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National Guidelines for Initiating and Managing Community -Based Family Planning Distribution (CBD) Services

Community Health Serivces Division and Family Health Division; Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Liberia USAID (2015)

Accessed February 2015

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RIASCO action plan for Southern Africa - Revised regional response plan for the El Niño-induced drought in Southern Africa December 2016 - April 2017

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Regional Interagency Standing Committee, Southern Africa (2016) C1

El Niño conditions persisting during the 2015/16 planting season have caused the worst drought in 35 years in Southern Africa, resulting in a second consecutive failed harvest. This has created severe food shortages and compounded existing vulnerabilities. Since July 2016, Namibia and Botswana have... more

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Thailand: Disaster Management Reference Handbook

Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (2022) C1

Thailand is exposed to flooding, landslides, drought, earthquakes, tsunamis, heat waves, forest fires, and epidemics. Thailand is also exposed to technological hazards such as chemical accidents. Flooding is the natural hazard with the most significant impact on human life, livelihoods, and the econ... more

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Nepal Global Health Initiative Strategy

Nepal GHI Strategy (2010) C1

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COVID-19: Guidelines for communicating about coronavirus disease 2019 - A guide for leaders

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

Risk communication encompasses all the basics of health communication but differs in the need for speed and reliance on trust. At times of crisis, leaders are called on to provide a quick, sensitive and trustworthy response.

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Expanding the Catholic Church’s Commitment to the Ebola Emergency Response

Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace (2015)

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Manual on Cyclone: Causes, Effects & Preparedness

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Relief and Resettlement Department; UN-Habitat (2010) C1

No publication year indicated.

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Mpox Testing Strategy - November 2024

Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2024) CC

Mpox is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by the mpox virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus closely related to the variola virus that causes smallpox. Mpox was first discovered in 1958 when outbreaks of a pox-like disease occurred in monkeys kept for research. The first human case was recorde...d in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a period of intensified effort to eliminate smallpox and since then the infection has been reported in a number of African countries. Mpox can spread in humans through close contact, usually skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact, with an infected person or animal, as well as with materials contaminated with the virus such as clothing, beddings and towels, and respiratory droplets in prolonged face to face contact. People remain infectious from the onset of symptoms until all the lesions have scabbed and healed. The virus may spread from infected animals through handling infected meat or through bites or scratches. Diagnosis is confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of material from a lesion for the virus’s DNA. Two separate clades of the mpox virus are currently circulating in Africa: Clade I, which includes subclades Ia and Ib, and Clade II, comprising subclades IIa and IIb. Clade Ia and Clade Ib have been associated with ongoing human-to-human transmission and are presently responsible for outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while Clade Ib is also contributing to outbreaks in Burundi and other countries. In 2022‒2023 mpox caused a global outbreak in over 110 countries, most of which had no previous history of the disease, primarily driven by human-to-human transmission of clade II through sexual contact. In just over a year, over 90,000 cases and 150 deaths were reported to the WHO. For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent. On 13 Aug 2024, Africa CDC declared the ongoing mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), marking the first such declaration by the agency since its inception in 2017.7 This declaration empowered the Africa CDC to lead and coordinate responses to the mpox outbreak across affected African countries. On August 14, 2024, the WHO declared the resurgence of mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) emphasizing the need for coordinated international response. As of August 2024, Mpox has expanded beyond its traditional endemic regions, with new cases reported in countries including Sweden, Thailand, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Sweden has confirmed its first case of Clade 1 variant, which has been rapidly spreading in Africa, particularly in DRC. The emergence of this new variant raises concerns about its potential for higher lethality and transmission rates outside Africa. more

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National Community Health Worker Strategy in Zambia

Ministry of Health, Zambia (2010) C1

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WHO guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) for medicinal plants

World Health Organization (WHO) (2003) C_WHO

The main objectives of these guidelines are to:
1. contribute to the quality assurance of medicinal plant materials used as the source for herbal medicines to improve the quality, safety and efficacy of finished herbal products; 2. guide the formulation of national and/or regional GACP guideli... more

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Planning Guide for national implementation of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding

World Health Organization; UNICEF (2007) C_WHO

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Mapping of stakeholders and initiatives on early warning systems in Myanmar

Malteser International (2015) C1

This study aims to analyze national and international stakeholders and their initiatives in Early Warning Systems in Myanmar, to identify priority gaps that need to be addressed by all stakeholders. It is presented as a first step towards supporting GoUM in information-gathering under the Myanmar Ac... more

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Uganda: WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2017

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

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Ethical guidelines for good practice in the health care professions

Health Professional Council of South Africa (2013) CC

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

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

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

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Kenya national palliative care guidelines
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Republic of Kenya, Ministry of Health (2013) C1

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UNFPA Ghana United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2012-2016)

UNDAF Ghana (2011) C1

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Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preventing the Next Pandemic
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Harvard Global Health Institute (2018) C1

This report is primarily intended for the community of policymakers and researchers concerned about the rising risks of domestic, regional, and global infectious disease epidemics, and the collective failure to take the coordinated actions required to reduce such risks. These risks include the expec... more

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Safe Reopening of Borders to Save Lives, Economies and Livelihoods in Africa

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; et al. (2021) C1

17 February 2021 During the second joint meeting of African ministers responsible for health, ICT and transport on the rollout of the Africa Against COVID-19: Saving Lives, Economies and Livelihoods campaign, a call was made to African countries to work together towards harmonizing travel entry and... more

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National Guidelines for Tuberculosis Infection Control

National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh (2011) C1

Kenya national palliative care guidelines recommended

Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preventing the Next Pandemic recommended

Kenya national palliative care guidelines
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Global Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness: Preventing the Next Pandemic
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