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Organizing and delivering services for child and adolescent mental health

C. Servili IACAPAP (2012) C2

Miscellaneous Chapter J.5

Access to and Quality of Menstrual Regulation and Postabortion Care in Bangladesh: Evdence from a Survey of Health Facilities, 2014

Altaf Hossain, Isaac Maddow-Zimet, Meghan Ingerick et al. Guttmacher Institute (2017) C1

Traditional and alternative medicine treatments in child and adolescent mental health

N. L. Soh; G. Walter IACAPAP (2012) C2

Miscellaneous Chapter J.2

Defining Disability - A Guideline for Medical Doctors and Primary Health Care Workforce

Prof. AHM E. Hussain; Dr. N. Mohammad; Dr. Md. R. Karim; et al. Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh DGHS Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health and Family Welfare ; NCDC; drra; et al. (2019) C2

January 2019 Non Communicable Disease Control Programme Directorate General of Health Services Health Services Division, Ministry of Health & Fa ... more

Communication Strategies for addressing radiation emergencies and other public health crisis

Centers for Disease C ontrol and Prevention (CDC ) (2009) C_CDC

The roundtable provided a forum that allowed communicators across a number of Federal agencies to share information, strategies, and challenges in developing and providing communication messages and materials to the public in preparation for, and in response to, a radiation ... more

Synchronizing Gender Strategies: A Cooperative Model for Improving Reproductive Health and Transforming Gender Relations

Margaret E. Greene and Andrew Levack IGWG (2010)

This publication makes the case for working with men and women, boys and girls, together in an intentional and mutually reinforcing way that challenges gender norms in the pursuit of improved health and gender equality. In addition to providing a de ... more

WPA guidance on steps, obstacles and mistakes to avoid in the implementation of community mental health care

Thornicroft G, Alem A, Antunes Dos Santos R, et al. (2010) CC

World Psychiatry. 2010 Jun;9(2):67-77. The main recommendations are presented in relation to: the need for coordinated policies, plans and programmes, the requirement to scale up services for whole populations, the importance of promoting community awareness about mental illness to increase levels ... more

The Interagency List of Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health

WHO (2006) C_WHO

Interagency Guidelines - This revised Interagency List of Essential Medicines for Reproductive Health presents the current international consensus on rational selection of essential reproductive health ... more

Information Note: Disability and Inclusion in MHPSS - IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (January 2024)

Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2024) C1

This document contains guidance for strengthening the disability inclusiveness of MHPSS responses and programmes in emergency settings. It is intended to supplement the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings ... more

Using Opioids to Manage Pain: A Pocket Guide for Health Professionals in Africa

African Palliative Care Association APCA (2010) C2

In this guide, the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) has put together evidence‑based information on the use of specific opioids commonly used in the management of moderate‑to‑severe pain to manage both cancer and non‑cancer pain. APCA hopes that this guide will be a useful tool i ... more

The Chagas disease study landscape: A systematic review of clinical and observational antiparasitic treatment studies to assess the potential for establishing an individual participant-level data plat

Maguire, B.J.; Dahal, P.; Rashan, S. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2021) CC

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 15(8): e0009697. Chagas disease (CD), caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, affects ~6–7 million people worldwide. Significant limitations still exist in our understanding of CD. Harnessing individual participant data (IPD) ... more

Report on the Review of the Kenya National Guidelines for Safe Management of Health Care Waste

UNDP (2018) CC

Injection Safety and Safe Disposal of Medical Waste National Communication Strategy and Health Care Waste Management Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The overall objective of the consultancy was to review and align the three national technica ... more

Treatment Gap for Anxiety Disorders is Global: Results of the World Mental Health Surveys in 21 countries

Alonso, J.; et al. (2018) CC

Depress Anxiety. 2018 March ; 35(3): 195–208. doi:10.1002/da.22711.

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

UNAIDS (2022) C_WHO

Cárcel, derechos humanos y salud pública en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19 (Prison, Human Rights and Public Health in the context of the COVID-2019 pandemic)

Guimaraes, Alice Soares; Maclean Soruco, Enrique y Eguivar, Mario A Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico (2020) CC

Este artículo analiza un grupo particularmente vulnerable a la pandemia de la COVID-2019: las personas privadas de libertad (PPLs). Con base en el análisis del Censo Carcelario de 2019, presentamos la situación actual de las PPLs y las condiciones de los establecimient ... more

Guidelines for COVID-19 testing and quarantine of air travellers - Addendum to the Aviation Health Safety Protocol

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2020) CC

This joint ECDC-European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) document aims to support Member States in determining a coordinated approach to reduce the risks related to the movement of people by air within and between the EU/EEA countries and the UK in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting th ... more

Expert and stakeholder virtual consultation meeting to develop the Africa CDC Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health Strategy

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2021) C_CDC

Executive summary On 27th and 28th April 2021, the division of Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with Public Health England, organized a virtual consultative meeting as part of the consultations with Member States and partners for the ... more

Tuberculosis Infection Control in the Era of Expanding HIV Care and Treatment: Addendum to WHO Guidelines for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in Health Care Facilities in Resource-limited Settings

Center for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organisation (2007)

The goal of this addendum is to help management and staff  minimize the risk of TB transmission at facilities in resource limited settings in which a.) HIV-infected persons receive diagnosis, care, treatment,  and/or support, and b.) there is a high prevalence of HIV infection, both known  and ... more