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WHO Level II household survey to measure access to and use of medicines in Ghana

Daniel Kojo Arhinful Ministry of Health, Ghana (2011) C1

This field study to measure access to and use of medicines was undertaken in GHANA in May-June 2008. The study assessed information on the socio-economic level of households, and access to and use of medicines for acute and chronic conditions as well as opinions and perceptio ... more

Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection, 12 September 2019

Panel on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children AIDSinfo (2019) CC

Updated guidelines

European Drug Report - Trends and Developments

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2018) C1

Table of contents: - Preface - Introductory note and acknowledgements - Commentary - Chapter 1: Drug supply and the market - Chapter 2: Drug use prevalence and trends - Chapter 3: Drug-related harms and responses - Annex: National data tables Available in 24 languages on: http://www.emcdd ... more

The ‘global health’ education framework: a conceptual guide for monitoring, evaluation and practice

Bozorgmehr, K.; VA.Saint, and P. Tinnemann (2011) CC

Global Health. 2011 Apr 18;7:8. doi: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-8 Results: Currently, ‘new’health challenges and educational needs as a result of the globalisation process are discussed and linked to the evolving term‘global health’. The lack of a common definition of this termcomplicates attempts ... more

Alcohol and Public Health in the Americas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2007) C_WHO

Making the Case for Alcohol as a Public Health Threat in the Region. The purpose of this document is to explain the need for making alcohol a top public health priority in the region and the need for national and regional action. Current evidence-based research shows that alcohol consumption and dri ... more

Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Blended Finance Roadmap for Global Health

Center for Innovation and Impact (CII), USAID (2019) C2

In an environment of stagnant donor funding and increasing private sector investment in low- and middle-income countries, actors in both the public and private sectors are increasingly interested in using blended finance approaches to catalyze new funding for global health and achieve health outcome ... more

‘Virus Carriers’ and HIV testing: navigating Ukraine’s HIV policies and programming for female sex workers

A. Tokar; J. Osborne; K. Slobodianiuk; et al. BMC Public Health (BioMed Central); Health Research Policy and Systems (2019) CC

Tokar et al. Health Research Policy and Systems (2019) 17:23 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-019-0415-4

Summary table of HIV/TB co-infection treatment regimens

USAID From the American People; PEPFAR; AIDS Free; et al. USAID From the American People; PEPFAR; AIDS Free; et al. (2017) C2

Rapid needs assessment of older people Venezuela

Help Age International Convite A.C. (2019) CC

HelpAge International is a global network of organisations promoting the right of all older people to lead dignified, healthy and secure lives. Convite is a humanitarian, independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organisation that works to guarantee and promote social, economic and cultural rights ac ... more

Antibiotic use and resistance in South Africa

Dr T Apalata, Dr C Bamford, Mr D Benjamin et al. South African Medical Journey SAMJ (2011) C2

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an important public health concern shared by developed and developing countries. In developing countries the burden of infectious diseases is greater and exacerbated by limited access to, and availability and affordability of, antimicrobials required to treat infect ... more

Can ‘‘Giving Preference to My Patients’’ be Explained as a Role Related Duty in Public Health Care Systems?

Holm, S Health Care Analysis (-2011) CC

One of the most obvious ways in which to ensure impartiality in a health care system is to require impartiality of all actors in the system, i.e. to give health care professionals a duty to treat everyone impartially and to deny them the ‘right’ to give their patients preferential treatment. And ... more

Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in Ethiopia: The case for investment, including considerations on the impact of khat

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

In 2016, the risk of premature mortality1 from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Ethiopia was 18.3%. The economic costs of NCDs are significant and are due principally to their impact on the non-health sector (reduced workforce and productivity). In this study, it is estimated that NCDs cost Ethiop ... more

Vaccine misinformation management field guide

The Public Good Projects; UNICEF; First Draft, Yale Insitute for Global Health (2020) C_UNICEF

Guidance for addressing a global infodemic and fostering demand for immunization December 2020 Misinformation threatens the success of vaccination programs across the world. This guide aims to help organizations to address the global infodemic through the development of strategic and well-coordina ... more

No contamines mi futuro! El impacto de los factores medioambientales en la salud infantil

Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2017) C_WHO

En 2015, murieron 5,9 millones de niños menores de cinco años (1). Las principales causas de muerte en los niños a nivel mundial son la neumonía, la prematuridad, las complicaciones durante el parto, la sepsis neonatal, las anomalías congénitas, las enfermedades diarreicas, las lesiones ... more

World Happiness Report 2021

Helliwell, John F., Richard Layard, Jeffrey Sachs, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve Sustainable Development Solutions Network (2021) CC

The World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. Our aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world ha ... more

The Role of Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM)

USAID, Stop TB Partnership (2011) C1

Overcoming Barriers to TB Control Training Curriculum August 2011

South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Key Findings

Dept. of Health South Africa, The DHS Program, et al. (2019) CC

HIV testing - Monitoring implementation of the Dublin Declaration on Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia: 2017 progress report

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (2017) C2

Special report

Best practices for environmental health

Koren, H. Routledge (2017) CC

Environmental pollution, protection, quality and sustainability

Eastern Africa: El Niño impact and humanitarian needs (as of December 2015)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2015) C1