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Neonatal Tetanus Elimination Field Guide

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2005) C_WHO

In many countries neonatal tetanus is responsible for half of all neonatal deaths due to vaccine-preventable diseases and for almost 14% of al¡ infant deaths. It is estimated that in the 1970s more than 10,000 newborns died annually from neonatal tetanus in the Americas. Neonatal tetanus is prevent ... more

Guidance on Home Quarantine & Isolation in Overcrowded Settings

UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR (2020) C1

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on how quarantine and isolation can be achieved if there is a suspected or confirmed case in an overcrowded setting. It will focus on informal settlements and collective shelters, but the guidance can be applied in non-refugee settings as well, suc ... more

Guide to introducing human rabies vaccine into national immunization programmes: Handbook

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Rabies is fatal, vaccine-preventable disease responsible for an estimated 59,000 human deaths each year. Most cases are transmitted by dogs, and most deaths occur in underserved populations in Africa and Asia. Approximately 40% of deaths occur in children.

A Field Guide to Antibiotic Stewardship in Outpatient Settings

Telligen, Quality Innovation Network National Coordinating Center, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (2018) C2

Antibiotic Stewardship (AS) is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials to improve patient outcomes, reduce microbial resistance, and decrease the spread of multi-drug resistant organisms. In clinical settings, stewardship activities focus on measuring and improving ... more

Joint position paper on the provision of mobility devices in less resourced settings

World Health Organization; USAID (2011) C_WHO

A step towards implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) related to personal mobility.

HIV/AIDS treatment and care in Belarus

J. D. Lundgren; D. Raben; I. Eramova; V. Ilyenkova World Health Organization (Europe); Centre for Heath & Infectious Disease Research (2014) C_WHO

Evaluation report January 2014

Emergency triage assessment and treatment (‎‎‎ETAT). Manual for Participants

World Health Organization (2005) C_WHO

The Manual for Participants is primarily meant for the participants of a 3 and a half day training course in Emergency Triage, Assessment and Treatment.

Vector control and the elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The main purpose of the meeting was to review tsetse control tools, activities and their contribution to the elimination of gHAT and the monitoring thereof. Seven endemic countries provided reports on recent and ongoing vector control interventions at the national level (Angola, Cameroon, Côte d’ ... more

Syrian Public Health after COVID-19: Entry Points and Lessons Learned from the Pan

Center for Operational Analysis and Research COAR (2021) CC

March 2021

Guidelines for the Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance in South African Hospitals

National Department of Health South Africa (2019) C2

These guidelines form part of efforts to institutionalise the prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in health care facilities in South Africa, as outlined in the Antimicrobial Resistance Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan. The focus of these guidelines is on two inte ... more

Handbook for public health capacity-building at ground crossings and cross-border collaboration

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This handbook follows a comprehensive approach to health system strengthening at borders in order to support IHR national focal points and other national agencies in developing and implementing evidence-based action plans for IHR capacity development at ground crossings. The approach includes the mo ... more

Pastoral care as a resource for development in the global healthcare context: Implications for Africa’s healthcare delivery system

Agbiji E., Agbiji O.M. AOSIS (2016) C1

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies ISSN: (Online) 2072-8050, (Print) 0259-9422

Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in Turkey - The case for investment

Kontsevaya A, Farrington J, Balcılar M, Ergüder T World Health Organization (2018) C_WHO

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Turkey. This report provides evidence through three analyses that NCDs reduce economic output, and di ... more

Ukraine summary of lessons learned and essential documents on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E), March 2022
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International Rescue Committee (IRC) (2022) C1

Key messages ● Pre-crisis Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Practices: The Code has not been adequately implemented and enforced in Ukraine. Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MCIS) data from 2012: Child ever breastfed (95.4%); early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) within 1 ... more

Teacher's guide: Management of wastes from health-care activities

Pruess, A.; W.K. Townend World Health Organization WHO (1999) C_WHO

This Teacher’s Guide accompanies the WHO publication Management of wastes from health-care activities . It provides teaching materials and recommendations for a three day training course, designed mainly for managers of health-care establishments, public health professionals and policy makers

Evaluation Study of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) In 7 States

Programme Evaluation Organisation, Planning Commission, Government of India (2011) CC

Community-Based Rehabilitation for People With Disabilities in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review

Iemmi, Valentina Gibson, Lorna Blanchet, Karl, et al. Campbell Collaboration (2015) CC

International Development vol. 11. DOI 10.4073/csr.2015.15

Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2021) C1

2 March 2021 Protracted displacement, socio-economic crises aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, dire humanitarian needs and protection threats continue to affect the Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. In Syria, the protracted conflict has left 91 per cent of the 438,000 Palestine re ... more