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Maternal and Newborn Health Toolkit

Maternal Health Division Department of Family Welfare Government of India (2013) C1

To provide quality maternal and newborn health services at health facilities in India.

Quantification of Health Commodities - A Guide to Forecasting and Supply Planning for Procurement

USAID USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4 (2014) C1

The USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 4, developed this guide for quantifying health commodities; it will assist technical advisors, program managers, warehouse managers, procurement officers, and service providers in (1) estimating the total commodity needs and costs for successful implementation ... more

PEPFAR Asia Regional Program

The United States President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (2016) C2

Regional Operational Plan 2016 FY17 Strategic Direction Summary 2 May 2016

Humanitarian Action for Children 2022 - East Asia and the Pacific

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

Donation of medicines, medical devices and IVDs -Version 3

South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAPHRA) SAPHRA (2020) CC

This guideline aims to improve the quality of donations and the management thereof and serve as the basis for policies of the State and other organizations in the giving and receiving of donations of medicines, medical devices and IVDs. Over the last three or four decades, there has been an enorm ... more

Understanding the association between parental attitudes and the practice of female genital mutilation among daughters

Cappa, C.; C. Thomson; C. Murray Plos One (2019) CC

Female genital mutilation is a harmful traditional practice that violates girls’ right to health and overall well-being. Most research cites social acceptance, marriageability, community belonging, proof of virginity, curbing promiscuity, hygiene, and religion as motivations for the practice. I ... more

Messages et réponses clés sur la sécurité vaccinale

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

Document d'orientation pour le personnel de santé

Manual de procedimientos para vigilancia y control de las leishmaniasis en las Américas

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) (2019) C_WHO

El manual tiene por objetivo ampliar los conocimientos sobre la enfermedad y aspira a ser una herramienta de trabajo para que el personal de salud y los equipos de gestión presten apoyo a los ministerios de salud en sus respectivos procesos de estructuración de los servicios de salud, así como en ... more

Basic Infection Control And Prevention Plan for Outpatient Oncology Settings

Centers of Disease Control CDC (2011) C_CDC

"This document has been developed for outpatient oncology facilities to serve as a model for a basic infection control and prevention plan. It contains policies and procedures tailored to these settings to meet minimal expectations of patient protections as described in the CDC Guide to Infecti ... more

The Balanced Counseling Strategy Plus: A Toolkit for Family Planning Service Providers Working in High STI/HIV Prevalence Settings. Counseling Cards, 3rd ed.

Population Council (2015) C1

An Assessment of Contraceptive Use by Marriage Type among Sexually Active Men in Nigeria: Analysis of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey.

Asa, S.S., A. Titilayo, and J. A. Kupoluyi. ICF International (2016) C2

DHS Working Papers No. 124

Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

Almudena Marí Saéz, Sabrina Weiss, Kathrin Nowak,et al. (2014)

DOI 10.15252/emmm.201404792 |Published online 30.12.2014 EMBO Molecular Medicine(2014)emmm.201404792

A comprehensive review of the policy and programmatic response to chronic non-communicable disease in Ghana

Bosu, WK (2012) CC

Ghana Med J. 2012 Jun;46(2 Suppl):69-78.

South Sudan Situation Supplementary Appeal January - December 2017

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2017) C1

Lessons learned in developing community mental health care in Latin American and Caribbean countries

Denise Razzouk , Guilherme Gregório, Renato Antunes, Jair de Jesus Mari (World Psychiatry (2012) CC

This paper summarizes the findings for the Latin American and Caribbean countries of the WPA Task Force on Steps, Obstacles and Mistakes to Avoid in the Implementation of Community Mental Health Care. It presents an overview of the provision of mental health services in the region; describes key exp ... more

Strategies to improve retention of mother-baby pairs in PMTCT programs

K. Achebe; A. Isehak; R. A. Golin; et al. Children & AIDS; Unicef; Save the Children; et al. (2019) C2

Child Survival Working Group Accessed: 30.10.2019

India: Pediatric Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Guidelines 2013

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Government of India (2014) C1

Children with disabilities - Ensuring their inclusion in COVID-19 response strategies and evidence generation

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2020) CC

The publication draws on pre-COVID data to highlight how children with disabilities face greater risks in the midst of this pandemic. It documents what has happened to services for children and adults with disabilities across the world and includes examples of what has been done to address disruptio ... more

Qualitative assessment of community health workers’ perspective on their motivation in community-based primary health care in rural Malawi

Ndambo, M.K.; Munyaneza, F.; Aron, M.B. et al. BMC Health Services Research (2022) CC

Background: Community Health Workers (CHWs) have a positive impact on the provision of community-based primary health care through screening, treatment, referral, psychosocial support, and accompaniment. With a broad scope of work, CHW programs must balance the breadth and depth of tasks to mainta ... in CHW motivation for high-quality care delivery. Few studies have described the CHW perspective on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to enhance their programmatic activities. Methods: We utilized an exploratory qualitative study design with CHWs employed in the household model in Neno District, Malawi, to explore their perspectives on intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and dissatisfiers in their work. Data was collected in 8 focus group discussions with 90 CHWs in October 2018 and March–April 2019 in seven purposively selected catchment areas. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed using Dedoose. Results: Themes of complex intrinsic and extrinsic factors were generated from the perspectives of the CHWs in the focus group discussions. Study results indicate that enabling factors are primarily intrinsic factors such as positive patient outcomes, community respect, and recognition by the formal health care system but can lead to the chal- lenge of increased scope and workload. Extrinsic factors can provide challenges, including an increased scope and workload from original expectations, lack of resources to utilize in their work, and rugged geography. However, a posi- tive work environment through supportive relationships between CHWs and supervisors enables the CHWs. Conclusion: This study demonstrated enabling factors and challenges for CHW performance from their perspec- tive within the dual-factor theory. We can mitigate challenges through focused efforts to limit geographical distance, manage workload, and strengthen CHW support to reinforce their recognition and trust. Such programmatic empha- sis can focus on enhancing motivational factors found in this study to improve the CHWs’ experience in their role. The engagement of CHWs, the communities, and the formal health care system is critical to improving the care provided to the patients and communities, along with building supportive systems to recognize the work done by CHWs for the primary health care systems. more