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Guidelines on the Use of Tele-Counselling for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mombasa, Kenya

Mombasa City Council; USAID (2020) CC

HIV Prevention and Treatment Behavior Change and the Situated Information Motivation Behavioral Skills (sIMB) Model: A Qualitative Evaluation of a Community Health Worker Intervention in Rakai, Uganda

Pollard R., C. Kennedy, H. Hutton, et al. (2022) C2

AIDS Behav. 2022 Feb;26(2):375-384.doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03391. A community health worker (CHW) model can promote HIV prevention and treatment behaviors, especially in highly mobile population ... more

Second-Line Antituberculosis Drugs in Children: A Commissioned Review for the World Health Organization 19th Expert Committee on the Selection and Use of Essential Medicines

Malgosia Grzemska, Elizabeth Mathai World Health Organization WHO (2013)

Impact of COVID‑19 pandemic on maternal and child health services in Uttar Pradesh, India

Singh, A. K.; P. K. Jain; N. P. Singh; et al. (2021) CC

In the wake of the Covid‑19 Pandemic, parts of the public health system at increased risk of reduced efficiency include healthcare services for women and children. This in turn ... more

Lessons from case studies of integrating mentalhealth into primary health care in South Africa and Uganda

Petersen, I.; et al. (2011) CC

Petersenet al.International Journal of Mental Health Systems2011,5:8http://www.ijmhs.com/content/5/1/8

A better classification of wet markets is key to safeguarding human health and biodiversity

Bing Lin A. B., M.L Dietrich, R.A.Senior, et al. The Lancet, Planetary Health (2021) CC

Wet markets have been implicated in multiple zoonotic outbreaks, including COVID-19. They are also a conduit for legal and illegal trade in wildlife, which threatens thousands of species. Yet wet markets supply food to millions of people around the ... more

Growing Up in Conflict: The Impact on Children's Mental Health and Psychosocial Well-being

Maria Bray, Sabine Rakotomalala, Leslie Snider, Saji Thomas UNICEF, Wendy Ager, Pierette James (2015)

Report on the symposium 26–28 May 2015, New Babylon Meeting Center, The Hague

A position statement and practical guide to the use of particulate filtering facepiece respirators (N95, FFP2, or equivalent) for South African health workers exposed to respiratory pathogens includin

Dheda, K.; et al. (2022) CC

Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med 2021;27(4):Published online 22 October 2021. https://doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2021.v27i4.173

A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas: Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2024) C_WHO

Unmet mental health needs in the Region of the Americas are a leading source of morbidity and mortality, which result in tremendous health, social, ... more

Who is Where, When, doing What (4Ws) Mental Health, Psychosocial and Protection Support in Jordan: Interventions Mapping Exercise

IMC Interrnational Medical Corps; World Health Organization WHO; UNICEF (2013) C2

Operationalizing management of sick young infants with possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) when referral is not feasible in the context of existing maternal, newborn, and child health programm
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2015) C_WHO

It provides guidance on care for use in resource-limited settings or in settings where families with sick young infants do not accept or cannot access referral care, but can be managed in outpatient settings by an appropriately trained health worker ... more

Empowering Frontline Primary Healthcare Workers in a Global Health Partnership Training of Trainers Intervention to Strengthen the Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease in Mozambique

Harris. P.; Juga, E.; Bay, N. et al. Global Heart (2022) CC

Unpreparedness of health professionals to address non-communicable diseases (NCD) at peripheral health facilities is a critical health system chall ... more

The use of low-cost Android tablets to train community health workers in Mukono, Uganda, in the recognition, treatment and prevention of pneumonia in children under five: a pilot randomised controlled

J.O’Donovan, K. Kabali, C. Taylor, et al. (2018) CC

Human Resources for Health201816:49; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0315-7

#WhatWomenWant: a transformative framework for women, girls and gender equality in the context of HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights

UNAIDS (2017) C1

This report brings attention to achieving gender equality in the context of women, girls, and the HIV response. This six-month consultation in 2016 with adolescent women and young girls found that # ... more

Uganda National Guidelines for Tuberculosis Infection Control in Health Care Facilities, Congregate Settings and Households

Dr. Nathan Kenya Mugisha, Ministry of Health Uganda (2008) C1

Towards a Core Set of Clinical Skills for Health-Related Community Based Rehabilitation in Low and Middle Income Countries

Jessica O'Dowd, Malcolm MacLachlan, Chapel Khasnabis, Priscille Geiser Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015) CC

This research aims to identify a core set of clinical skills for working in a Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) setting, and to discuss whether they are appropriate for task shifting to a new or an alternative cadre of rehabilitation workers.

Standard Operating Procedures on Viral Load Monitoring for ICAP Clinical Staff and Health Care Workers: A Template Document for Country Adaptation

ICAP (2016) C1

Version 1.1 July 2016
The purpose of this document is to describe standard operating procedures for viral load monitoring, including the schedule for viral load testing when used for routine monitoring of children, adolescents and adults on ART ... more

Holding the line: communities as first responders to COVID-19 and emerging health threats

UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO