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Health and Socio-Economic Impacts of Physical Distancing for Covid-19 in Africa. Policy Brief

Barasa, E.; et al. KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and African Academy of Sciences (2020) CC

Physical distancing measures are important to reduce COVID-19 transmission. However, when stringently applied, they can result in negative health and socio-economic impacts. This report draws on a rapid review of available literature, case studies from across Africa and expert knowledge to make reco ... more

Baby Friendly Community Initiative. A Training Manual for Community Health Volunteers (c-BFCI) Part II

Ministry of Health, Kenya; UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO Ministry of Health, Kenya; UNICEF; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The community-BFCI (c-BFCI) manual has been developed to facilitate training of CHVs and stakeholders providing nutrition sensitive services at community level. The manual covers a wide range of topics: basic nutrition, exclusive breastfeeding, complementary feeding, Breast Milk Substitutes Act, gro ... more

Risk factors for noncommunicable diseases in Ukraine in 2019

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2020) C_WHO

This document summarizes the findings of the STEPS survey in Ukraine and compares them with the results of STEPS surveys carried out in other countries in the WHO European Region, as well as with selected other surveys in Ukraine. The survey is designed to be repeated approximately every five years ... more

Traitement de l’infection à mycobacterium ulcerans (‎ulcère de Buruli)
recommended

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2012) C_WHO

recommandations à l’intention des agents de santé

Ulcère de Buruli : prise en charge de l' infection à Mycobacterium ulcerans
recommended

Buntine; J.; and K. Crofts Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2001) CC

Manuel destiné au personnel soignant. Ce manuel s'adresse aux professionnels de la santé confrontés à la maladie à Mycobacterium ulcerans (ulcère de Buruli). Il vise à mieux faire comprendre la maladie, sa présentation clinique et sa prise en charge chirurgicale. Il s'adresse en particuli ... more

Guide pour les services de fauteuils roulants manuels dans les régions à faibles revenus

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS; USAID; ISPO World Health Organisation (WHO) (2008) C_WHO

Consensus statement on the revised World Health Organization recommendations for BCG vaccination in HIV-infected infants

A. C. Hesseling, M. F. Cotton, C. F. von Reyn, et al. CG Working Group, Child Lung Health Section, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2008)

Offical Statement INT J TUBERC LUNG DIS 12(12):1376–1379

Helping Traumatized Children Learn: A Report and Policy Agenda
recommended

Massachusetts Advocates for Children Sixth printing (2009) C1

"Helping Traumatized Children Learn is the result of an extraordinary collaboration among educators, parents, mental health professionals, community groups, and attorneys determined to help children experiencing the traumatic effects of exposure to family violence succeed in school."

Depression and anxiety in a community sample with epilepsy in Brazil

S. Stefanello; L. Marín-Léon; P. T. Fernandes; et al. Arq Neuropsiquiatr (2011) C2

Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2011;69(2-B):342-348

How Alcohol harm young people and what you can do about it

World Health Organization (Western Pacific Region) (2015) C_WHO

La face cachée des villes : mettre au jour et vaincre les inégalités en santé en milieu urbain

WHO, UN HABITAT (2010) C_WHO

e rapport conjoint de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé(OMS) et du Programme des Nations unies pour lesétablissements humains (ONU-Habitat), intitulé La Face cachéedes villes : Mettre au jour et vaincre les inégalités en santé enmilieu urbain, montre que certains habitants des villes sont ... more

Confronting inequalities — Lessons for pandemic responses from 40 years of AIDS
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UNAIDS (2021) C_WHO

2021 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update. UNAIDS report shows that people living with HIV face a double jeopardy, HIV and COVID-19, while key populations and children continue to be left behind in access to HIV services

Access to medicine Index 2022

Access to Medicine Foundation (2022) C2

Globally each year, millions of people suffer illness or lose their lives because the vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tests that they need are either unavailable or unaffordable – and this lack of access to medicine is acute in low- and middle-in- come countries (LMICs). While the COVID-19 pan ... more

Poliomyelitis: related to travel

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2014)

Aktualisierung der Meningokokken-Impfempfehlung: Anwendung des Meningokokken-B-Impfstoffs bei Personen mit erhöhtem Risiko für Meningokokken-Erkrankungen

Robert-Koch-Institut RKI (2015) C1

Statement on the 9th IHR Emergency Committee meeting regarding the international spread of poliovirus

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

The health and humanitarian case for banning and eliminating nuclear weapons

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), World Medical Association, World Federation of Public Health Associations, International Council of Nurses (2016) C1

In this paper, we review the most significant health and environmental facts and explain why — from a medical perspective — a proper understanding of what nuclear weapons will do invalidates all arguments for continued possession of these weapons and requires that they urgently be pro ... more

COVID-19 and its implications for protecting children online

Reliefweb; OCHA Services; UN Children's Fund; Unicef; et al. (2020) CC

Millions of children are at increased risk of harm as their lives move increasingly online during lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF and partners said today. “The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented rise in screen time,” said Global Partnership to End Violence Executive Dire ... more

Venezuela Crisis Response - Situation Report, February 2021

World Vision (2021) C1