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Buruli Ulcer: a Review of the Current Knowledge

Yotsu,R.R.; K. Suzuki, R. E. Simmonds Current Tropical Medicines Report (2018) CC

Current Tropical Medicine Reports (2018) 5:247–256 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-018-0166-2 .Purpose of the Review Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing and disabling cutaneous disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, one of the skin-related neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs). This article aim ... more

Climate-smart agriculture, fisheries and livestock for food security

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation; Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) (2017) C1

Policy Guidance Brief 1
• Climate change has already challenged the agriculture sector in Myanmar by afecting rice yields and livestock production, while disasters such as foods and cyclones have caused massive destruction in rural areas.
• Without adaptation, the long-term consequenc ... more

Medical Isolation Facilities in Outbreak Responses
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Oxfam (2018) C1

This technical briefing paper details the construction and setup of medical isolation facilities in support of infectious disease outbreak responses.

Essential for Excellence. Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Strategic Communication for Behaviour and Social Change

UNICEF (2008)

with special reference to prevention and control of avian influenza

Chagas Disease Drug Discovery in Latin America

Oliveira, R.G. de.; L.R. Cruz; M.C. Mollo, (2021) CC

A Mini Review of Antiparasitic Agents explored between 2010-2021. Frontiers in Chemistry 9:771143

MSF الإرشادات السريرية. دليل التشخيص والعلاج
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Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) (2022) C2

Clinical Guidelines. Diagnosis and Treatment Manual.

Integrating Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, GESI and WASH - A Reference Guide

World Vision (2023) CC

World Vision’s Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) approach actively strives to examine, question, and change harmful social norms and power imbalances as a means of reaching gender equality and social inclusion objectives in a programme area. This reference guide is designed to help WASH ... more

Assessment of Impact of Harm Reduction Interventions among People who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Dhaka City

National AIDSSTD Program, Directorate General of Health Services; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Bangladesh (2014) C1

The Interpretation of Epidemiological Indicators in Leprosy INTERPRETATION OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INDICATORS IN LEPROSY

ILEP International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (2001)

Nursing Education and Training Standards

South African Nursing Council (2020) CC

Institutional Arrangements for Disaster Management in Myanmar

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) (2009) C1

The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive overview of existing institutional arrangement for disaster management in Myanmar at all levels with an aim to make information available to all stakeholders involved in disaster risk management in Myanmar.

Tuberkulose in der Schweiz

Jürg Barben, Christoph Berger, Erik C. Böttger, et al. Lungenliga Schweiz, Bundesamt für Gesundheit (2014) CC

Leitfaden für Fachpersonen des Gesundheitswesens. Grundlage des vorliegenden Handbuchs sind die aktuellen internationalen Leitlinien zur Diagnose und Behandlung der Tuberkulose. Die vorliegende gekürzte Fassung ergänzt und aktualisiert das «Handbuch Tuberkulose 2012

African Disability Rights Yearbook 2014

Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) (2014) C2

Volume 2 - 2014

Assistance to Victims of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War: Guidance on Child-focused Victim Assistance. Chapter 5.2 Emergency and continuing medical care

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2014)

Standards and Normative Mechanisms for Disaster Risk Reduction

Jachia, Lorenza United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (2014) C1

Background Paper prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction
The aim of this paper is to help bring voluntary standards into the toolbox of disaster risk reduction, including both by encouraging their use by business and by enhancing their role in legislation and ... more

Epidemiology of Peripheral Artery Disease and Polyvascular Disease

Aday A.W.; Matsushita, K. Circulation Research (2021) CC

Atherosclerotic lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD) is increasingly recognized as an important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality that affects more than 230 million people worldwide. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors, including advanced age, smoking, and diabetes, are ... more

Efficacy and Safety of Pafuramidine versus Pentamidine Maleate for Treatment of First Stage Sleeping Sickness in a Randomized, Comparator-Controlled, International Phase 3 Clinical Trial

Pohlig G, Bernhard SC, Blum J, Burri C, Mpanya A, PLOS Neclected Tropical Diseases (2016) CC

This was a Phase 3, multi-center, randomized, open-label, parallel-group, active control study where 273 male and female patients with first stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense HAT were treated at six sites: one trypanosomiasis reference center in Angola, one hospital in South Sudan, and four hospita ... more

Elimination of human African trypanosomiasis: The long last mile

Barrett MP, Priotto G, Franco JR, (2024) CC

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18(5): e0012091. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012091

For every child, every right. The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads
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UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2019)

Thirty years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child at a moment of rapid global change marked by the end of apartheid, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the birth of the World Wide Web. These developments and more brought momentous and lasting evolut ... more

From Norm to Practice: A Status Report on Implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (2014) C1