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Technical Guidance on contact tracing for COVID-19 in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This document offers guidance to Member States in the African region on the key steps used to conduct contact tracing related to the COVID-19 response. It is to be used by national and local health authorities in the implementation of tracing of contacts of probable and confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Children’s Palliative Care and Human Rights

Open Society Foundation (2015) C1

Palliative care for children with life-limiting illness is the active total care of the child’s body, mind, and spirit. It begins at diagnosis and continues regardless of whether the child receives treatment directed at the disease. It seeks to control all forms of suffering related to the illness ... more

Managing the Pandemic and Its Aftermath: Economies, Jobs, and International Migration in the Age of COVID-19

Migration Policy Institute (2020) C1

The COVID-19 pandemic’s immediate costs, measured in lives lost and damaged, have been appalling and continue to rise. In addition, its effects on individuals’ livelihoods and economies around the world have been deep and are likely to be long lasting. While saving lives was the near-exclusive f ... more

National Health Policy: Health lives for all. Revised Edition, January 2020

Ministry of Health Ghana (2020) CC

This National Health Policy has 5 objectives, namely i. To strengthen the healthcare delivery system to be resilient ii. To encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles iii. To improve the physical environment iv. To improve the socio-economic status of the population v. To ensure sustainable f ... more

Vaccination against COVID-19 with the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine - A quick guide, July 2021

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

This quick guide offers basic information about COVID-19, the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine and what to expect following vaccination: ...

Online Training of Trainers in Psychological First Aid

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2022) C1

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world and consequently increased MHPSS needs across various contexts. While National Societies respond to the rising mental health and psychosocial support needs, they are also adapting to and implementing remote support, such as telephone hotlines or other onl ... more

Ações críticas de preparação, prontidão e resposta para COVID-19 Orientação Provisória 27 de maio de 2021

Organización Mundial de Saude and OPAS OPAS, OMS (2021) C_WHO

Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19 Interim Guidance - 27 May 2021

Vaccination as a precaution for healthy aging. 12 questions and answers

Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Seniorenorganisationen e.V. (BAGSO) (2021) C2

Der BAGSO-Ratgeber informiert kompakt und verständlich zu Impfungen für Erwachsene ab 60 Jahren. Er gibt Antworten auf zwölf häufig gestellte Fragen, u.a. für wen welche Impfungen besonders wichtig sind, wo man sich beraten lassen kann und ob die Kosten von der Krankenkasse übernommen werden. ... more

NATIONAL GUIDELINE FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES IN ETHIOPIA

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health (2011) C1

Conception et validation d’une enquête sur le seul trichiasis trachomateux ; Groupe consultatif stratégique et technique sur les maladies tropicales négligées ; Groupe de travail du contrôle
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World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

En 1998, la Cinquante-et-Unième Assemblée mondiale de la Santé a adopté la résolution WHA51.11 qui vise l’élimination mondiale du trachome en tant que problème de santé publique à l’horizon 2020 (1). La stratégie recommandée pour atteindre cet objectif est récapitulée dans le sig ... more

Risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren who participated in a casecontrol study in urban Uganda

Mpairwe, H.; Namutebi, M.; Nkurunungi, G. et al. eLife (2019) CC

Data on asthma aetiology in Africa are scarce. We investigated the risk factors for asthma among schoolchildren (5–17 years) in urban Uganda. We conducted a case-control study, among 555 cases and 1115 controls. Asthma was diagnosed by study clinicians. The main risk factors for asthma were tertia ... more

Review of 2022 World Health Organization guidelines on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis

Nathan, C.L.; F.S.M. Bezerra, D.G.Colley, (2022) CC

Lancet Infectious Diseases Volume 22, Issue 11e327-e335. In February, 2022, WHO published new guidelines with six recommendations to update the global public health strategy against schistosomiasis, including expansion of preventive chemotherapy eligibility from the predominant group of school-age ... more

All under one roof. Disability-inclusive shelter and settlements in emergencies

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies; CBM: Handicap Internationl (2015)

Education, Ethnicity and Reproductive Practice in Cameroon

Johnson-Hanks J. persee (2003) C1

It is often observed that educated women have lower birth rates than do the less educated, inviting a causal interpretation. However, educated women also differ from those who have never attended school in a variety of other ways: the two factors are multiply related. This article analyzes the rela ... more

Addressing the Needs of Women Affected by Armed Conflict

Charlotte Lindsey-Curtet, Florence Tercier Holst-Roness and Letitia Anderson ICRC (2004)

An ICRC Guidance Document

Aleppo’s Reality: Daily Life under Barrel Bombs

Médecins sans Frontières (2015)

Voices from Eastern Aleppo. A Compilation of Testimonies Illustrating the Hardships of Daily Life in Eastern Aleppo under Barrel Bombings, through the Eyes of Local Residents

Assessing the efficiency of hospitals in Malawi: An application of the Pabón Lasso technique

E.Z Asbu, O. Walker and J. M Kirigia, et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2012) C_WHO

Safe abortion act, 2015

Ministry of Health Sierra Leone (2015) C1