Policy briefs & recommendations

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Policy briefs and recommendations  are our evidence-based recommendations for policy.

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Title Collaborator Practice Area Date created
Antenatal corticosteroids for improving preterm birth outcomes pdf (535.9 KB)
WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids for improving preterm birth outcomes.
Gender and Women’s Health (Nossal) and World Health Organization teams.  Women’s Health 2022 
Assessment of postpartum blood loss and use of a treatment bundle for postpartum haemorrhage pdf (639.4 KB)
WHO recommendations on the assessment of postpartum blood loss and use of a treatment bundle for postpartum haemorrhage.
Gender and Women’s Health (Nossal) and World Health Organization teams.  Women’s Health 2023 
Labour and childbirth for improved quality of care pdf (206.0 KB)
Companion of choice during labour and childbirth for improved quality of care.
Gender and Women’s Health (Nossal) and World Health Organization teams.  Women’s Health 2020 
Migrant and refugee community participation in sport pdf (87.6 KB)
Tips for clubs and community programs seeking to increase migrant and refugee
Dana Young and Karen Block.  Equity and Inclusion 2024 
Primary health care service delivery redesign for the COVID-19 new normal pdf (169.4 KB)
Evidence from the Western Pacific Region on stewardship of primary health care for effective pandemic response for WHO-WPRO
Daniel Strachan, Matthew Reeve, and Louise Freijser et al.  Health system strengthening 2021 
Tocolytic therapy for improving preterm birth outcomes. pdf (535.9 KB)
WHO recommendations on tocolytic therapy for improving preterm birth outcomes.
Gender and Women’s Health (Nossal) and World Health Organization teams.  Women’s Health 2022 
Recommendations for Indonesia’s National Cervical Cancer Policy (620.7 KB)
Analysis and actions for improving the efficacy of Indonesia’s vaccination and screening coverage.
Siswanto Agus Wilopo, Linda Rae Bennett, and Barbara McPake et al.  Women’s Health 2023 
Rekomendasi untuk Kebijakan Nasional Kanker Serviks di Indonesia (2.8 MB)
Analisis dan saran untuk meningkatkan efektivitas pelaksanaan Vaksinasi dan Skrining di Indonesia
Siswanto Agus Wilopo, Linda Rae Bennett, and Barbara McPake et al.  Women’s Health 2023 
Regional Asia Pacific Road Map Triple Elimination-mother-child-transmission HIV Syphilis Hepatitis B pdf (2.5 MB)
The report aims to provide progress updates and essential guidance to countries in their pursuit of achieving the triple elimination of HIV, hepatitis B and syphilis among children by 2030.
Shazra Abbas , Daniel Strachan, Matthew Reeve, Victoria Oliver, Kirsty Teague & Noor Shah Kamawal with UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO  Disease prevention and management 2025 
Scaling Up One Health Approaches In The Greater Mekong Subregion pdf (12.2 MB)
This publication provides an overview of One Health in the GMS and its relationship to addressing climate change there. It details One Health activities in the subregion and recommends how they can be
Rikard Elfving, ADB; Jane Parry; and Eric Neumann  One Health 2024 
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision and uptake of Non-Covid essential health services in Indonesia pdf (29.7 MB)
A series of recommendations are proposed which aim at protecting the effective supply, as well as feasible and safe utilization, of essential services in the case of future pandemics or other health
Dr Tiara Marthias, Clare Strachan, Prof. Linda Bennett, Mitha Eka, in collaboration with the Center for Health Policy and Management, University of Gadjah Mada  Health system strengthening 2025 
Rapid evaluation of West Timor rabies outbreak response and options pdf (2.4 MB)
Development of additional evidence to guide advocacy and decision-making for the control of canine rabies in West Timor, Indonesia: Economic and epidemiological evaluation of current and future c
Max Barot, Justin McKinley, Moinul Hasan, Angus Campbell, Mark Stevenson  One Health 2024