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How to ... Manage anxiety and fear

Mental Health Foundation UK (2022) C1

When anxiety holds you back from doing the things you want or need to do, it can also affect your health. Some people become overwhelmed by fear and want to avoid situations that might make them frightened or anxious. It can be hard to break this cycle, but there are lots of ways to do it. You can... more

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WHO encourages countries to adapt HIV testing strategies in response to changing epidemic

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Policy brief. HIV testing services (HTS) and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) have been scaled up substantially. It is estimated that, globally, nearly 80% of people with HIV now know their status. With the offer of immediate ART initiation and improved treatment options, access to and uptake of treatm... more

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Five keys for safer traditional food markets: risk mitigation in traditional food markets in the Asia-Pacific Region

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Traditional food markets play important economic, cultural, and social role and are sources of livelihood for millions of people in urban and rural areas. The manual Five keys for safer traditional food markets: risk mitigation in traditional food markets in the Asia-Pacific Region aims to support a... more

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Myanmar: Confirmed COVID-19 positive cases, as of 29 June 2020

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA (2020) CC

As of 29 June 2020, there have been 299 confirmed cases, including six fatalities and 218 recoveries across the country. The rate of local transmission has been low so far with cases confirmed mainly among people returning from abroad.

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Toolkit for Correctional and Detention Facilities

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2020) C_CDC

Guidance and tools to help administrators of correctional and detention facilities make decisions and protect and communicate with staff, people who are incarcerated, and their communities.

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Chagas Disease Also called: American trypanosomiasis, South American trypanosomiasis

National Library of Medicine- National Institute of Health (2022) CC

Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is an illness that can cause serious heart and stomach problems. It is caused by a parasite. Chagas disease is common in Latin America, especially in poor, rural areas. It can also be found in the United States, most often in people who were infected befo... more

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Regional Action Framework on Communication for Health: A vision for using communication to improve public health in the Western Pacific Region

World Health Organization WHO (2024) C_WHO

Strategic communication is at the heart of public health and more important than ever in the digital age. Using communication strategically requires expertise, skills and resources to plan, implement and evaluate interventions that encourage governments to implement policies that improve people’s ... more

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From animal use to a mainstay treatment against intestinal worms in humans

World Health Organization WHO (2023) C_WHO

Website last accessed on 14.04.2023 One of the ongoing challenges with neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is that the discovery of medicines to treat them has been very slow. Current global programmes for NTDs largely depend on donated medicines, primarily to treat the world’s poorest people �... more

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Scaling-Up Access to HIV Viral Load Testing (Botwana)

Mine, M. MASA, Ministry of Health, Gabarone, Botswana (2016) C2

Viral Load Scale-up and Decentralized Testing Experience in Botswana. This AIDS 2016 presentation highlights how Botswana’s decentralized testing model provides an example of how “taking the services closer to the people, rather than people coming to the services” can increase access, when s... more

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Global Hunger Crisis: Guatemala, Honduras, and Ecuador

Care (2022) CC

Climate change, conflict, COVID-19, and gender inequality impacts food security globally. Together with the Ukraine conflict, the food crisis across the world is worsening. UN Women’s Zero Hunger Sustainable Development Goal Map shows that 49.7% of people are facing moderate or severe food insecur... more

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WHO recommends HIV self-testing – evidence update and considerations for success

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Policy brief. HIV self-testing (HIVST) is a convenient and confidential option for HIV testing. In 2016 WHO recommended HIVST as a safe, accurate and effective way to reach people who may not test otherwise, including people from key populations, men and young people. Lay users can perform HIVST r... more

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Tips for Using Social Media: Risk communication and community engagement for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IFRC (2020) C2

There is an overabundance of information circulating about the new coronavirusdisease(COVID-19), which can make it hard for people to identify which information is reliable and trustworthy. Rumours and misinformation travel fast–especially through social media.This cannot only stop people from ado... more

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Determinants of Health – A practical approach!

Let's Learn Public Health (2020) CC

This video is a 4-minute summary of the Determinants of Health! Determinants are factors that can influence a person’s health. While the focus of health interventions has typically been, who people are and what they do, the conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work and age are critically... more

Heat-stability study of various insulin types in tropical temperature conditions: New insights towards improving diabetes care

Kaufmann, B.; Boulle, P.; Berthou, F.; et al. PLoS One (2021) CC

Strict storage recommendations for insulin are difficult to follow in hot tropical regions and even more challenging in conflict and humanitarian emergency settings, adding an extra burden to the management of people with diabetes. According to pharmacopeia unopened insulin vials must be stored in a... more

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Creating Awareness about Covid-19 in Ethiopia

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2020) C_UNICEF

In this COVID-19 pandemic, timely access to accurate information can be the difference between life and death. The stakes are high in developing countries like Ethiopia where millions of people have limited access to information because of low media access, insufficientin... more

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What you and your country can do to tackle the coronavirus crisis

80,000 hours (2020) C3

This page presents all our content related to COVID-19. It aims to: 1. Help people who want to understand or work on COVID-19 right now. 2. Help people who are considering biosecurity careers longer term. This page will focus on leveraged opportunities in research, policy, technology and startups. ... more

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A short guide to cancer screening. Increase effectiveness, maximize benefits and minimize harm

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Europe (2022) C1

The purpose of cancer screening tests is to detect pre-cancer or early-stage cancer in asymptomatic individuals so that timely diagnosis and early treatment can be offered, where this treatment can lead to better outcomes for some people. The aim of a cancer screening programme is either to reduc... more

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Monkeypox: Public health advice for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

WHO (2022) C_WHO

An outbreak of a disease called monkeypox is currently taking place in many countries that do not typically have cases. This can beconcerning, especially for people whose loved ones or community have been affected. Some cases have been identified through sexual health clinics in communities of gay, ... more

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IRC Ethiopia strategic plan 2022-2025

Internationam Water and Sanitation Centre (2023) CC

After introducing Ethiopia's WASH sector challenges and trends, the plan describes IRC Ethiopia's vision and strategy which draws from IRC and Water For People's joint framework - Destination 2030. It then details the organisational changes and business development needed to implement the strategic ... more

World Diabetes Day 2023

Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2023) C_WHO

Every November 14, World Diabetes Day is commemorated. This is an opportunity to raise awareness about the impact of diabetes on the health of people and to highlight the opportunities to strengthen the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes.