Filter
563
Filtered Results: 563
Text search:
University
of
Western
Cape
Featured
Recommendations
46
New Publications
88
Language
Document type
No document type
262
Studies & Reports
129
Guidelines
70
Manuals
28
Training Material
22
Infographics
21
Situation Updates
10
Strategic & Response Plan
9
Fact sheets
8
Resource Platforms
4
Countries / Regions
South Africa
120
Global
22
Africa
16
Ghana
14
Liberia
10
Sierra Leone
6
Western and Central Europe
6
Uganda
5
Eastern Europe
5
Nepal
4
Kenya
4
Ukraine
4
Nigeria
4
Malawi
4
Russia
4
Ethiopia
4
Zambia
4
India
4
Lesotho
3
Senegal
3
Burkina Faso
3
Guinea
3
Southern Africa
3
Namibia
3
Rwanda
2
Mozambique
2
Cambodia
2
Tanzania
2
Eswatini/ Swaziland
2
Thailand
1
China
1
Cameroon
1
Iran
1
Estonia
1
Zimbabwe
1
Qatar
1
Philippines
1
Italy
1
USA
1
Haiti
1
Latin America and the Carribbean
1
Germany
1
Congo, Democratic Republic of
1
East and Southern Africa
1
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Brazil
1
Moldova
1
Sudan
1
Yemen
1
Angola
1
Chad
1
South Sudan
1
Myanmar / Burma
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
192
Clinical Guidelines
63
Women & Child Health
33
Public Health
31
Capacity Building
11
Key Resources
8
Pharmacy & Technologies
3
Toolboxes
Mental Health
79
HIV
73
COVID-19
63
Disability
39
TB
32
Planetary Health
27
Caregiver
23
NCDs
21
AMR
19
Global Health Education
17
NTDs
10
Rapid Response
8
Refugee
7
Ebola & Marburg
7
Social Ethics
7
Pharmacy
6
Natural Hazards
2
Conflict
2
Zika
2
Polio
2
Specific Hazards
1
Cholera
1
The Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) is a health systems improvement programme designed to support the work of primary care health workers in underserved communities (like doctors, nurses, midwives, health officers, community health practitioners), strengthen the health services in which they w...
treat TB
Description of Research Outputs, 2009 - 2014
Healthy Settings, a key component of Malawi’s Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP) 2011–2016, is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) holistic community-led approach to achieving health improvement by addressing social determinants of health, an approach which is central to the current WHO fra...
This update of the Guidelines for poison control, entitled Guidelines for establishing a poison centre, reflects the development of the role of poison centres in public health and the sound management of chemicals, described in section 1, and the opportunities provided by new technology. Assessments...
People younger than 20 years comprise 35% of the global population and 40% of the global population of least-developed nations. The number of children - neonates, infants, children, and adolescents up to 19 years of age - who need pediatric palliative care (PPC) each year may be as high as 21 millio...
The Polio Transition1
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework was designed to monitor progress towards achieving the strategic and operational outcomes of the post-2023 Strategic Action Plan on Polio Transition (2018– 2023), as outlined in the Global Vision to use polio investments to build st...
About one fourth of the world’s population is estimated to have been infected with the tuberculosis (TB) bacilli, and about 5–10% of those infected develop TB disease in their lifetime. The risk for TB disease after infection depends on several factors, the most important being the person’s im...
National action plans on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) often overlook the critical intersection of gender, despite evidence that exposure and susceptibility to infection, health-seeking behaviours, as well as antimicrobial prescribing and use patterns are all influenced by gender.
The limitation of a single sector approach. HNP Discussion Paper
WHO guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes
recommended
The guideline uses state-of-the-art evidence to identify effective policy options to strengthen community health worker (CHW) programme performance through their proper integration in health systems and communities.
Successful delivery of services through CHWs requires evidence-based models for edu...
Oral health is defined as the absence of disease and a status that ensures optimal functioning of the mouth and its tissues in a manner preserving the highest level of function and self-esteem. Oral health enables an individual to eat, speak and socialise having no active disease, discomfort or disc...
Alternative Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in response to South Africa’s Baseline Country Report of March 2013 on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with particular reference to the provisions of Article 24
Research Programme on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Terminology used to describe the transmission of pathogens through the air varies across scientific disciplines, organizations and the general public. While this has been the case for decades, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the terms ‘airborne’, ‘airborne transmission’ a...
This study complements the growing amount of research on the psychosocial impact of war on chil-dren in Sierra Leone by examining local perceptions of child mental health, formal and informal care systems, help-seeking behaviour and stigma
Yoder et al. Int J Ment Health Syst (2016) 10:48 DOI 10.11...
Compared to the previous five-year assessment period 2011–2015, the current five-year period 2015–2019 has seen a continued increase in carbon dioxide (CO2 ) emissions and an accelerated increase in the atmospheric concentration of major greenhouse gases (GHGs), with growth rates nearly 20% high...
This report from Human Rights Watch found that South Africa has failed to guarantee the right to education for many of the country’s children and young adults due to widespread discrimination against children with disabilities in enrollment decisions. Human Rights Watch research in five out of Sou...
22nd edition
Each of the 20 chapters deals with aspects of the UHC journey, dedicated towards an equitable and inclusive national health system that leaves no-one behind. While some authors describe the fundamental changes and practical considerations required to reconfigure the country's health sy...
Guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing
recommended
Testing and diagnosis of hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infection is the gateway for access to both prevention and treatment services, and is a crucial component of an effective response to the hepatitis epidemic. Early identification of persons with chronic HBV or HCV infection enables them to recei...
BACKGROUND: Growing political attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) offers a rare opportunity for achieving meaningful action. Many governments have developed national AMR action plans, but most have not yet implemented policy interventions to reduce antimicrobial overuse. A systematic evidenc...
