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From Panic and Neglect to Investing in Health Security

The World Bank (2017) CC

Multiple pandemics, numerous outbreaks, thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars of national income wiped out—all since the turn of this century, in barely 17 years—and yet the world’s investments in pandemic preparedness and response remain woefully inadequate. We know by now that the ... more

Prioritising Community Engagement to Strengthen Health Systems in Ebola Recovery

Concern Worldwide; Focus 1000; Goal; Handicap International; IBIS; International Medical Corps; LemonAid Fund; MEDAIR; Oxfam International, et al. (2015)

World Bank Group Approach and Action Plan for Climate Change and Health

World Bank Group (2017) C1

Climate change (CC) impacts on health outcomes, both direct and indirect, are sufficient to jeopardize achieving the World Bank Group’s visions and agendas in poverty reduction, population resilience, and ... more

Culture, Context and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Syrians

Hassan, G, Kirmayer, LJ, Mekki- Berrada A., et al. UNHCR (2015) C1

The document is primarily meant to inform mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) staff, such as: psychologists, psychosocial counsellors, social workers, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, and others who are involved providing individual or ... more

The Self Advocacy Tool Kit - For Mental Health Services Users

Christina Angela Ntulo CBM & Basic Needs UK in Uganda (BNUU) (2015) C2

First Edition~ This self advocacy toolkit for persons with mental, neurological and substance abuse disorders, developed by Basic Needs and CBM, is the end product of an action research intervention that tracked and documented processes for Self Advocacy in low resourced communities of Uganda. Th ... more

Ways out of the global health crisis

Seitz, K. Misereor, Brot für die Welt, Global Policy Forum GPF (2021) C1

Healthy people, healthy animals and a healthy environment worldwide with the One Health approach. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically demonstrated just how close the link is between humans, animals, and the environment, and has highlighted and ag ... more

Eradicating polio in Pakistan: an analysis of the challenges and solutions to this security and health issue

Shoaib Fahad Hussai, Peter Boyle, Preeti Patel and Richard Sullivan (2016)

Globalization and Health201612:63; DOI: 10.1186/s12992-016-0195-3

Sharing simple facts. Useful information about menstrual health and hygiene

Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development, Dept. of Drinking water supply (2008) C1

This guidance booklet on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is intended for adolescent girls and young women. Issues associated with menstruation are never discussed openly and the silence surrounding menstruation burdens young girls by keeping them ignorant of this biological function. Even after t ... more

Case formulation and integration of information in child and adolescent mental health

S. W. Henderson; A. Martin IACAPAP (2014) C2

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COVID-19: Guidelines for case-finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South Africa
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Bham A., J. Bhiman, F. Bongweni et al. Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis and Outbreak Response (2020) C2

The information contained in this document, be it guidelines, recommendations, diagnostic algorithms or treatment regimens, are offered in this document in the public interest. To the best of the knowledge of the guideline writing team, the information contained in these guidelines is correct. Imple ... more

Point of Entry Field Manual for Technical Staff working at Airport Health Organisations, Port Health Organisations and Border Quarantine Organisations

Government of India, Directorate General of Health Services, Public Health- International Health division (2015) C1

Strategies for Identifying and Linking HIV-Infected Infants, Children, and Adolescents to HIV Care and Treatment

Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention; USAID (2019) C_CDC

Accessed: 08.10.2019

The efects of extreme heat on human health in tropical africa

Kunda J., Gosling S., Foody G. et al. (2024) C2

This review examines high-quality research evidence that synthesises the efects of extreme heat on human health in tropical Africa. Web of Science (WoS) was used to identify research articles on the efects extreme heat, humidity, Wet-bulb Globe Te ... more

A Checklist for Implementing Rural Pathways to Train, Develop and Support Health Workers in Low and Middle-Income Countries

O'Sullivan, B.; et al. (2020) CC

Front. Med., 27 November 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2020.594728. The Checklist included eight actions for implementing rural pathways in LMICs: establishing community needs; policies and partners; exploring existing workers and scope; selecting he ... more

J12. Wellbeing: identification and prevention of burnout, depression and suicide among child mental health clinicians

Frances Javier, Julie Chilton & Andrés Martin IACAPAP (2015) C1

Developing Cultural Competence in Disaster Mental Health Programs

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2003) C2

Guiding Principles and Recommendations

Africa CDC Non Communicable Diseases, Injuries Prevention and Control and Mental Health Promotion Strategy
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African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) CC

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) & injuries and mental health conditions constitute a serious impediment to achieving the vision of Agenda 2063 to build an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa driven by its own citizens. Each year, these cond ... more

Out with it - HIV and Other Sexual Health Considerations for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men

G. Ayala; R. Baggaley; B. Konstantinov; et al. MPact: Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights; World Health Organization; UNDP; UNFPA; (2018) C_WHO

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