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Improving access to care for children with mental disorders: A global perspective

V. Patel; C. Kieling; P. K. Maulik; G. Divan Europe PMC Funders Group (2013) C2

Europe PMC Funders Group Author Manuscript Arch Dis Child. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 November 01. Published in final edited form as: Arch Dis Child. 2013 May ; 98(5): 323–327. doi:10.1136/archdischild-2012-302079.

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Infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a systematic review

Durão, S.; Burns, J.; Schmidt, B. et al. BMC Public Health (2023) CC

Background Noncommunicable diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Modifying the risk factors for these conditions, such as physical inactivity, is thus essential. Addressing the context or circumstances in which physical activity occurs may promote physical activity a...t a population level. We assessed the effects of infrastructure, policy or regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity. Methods We searched PubMed, Embase and clinicaltrials.gov to identify randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before-after (CBAs) studies, and interrupted time series (ITS) studies assessing population-level infrastructure or policy and regulatory interventions to increase physical activity. We were interested in the effects of these interventions on physical activity, body weight and related measures, blood pressure, and CVD and type 2 diabetes morbidity and mortality, and on other secondary outcomes. Screening and data extraction was done in duplicate, with risk of bias was using an adapted Cochrane risk of bias tool. Due to high levels of heterogeneity, we synthesised the evidence based on effect direction. Results We included 33 studies, mostly conducted in high-income countries. Of these, 13 assessed infrastructure changes to green or other spaces to promote physical activity and 18 infrastructure changes to promote active transport. The effects of identified interventions on physical activity, body weight and blood pressure varied across studies (very low certainty evidence); thus, we remain very uncertain about the effects of these interventions. Two studies assessed the effects of policy and regulatory interventions; one provided free access to physical activity facilities and showed that it may have beneficial effects on physical activity (low certainty evidence). The other provided free bus travel for youth, with intervention effects varying across studies (very low certainty evidence). Conclusions Evidence from 33 studies assessing infrastructure, policy and regulatory interventions for increasing physical activity showed varying results. The certainty of the evidence was mostly very low, due to study designs included and inconsistent findings between studies. Despite this drawback, the evidence indicates that providing access to physical activity facilities may be beneficial; however this finding is based on only one study. Implementation of these interventions requires full consideration of contextual factors, especially in low resource settings. more

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Clinical Guidelines: HIV Diagnosis - Chapter 2

World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2019) C_WHO

Accessed: 29.09.2019

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Communities Getting Involved: Supporting Community Leadership in the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for forcibly displaced persons and the humanitarian organizations working to support them. With restrictions on movement and limited access to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and stateless persons across the globe, UNHCR is s... more

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Street Child & Child Protection AoR: Accelerating localised response to COVID-19: Practical pathways

Protection Cluster Street Child (2020) CC

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a rare and immediate opportunity for a norm shift towards localisation in the humanitarian architecture. Whils tinternational humanitarian actors are facing constraints in funding and restrictions on movement and travel, national and local level ... more

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Prevalence of Physical Disability among Urban Community-dwelling Adults in Sri Lanka

Weerasinghe, I.F., Foneska, P., Dharmaratne, S.D., & Jayatilake, J.A.M.S. Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development Journal (DCIDJ) (2015)

Assessment of physical disability at the community level is essential for rehabilitation and supply of services. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of physical disability among adults in an urban community in Sri Lanka.

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Polio Vaccine Security Framework

Global Polio Eradication Initiative GPEI (2025) CC

Long-term polio vaccine security – the timely, sustained, and uninterrupted supply of suitable types of affordable, quality-assured polio vaccines – is essential in the global effort to achieve and maintain a polio free world. However, fragmented approaches and short-term planning pose considera... more

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Assistance to Victims of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War: Guidance on Child-focused Victim Assistance.Chapter 5.5.: Social and economic inclusion

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2014)

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Health promotion for Latin Americans with intellectual disabilities

G.C Frey, and V. A Temple (2008) CC

salud pública de méxico / vol. 50, suplemento 2 de 2008, pp.167-177. In response to the emerging global concern regarding health and people with intellectual disabilities (ID), several developed countries have established national initiatives to address the unique health needs of this population ... more

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Guidelines on Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB (PMDT) in India + Annexures

Central TB Division, Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (2012) C1

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Child Protection Case Management Training Manual

The Government of Malawi PEPFAR; UNICEF (2017) C1

This five-day child protection case management training manual was developed to meet the needs of community child protection workers and other social workers working in tandem with the justice, health and law enforcement systems in Malawi.

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Cours de formation de l’Initiative des hôpitaux « amis des bébés » destiné au personnel des services de maternité : guide du directeur

UNICEF, World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Available in English, French and Spanish

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Institutional capacity and training needs assessment for the feed the future initiative in Nepal

Crawford E., Suvedi M. Michigan State University, USAID (2010) C1

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Countdown to 2015: an analysis of donor funding for prenatal and neonatal health, 2003–2013

Pitt, C.; C. Grollman; M. Martínez-Álvarez et al. BMJ Global Health (2017) C1

Background: In 2015, 5.3 million babies died in the third trimester of pregnancy and first month following birth. Progress in reducing neonatal mortality and stillbirth rates has lagged behind the substantial progress in reducing postneonatal and maternal mortality rates. The benefits to prenatal an... more

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National Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Turkmenistan

MINSITRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL INDUSTRY OF TURKMENISTAN (2018) C_WHO

Spread of resistance to antimicrobial agents (AMR) does not know national borders and has reached dimensions, which require immediate actions at the national, regional and global levels. Antibiotic resistance is a natural biological response to improper use of antimicrobial agents (AMA); increasing... more

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Accelerating localised response COVID-19: Pratical Pathways

Inter-Agency Standing Committee IASC; Protection Cluster; UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) CC

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Palliative care for older people: better practices

Hall, S.; H. Petkova, A.D. Tsouros, et al. World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Europe, et al. (2011) C_WHO

This publication aims to provide examples of better palliative care practices for older people to help those involved in planning and supporting care-oriented services most appropriately and effectively. Examples have been identifi ed from literature searches and from an international call... more

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Don’t pollute my future! The impact of the environment on children’s health

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

In 2015, 5.9 million children under age five died (1). The major causes of child deaths globally are pneumonia, prematurity, intrapartum-related complications, neonatal sepsis, congenital anomalies, diarrhoea, injuries and malaria (2). Most of these diseases and conditions are at least partially cau... more

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Global strategic directions for nursing and midwifery 2021-2025

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Available in English, French, Spanish and Russian from the website https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/344562

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2019 Syrian Arab Republic Humanitarian Response Plan: January - December 2019

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (2019) CC

The 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) sets out the framework within which the humanitarian community will respond to the large-scale humanitarian and protection needs in Syria throughout 2019, on the basis of the prioritization undertaken across and within sectors. The HRP, based on United Natio... more