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Planetary health and the role of community health workers

Manas R. , Behera R., Satpathy S.K. J Family Med Prim Care (2020) C1

In this era, grand challenges lies in biodiversity loss, climate change, and global noncommunicable diseases signify that planet and humanity are in crisis. Scholarly evidence from human and animal kingdom suggest that there is an optimism in planetary health which can provide a unique and novel con ... more

The global threat of Zika virus to pregnancy: epidemiology, clinical perspectives, mechanisms, and impact

Boeuf, P.; H.E. Drummer; J.S. Richards, et al. (2016) CC

BMC Medicine201614:112 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0660-0

Treatment of tuberculosis - Annex 5 Reports of the systematic reviews

World Health Organization (2017) C_WHO

Guidelines for treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosisand patient care 2017 Update

Schwereeinschätzung von COVID-19 mit Vergleichsdaten zu Pneumonien aus dem Krankenhaussentinel für schwere akute Atemwegserkrankungen am RKI (ICOSARI)

K. Tolksdorf; S. Buda; E.Schuler; et al. Robert Koch Institut (RKI); Epidemiologisches Bulletin (2020) C2

Epidemiologisches Bulletin 14 | 2020 Online vorab: 27. März 2020 Epid Bull 2020;14:3 – 9 | DOI 10.25646/6601

Guia de Vigilância Epidemiológica Covid-19: Emergência de Saúde Pública de Importância Nacional pela Doença pelo Coronavírus 2019 - Atualizado em 20/01/2022

Ministerio da Saude, Brasilia (2022) CC

Covid-19 Epidemiological Surveillance Guide: Public Health Emergency of National Importance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 - version 4

Trend analysis of cardiovascular disease mortality, incidence, and mortality-to-incidence ratio: results from global burden of disease study 2017

Amini, M.; Zayeri, F.; Salehi, M. BioMed Central (2021) CC

Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are one of the global leading causes of concern due to the rising prevalence and consequence of mortality and disability with a heavy economic burden. The objective of the current study was to analyze the trend in CVD incidence, mortality, and mortality-to- ... incidence ratio (MIR) across the world over 28 years. Methods The age-standardized CVD mortality and incidence rates were retrieved from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2017 for both genders and different world super regions with available data every year during the period 1990–2017. Additionally, the Human Development Index was sourced from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) database for all countries at the same time interval. The marginal modeling approach was implemented to evaluate the mean trend of CVD incidence, mortality, and MIR for 195 countries and separately for developing and developed countries and also clarify the relationship between the indices and Human Development Index (HDI) from 1990 to 2017. Results The obtained estimates identified that the global mean trend of CVD incidence had an ascending trend until 1996 followed by a descending trend after this year. Nearly all of the countries experienced a significant declining mortality trend from 1990 to 2017. Likewise, the global mean MIR rate had a significant trivial decrement trend with a gentle slope of 0.004 over the time interval. As such, the reduction in incidence and mortality rates for developed countries was significantly faster than developing counterparts in the period 1990–2017 (p < 0.05). Nevertheless, the developing nations had a more rather shallow decrease in MIR compared to developed ones. Conclusions Generally, the findings of this study revealed that there was an overall downward trend in CVD incidence and mortality rates, while the survival rate of CVD patients was rather stable. These results send a satisfactory message that global effort for controlling the CVD burden was quite successful. Nonetheless, there is an urgent need for more efforts to improve the survival rate of patients and lower the burden of this disease in some areas with an increasing trend of either incidence or mortality. more

Management and Prevention Strategies for Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Their Risk Factors

Budreviciute, A.; Damiati, S.; Khdr Sabir, D. et al. (2020) CC

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are of increasing concern for society and national governments, as well as globally due to their high mortality rate. The main risk factors of NCDs can be classified into the categories of self-management, genetic factors, environmental factors, factors of medical co ... more

Ready to Respond: Skills gaps for responding to humanitarian crises in urban settings in the WASH and shelter sectors
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RedR UK (2014) C1

This paper has been commissioned by RedR to identify gaps in skills, technology, and knowledge in urban humanitarian response in order to inform RedR’s project Ready to Respond which is looking to address these gaps in two specific areas: Water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; Shelter res ... more

MINIMUM TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REHABILITATION (Emergency Medical Teams)

World Health Organization (WHO) (2016) C_WHO

Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals
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Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Perrotta, Kim (2019) C1

This toolkit consists of eight modules which have been prepared as stand-alone documents that can be read by themselves, but they have also been prepared to complement one another. It has been designed as a tool for health professionals and students in the health care and public health sectors who ... more

Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2: interim guidance, 11 September 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/334254

The CAP and climate change

European Commission EC (2019) C2

Agriculture is highly exposed to climate change, as farming activities directly depend on climatic conditions. Agriculture also contributes to climate change through the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Two powerful greenhouse gases are by-products of agricultural activity: Methan ... more

Antimicrobial resistance in South East Asia: time to ask the right questions

Kakkar M., Chatterjee P. et. al. (2018) C2

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a major public health concern, around which the international leadership has come together to form strategic partnerships and action plans. The main driving force behind the emergence of AMR is selection pressure created due to consumption of antibiotics ... more

Financing Global Health 2017: Funding Universal Health Coverage and the Unfinished HIV/AIDS Agenda

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (2018) C2

In 2017, $37.4 billion of development assistance was provided to low- and middleincome countries to maintain or improve health. This amount is down slightly compared to 2016, and since 2010, development assistance for health (DAH) has grown at an annualized rate of 1.0%. While global development ass ... more

Reconhecimiento de doenças tropicais negligenciadas pelas alterações cutâneas

Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS) (2018) C_WHO

Guia de treinamento para profissionais de saúde da linha de frente Versão oficial em português da obra original em Inglês Recognizing neglected tropical diseases through changes on the skin: a training guide for front-line health workers

Clinical Updates in Reproductive Health

Alice Mark IPAS (2016) C1

The publication is designed to provide Ipas staff, trainers, partners and other health-care providers with access to up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations. In general, the recommendations are the same as those in the World Health Organization’s 2012 Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidanc ... more

Hepatology. A Clinical Textbook

Stefan Mauss, et al. Flying Publisher, Boehringer Ingelheim (2015)