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Guidance to facilitate monitoring and evaluation for antimicrobial resistance national action plans

Quadripartite: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; UN Environment Programme UNEP; World Health Organization WHO; World Organisation for Animal Health WAHO (2023) CC

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global human, animal, plant and environment health threat that needs to be addressed by every country. The impacts of AMR are wide-ranging in terms of human health, animal health, food security and safety, environmental effects on ecosystems and biodiversity, and ...socioeconomic development. Just like the climate crisis, AMR poses a significant threat to the delivery of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The response to the AMR crisis has been spearheaded through the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (GAP-AMR), developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2015, in close collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), and formally endorsed by the three organizations’ governing bodies and by the Political Declaration of the high-level meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on AMR in 2016. In 2022, the three organizations officially became the Quadripartite by welcoming the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) into the alliance “to accelerate coordination strategy on human, animal and ecosystem health”. The aim of the GAP-AMR is to ensure the continuity of successful treatment with effective and safe medicines. Its strategic objectives include: • improving the awareness and understanding of AMR; • strengthening the knowledge and evidence base through surveillance and research; • reducing the incidence of infection through effective sanitation, hygiene and infection prevention measures; optimizing the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health; and • developing the economic case for sustainable investment that takes account of the needs of all countries and increasing investment in new medicines, diagnostic tools, vaccines and other interventions. With the adoption of the GAP-AMR, countries agreed to develop national action plans (NAPs) aligned with the GAP-AMR to mainstream AMR interventions nationally. Individually, the Quadripartite took action to advance AMR interventions in their respective sectors. FAO adopted a resolution on AMR recognizing that it poses an increasingly serious threat to public health and sustainable food production, and developed an AMR action plan to support the resolution’s implementation. For its part, WOAH developed a strategy on AMR aligned with the GAP-AMR, acknowledging the importance of a One Health approach to AMR. Similarly, more recently, UNEP’s governing body, the United Nations Environment Assembly, recognized that AMR is a current and increasing threat and a challenge to global health, food security and the sustainable development of all countries, and welcomed the GAP-AMR and the NAPs developed in accordance with its five overarching strategic objectives more

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Fighting Cholera - Operational Handbook: Response to outbreaks and risk prevention in endemic areas

Solidarités International (2018) CC

Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease that is usually contracted when drinking water contaminated with Vibrio cholerae bacteria. The fight against this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach that combines a water, hygiene and sanitation (WaSH) response with a monitoring system, improved water suppl... more

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Combattre le choléra: Présentation clinique et gestion de la flambée de choléra en Haïti

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2010) C_CDC

Le document fournit des directives détaillées pour le diagnostic et la gestion des cas de choléra, en mettant l'accent sur la thérapie de réhydratation et la prévention des décès liés à la déshydratation. Il décrit l'utilisation de solutions de réhydratation orale (SRO), de fluides intr... more

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Syrian Arab Republic: put polio risk above all other interests

World Health Organization (2013)

The push to immunize all children against polio has been hampered by the ongoing crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic. WHO and UNICEF have appealed to all parties to cooperate, including through temporary pauses in hostilities where needed, to allow vaccination campaigns to take place and for all chil... more

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Implementing Collaborative TB-HIV Activities: A Programmatic Guide

Fujiwara PI, Dlodlo RA, Ferroussier O, Nakanwagi-Mukwaya A, Cesari G, Boillot F. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) (2012)

This guide summarises The Union's experience in developing approaches to integrated TB-HIV care for adults in resource-limited settings. It is recommended for health professionals at the implementation level and national programme staff in charge of policy and practices for collaborative TB-HIV acti... more

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IMCI Chart Booklet

World Health Organization (2014)

The IMCI chart booklet is for use by doctors, nurses and other health professionals who see young infants and children less than five years old. It facilitates the use of the IMCI case management process in practice and describes a series of all the case management steps in a form of IMCI charts. ... more

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Glove Use Information Leaflet

World Health Organization (2009) CC

On the appropriate use of gloves with respect to hand hygiene.

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The Self Advocacy Tool Kit - For Mental Health Services Users

Christina Angela Ntulo CBM & Basic Needs UK in Uganda (BNUU) (2015) C2

First Edition~ This self advocacy toolkit for persons with mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders, developed by Basic Needs and CBM, is the end product of an action research intervention that tracked and documented processes for Self Advocacy in low resourced communities of Uganda. Th... more

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Intervention On the road to peace of mind - A guidebook

Dr Nancy Baron War Trauma Foundation (2009)

An applied approach to the training of trainers who, in turn, train teams to implement psychosocial and mental health interventions in developing countries affected by emergencies. The film On the Road to Peace of Mind, used in conjunction with this guidebook, presents an applied Traini... more

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Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Epilepsy

Expert Committee on Pediatric Epilepsy, Indian Academy of Pediatrics Indian Pediatrics (2009) CC

Seizures constitute the most common neurological problem in children and the majority of epilepsy has its onset in childhood. Appropriate diagnosis and management of childhood epilepsy is essential to improve quality of life in these children. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, modified to... more

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Ghana’s National Health insurance scheme and maternal and child health: a mixed methods study

Kavita Singh, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Frank Otchere et al. BMC Health Services Research (2015) C1

Ghana is attracting global attention for efforts to provide health insurance to all citizens through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). With the program’s strong emphasis on maternal and child health, an expectation of the program is that members will have increased use of relevant servi... more

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Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-based Violence (GBV) Programming in Humanitarian Settings
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Leora Ward, Emma Pearce, Dale Buscher et al. Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) and The International Rescue Committee (IRC) (2015) C1

Women and girls with mental and intellectual disabilities were perceived to be most at risk of sexual violence, and family and service providers may only become aware of sexual violence against them when they become pregnant. Discrimination by GBV service providers, family and community members was... more

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Charte des Droits fondamentaux des Femmes et des Sages-Femmes

International Confederation of Midwives ICM (2017) C1

La Confédération internationale des sages-femmes exhorte les gouvernements du monde entier à reconnaître que des soins accessibles et efficaces prodigués par des sagesfemmes constituent un droit fondamental de la personne pour toutes les femmes, les bébés et les sages-femmes et à soutenir c... more

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Self-assessment tool: Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality & Accountability, V1.1 - 11 March 2016

CHS Alliance (2016) C1

The CHS is a voluntary and measurable standard, which means its application can be objectively assessed. The CHS Verification Scheme allows organisations to measure the extent to which they have successfully applied the CHS requirements, and allows them, to demonstrate that they have done so. The Sc... more

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South Africa: GUIDELINES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MEDICINES

Medicines Control Council (MCC), Department of Health Republic of South Africa (2012) C1

This guideline is intended to provide recommendations to applicants wishing to submit applications for the registration of medicines. It represents the Medicines Control Council’s current thinking on the safety, quality and efficacy of medicines.

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Evaluation of a community health worker training program on hypertension and diabetes in Limpopo Province South Africa

D.L. Richards, C. Campbell, A. Adams, S. Fantahun, K. Layne Annals of Global Health (2015) CC

Retention of knowledge and application within the community one year later

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Information note on chemical release No 1: Warning signs of a chemical release

World Health Organization (2017) C_WHO

A chemical release may not always be immediately apparent given the fact that many agents are odourless and colourless, and some cause no immediately noticeable effects or symptoms. Be alert to the possible presence of a chemical. Arabic version available: http://www.who.int/environmental_health_e... more

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Management of Spinal Cord Injuries. Free online ourses

International Spinal Cord Society (ISCos) (2018) CC

There are different courses for Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Nurses, Doctors, others All courses are based on www.elearnSCI.org and run in conjunction with the International Spinal Cord Society and other affiliated organisations. They run in 5-week blocks and require approx. 5 hour... more

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A Roadmap to combat postpartum haemorrhage between 2023 and 2030

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

WHO today released its first roadmap to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) – defined as excessive bleeding after childbirth - which affects millions of women annually and is the world’s leading cause of maternal deaths. Despite being preventable and treatable, PPH results in around 70 000 de... more

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Comprehensive Literature Review on Village Based Health Workers in Myanmar: Extending Services to Communities

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Health and Sports (2017) C1

The main goal of the National Health Plan (NHP) 2017-2021 is to extend access to a basic Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) to the entire population while increasing financial protection. In order to extend service delivery to all communities, the NHP calls for all health workers (whether c... more

Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-based Violence (GBV) Programming in Humanitarian Settings recommended

Building Capacity for Disability Inclusion in Gender-based Violence (GBV) Programming in Humanitarian Settings
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