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Special Issue: Newborn Health in Uganda

Kate Kerber, Stefan Peterson & Peter Waiswa Global Health Action (2015)

This special issue on Newborn Health in Global Health Action is being launched to share the experience of how to scale up a cost-effective package of newborn care that involves families, community health workers and health facilities. The results of this community randomized trial, the Uganda Newbor ... more

Programming strategies for Postpartum Family Planning

World Health Organization; USAID; MCHIP (2013)

This publication is designed to be used by programme planners and managers as a resource when designing interventions to integrate postpartum family planning into national and subnational strategies. Postpartum family planning should not be considered a ‘vertical’ programme, but rather as an int ... more

Where women have no doctor: Chapter 29: Refugees and Displaced Women

Hesperian (2014) C1

Chapter 29: Refugees and Displaced Women: Flight and Arrival, Basic Needs, Reproductive Health, Mental Health, Women as Leaders

West Africa Ebola Outbreak Concept of Operations 24 July 2015

World Food Programme, Logistics Cluster (2015)

Guidelines for the treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis and patient care, 2017 up-date

H. Schünemann, S.T. Aung, F. Bonsu et al. World Health Organisation (WHO) (2017) C_WHO

NATIONAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR THE CONDUCT OF MEDICAL/HEALTH MISSIONS IN NIGERIA

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria (2016) C2

WHEELCHAIR SERVICE TRAINING PACKAGE - For Managers (Additional Resources )

World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) C_WHO

WHO published and launched the third part of the Wheelchair Service Training Package (WSTP) series consisting of two sub-packages: the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Managers (WSTPm) and the Wheelchair Service Training Package for Stakeholders (WSTPs). WHO recognises that in order to develo ... more

Module on Child Functioning Concept Note

UNICEF Washington Group on Disability Statistics (2017)

Building Accountable Community Level Commodity Supply Systems Responsive to Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Needs in Uganda

Ministry of Health, Republic of Uganda (2016) C1

Systems approach to monitoring and evaluation guides scale up of the Standard Days Method of family planning in Rwanda

Igras, S., Sinai, I., Mukabatsinda, M., et al. Global Health: Science and Practice (2014) CC

There is no guarantee that a successful pilot program introducing a reproductive health innovation can also be expanded successfully to the national or regional level, because the scaling-up process is complex and multilayered. This article describes how a successful pilot program to integrate the S ... more

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Somalia

Federal Government of Somalia, Puntland & Somaliland, Zonal NMCPsMoH (2016) C1

The main objective of the malaria prevention and control programme in Somalia is to prevent mortality and reduce morbidity due to malaria. The groups most vulnerable to the disease, children aged under 5 years and pregnant women, are especially targeted. Effective case management - early diagnosis a ... more

MEAL4KIDS: Quality Checklist - For Child Psychosocial Support and Child Friendly Spaces

Bohl, N Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (2018) CC

This checklist will help child psychosocial support and Child Friendly Space supervisors adhere to quality standards during program implementation. This checklist was developed by consultant Nicole Bohl, based on her previous work with Plan International and Save the Children. It has been adapted wi ... more

Antibiotic Regimens in meningitis epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa

L. Cibrelus World Health Organization (2014) C_WHO

Report for the WHO Meningitis Guideline Revision (May 2014)

Republic of Sudan: National Action plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2018-2020

Republic of Sudan Federal Ministry of Health & Ministry of Animal Resources (2018) C_WHO

The goals and objectives of the Sudan National Action Plan on AMR can only be achieved through implementing strategic interventions and activities with all concerned ministries and departments joining hands with other stakeholders to collaboratively tackle these challenges.

The use of rectal artesunate as a pre-referral treatment for severe P. falciparum malaria

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Information note. In 2021, preliminary results of observational studies from the Community Access to Rectal Artesunate for Malaria (CARAMAL) project did not confirm the mortality impact observed in the controlled trial in 2009. Consequently, in January 2022, WHO released an information note on recta ... more

Practical Manual for Implementation of the National Infection Prevention and Control Strategic Framework - 2020

National Department of Health South Africa (2020) CC

The strategic framework gives guidance to public and private health facilities and health workers on compliance with standards relating to IPC practices. To further assist health facilities to implement the IPC strategic framework, this practical implementation manual has been developed in parallel ... more

Patient- and provider-related factors in the success of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Colombia

Puerto Castro GM, Montes Zuluaga FN, Alcalde-Rabanal JE, Pérez F, et al. PAHO (2021) C_WHO

Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2021;45:e74. Some characteristics of patients and healthcare providers influence treatment success in MDR-TB cases. Physicians’ and nurses’ knowledge about MDR-TB must be improved, and follow-up of MDR-TB patients who are living with HIV and of those affiliated with the ... more

South Sudan: Health Cluster strategy 2023-2025

Health Cluster; World Health Organization WHO (2023) CC

South Sudan continues to struggle with a severe health crisis affecting 8.9 million people, primarily in flood- and conflict-affected regions with population movements (displacement and returns), and disease outbreaks. The nation's health system, heavily reliant on international aid, faces staffing ... more

List of Medicines for Drug Shop , Ethiopia (LMDS)

Food, Medicine and Health care Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia (FMHACA) (2012) C1

Fourth edition