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Let our actions count - South African's national strategic plan for HIV; TB and StIs 2017-2022

South African Government; NDP 2030; South African National AIDS council (our Action count) (2019) C2

Accessed: 21.10.2019

Code of Practice to minimize and contain Antimicrobial Resistance WHO and FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO, World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This document provides additional guidance for the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, and should be read in conjunction with the Recommended International Code of Practice for Control of the Use of Veterinary Drugs CAC/RCP 38-1993. Its obj ... more

Contact tracing: Public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, having had contact with COVID-19 cases in the European Union -third update

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2020) C_CDC

This document aims to help EU/EEA public health authorities in the tracing and management of persons, including healthcare workers, who had contact with COVID-19 cases. It outlines the key steps of contact tracing, including contact identification, listing and follow-up, in the context of the COVID- ... more

Self-Reliance Index, Version 2.0: Indicators to measure progress towards self-reliance

Buscher D., Slaughter A. Refuge Point, WRC (2020) CC

With 71 million people forcibly displaced around the world and aid budgets woefully underfunded, how do humanitarian agencies decide whom to help and for how long?

Impact of coronavirus disease on different manifestations of sale and sexual exploitation of children

M. F. Singhateh United Nations (2021) CC

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, Mama Fatima Singhateh, focuses on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) p ... more

Supporting the global biodiversity agenda

United Nations - Environment Management Group (EMG) (2020) C2

A United Nations System Commitment for Action to assist Member States delivering on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Interim recommendations for use of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine BIBP developed by China National Biotec Group (‎CNBG)‎, Sinopharm (28 October 2021), updated 15 March 2022

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

These WHO interim recommendations for use of the COVID-19 vaccine BIBP produced by Sinopharm were developed on the basis of advice issued by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) and the evidence summary included in the background document and annexes referenced below. Th ... more

Role of Information Sources in Vaccination Uptake: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Household Survey in Sierra Leone, 2019

Kulkarni, S.; et al. (2022) C1

Global Health Science and Practice February 2022, https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00237 Key Findings: Exposure to vaccination information from faith leaders and health facilities was associated with increased likelihood of vaccination uptake. The significant association between exposure to a ... more

Effective Implementation of Public Health and Social Measures in Sudan: Situational Analysis

WHO; Africa CDC; World Economic Forum et al. PERC (2020) C_WHO

PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.

Best practice guidelines for mental health promotion programs: Refugees

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Toronto Public Health (2012) C1

This resource is the third in a series of online guides for promoting positive mental health across the lifespan. This resource provides health and social service providers (“practitioners”) with current evidence-based approaches in the application of mental health promotion concepts and princip ... more

International assistance for victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical weapons: time for a reality check?

Coupland R, Loye D International Review of the Red Cross (2009) C2

The risks of the use of nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical (NRBC) weapons are heterogeneous. Each risk has its own implications for developing and deploying any capacity to assist victims of an NRBC event and, in parallel, for the health and security of the people bringing this assistance ... more

Environmental and Social Management Framework (Final Report) for the COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project

Ministry pf Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2021) CC

Analysis of Pandemic Preparedness and Response (PPR) architecture, financing needs, gaps and mechanisms

World Bank (2022) CC

A global Pandemic, Preparedness and Response (RRR) architecture

Kenya :National Strategic Plan for Eye Help and Blindness Prevention: 2012-2018

Ophthalmic Services Unit (2012) C1

Chinese development assistance and household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa

Bruno Martorano, Laura Metzger, Marco Sanfilippo European University Institute (2019) C1

We combine data on Chinese development projects with data from Demographic and Health Surveys to study the impact of Chinese aid on household welfare in sub-Saharan Africa. We use a novel methodology to test the effect of Chinese aid on three important development outcomes: education, health, and nu ... more

Gender-based violence and child protection among Syrian refugees in Jordan, with a focus on early marriage

UNWomen (2013)

Findings from this report reveal that, rates of early marriage are high, a significant percentage of children contribute to the household’s income or are its main source of income, and restrictions on the mobility of women and girls constrain their participation in social and economic activities a ... more

Keeping community health workers in Uganda motivated: key challenges, facilitators, and preferred program inputs

Bruniea, A.; P. Wamala-Mucheri, C. Otterness, et al. (2014) CC

Glob Health Sci Pract February 1, 2014 vol. 2 no. 1 p. 103-116

App for its Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthCenter for Communication Programs and World Health Organization (2022) C_WHO

Recommendations on the initiation and continuing use of nine common types of contraceptive methods are covered by the tool. In addition to looking at individual medical conditions or characteristics, users may also easily combine multiple conditions or characteristics and view the guidance on each c ... more

Health Professions' Speciality Training Guidelines for Zambia

Ministry of Health, Zambia (2017) C1

STP Guidelines, First Edition 2017