Ethiopia National Infection Prevention and Control Policy

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The Ministry of Health Ethiopia, in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders; in line with internationally acclaimed standardized recommendations has developed this National Infection Prevention and Control Policy for Health Care Services to assist health care workers and other IPC stakeholders in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of IPC programs in Ethiopia. The Ministry remains […]

Ethiopia National Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance Guideline

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Ethiopia National Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance Guideline is intended to serve as a guide for health care professionals in general, and for IPC professionals in particular, to ensure that the critical elements and methods of surveillance for health care-associated infections (HAIs) are incorporated into their practice. It provides guidance for each of the surveillance […]

Ethiopia national IPC reference manual, Volume 2: Advanced and special settings

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Full title: National infection prevention and control reference manual for healthcare service providers and managers, Volume 2: Advanced and special settings infection prevention and control, Third edition. The manual is divided in two volumes: Volume I covers general IPC and Volume II addresses more advanced IPC and special settings. The document serves as a standardized […]

Ethiopia national IPC reference manual, Volume 1: General infection prevention and control

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Full title: National infection prevention and control reference manual for healthcare service providers and managers, Volume 1: General infection prevention and control, Third edition. The manual is divided in two volumes: Volume I covers general IPC and Volume II addresses more advanced IPC and special settings. The document serves as a standardized IPC reference manual […]

Unleashing the full potential of 7-1-7

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From signals to systems: Strengthening epidemic readiness through climate-informed strategies

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This issue brief outlines how Resolve to Save Lives is supporting governments to strengthen epidemic readiness by integrating climate data into health systems. Key strategies include building epidemic risk monitoring systems using real-time climate data, improving communication of climate-health risks, embedding climate-sensitive protocols into health policy and developing resilient primary health care infrastructure. These efforts […]

Foundations for sustainable health: A blueprint for building epidemic-ready and climate-resilient primary health care

This blueprint outlines our model for epidemic-ready, climate-resilient and sustainable primary health care infrastructure using an all-hazard approach. We urge national governments to embed resilience into health and infrastructure planning. We call on donors to support integrated, scalable investments and help countries learn from what works. And we encourage facility leaders and communities to codesign and […]

From 18 countries to yours: Actionable 7‑1‑7 bottleneck insights

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The 7-1-7 Alliance to identifies global patterns in the barriers to outbreak detection, notification and response and provides an example of how countries can leverage their own 7-1-7 bottleneck data to inform investments, prioritization and accelerate performance improvement.

Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care (ERPHC) framework and technical package

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Development and Implementation of a Public Health Event Management System, Nigeria, 2018–2024

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A research agenda for urban health security

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Development of a Subnational Health Security Capacities Assessment Tool: Lessons From Nigeria and Implications for the Implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Strategy

Development of a Subnational Health Security Capacities Assessment Tool: Lessons From Nigeria and Implications for the Implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Strategy

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Using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy

Using timeliness metrics for household contact tracing and TB preventive therapy in the private sector, India

Can 7-1-7 help household contacts of tuberculosis patients get started on preventive therapy? In the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, our colleagues at International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease used a mixed-methods approach to assess the feasibility of the timeliness metric in the private sector in Chennai, India. Among 263 index patients, […]

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