Environmental Health in Emergencies and Disasters
Chapter 10
Oral Health and Dental Services
Practical Guidance for collaborative interventions
3rd Edition – July 2017
www.msfaccess.org
March 2020
The number of African Union Member States reporting COVID-
19 cases is increasing and there is a likelihood of community transmission. The WHO recently modified the COVID-19 suspect case definition to include severe acute respiratory infection and advises testing of all severe acute res...piratory illness (SARI) cases.1 However, many Member States have not yet started implementing these changes, they are still focussing surveillance efforts on individuals with travel history to an area with local COVID-19 transmission. This means patients with similar symptoms, but no apparent contact, may not
be investigated.
more
This guideline document lays out the indicators for monitoring the 2016 Political Declaration on ending AIDS. The Global AIDS Monitoring (GAM) process has been often referenced as a benchmark for successful international accountability mechanisms.
180
Biomédica 2018;38:180-8
Department of AIDS Control
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
This updated glossary for malaria aims to improve communication and mutual understanding within the scientific community, as well as with funding agencies, public health officials responsible for malaria programmes, and policy-makers in malaria-endemic countries
2018
9th Edition
Offering information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research
Issue Brief no.15, September 2021, updated 19 October 2021
AAll health workers deployed to measles outbreaks must complete the measles and rubella (MR) training to implement quality interventions and work safely and effectively in the field. This channel provides the essential preparedness, detection, investigation, response, and recovery skills required to... contain the measles outbreak.
more
This study identifies barriers and provides recommendations to improve asthma care in children across sub-Saharan Africa, where qualitative data is lacking despite high rates.