias, los trabajadores de salud, los maestros, los grupos juveniles, los grupos de mujeres, las organizaciones comunitarias, los funcionarios gubernamentales, los empleadores, los sindicatos, los medios de comunicación y las organizaciones no gubernamentales y confesionales.
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                                                                Internally  displaced  persons  (IDPs),  refugees,  migrants  and  returnees  constitute  a  sizeable population in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. There were 12 million refugees (half are  Palestinians)  and  13  million  IDPs  in  the  Region  as  of  2018.  These  populations  are often vul...nerable to poor health due to the conditions they live in and limited access to needed quality  health  care.  In  addition,  those  who  can  access  care,  are  often  faced  with  financial hardship.  There  are  also  46  million  professionals  and  low-income  labour  migrants  in  the Region (of which 22 million are from the Region), with differential access to health services and varied health coverage schemes
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                                                                This publication marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. It is dedicated to the women leaders and allied community mobilizers who have devoted their lives to advancing the human rights and dignity of all people affected by the HIV epidemic, and to opposing soci...al injustice, gender inequality, stigma and discrimination, and violence. Unless otherwise indicated, the HIV-related statistics cited in this publication reflect the most recent UNAIDS data available.
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