Filter
3261
Filtered Results: 3261
Text search:
urban
africa
Featured
Recommendations
225
New Publications
868
Language
Document type
No document type
1878
Studies & Reports
739
Guidelines
231
Manuals
155
Strategic & Response Plan
133
Fact sheets
49
Training Material
43
Situation Updates
20
Resource Platforms
7
Infographics
5
Brochures
1
Countries / Regions
Global
151
Kenya
140
Sierra Leone
124
South Africa
109
Ethiopia
107
Liberia
102
Nigeria
95
Uganda
88
Zambia
86
Africa
84
Malawi
79
Tanzania
66
Rwanda
65
Ghana
62
India
57
Lesotho
46
Senegal
44
Zimbabwe
44
Namibia
44
Congo, Democratic Republic of
43
Guinea
41
Mozambique
41
Central African Republic
35
Syria
32
Nepal
29
South Sudan
29
Burkina Faso
27
East and Southern Africa
27
Bangladesh
26
Latin America and the Carribbean
24
West and Central Africa
24
Cameroon
23
Benin
22
Botswana
20
Myanmar / Burma
20
Western and Central Europe
19
Yemen
19
Middle East and North Africa
18
Asia
17
Madagascar
17
Eswatini/ Swaziland
16
South–East Asia Region
12
Ukraine
11
China
11
Somalia
11
Philippines
10
Cambodia
10
Eastern Europe
10
Brazil
10
Russia
10
Sudan
10
Mali
10
Indonesia
9
Pakistan
9
Colombia
8
Haiti
8
Afghanistan
7
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6
Lebanon
6
Burundi
5
Venezuela
5
Jordan
5
Germany
5
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
5
Sri Lanka
5
Egypt
5
Angola
5
Thailand
4
Iran
4
Niger
4
Southern Africa
4
Chad
4
Serbia
3
Albania
3
Morocco
3
Italy
3
Guinea-Bissau
3
Western Pacific Region
3
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3
Vietnam
3
Papua New Guinea
3
Turkey
2
Gambia
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Peru
2
USA
2
Saudi Arabia
2
Paraguay
2
North America
2
Turkmenistan
2
Tunisia
2
Portugal
2
Spain
2
Argentina
2
Moldova
2
Greece
2
Palestine
2
Iraq
2
North Macedonia
1
Tajikistan
1
Switzerland
1
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Mexico
1
Togo
1
Kazakhstan
1
Laos
1
Estonia
1
Congo-Brazzaville
1
Mongolia
1
Qatar
1
Bulgaria
1
Dominican Republic
1
Croatia
1
Gabon
1
Japan
1
France
1
Mauritius
1
United Kingdom
1
Morocco
1
Azerbaijan
1
Djibouti
1
Georgia
1
Honduras
1
Libya
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1406
Public Health
189
Key Resources
178
Clinical Guidelines
160
Women & Child Health
151
Capacity Building
43
Pharmacy & Technologies
8
Toolboxes
HIV
227
COVID-19
226
Planetary Health
222
Mental Health
201
TB
132
Disability
131
Ebola & Marburg
128
Global Health Education
100
Conflict
80
NTDs
72
NCDs
72
Refugee
62
Caregiver
60
Rapid Response
53
AMR
47
Malaria
43
Natural Hazards
34
Health Financing Toolbox
29
Pharmacy
28
2.0 Rapid Response
24
Cholera
23
Zika
21
Polio
17
Social Ethics
15
Specific Hazards
6
Typhoon
2
South Sudan
1
Anopheles stephensi is an invasive mosquito species which has been found spreading across Africa. While this species presents a new challenge for malaria control on the continent, its surveillance and management have been ongoing in Asia for many years. This document aims to summarize key lessons fr...
The report is geared towards mayors, local government officials and city policy planners.It highlights key areas where city leaders can tackle the drivers of NCDs, including tobacco use, air pollution, poor diets and lack of exercise, and improve road safety.
From anti-tobacco actions in Beijing a...
In March 2013, a delegation of Benin health officials along with eight other country
delegations attended the Francophone West Africa CBFP Partners’ Meeting held in
Senegal. This landmark partners’ meeting was held to advocate and build capacity
for the introduction of CBFP, including communi...
This report provides an overview of air pollution levels and associated health impacts in cities around the world. Since urban areas are often hotspots for poor air quality, city-level data can help to inform targeted efforts to curb urban air pollution and improve public health. This report draws o...
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by infection with
Schistosoma trematodes. The disease affects poor rural communities
but has spread to urban areas and to tourists visiting endemic areas
2023 is seeing intense heatwaves. According to a July 2023 briefing by the World Meteorological Association temperatures will frequently reach above 35–40°C in many places across the Mediterranean region, with temperatures in the Middle East and southeastern Türkiye reaching up to 45°C and, in ...
Finding community-led solutions to COVID-19
recommended
An interagency guidance note on working with communities in high density settings to plan local approaches to preventing and managing COVID-19. This guidance note is intended for anyone involved in COVID-19 risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) efforts in complex and fragile settings in...
BUKO Pharma-Kampagne has investigated the causes and consequences of antibiotic resistance in India, South Africa, Tanzania and Germany. Together with our partners we collected data and did interviews with numerous stakeholders. The outcome is presented in a brochure that is now available in English...
Ebola messages based on their qualitative research done in hotspot areas of Bombali and Urban Freetown, Jan-Feb 2015
Learning from the Use of Data, Information, and Digital Technologies in the West Africa Ebola Outbreak Response
Leptospirosis, a spirochaetal zoonosis, occurs in diverse epidemiological settings and affects vulnerable populations, such as rural subsistence farmers and urban slum dwellers. Although leptospirosis is a life-threatening disease and recognized as an important cause of pulmonary haemorrhage syndrom...
On 14 August 2024, the Director-General of the World Health Organization determined that the upsurge of mpox in a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a new public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005)
GO pre-deployment training: participant handbook
recommended
This is a pre-deployment training, tailored specially to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, offered to WHO personnel, consultants, and key partners. The material covered in modules 1-4 is applicable and useful to frontline response workers, national and international. Only Module 5, which focuses on...
DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 89 - The 2010 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey shows that 3 percent of Rwandan adults age 15-49 have been infected with HIV. The prevalence was much higher in urban areas, among women, and among adults who had multiple lifetime sexual partners and used a condom a...
Chapter 10 of Pediatric Surgery: This chapter provides an overview of some of the challenges when providing anaesthesia care for children in Africa. The chapter reviews
the cardiac, respiratory, and renal differences of children in comparison to adults. Additionally, it addresses preoperative asses...
Ebola Response Roadmap
recommended
The World Health Organization is issuing a "roadmap" to guide and coordinate the international response to the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa.
The aim is to stop ongoing Ebola transmission worldwide within 6–9 months, while rapidly managing the consequences of any further interna...
he refugee flow to Ethiopia continued during 2018, with 36,1351 persons seeking safety and protection within the country’s borders. At the start of 2019, the nation hosted 905,8312 thousand refugees who were forced to flee their homes as a result of insecurity, political instability, military cons...
Refugees and migrants face unacceptable and extreme forms of violence on mixed migration routes from East and West Africa to and through North Africa. This report provides clear and strong findings based on almost 16,000 interviews with refugees and migrants all along the migration routes. It provid...
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002439
South Sudan has a high burden – among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa – of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This adversely affects the health and social and economic well-being of people in the country. The prevention, control and eventual elim...
