On this page the World Health Organizations provides basic protective measures against COVID-19. This includes frequent handwashing, respiratory hygiene, social distancing, and other measures.
Last modified: February 15, 2020
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This fact sheet provides basic information about U=U. It opens with the question: Did you know that having an undetectable viral load on HIV treatment (ART) stops HIV transmission?
The fact sheet offers information on, among other topics:
Source: HIV Base
Date of Publication: November 20, 2019
This document offers a framework for the assessment of a cholera outbreak response, which will help to:
Last modified: March 25, 2019
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This web page contains key facts, information about the global burden of dengue, including transmission, characteristics, treatment, immunization and prevention and control.
Source: World Health Organization
Date of Publication: March 25, 2019
This page will provide the latest answers to frequently asked questionsa bout Zika. It is a good resource for anyone needing background information on the virus, and for anticipating questions from the public and from medical personnel.
Current questions include:
Last modified: March 25, 2019
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This webpage provides links to the two documents that antimalarial medicine procurement should be based on: the WHO guidelines for treatment of malaria and the WHO model list of essential medicines.
It also contains more information on the WHO Prequalification Program, as well as recommended procurement practices.
Source: World Health Organization
Date of Publication: March 25, 2019
The WHO Global Malaria Programme’s T3: Test. Treat. Track. initiative supports malaria-endemic countries in their efforts to achieve universal coverage with diagnostic testing and antimalarial treatment, as well as in strengthening their malaria surveillance systems. The initiative seeks to focus the attention of policy-makers and donors on the importance of adopting WHO’s latest evidence-based recommendations on diagnostic testing, treatment and surveillance, and on updating existing malaria control and elimination strategies, as well as country-specific operational plans.
This resource features key policy messages from WHO’s recommendations on diagnostic testing, treatment and surveillance of every suspected malaria case, which promotes that every suspected malaria case should be tested, every confirmed case should be treated with quality-assured antimalarial medicine and the disease should be tracked through a timely and accurate surveillance system. The initiative was launched on World Malaria Day 2012 and is designed around three core WHO documents:
Last modified: March 25, 2019
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This Compendium is built around the different themes in the theory of change and includes a focused set of indicators and related assessment tools that have direct and indirect relevance to tracking the links between SRH and HIV programmes at national and sub-national levels.
Related assessment tools are used to capture progress where individual indicators are not available. As efforts to link these programmes continue to gain traction in countries around the world, the compendium will evolve to include additional indicators and related assessment tools that provide useful data on critical issues related to SRH and HIV linkages.
Last modified: March 25, 2019
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This strategic framework supports the Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive. It offers guidance for preventing HIV infections and unintended pregnancies – both essential strategies for improving maternal and child health, and eliminating new pediatric HIV infections.
This framework can be used in conjunction with other related guidance that together address elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. This document focuses on strengthening rights-based policies and programming within health services and the community.
Last modified: March 25, 2019
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