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Point-of-care tests for sexually transmitted infections: target product profiles

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Despite the development of point-of-care diagnostic tests for syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and trichomoniasis, none comply with all WHO criteria. This analysis overviews landscape analyses of point-of-care diagnostic technologies for Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vagi ... more

UNAIDS Terminology Guidelines

UNAIDS (2024) CC

Language influences the way we think, how we perceive reality, and how we behave. With respect to HIV, language can embody stigma and discrimination, which impacts access to testing, acquisition of HIV, and engagement with treatment. Language plays a role in supporting respect and empowerment of ind ... more

Hidden scars: how violence harms the mental health of children

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children (2020) CC

Spatiotemporal distribution of antimicrobial resistant organisms in different water environments in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh

Asaduzzaman, M. et al. (2022) CC

The authors conduct an integrated survey of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms (AMR) in drinking water, wastewater and surface water in three settings in Bangladesh: rural households, rural poultry farms, and urban food markets. Results show that untreated water discharged from rural households, poul ... more

Anaesthesia equipment for resource-poor environments

B. A. McCormick and R. J. Eltringham (2007) CC

The design of anaesthesia equipment for use in hospitals in the developing world must take intoaccount the local conditions, particularly whether reliable supplies of compressed oxygen andelectricity are available. Designs should ensure that maintenance is feasible locally. Internationalstandards sh ... more

Comparison of national antimicrobial treatment guidelines, African Union

Craig, J.; K. Hiban, I. Frost, et al. World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Bull World Health Organ 2022;100:50–59 | doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.21.286689

Diseases of Children in the Subtropics and Tropics

Paget Stanfield, Martin Brueton, Michael Chan, Michael Parkin, and Tony Waterston Jacobs Foundation (2008)

Decentralized Supervision of Community Health Programs: Using LQAS in Two Districts of Southern Nepal

Joseph J. Valadez and Babu Ram Devkota (2002) C1

Prendre soin des soignants

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

La santé est un droit humain universel et un facteur essentiel de bien-être, de développement économique, de croissance, de richesse et de prospérité pour tous. Les systèmes de santé jouent un rôle essentiel, car ils protègent, rétablissent et préservent la santé des patients et des p ... more

India: Students' Handbook for IMNCI (Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India; WHO (2003) C_WHO

Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Nigeria

Federal Ministries of Agriculture, Environment and Health (2017) C2

SITUATION ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Laboratory biosecurity guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2006) C_WHO

The WHO laboratory biosecurity guidance follows and complements the revision of the Laboratory biosafety manual, fourth edition and provides principles and measures to prevent lapses and incidents throughout the whole value chain of handling high-consequence biological material, technology and infor ... more

Manuel de sécurité biologique en laboratoire

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO

4e edition

Malawi Service Provision Assessment (SPA) 2013-14. Key Findings

Ministry of Health (MoH), Malawi and ICF International (2014) C1

Medication Errors. Technical Series on Safer Primary Care

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 2016: Key Indicators

National Department of Health (NDoH), Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF (2017) C1

Iodine thyroid blocking Guidelines for use in planning for and responding to radiological and nuclear emergencies

World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

These guidelines provide a recommendation on iodine thyroid blocking (ITB), via oral administration of stable iodine, as an urgent protective action in responding to a nuclear accident. This recommendation aims to support emergency planners, policy makers, public health specialists, clinicians and o ... more

Standards for improving the quality of care for children and young adolescents in health facilities

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

These standards for the quality of paediatric care in health facilities form part of normative guidance for improving the quality of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health care. In view of the importance of the continuum of both the life-course and service delivery (1), these standards bu ... more

Trauma and Treatment in Early Childhood: A Review of the Historical and Emerging Literature for Counselors

Buss, K.E., Warren, J.M. & Horton, E. The Professional Counselor (TPC) (2015) C1

Young children are especially susceptible to exposure to trauma. Rates of abuse and neglect among this population are staggering. This article presents a review of relevant literature, including research findings specific to early childhood vulnerability to trauma, symptoms associated with traumatic ... more