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Subsidiarity - 4 principles that can change the world

The Tasmanian Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (2020) C1

Fact Sheet 4 Accessed on 17 July 2020

A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
recommended

Rochweg, B.; et al. (2021) CC

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3379 Rapid Recommendation and visual graph. This is the fifth version (update 4) of the living guideline (BMJ 2020;370:m3379). When citing this article, please consider adding the update number and date of access for clarity. The publication of the RE ... more

Ebola and beyond: Equality, sustainability, security - interlaced challenges in a global development era

Leach, M. (2014)

This paper, originally presented as a Sussex Development Lecture, asks how the Ebola crisis might offer a lens to reflect on interlaced challenges around curbing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building inclusive, secure societies, and why these matter so much. And it discusses why ad ... more

Use of the WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve classification to define patterns of hospital antibiotic use (AWaRe): an analysis of paediatric survey data from 56 countries

Hsia Y., B. R Lee, A. Versporten, et al The Lancet (2019) C2

Improving the quality of hospital antibiotic use is a major goal of WHO’s global action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance. The WHO Essential Medicines List Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification could facilitate simple stewardship interventions that are widely applicable globally. ... more

Ambient air pollution and non-communicable respiratory illness in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the literature

Glenn, B. E.; Espira, L. M.; Larson, M. C.; Larson, P. S. BMC (2022) CC2

Aerosol pollutants are known to raise the risk of development of non-communicable respiratory diseases (NCRDs) such as asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and allergic rhinitis. Sub-Saharan Africa’s rapid pace of urbanization, economic expansion, and population growt ... more

Rwanda Evaluation of TB surveillance system using Standard and Benchmark Checklist

Klinkenberg, E. & Ochola, R. KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION (2013) C2

The National Tuberculosis Programme (NTP) of Rwanda (known as TB & ORD Division/IHDPC/RBC) is preparing to write their next National Strategic Plan and for this reason Rwanda was selected as a country to received technical assistance (TA) to conduct an assessment of their surveillance system using t ... more

Dermatological Preparations For The Tropics
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Peter Bakker; Herman Woerdenbag; Vincent Gooskens; Ben Naafs, et al. (2012) C_WHO

A formulary of dermatological preparations and background information on therapeutic choices, production and dispensing. 2nd edition

Quarterly Mixed Migration Update Latin America and the Caribbean, Quarter 2, 2021

Mixed Migration Centre (2021) CC

Alternative Report on the Compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Peruvian National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities (CONFENADIP) (2011) C1

MILESTONES in the HIV epidemic among children and adolescents

UN Children's Fund UNICEF (2021) C_UNICEF

Milestones in the treatment, care and support, Dec 2021

Global Appeal 2021 update

UNHCR The UN Refugee Agency (2021) CC

The Global Appeal provides updated information for government, private donors, partners and other readers interested in UNHCR's priorities and budgeted activities for 2021 to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of people of concern (refugees, internally displaced people, stateless pers ... more

Educação e HIV Evolução e perspectivas

Ma. B. Alves de Souza; P. Ozório; et al. Edições UNESCO (Organização das Nações Unidas para a Educação, a Ciência e a Cultura) (2016) C2

Educação em movimento

Spatiotemporal distribution of antimicrobial resistant organisms in different water environments in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh

Asaduzzaman, M. et al. (2022) CC

The authors conduct an integrated survey of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms (AMR) in drinking water, wastewater and surface water in three settings in Bangladesh: rural households, rural poultry farms, and urban food markets. Results show that untreated water discharged from rural households, poul ... more

Turkish Red Crescent: Community Center Project - Needs Assessment Report

Yavc¸an, B. IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross Red Cresent Societies (2015)

Inclusive Education and Children with Disabilities: Quality Education for All in Low and Middle income Countries

Wapling, L. Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) (2016)

A systematic literature review of education systems in low-and middle income countries commissioned by CBM

Specimen Management for Laboratory Diagnosis of Ebola and other Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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Rwanda Biomedical Center, National Reference Laboratory Division (2016) C1

Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in children: Working towards results at scale

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2015)

The objectives of this guidance document are to:
1. Strengthen the capacity of country teams to effectively scale up and manage programmes to address severe acute malnutrition
2. Extend the geographic reach of quality treatment for SAM to all vulnerable communities in need
3. Maximize ... more

A toolkit for Evaluating Programs Meant to Erase the Stigma of Mental Illness

Patrick Corrigan Illinois Institute of Technology (2012)

Anti-stigma programs have exploded in the United States as well as across the world in the past decade. Now needed is a more strategic approach to stigma change, consideration of evaluation strategies that demonstrate its effectiveness.

The Cost of Doing Nothing: The Humanitarian Price of Climate Change and How it Can be Avoided

International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (2019) C1

A new report by the world’s largest humanitarian network warns that the number of people needing humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters could double by 2050. It estimates that the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance as a result of storms, droug ... more