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Integrating Spiritual Care into Palliative Care: A Whole Person Approach

Puchalski, C.M. (2017) CC

Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Policy brief, 24 July 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities, with figures being as h ... more

WHO Immunological Basis for Immunization Series: Module 14: cholera

World Health Organization WHO (2010) C_WHO

This module is part of the WHO series The Immunological Basis for Immunization, which was initially developed in 1993 as a set of eight modules, comprising one module on general immunology and seven modules each devoted to one of the vaccines recommended for the Expanded Programme on Immunization, i ... more

Framework for One Health Practice in National Public Health Institutes
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC

Ensure effective and coordinated public health emergency preparedness and response using a One Health approach

The Day-Hospital of the University Hospital, Bobo Dioulasso: An Example of Optimized HIV Management in Southern Burkina Faso

Chas J., Hema A., Slama L. et. al. PLOS ONE (2015) C2

To evaluate the epidemiological evolution of patients with HIV (PtHIV), between 2002 and 2012, in a day-hospital that became an HIV reference centre for south-west Burkina Faso. This was a retrospective study of PtHIV followed in the Bobo Dioulasso university hospital since 2002. The study was ba ... more

Interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (COVID-19) vaccine

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

6 June 2022 These WHO interim recommendations on the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (COVID-19) vaccine 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 referenced below. Th ... more

End Inequalities. End AIDS. Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026
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UNAIDS (2021) C_WHO

The new Global AIDS Strategy 2021--2026, End Inequalities, End AIDS, is a bold approach that uses an inequalities lens to close the gaps preventing progress to end AIDS

Mapping of best community practices for accompanying eviction situations of refugees and migrants from Venezuela

R4V (2021) CC

This mapping of community experiences for the defense of the right to adequate housing in situations of risk of eviction or eviction in progress brings together practices and strategies used by families, collectives and community organizations that have different origins and interests in the region, ... more

Handbook of Hospital Care for Maternal Emergencies Including Major Trauma
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Maternal & Childhealth Advocacy International MCAI (2021) C1

Updated May 2021

Democratic Republic of the Congo Country Strategic Plan (2021–2024)

World Food Program WFP (2021) CC

Food and nutrition security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is subject to the relentless impact of conflict, epidemics and climate events that have persisted in the country for decades, further compounded by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Lack of infrastructure and investment in agriculture, ... more

Assistive technology capacity assessment (ATA-C) Instruction Manual

World Health Organization WHO, et al. (2021) C_WHO

The assistive technology capacity assessment (ATA-C) is a system-level tool to evaluate a country’s capacity to finance, regulate, procure and provide assistive technology. It can be used for awareness raising, policy and programme design, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. This manual provide ... more

Haiti: Flash appeal - Earthquake August 2021

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2021) CC

Strategical plan

Recomendações da SBMFC para a APS durante a Pandemia de COVID-19 (Edicao 4)

Ricardo Heinzelmann, Rogerio Luz Coelho Neto et al. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina de Família e Comunidade (2021) CC

SBMFC Recommendations for PHC during the Pandemic of COVID-19 (edition 4) This document answers questions and gives recommendations so that the Brazilian PHC can quickly receive the best possible scientific synthesis on the current situation of the pandemic of COVID-19

Community Engagement through Women’s Self-Help Groups: Leveraging mobile technology for capacity building during COVID-19 lockdown in India

Lok Swasthya SEWA Trust and World Health Organization WHO India (2021) C_WHO

Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health | Sustainable Development Goals - Resource Centre

Whitmee S., Haines A. et al. (2015) C2

By almost any measure, human health is better now than at any time in history. Life expectancy has soared from 47 years in 1950–1955, to 69 years in 2005–2010, and death rates in children younger than 5 years of age have decreased substantially, from 214 per thousand live births in 1950–1955, ... more

Community- Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)

World Vision International (2017) C1

Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) is a decentralised community-based approach to treating acute malnutrition. Treatment is matched to the nutritional and clinical needs of the child, with the majority children receiving treatment at home using ready-to-use foods. In-patient car ... more

Antibiotic stewardship interventions in hospitals in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Van Dijck C., Vlieghe E., Cox J.A. Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2018) C_WHO

Objective: To review the effectiveness of antibiotic stewardship interventions in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries.

The Sphere Handbook in Ukrainian
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Sphere (2016) C1

The Ukrainian translation of the Handbook was done by the Rev Marian and Dr Roman Curkowskyj Foundation. Established in 1990 in Toronto, Canada, the Foundation supports the advancement of education, notably through the publication of works in Ukrainian. 2011 Edition.

Health systems resilience toolkit: a WHO global public health good to support building and strengthening of sustainable health systems resilience in countries with various contexts

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO