The Lancet Infectious Disease Volume 25, Issue 2e77-e85February 2025
This Guidance was developed in response to the increase in HIV-related human rights crises and the shrinking civic space for rights-related responses to HIV in recent years across the world. This document builds upon existing guidance documents, offering updated guidance for country-based United Nat...ions staff (United Nations Country Teams) and partners to use their respective mandates to coordinate effective responses to human rights-related crises within the framework of the Resident Coordinator system, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, global HIV and human rights strategies and frameworks.
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Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness. It is one of 18 neglected
tropical diseases (NTDs) that affect over one billion of the world’s poorest people.
Assurer l’égalité des genres dans l’application de la stratégie CHANCE
The resources provide both the older as well as the updated Operational Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy centres, including administrative issues, functions and establishment of centres, reporting and recording tools, measures to improve retention in HIV care, supply chain management of drugs a...nd various other aspects that are essential to ensure quality treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Intensificar o reforço das abordagens de monitorização do tratamento através dos testes da carga viral, assim como o diagnóstico pediátrico precoce, será fundamental para garantir cuidados e tratamentos de boa qualidade e o êxito dos programas. Considerar uma boa rede de diagnósticos, tipos... de amostras, intervenções e estratégias em cada um dos países e em todas as partes interessadas nacionais, regionais e parceiros contribuirá para apoiar este esforço, melhorar a colaboração e maximizar o investimento nos diagnósticos para um impacto clínico visível.
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The WHO Cholera Vaccine Position Paper (August 2017) highlights the importance of oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) as a key tool in outbreak response and prevention, alongside water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) measures. It recommends OCVs for high-risk populations, endemic areas, and humanitarian cr...ises, emphasizing their effectiveness in reducing cases and mortality. The paper discusses two types of OCVs (Dukoral®, Shanchol™, Euvichol®) and supports the WHO-managed vaccine stockpile for rapid deployment in cholera-prone regions.
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Health Services Insights Volume 10: 1–7
Profile of Crisis Response of District Health or Disaster Risk at East Halmahera District, Indonesia
Storybook which is about children's well being and resilience
Profile of Crisis Response of District Health / Disaster Risk: Regency of Pulang Pisau, Indonesia
A focus on Cambodia and Ethiopia
o date, little evidence is available on how such integration occurs at country level. To address this knowledge gap, WHO has conducted several in-depth situational analysis in countries that are undertaking actions to improve WASH in Health Care Facilities as part o...f their quality of care improvement efforts. The purpose of the situation analyses was to capture mechanisms that “jointly support” WASH in HCF and quality of care improvements and also identify barriers and challenges to implementing and sustaining these improvements.
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