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Prehospital trauma care systems

Sasser S,Varghese M, Kellermann A, Lormand JD. World Health Organization (2005) C_WHO

This manual provides guidance for policymakers on the issue of prehospital trauma care systems. The main areas covered include the organisation of the prehospital trauma care system, capacity development, data collection, transportation and communication, as well as ethical and legal considerations ... more

Introduction to Food Security Intervention Principles

Action Contre la Faim (ACF) (2008) C2

Reference book specifying the principles of intervention for all food security activities, from initial assessment to programme implementation.

Myanmar: A Political Economy Analysis

Kristian Stokke, Roman Vakulchuk, Indra Øverland Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2018) C2

After almost 50 years of military dictatorship, and following the 2010 general elections which were rigged in favour of the military Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), Myanmar underwent a series of political reforms from 2011 onwards. In November 2015, the first free general elections si ... more

World Health Organization-World Federation of Societiesof Anaesthesiologists (WHO-WFSA) International Standardsfor a Safe Practice of Anesthesia

A.W. Gelb, W.W. Morriss, W. Johnson, et al. (2018) CC

Can J Anesth/J Can Anesth June 2018, Volume 65, Issue 6, pp 698–708

Scaling-up treatment of depression and anxiety: a global return on investment analysis

Dan Chisholm, Kim Sweeny, Peter Sheehan, et al. (2016) CC

Lancet Psychiatry 2016;3: 415–24

Situation Analysis and Recommendations: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Nepal

Nepal Public Health Foundation (2015) C2

Antibiotic resistance is no longer a concern for the distant future but is a pressing issue, both globally and in Nepal. As part of global effort to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics, the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP)-Nepal was established to doc ... more

Dermatological Preparations For The Tropics
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Peter Bakker; Herman Woerdenbag; Vincent Gooskens; Ben Naafs, et al. (2012) C_WHO

A formulary of dermatological preparations and background information on therapeutic choices, production and dispensing. 2nd edition

COVID-19: Guidelines for case-finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South Africa
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Bham A., J. Bhiman, F. Bongweni et al. Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis and Outbreak Response (2020) C2

The information contained in this document, be it guidelines, recommendations, diagnostic algorithms or treatment regimens, are offered in this document in the public interest. To the best of the knowledge of the guideline writing team, the information contained in these guidelines is correct. Imple ... more

Botswana Country Operational Plan 2017 Strategic Direction Summary

PEPFAR (2017) C1

Atención psicosocial del cáncer pediátrico. Módulo 01: Evaluación psicosocial

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Los avances en el tratamiento del cáncer pediátrico han permitido ampliar las iniciativas más allá de la curación y abarcar aspectos como la detección precoz, la continuidad del tratamiento y la reducción de su toxicidad. Todo ello ha abierto paso a una visión más integral del cuidado de lo ... more

Rehabilitation considerations during the COVID-19 outbreak

Pan American Health Organization PAHO, World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Severe cases of COVID-19 are associated with rehabilitation needs related to the consequences of ventilatory support, and prolonged immobilization and bed rest. These may include: − Impaired lung function; − Physical deconditioning and muscle weakness; − Delirium and other cognitive impairment ... more

Who wants to work in a rural health post? The role of intrinsic motivation, rural background and faith-based institutions in Ethiopia and Rwanda

Serneels, P., Montalvo, J.G., Pettersson, G., et al. Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO

This paper examines the extent to which health workers differ in their willingness to work in rural areas and the reasons for these differences, based on the data collected in Rwanda analysed individually and in combination with data from Ethiopia.

Examining trends in family planning among harder-to-reach women in Senegal 1992–2014

Cavallaro F. L., L. Benova, D. Macleod et. al. Scientific reports (2017) C2

Recent increases in family planning (FP) use have been reported among women of reproductive age in union (WRAU) in Senegal. However, trends have not been monitored among harder-to-reach groups (including adolescents, unmarried and rural poor women), key to understanding whether FP progress is equita ... more

Guidance for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in temporary reception centres in the context of the large numbers of people fleeing Ukraine
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) C1

This document offers public health guidance for the prevention and control of COVID-19 in reception centres, and other temporary accommodation facilities, in the context of the mass influx of Ukrainian people into the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and the Republic of Moldova. ... more

Training module on malaria elimination. Guide for Tutors

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

This Training module on malaria elimination has been developed by WHO to support health professionals in planning, managing, monitoring and evaluating malaria elimination programmes. Supporting exercises: These files are necessary for participants to complete a number of exercises listed in the man ... more

Health worker migration from South Africa: causes, consequences and policy responses

Labonté et al Human Resources for Health (2015) CC

Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in children: Working towards results at scale

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2015)

The objectives of this guidance document are to:
1. Strengthen the capacity of country teams to effectively scale up and manage programmes to address severe acute malnutrition
2. Extend the geographic reach of quality treatment for SAM to all vulnerable communities in need
3. Maximize ... more

EPI 5: Anti-epileptic medicines for medication resistant convulsive epilepsy. [New 2015]

mhGAP; WHO (2015) C_WHO

SCOPING QUESTION: For adults and children with medication-resistant convulsive epilepsy, which anti-epileptic medications produce benefits and/or harm in the specified outcomes when compared to a placebo or a comparator?

National Integrated Pesticides Management Policy for Sierra Leone

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone (2016) C_WHO