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Restricting the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals and its associations with antibiotic resistance in food-producing animals and human beings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K.L Tang, N.P Caffrey, D.B Nóbrega, et al. (2017) CC

Lancet Planet Health 2017 Published Online November 6, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30141-9

Interconnected Disaster Risks

United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (2021) C2

Interconnected Disaster Risks is a new science-based report for the general public from United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security. It was first published in 2021, and is set to become an annual report.

A SPECIAL STUDY ON PROVISION OF CARE FOR SICK NEWBORNS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN NEPAL

Save the Children International (2017) C2

This study was an exploratory situation analysis assessing public and private service providers knowledge, attitudes and practice to treat possible severe bacterial infection (PSBI) among children less than six months of age.

A Fatal Attraction? Business engagement with the 2030 Agenda

Karolin Seitz Misereor, Brot für die Welt, GPF (2019)

Governments have dedicated a pivotal role to the private sector in the implementation and financing of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. This has pushed a turn towards the private sector, the promotion of multi-stakeholder partnerships between public an ... more

A multi-billion-dollar opportunity - Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; et al. (2021) C2

This report sets out the compelling case for repurposing harmful agricultural producer support to reverse this situation, by optimizing the use of scarce public resources, strengthening economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultimately dr ... more

Urban flood risk handbook: Assessing risk and identifying interventions

Ferguson, S.; Van Ledden, M.; Rubinyi, S.; Campos, A.; Doeffinger, T. World Bank (2023) CC

This Urban Flood Risk Handbook: Assessing Risk and Identifying Interventions is a roadmap for conducting an urban flood risk assessment in any city in the world. It includes practical guidance for a flood risk assessment project, covering the key hazard and risk modeling stages as well as the evalua ... more

Recomendaciones sobre salud mental para la población general. ACTUALIZACIÓN 2021

Direccion Nacional de salud mental y adicciones del Ministerio de Salud Ministerio de Salud Argentina (2021) CC

Recommendations for mental health care for the general population (update 2021)

SDG Costing & Financing for Low-Income Developing Countries

Sachs, J.; G. McCord; N. Maennling et al. UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) (2019) CC

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for major societal transformations that will require significant fiscal outlays as well as private investments. The fiscal outlays cover public investments, the ... more

What do I need to know about the 2019 novel coronavirus?

Bennet, S.; E. Chiang Lifeology (2020) CC

In this course, you will learn about this virus and the sickness scientists call COVID-19. What is it, where did it come from, what might it mean for you? This course was written to help people with low health and science literacy be more prepare ... more

Supporting survivors of violence with a multi-sectorial, solidarity-based, stress- and trauma-sensitive approach

Karin Griese, Alena mehlau Medica Mundiale (2016) CC

Guiding the work of medica mondiale is an attitude of sensitivity towards both trauma and stress. This stress- and trauma-sensitive approach has a strengthening and relieving effect on the affected people and also the activists, specialist staff and working groups. For medica mondiale, trauma as a ... more

Building blocks out of the crisis: The UN’s SDG Stimulus Plan

Molina G. and L. Jensen United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2023) CC

The UN’s SDG Stimulus Plan, which calls for additional liquidity, effective debt restructuring and the expansion of development financing, has the potential to free up significant fiscal space in developing economies. For 52 most debt-vulnerable economies, a 30 percent haircut of 2021 ... more

Annuaire des statistiques sanitaires du Togo, Année 2016

République togolaise, Ministère de la Santé et de la Protection Sociale (2017) C1

L’un des principaux défis auxquels fait face le secteur de la santé au Togo est la mise à la disposition des décideurs, des partenaires et du public des données fiables, pertinentes et à temps opportun. Le présent annuaire des statistiques ... more

Encuesta Nacional de Hospitales ENH2018

National Assembly, Venzuela and Médicos por la Salud (2018) C1

The survey, conducted between March 1–10, 2018, assessed the performance of 104 public and 33 private hospitals in Venezuela. According to the figures, most laboratory services and hospital nutrition services are only available intermittently or a ... more

Hospital nurse staffing and patient outcomes in Chile: a multilevel cross-sectional study

Aiken L., Simonetti M., Sloane D., et al. (2021) CC

Background Unrest in Chile over inequalities has underscored the need to improve public hospitals. Nursing has been overlooked as a solution to quality and access concerns, and nurse staffing is poor by international standards. Using Chile’s new d ... more

Aid Transparency Index 2022

Publish What You Fund Publish What You Fund (2022) CC

The 2022 Aid Transparency Index reveals that more aid organisations than ever before are publishing good quality information and score “very good” or “good” in the global ranking. However, the whole data set could be under threat as the Aid Transparency Index, the only tool driving tangible ... more

Report on assessment of WASH and healthcare waste management in District Sadar Hospital, Cox's Bazar

WHOSEARO (2015) C_WHO

How safe is our hospital sanitation? An example from a public hospital

Standards for Nursing Practice

College of Registered Nurses of Prince Edward Island (2018) CC

Standards for nursing practice are based on the following philosophy and principles: •the client is the central focus of the professional service nurses provide, and is a partner in the decision-making process and ultimately makes his or her own decisions •improvement is a necessary component ... more

The Sphere standards and the response to Coronavirus (ARABIC)

Sphere - Standards (2021) C2

The Coronavirus is spreading globally. How can individuals, communities and humanitarian actors best respond to the COVID-19 outbreak? How can the Sphere Handbook guide our response? This document has two sections: A. The first section covers fundamental principles which are crucial to a succe ... more

Congenital Chagas disease: Updated recommendations for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of newborns and siblings, girls, women of childbearing age, and pregnant women

Carlier, Y.; Altcheh, J.; Angheben, A. (2019) CC

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(10): e0007694. In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Chagas disease (CD; Trypanosoma cruzi infection) as a neglected tropical disease (NTD) [1] and included it into the global plan to combat NTDs [2]. The Targ ... more