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Foresight Papers
A Dangerous Divide: The State of Inequality in Malawi
Malawi has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years, but the gains of this growth have not been spread evenly and the gap between rich and poor has widened at...
Evidence Reviews
Evaluation of Ebola Response – Uganda
In recent months Uganda has experienced three separate Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) outbreaks. Two Ebola outbreaks in the districts of Kibaale and Luwero and one Marburg event in Kabaale. URCS...
Evidence Reviews
Health Epidemics Evaluation Report
In 2012 Uganda experienced many disease outbreaks including Measles, Ebola, Marburg and Nodding disease. Two Ebola outbreaks and one Marburg event were in quick succession and placed the Ministry of...
Evidence Reviews
Public Health Risk Assessment and Interventions – The Horn of Africa: Drought and Famine Crisis
The purpose of this public health risk assessment is to provide health professionals in United Nations agencies, nongovernmental organizations, international and local organizations, donor agencies and local authorities, who are...
Evidence Reviews
Zimbabwe 2008-2009 Cholera Outbreak Crisis Review
This After Action Review (AAR) covered CARE’s responses to the Cholera Crisis in Zimbabwe from 2008 to 2009. The purpose of this AAR is to contribute to CARE’s understanding of...
Background Reports
Reviewing Emergencies for Swaziland – Shifting the Paradigm in a New Era
The world’s highest HIV prevalence and the increasing number of deaths due to AIDS is having unprecedented impact on Swaziland. Worryingly, with a generation of orphans and rapidly escalating poverty,...
Background Reports
Interview with Francisco Songane: Evidence of Impact of Human Rights-Based Approaches to Health
Dr. Francisco Songane was Mozambique’s minister of health from 2000 to 2004. During his tenure, he oversaw the introduction of innovative strategies to tackle malaria and hepatitis B. In addition...
Background Reports
Transforming Policy into Justice: The Role of Health Advocates in Mozambique
Despite expanding policy commitments in many poor countries, health care is often a failure at the point of delivery. Lack of information, poor enforcement, and power dynamics prevent those whose...
Evidence Reviews
The First Mile: Community Experience of Outbreak Control during an Ebola Outbreak in Luwero District, Uganda
A major challenge to outbreak control lies in early detection of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) in local community contexts during the critical initial stages of an epidemic, when risk of...
Foresight Papers
Zika Virus Risk Assessment in the WHO African Region: A Technical Report
The main objective of this analysis was to assess the risk of Zika virus outbreak by country in theWHO African region and their capacity to contain it from becoming an...
Foresight Papers
Mapping the Risk and Distribution of Epidemics in the WHO African Region: A Technical Report
Through this study, several products have been developed including time series graphs of outbreak and epidemic occurrence by country, maps of the ecologies of the PHEIC diseases and epidemics, the...
Tools
A Toolkit for Integrated Vector Management in sub-Saharan Africa
This toolkit for integrated vector management (IVM) is designed to help national and regional programme managers coordinate across sectors to design and run large IVM programmes. It is an extension...