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Guidelines for developing inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure

Arup; International Labour Organization ILO; UN Children's Fund UNICEF; UNOPS; WaterAid (2024) CC

Around the world, more than 2 billion people lack access to safely managed water, sanitation and hygiene services, with conflicts and climate change exacerbating the issue. Unsafe and insufficient WASH facilities, especially in rural and remote areas, can lead to increased health complications fo... more

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Climate Change and Health - Training Modules

World Health Organization (WHO) - Regional Office for South-East Asia (2015) C_WHO

Training Modules for climate change and Health - WHO

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Regional Outlook for Southern Africa, March - May 2016

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2016) C1

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Integrating the Water Planetary Boundary With Water Management From Local to Global Scales

Zipper, S.; et al. (2020) CC

February 2020Earth's Future 8(2):e2019EF001377.The water planetary boundary attempts to provide a global limit to anthropogenic water cycle modifications, but it has been challenging to translate and apply it to the regional and local scales at which water problems and management typically occur. We... more

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2022 Global Atlas of Medical Devices

Velazquez Berumen, A.; S. Groth, G. Forte et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

The country profiles incorporate facts indicating the national status of medical devices in areas such as: medical device policies, regulations, incorporation, lists, inventories, nomenclature, health technology assessment, management, and biomedical engineering resources. This publication is int... more

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Stunting as a Risk Factor of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Children: A Literature Review

Fauziah, N.; Ar-Rizqi, M.A.; Hana, S. et al. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases (2022) CC

As a high-burden neglected tropical disease, soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections remain a major problem in the world, especially among children under five years of age. Since young children are at high risk of being infected, STH infection can have a long-term negative impact on their life, i... more

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Comparative Analysis of Pharmacovigilance Systems in Five Asian Countries

Nwokike J., Ludeman E., Thumm M. USAID, SIAPS (2013) C1

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Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: A systematic review and evidence map

Van Katwyk, S. R.; Grimshaw, J. M.; et al (2019) C2

BACKGROUND: Growing political attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) offers a rare opportunity for achieving meaningful action. Many governments have developed national AMR action plans, but most have not yet implemented policy interventions to reduce antimicrobial overuse. A systematic evidenc...e map can support governments in making evidence-informed decisions about implementing programs to reduce AMR, by identifying, describing, and assessing the full range of evaluated government policy options to reduce antimicrobial use in humans. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Seven databases were searched from inception to January 28, 2019, (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PAIS Index, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and PubMed). We identified studies that (1) clearly described a government policy intervention aimed at reducing human antimicrobial use, and (2) applied a quantitative design to measure the impact. We found 69 unique evaluations of government policy interventions carried out across 4 of the 6 WHO regions. These evaluations included randomized controlled trials (n = 4), non-randomized controlled trials (n = 3), controlled before-and-after designs (n = 7), interrupted time series designs (n = 25), uncontrolled before-and-after designs (n = 18), descriptive designs (n = 10), and cohort designs (n = 2). From these we identified 17 unique policy options for governments to reduce the human use of antimicrobials. Many studies evaluated public awareness campaigns (n = 17) and antimicrobial guidelines (n = 13); however, others offered different policy options such as professional regulation, restricted reimbursement, pay for performance, and prescription requirements. Identifying these policies can inform the development of future policies and evaluations in different contexts and health systems. Limitations of our study include the possible omission of unpublished initiatives, and that policies not evaluated with respect to antimicrobial use have not been captured in this review. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge this is the first study to provide policy makers with synthesized evidence on specific government policy interventions addressing AMR. In the future, governments should ensure that AMR policy interventions are evaluated using rigorous study designs and that study results are published. more

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ECDC/EFSA/EMA first joint report on the integrated analysis of the consumption of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals

European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ECDC (2015) C2

The ECDC, the EFSA and the EMA have for the first time jointly explored associations between consumption of antimicrobials in humans and food-producing animals, and antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals, using 2011 and 2012 data currently available from their re... more

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Overview of Evidence-Based Assessment and Treatment

Lancaster, C.L., Teeters, J.B., Gros, D.F., Back, S.E. Journal of Clinical Medicine (2016) CC

Abstract: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic psychological disorder that can develop after exposure to a traumatic event. This review summarizes the literature on the epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of PTSD. We provide a review of the characteristics of PTSD along with associa... more

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Living Planet Report 2020 - Bending the curve of biodiversity loss

World Wildlife Fund for Nature WWF (2020) C2

At a time when the world is reeling from the deepest global disruption and health crisis of a lifetime, this year’s Living Planet report provides unequivocal and alarming evidence that nature is unraveling and that our planet is flashing red warning signs of vital natural systems failure. The ... more

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Genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: a guide to implementation for maximum impact on public health

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

8 January 2021 Sequencing enabled the world to rapidly identify SARS-CoV-2 and develop diagnostic tests and other tools for outbreak management. Continued genome sequencing supports the monitoring of the disease’s spread and evolution of the virus. Accelerated integration of genome sequencing int... more

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Social science and behavioural data compilation, DRC Ebola outbreak, June - August 2019

Bardosh, K.; T. Jones and J. Bedford Social Science in Humanitarian Action: A Communication for Development Platform (2019) C1

This rapid compilation of data analyses provides a ‘stock-take’ of social science and behavioural data related to the on-going outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces. Based on data gathered and analysed by organisations working in the Ebola response and in the region mor... more

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Disaster Risk Management Strategy: Towards Resilient Communities

Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) (2013)

Between 1992 and 2012, disasters caused more than 1.3 million deaths, affected more than 4.4 billion people and led to US$ 2 trillion in economic damages and losses around the world. This Disaster Risk Management Strategy explains how the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) anti... more

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Integrating severe acute malnutrition into the management of childhood diseases at community level in South Sudan

Emily Keane, Andrea King, Anthony Awira et al. Malaria Consortium South Sudan (2013) C1

Since December 2010, Malaria Consortium has been implementing an innovative approach to community management of severe acute malnutrition, together with an existing integrated community case management (ICCM) programme in South Sudan. This learning paper considers Malaria Consortiums experience of t... more