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Early Childhood Development and Disability: A discussion paper

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) & World Health Organisation (WHO) (2012)

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Not just in Transit: Drugs, the State and Society in West Africa

WACD West Africa Comission on Drugs WACD (2014) C1

An Independent Report of the West Africa Commission on Drugs

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Government policy interventions to reduce human antimicrobial use: A systematic review and evidence map

Van Katwyk, S. R.; Grimshaw, J. M.; et al (2019) C2

BACKGROUND: Growing political attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) offers a rare opportunity for achieving meaningful action. Many governments have developed national AMR action plans, but most have not yet implemented policy interventions to reduce antimicrobial overuse. A systematic evidenc...e map can support governments in making evidence-informed decisions about implementing programs to reduce AMR, by identifying, describing, and assessing the full range of evaluated government policy options to reduce antimicrobial use in humans. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Seven databases were searched from inception to January 28, 2019, (MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PAIS Index, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and PubMed). We identified studies that (1) clearly described a government policy intervention aimed at reducing human antimicrobial use, and (2) applied a quantitative design to measure the impact. We found 69 unique evaluations of government policy interventions carried out across 4 of the 6 WHO regions. These evaluations included randomized controlled trials (n = 4), non-randomized controlled trials (n = 3), controlled before-and-after designs (n = 7), interrupted time series designs (n = 25), uncontrolled before-and-after designs (n = 18), descriptive designs (n = 10), and cohort designs (n = 2). From these we identified 17 unique policy options for governments to reduce the human use of antimicrobials. Many studies evaluated public awareness campaigns (n = 17) and antimicrobial guidelines (n = 13); however, others offered different policy options such as professional regulation, restricted reimbursement, pay for performance, and prescription requirements. Identifying these policies can inform the development of future policies and evaluations in different contexts and health systems. Limitations of our study include the possible omission of unpublished initiatives, and that policies not evaluated with respect to antimicrobial use have not been captured in this review. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge this is the first study to provide policy makers with synthesized evidence on specific government policy interventions addressing AMR. In the future, governments should ensure that AMR policy interventions are evaluated using rigorous study designs and that study results are published. more

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Guidance on Community Physical Distancing During COVID-19 Pandemic

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C_CDC

This guidance document addresses how physical distancing (referred to in previous guidance documents as ‘social distancing’) can help slow down transmission.

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Orientations du Centre Africain de Contrôle et de Prevention des Maladies sur la distanciation physique, communautaire durant la pandémie du COVID-19

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) C_CDC

Ce document d'orientation explique comment la distance physique (désignée dans les documents d'orientation précédents sous le nom de «distance sociale») peut aider à ralentir la transmission.

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood supply and demand in the WHO African Region

Loua, A.; et al. (2021) C_WHO

VOX Sanguinis, 2021: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affected millions of people worldwide and caused disruptions at the global level including in healthcare provision. Countries of the WHO African region have put in place measures for the COVID-19 pandemic containment that may adversely a... more

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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

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A multi-billion-dollar opportunity - Repurposing agricultural support to transform food systems

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO; et al. (2021) C2

This report sets out the compelling case for repurposing harmful agricultural producer support to reverse this situation, by optimizing the use of scarce public resources, strengthening economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultimately driving a food systems transformation that can suppor... more

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Education Management Information Systems and Children with Disabilities. Webinar 6: Companion Technical Booklet

Mont, D. UNICEF (2014)

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Security Risk Management and Religion: Faith and secularism in humanitarian assistance

Hodgson, L. et al. ; European Interagency Security Forum (EISF) (2014) C2

Security Risk Management and Religion: Faith and secularism in humanitarian assistance examines the impact that religion has on security risk management for humanitarian agencies, and considers whether a better understanding of religion can improve the security of organisations and individuals in th... more

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Guidelines for Addressing Disease Risks in Wildlife Trade

World Organisation for Animal Health WOAH (2024) CC

For thousands of years, humans have been using wildlife for commercial and subsistence purposes. Wildlife trade takes place at local, national and international levels, with different forms of wildlife, such as live animals, partly processed products and finished products. Wildlife is a vital source... more

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Training module on malaria elimination. Guide for Tutors

World Health Organization WHO (2016) C_WHO

This Training module on malaria elimination has been developed by WHO to support health professionals in planning, managing, monitoring and evaluating malaria elimination programmes. Supporting exercises: These files are necessary for participants to complete a number of exercises listed in the man... more

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Scaling up of collaborative TB/HIV activities in concentrated HIV epidemic settings - A case study from India

A. Kanchar; Dr. A. Kumar; Dr. R. S. Gupta; et al. World Health Organization (WHO) (2015) C_WHO

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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

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A case study of the role of an Essential Health Benefit in the delivery of integrated health services in Zambia

Luwabelwa, M.; Banda, P; Palale M.; Chama-Chiliba, C. Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET) (2017) C1

Regional Network for Equity in Health in east and southern Africa (EQUINET): Disussion Paper 111
The health services delivery system in Zambia is pyramid in structure, with primary healthcare (PHC) services at community level, at the base, followed by first and second level hospitals at distric... more

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HIV & AIDS, Gender, and Domestic Violence

Brot für die Welt; DIFÄM (2010) C2

The first chapter provides an overview of gender and domestic violence in the HIV and AIDS discourse and their interconnect- edness. It analyses literature regarding gender and HIV transmission, domestic violence, and HIV and AIDS. It then discusses how gender roles impact the effects of AIDS. The... more

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Clinical, Virologic, Immunologic Outcomes and Emerging HIV Drug Resistance Patterns in Children and Adolescents in Public ART Care in Zimbabwe

A. T. Makadzange; M. Higgins-Biddle; B. Chimukangara; et al. PLOS One (2015) CC

PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0144057 December 14, 2015

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Health Care Facilities Resilient to Climate Change Impacts

Paterson, J.; P. Berry, K. Ebi and L. Varangu (2014) CC

nt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11(12), 13097-13116; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph111213097 Climate change will increase the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events and create risks that will impact health care facilities. Health care facilities will need to assess climate chang... more

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Agriculture in Africa

NEPAD (2020) CC

Transformation and outlook

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Myanmar Policy for Early Childhood Care and Development

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2014) C1

Vision Statement
From birth to 8 years of age, all children of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar will receive holistic, high-quality and developmentally-appropriate care from their parents, caregivers and service providers to ensure they will be happy, healthy, well nourished, socially adept... more

For every child, every right. The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads recommended

For every child, every right. The Convention on the Rights of the Child at a crossroads
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