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Online learning for WHO priority diseases with pandemic potential: evidence from existing courses and preparing for Disease X

Archives of Public Health, 2023
Background OpenWHO is the open-access learning platform of the World Health Organization (WHO) that provides online learning for health emergencies with essential health knowledge for emergencies. There is emphasis for courses on severe emerging diseases
Heini Utunen, Anna Tokar, Mafalda Dancante, Corentin Piroux   +3 more
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Insights on Public Health Professionals Non-technical Skills in an Emergency Response (Multi-Team System) Environment

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This paper provides practitioner and academic insights into the importance of examining non-technical skills in a multiteam system emergency response. The case of public health professionals is highlighted, illustrated with unique qualitative field data ...
Andrew Black, Olivia Brown, Heini Utunen, Gaya Gamhewage, Julie Gore   +4 more
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Intermittent water supply and self-rated health in rural China's karst region

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionWith rapid economic and social development, surging demand for domestic water, and the increasing shortage of water resources, the applications of intermittent water supply systems have become more common in rural China and other developing ...
Guoyong Wu, Guoyong Wu, Guoyong Wu, Jianwei Cheng, Fan Yang, Noman Riaz   +5 more
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The Evaluation Capacity Development Group

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2006
Last February, Craig Russon served as a resource person at The World Bank’s Global Grantmaking for Small Grants Workshop (Russon, 2005). During his presentation on tracking results and measuring effectiveness, he advanced the idea that the evaluation ...
Craig Russon, Karen Russon
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Managing Water and Wastewater Services in Finland, 1860–2020 and Beyond

Earth, 2022
Water and wastewater services are invaluable for communities. The aim of this article is to understand and explain the overall long-term development of water services in Finland in the wider PESTEL framework with policy implications for the future.
Tapio S. Katko, Petri S. Juuti, Riikka P. Juuti, Eric J. Nealer   +3 more
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Evaluation capacity development in Africa: Current landscape of international partners’ initiatives, lessons learned and the way forward

African Evaluation Journal, 2014
Despite the copious resources allocated by international development partners to enhance African countries’ capacity to evaluate the performance and impact of development programmes and policies, most evaluation capacity building (ECB) efforts have not ...
Michele Tarsilla
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Online capacity building for the health workforce: the case of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response for the African region

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023
Background: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) has developed a comprehensive capacity development programme to support the successful implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response 3rd edition ...
Boukare Bonkoungou, Heini Utunen, Ambrose O. Talisuna, Gillian O’Connell, Etien Koua, Dick D. Chamla, Elham Arabi, Anna Tokar, Abdou S. Gueye   +8 more
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A meta-analysis of public microarray data identifies gene regulatory pathways deregulated in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus compared to those without

BMC Medical Genomics, 2016
Background Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a complex, multi-systemic, autoimmune disease for which the underlying aetiological mechanisms are poorly understood. The genetic and molecular processes underlying lupus have been extensively investigated
Wendy Kröger, Darlington Mapiye, Jean-Baka Domelevo Entfellner, Nicki Tiffin   +3 more
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Agricultural water use efficiency and spatial spillover effect considering undesired output in China

Water Policy, 2022
Solving the problem of agricultural water use efficiency is an effective means to understand the agricultural ecological civilization and food security. In order to balance the relationship between agricultural water efficiency and regional economic size,
Dong Rui, Noman Riaz, Wu Guoyong, Gao Qiang   +3 more
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Disinflation, external vulnerability, and fiscal intransigence: some unpleasant Mundellian arithmetic

Journal of Applied Economics, 2019
This paper examines the policy challenges that a country faces when it wants to both reduce inflation and maintain a sustainable external position. Robert Mundell’s policy assignment framework suggests that these two goals may be mutually incompatible ...
Evan C. Tanner
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