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“Psychology Works” Fact Sheet: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Canadian Psychological Association (2014) C1

Factsheet on PTSD | Most of us have had frightening experiences. Often we think about them long after the event. For some people, these distressing thoughts or images persist, as well as other symptoms such as a strong sense of threat, feeling emotionally numb, and irritability. If these reactions o ... more

Management of drug withdrawal

World Health Organization (2012) C_WHO

Q2: What interventions are safe and effective for drug withdrawal (cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, benzodiazepines, and inhalants)?

WHO recommendations on adolescent health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

This document is meant to respond to the questions:
■ What health interventions should the adolescent receive and when should s/he receive it?
■ What health behaviours should the adolescent practise (or not practise)?

E.2 Биполярное расстройство у детей и подростков

Rasim Somer Diler, Boris Birmaher International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (2018) C1

Цель этой главы – дать представление об эпидемиологических данных, возрасте начала, течении, подтипах, этиологии, клинических проявлениях, дифференциальной диагн ... more

Supervised dosing with a long acting opioid medication for the management of prescription opioid dependence (New 2015)

mhGAP; WHO (2015) C_WHO

SCOPING QUESTION: In the management of prescription opioid dependence, does supervised dosing with a long-acting opioid medication result in less opioid use and related harms than non-prescription, detoxification or usual care?

Health Sector Strategic Plan II (2017-2022) Malawi

The Government of Malawi (2017) C1

Integrating collaborative TB and HIV services within a comprehensive package of care for people who inject drugs

A. Baddeley; H. Getahun; et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

Consolidated Guidelines Geneva, 2016 The End TB Strategy

Medication review and medicines use review

International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) (2022) CC

A toolkit for pharmacists. Emerging data show that medication errors and adverse events cause significant harm to patients’ health and well-being. It is estimated that the burden of adverse events due to medicines is now comparable to that of widespread diseases, such as malaria or tuberculosis ... more

COVID-19 clinical care pathway (‎CARE)‎: confirm SARS-CoV-2 infection, assess symptoms, risk factors and severity, respond with appropriate care and treatment, evaluate clinical response and recovery

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC

The COVID-19 CARE pathway is a living tool to support health care workers visualize the current clinical and therapeutic recommendations to be considered in the care planning for patients with COVID-19. The COVID-19 CARE pathway is aligned with the eighth version of the WHO Therapeutics and COVID ... more

Liberia: Country Situational Analysis Report July 2011

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Liberia (2011) C1

A summary of the new GINA strategy: a roadmap to asthma control

Reddel, H. K.; Bateman, E. D.; Becker, A.; et al. (2015) CC2

Over the past 20 years, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) has regularly published and annually updated a global strategy for asthma management and prevention that has formed the basis for many national guidelines. However, uptake of existing guidelines is poor. A major revision of the GINA r ... more

The burden of severe asthma in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from the African Severe Asthma Project

Kirenga, B.J.; Chakaya, J.; Yimer, G. et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global (2024) CC

Severe asthma is associated with high morbidity, mortality, and health care utilization, but its burden in Africa is unknown. This article wants to determine the burden (prevalence, mortality, and activity and work impairment) of severe asthma in 3 countries in East Africa: Uganda, Kenya, and Ethio ... more

Provider-initiated HIV testing and TB screening in the era of universal coverage: Are the right people being reached? A cohort study in Blantyre, Malawi

Mair, L.; Corbett, E. L.; Feasey, H. R. A.; et al. PLOS One (2020) CC2

In a prospective cohort study in Bangwe primary care clinic, Blantyre, Malawi, all adults (18 years or older) presenting with an acute illness were screened for TB symptoms (cough, fever, night sweats, weight loss). Demographic characteristics were linked to exit interview by fingerprint bioidentifi ... more

Target product profiles for animal plasma-derived antivenoms: antivenoms for treatment of snakebite envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

This publication describes the first WHO public-benefit Target Product Profiles (TPPs) for snakebite antivenoms. It focuses on antivenoms for treatment of snakebite envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa. Four TPPs are described in the document: Broad spectrum Pan-African polyvalent antivenoms: products ... more

Public perceptions of intellectual disability in a shantytown community in Lima, Peru

M.S. O’Shea, J. M.Girón, L. Cabrera, et al. (2012) CC

Int Health. 2012 December 1; 4(4): 253–259. doi:10.1016/j.inhe.2012.07.001

Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings (IASC)
recommended

Inter-Agency Standing Committee UNAIDS (2010)

Prevention Of Cardiovascular Disease: Guidelines For Assessment And Management Or Cardiocascular Risk
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2007) C_WHO

This publication provides guidance on reducing disability and premature deaths from coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease in people at high risk, who have not yet experienced a cardiovascular event.

Background document: the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of typhoid fever

World Health Organization (2003) C_WHO