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Towards safe drinking water and clean cooking for all

Isha, R.; and K.R. Smith (2021) CC

The Lancet Global Health Volume 9, ISSUE 3, e361-e365, March 01, 2021 The public health community has tried for decades to show, through evidence-based research, that safe water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and clean cooking fuels that reduce household air pollution are essential to safeguard he ... more

Russia's war on Ukraine: Impact on food security and EU response

Anna Caprile European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) (2022) C2

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, a country known as the 'breadbasket of Europe', is raising fears of a global food crisis, further exacerbating existing food security challenges worldwide. Much depends on the response of the international community, including the EU, to a number of rapidly ... more

The Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical diseases — ESPEN

World Health Organization World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

While virtually unheard of in developed countries, NTDs are a group of medically diverse parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases common in tropical and subtropical areas. NTDs affect more than 1.5 billion people annually, causing death, blindness, disfigurement, chronic pain, cognitive impairmen ... more

Capacity building in public health nutrition

Geissler, C. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2015) CC

The aim of the present paper is to review capacity building in public health nutrition (PHN), the need for which has been stressed for many years by a range of academics, national and international organisations. Although great strides have been made worldwide in the science of nutrition, there rema ... more

Closing the Gap: The Health Disparities of Older LGBTI People in the Americas

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The chapter Closing the Gap: The Health Disparities of Older LGBTI People in the Americas, is part of the publication series titled ‘Decade of Healthy Aging: situation and challenges’. In order to outline the current knowledge available on the situation of health and well-being of older persons ... more

WASH Guidelines for field practitioners Part 2: Sanitation
recommended

Malteser International (2017) CC

National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), India, 2019-21: Assam

International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2021) CC

April 2021 This report presents the key findings of the NFHS-5 survey in Assam, followed by detailed tables and an appendix on sampling errors. The 2019-21 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), the fifth in the NFHS series, provides information on population, health, and nutrition for India and e ... more

Chest radiography in tuberculosis detection

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

Summary of current WHO recommendations and guidance on programmatic approaches

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The Government of the Republic of Zambia/Ministry of Health and Cooperating Partners

The Government of the Republic of ZambiaMinistry of Health (2005) C1

Learning from the Ebola Response in cities: Responding in the context of quarantine

Campbell, L ALNAP (2017) C1

This paper brings together lessons from interviews with humanitarians and local responders, as well as existing literature, about the use of quarantine in urban environments during the humanitarian response to the Ebola Crisis

Rwanda: Economic Development and Poverty Reductions Strategy II (2013-2018)

Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), Rwanda (2013) C2

The Second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2) is a launch into the home straight of our Vision 2020. We are faced with new challenges of ensuring greater self-reliance and developing global competitiveness. Conscious of these challenges, we forge ahead knowing that by work ... more

Every Newborn Action Plan: An Action Plan to End Preventable Deaths in Malawi

Government of Malawi (2013) C2

Every Newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths is a roadmap for change. It takes forward the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health by focusing specific attention on newborn health and identifying actions for improving their survival, health and development.

Appraisal Report, HIV/AIDS Control Support Project Benin

OCSD, Social Development Department, Central and West Regions African Development Fund (2004) C2

The project will support preventive actions, traditional medicine and the coordination and implementation capacities of the national framework for HIV/AIDS control.

Bearing the brunt of covid-19: older people in low and middle income countries

P. Lloyd-Sherlock; S. Ebrahim; L. Geffen; et al. BMJ (2020) C2

BMJ 2020;368:m1052 doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1052 (Published 13 March 2020)

Household Water Treatment Flocculant/ Disinfectant Powder

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2008) C_CDC

Guidelines for Strengthening of Tertiary Care of Cancer

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India (2013) CC

under National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVD & Stroke (NPCDCS) in 12th five year plan (2012-17)

Syrian Arab Republic Revised humanitarian response Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) May–December 2020

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO (2020) CC

Polio transition planning and polio post-certification: Report by the Director-General

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The Executive Board at its 150th session noted an earlier version of this report.1 The present report provides an update on the implementation of the Strategic Action Plan on Polio Transition (2018–2023)2 at the start of 2022, within the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Scaling Up Nutrition - a Framework for Action

Standing committee on Nutrition SCN, et al. (2008)