Category: Priority Diseases
114 Posts
Educational Resource, Priority Diseases, Quality and Service Improvement
Increasing vaccine acceptance using evidence-based approaches and policies.
Africa, COVID-19, Priority Diseases
New COVID-19 variants fuelling Africa’s second wave.
Primary health care, Priority Diseases, WHO Global
WHO resolution on meningitis
Primary health care, Priority Diseases, WHO Global
Delivery of essential surgery by family physicians
Primary health care, Priority Diseases
Stroke rehabilitation in LMICs: a call to action
Innovating to Address Gender-Based Violence
Africa, Jhb DRC, Population Health and COPC, Primary health care, Priority Diseases, Research
Overcrowding and health in Johannesburg
Africa, Jhb DRC, Primary health care, Priority Diseases, Research
Arsenic and lead in gardens of Johannesburg
COVID-19, Educational Resource, Global Health, Priority Diseases
IPCRG – Working locally in primary care and collaborating globally to improve respiratory health
Strategies for palliative care in LMICs
Africa, COVID-19, Priority Diseases
The coping mechanisms the DRC is putting in place as it faces Ebola, measles and COVID-19
10th Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over
COVID-19, Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
WHO: Use of chest imaging in COVID-19
Africa, COVID-19, Priority Diseases
Guidelines for renal care of COVID-19 in Africa
COVID-19 Linked to Large Vessel Stroke in Young Adults
How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Free textbooks for COVID-19
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Covid-19 Watch: The Crisis Deepens
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
SA hospitals will struggle to cope with a likely exponential infection rate
Global Health, Priority Diseases
South Korea and Italy are contrasting case studies in dealing with pandemic
Global Health, Priority Diseases
COVID-19 Clinical Controversies
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Health Department: Covid-19 infections are here to stay until June or July
Global Health, Priority Diseases
WHO Webinar: Protection of health workers in COVID19 response
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Mental Health with COVID-19
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
No water, no room: Containing an outbreak in South Africa
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Clinical course and risks in COVID-19
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
SA clocks 85 Covid-19 cases
Global Health, Priority Diseases
UK coronavirus crisis ‘to last until spring 2021 and could see 7.9m hospitalised’
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Public Service Videos Available on Washing Your Hands and Preventing Sickness
Global Health, Priority Diseases
COVID-19 and the Global Health Workforce
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Ramaphosa declares national disaster as Covid-19 cases rise to 61, and SA heads for lockdown
Global Health, Priority Diseases
COVID-19: What Can the World Learn From Italy?
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Concern that hospitals won’t be able to cope with Covid-19
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19): a guide for UK GPs
Global Health, Priority Diseases
COVID-19: safe schools
Educational Resource, Priority Diseases
LSHTM Course: COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Intensive Care Society: Wellbeing Resource Library
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Whither Covid-19? An interview with SA’s chief virus hunter
Global Health, Primary health care, Priority Diseases
Coronavirus Is Exposing Deficiencies in U.S. Health Care
Global Health, Priority Diseases
New ‘Wuhan shake’ goes viral amid coronavirus fears
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Six more cases of coronavirus in SA
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Coronavirus: ‘Stop saying it’s a bad flu’ – Doctor fighting Italy outbreak shares dramatic account
Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
WHO Course: Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
The public health system and individual hygiene practices must be primed to deal with the coronavirus
Health Systems Information, Priority Diseases
Healthcare information for all
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Coronavirus (covid-19): Latest news and resources
COVID-19: Why has Africa been spared so far?
Priority Diseases, SA Health General
Are we ready for Covid-19? The South African government responds
Africa, Priority Diseases, WHO AFRO, WHO Guidelines
WHO: COVID-19 in Africa: from readiness to response
Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19
Coronavirus and the global economy: People will panic if there is a lack of transparency
Mapping 2019-nCoV
Educational Resource, Priority Diseases
WHO Course: Infection Prevention and Control for COVID-19
Patient Advice, Priority Diseases
Coronavirus incubation period could be 27 days, shows data
How will COVID-19 hit Africa?
Patient Advice, Priority Diseases
COVID-19 is here, now what?
Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
Daily WHO Updates on COVID-19
WHO pledges to support African countries on joint coronavirus disease preparedness and response strategy
Patient Advice, Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public
Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
Course on Emerging respiratory viruses, including nCoV
Coronavirus looms over Africa’s fragile health systems
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Even Without Symptoms, Wuhan Coronavirus May Spread, Experts Fear
Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
Latest WHO updates on the new coronavirus
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Health authorities monitor first SA patient suspected of having coronavirus
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Africa’s chances of a coronavirus outbreak extremely high, says WHO
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Spanish flu: the virus that changed the world
Global Health, Priority Diseases
Free resources on Corona Virus
WHO declares the new coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
Statement on the meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus
Improving vaccination uptake among adolescents
Lung cancer may soon be picked up by a blood test
Cervical cancer literacy
Communication around HPV vaccination for adolescents in LMICs
Optimal CPR compression rate and depth for neurologically intact survival — NIH study
Africa, Priority Diseases, WHO AFRO
Deaths from Democratic Republic of the Congo measles outbreak top 6000
Health Systems Information, Priority Diseases
Launch of Antimicrobial Stewardship Prescribing App
Human Resources, Priority Diseases
Nurses’ attitudes, beliefs, and emotions toward caring for adults with intellectual disabilities: An integrative review
Priority Diseases, Quality and Service Improvement
Rehabilitation medicine
More than 140 000 die from measles as cases surge worldwide
Antimicrobial stewardship in rural districts of South Africa: growing a positive culture
Review of the Strategic Response Plan for the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Global Health, NCDs, Priority Diseases
New ways to tackle leading causes of urban deaths
Measles making a deadly comeback across Africa
Announcing The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health
Human Resources, Population Health and COPC, Priority Diseases
Medication review service implementation in community pharmacy settings: Scoping review with focus on implementation studies
WHO News release: WHO launches first World report on vision
Priority Diseases, WHO Guidelines
An integrated approach to processing WHO-2016 verbal autopsy data: the InterVA-5 model
Associated Press: Verbal autopsies used in push to better track global deaths – Social autopsies
1000 survivors: Harnessing Hope to End an Ebola Outbreak
International Day of Older Persons, 1 October
Foreign Policy: The World Knows an Apocalyptic Pandemic Is Coming
WHO and partners launch emergency vaccination campaign to help contain world’s largest measles outbreak
Measles has now killed more people in DRC than Ebola – and almost all of them are children
Health Education System, Priority Diseases
Pocket Library for healthcare professionals and scholars in Ebola-affected areas
Economics, Financing and Payment Systems, Priority Diseases
The monetary value of human lives lost through Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Africa, Priority Diseases, WHO AFRO
Promoting innovation and access for neglected diseases in Africa
Population Health and COPC, Priority Diseases, Universal Health Coverage