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Making Mental Health a Global Priority

Patricio V. Marquez, and Shekhar Saxena (2016) CC

Cerebrum. 2016 Jul-Aug; 2016: cer-10-16. Published online 2016 Jul 1.

Migrants in an irregular situation: access to healthcare in 10 European Union Member States
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2011) CC2

This report explores the access to healthcare granted to irregular migrants in 10 EU Member States. It focuses on migrants who are present in an irregular situation, namely those who do not fulfil conditions for entry, stay or residence. Through interviews with a range of different sources including ... more

Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013-2020

World Health Organization WHO (2013) C_WHO

The "Global NCD action plan" provides a road map and a menu of policy options for countries to take in order to attain the 9 voluntary global targets, including that of a 25% relative reduction in premature mortality from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases by 2 ... more

Social determinants approaches to public health: from concept to practice

Erik Blas, Johannes Sommerfeld and Anand Sivasankara Kurup World Health Organization WHO (2011) C_WHO

C1 Intellectual disability

Xiaoyan Ke & Jing Liu IACAPAP (2015) C1

This publication seeks to describe the best treatments and practices based on the scientific evidence available at the time of writing as evaluated by the authors and may change as a result of new research. Readers need to apply this knowledge to patients in accordance with the guidelines and laws o ... more

Integrating health in urban and territorial planning

UN Habitat and World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

A sourcebook

Africaʼs response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A summary of country reports

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO

January 2020 to December 2021

COVID-19: A Human Rights Checklist

Humans Rights Watch (2020) C2

Based on Human Rights Watch (HRW)'s reporting on the human rights dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic (see Related Summary, and the video, below), this document presents 40 questions to provoke thinking about a rights-respecting response to the crisis. The questions address the needs - including aro ... more

WHO guidelines on drawing blood: best practices in phlebotomy

World Health Organization (2010) C_WHO

The new WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks.

Including disability in HIV policy and programming : good practices drawn from country-based evidence

Mac-Seing, M. (2014) C1

The purpose of this document is to share good practices and processes concerning the inclusion of disability issues in HIV policy and programming, drawing on specific experiences in Senegal, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Cambodia and on lessons learned at international AIDS conferences.

Philippines: National tuberculosis control program laboratory network strategic plan 2013-2016

Noel G. Macalalad, Ma. Cecilia G. Ama, Arthur B. Lagos et al. Research Institute for Tropical Medicine National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (2013) C1

Yemen - Country report 2020

UNHCR (2020) C1

According to the United Nations, Yemen has been the "Worst humanitarian crisis in the world," for the past two years. Despite the Hudaydah Agreement signed in December 2018, the fighting continued in many areas of the country, such as Hajjah in the north, Al Dhale' e in the south and Hudaydah along ... more

Considerations for implementing and adjusting public health and social measures in the context of COVID-19
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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

interim guidance, 14 June 2021 This document is intended for national authorities and decision makers in countries that have introduced large scale public health and social measures. It offers guidance for adjusting public health and social measures, while managing the risk of a resurgence of cases ... more

Ghana prison service

Ghana Prisons (2011) C2

HIV/TB workplace policy and Implementation Strategy

Enhancing response to Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

21 January 2022 The overall threat posed by Omicron largely depends on four key questions: (i) how transmissible the variant is; (ii) how well vaccines and prior infection protect against infection, transmission, clinical disease and death; (iii) how virulent the variant is compared to other varian ... more

Emergency health response plan for drought in Somalia: Early action to protect health and save lives April-December 2022

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Nearly 260 000 people died in parts of Somalia between October 2010 and April 2012, including 133 000 children under five during the famine and food crisis in Somalia making it the worst famine in history. A study commissioned and funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natio ... more

Global mapping report on multisectoral actions to strengthen the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions: experiences from around the world

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

There is growing understanding and high-level endorsement of the importance of strong collaborative multisectoral approaches to address a broad range of social, economic and governance issues for the prevention and control of noncommunicable disease (NCDs) and mental health conditions. In 2019, Worl ... more

Social protection: a Fast-Track commitment to end AIDS

UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIVAIDS); Unicef; World Health Organization; et al. (2018) C2

UNAIDS 2018 / Guidance Guidance for policy-makers, and people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV