The mhGAP community toolkit: field test version is an integral part of WHO's Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP), and aims at scaling up services for people with mental health conditions to achieve universal health coverage.
The toolkit provides guidance for programme managers on how to i...dentify local mental health needs and tailor community services to match these needs. It offers practical information and necessary tools for community providers to promote mental health, prevent mental health conditions and expand access to mental health services.
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his profile is part of a series of Climate Risk Country Profiles developed by the World Bank Group (WBG). The country profile
synthesizes most relevant data and information on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation actions and policies
at the country level. The country profile ser...ies are designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better
integrate climate resilience in development planning and policy making.
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The guideline on Drug misuse: opioid detoxification, commissioned by NICE and developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, sets out clear, evidence-based recommendations for healthcare staff on how to work with people who misuse opioids to significantly improve their treatment a...nd care, and to deliver detoxification safely and effectively. Of the estimated 4 million people in the UK who use illicit drugs each year, approximately 50,000 misuse opioids (such as heroin, opium, morphine, codeine and methadone). Opioid misuse presents a considerable health risk and can lead to significant social problems. This NICE guideline is an important tool in helping people to overcome their drug problem.
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After a decade of crisis, Syria remains one of the world鈥檚 most complex humanitarian crises. Continued hostilities, new and protracted displacement, increased returns and the sustained destruction of communities have impacted Syrians鈥 lives and futures in a devastating way. The 2021 Humanitarian... Needs Overview (HNO) identified that 13.4 million people, more than half of country鈥檚 pre-crisis population, need humanitarian support. Of this figure, 12.4 million require health care.
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Die Versorgung von schutzbed眉rftigen Gefl眉chteten ist eine moralische Verpflichtung, der Deutschland nicht gerecht wird.
Wie gro脽 die Bereitschaft in Deutschland ist, Gefl眉chtete aufzunehmen, hat die Reaktion der Bev枚lkerung auf die humanit盲re Krise, ausgel枚st durch den Angriffskrieg
Russla...nds auf die Ukraine, gezeigt. In der Verteidigungs- und Au脽enpolitik haben
wir einen Paradigmenwechsel gesehen. Notwendig ist ein solcher Paradigmenwechsel
auch bez眉glich der Verantwortung gegen眉ber 脺berlebenden von Krieg, Folter und
Flucht allgemein.
Gesundheit ist ein Menschenrecht. Doch werden Menschen mit Fluchterfahrung
h盲ufig mit ihren Belastungen alleingelassen, obgleich zahlreiche v枚lkerrechtliche
脺bereinkommen Deutschland verpflichten, bei Bedarf eine psychosoziale Beglei-
tung und/oder therapeutische Behandlung bereitzustellen
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Consultancy Report May 2022
Despite the continuing war in Ukraine, the Government is preparing for the country鈥檚 recovery and reconstruction. Given the magnitude of the attacks on the health infrastructure and consequent disruption to health system functioning, reconstruction of the health system is integral to the country鈥...檚 recovery. The immediate priorities are to restore essential services, respond to new physical and mental health needs, protect public health, and provide a secure and attractive environment for the return of both health professionals and the general population. This policy note identifies strategic directions for post-war health system recovery in the short and longer terms, while sustaining essential health services during the ongoing invasion
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For health care providers.
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality in the world. According to estimates by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (UN MMEIG)1 in September 2017, while the African Region had recorded a significant decline in maternal mortali...ty rate (MMR) of 37.8% between 2000 and 2017, 66% of the 295 000 maternal deaths reported globally occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Region is also noted to have an extremely high MMR, estimated at 542 per 100000 livebirths, with an average annual rate of reduction of 2.9%.
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Las infecciones del sitio quir煤rgico (ISQ) constituyen una de las Infecciones Asociadas al Cuidado de la Salud (IACS) m谩s frecuentes que ponen en riesgo a los pacientes llevando muchas veces al fracaso del procedimiento quir煤rgico. Con una incidencia mucho mayor en pa铆ses de medianos y bajos ing...resos, representa un desaf铆o de la pr谩ctica m茅dica cotidiana que compromete la salud y la seguridad de los pacientes. La indicaci贸n de profilaxis primaria con antibi贸ticos en relaci贸n a los procedimientos invasivos, tiene como objetivo disminuir la incidencia de infecciones con la consecuente disminuci贸n de la morbimortalidad debiendo utilizarse 煤nicamente en aquellos procedimientos en los que hay evidencia de efectividad. Cabe destacar que la indicaci贸n inadecuada, tiene potenciales efectos adversos tales como infecciones por Clostridium difficile, emergencia de resistencia
bacteriana, reacciones adversas a drogas e incremento de los costos en salud.
La profilaxis antibi贸tica como complemento de una buena t茅cnica quir煤rgica, es una medida costo efectiva de prevenci贸n de las ISQ representando alrededor del 30% de la indicaci贸n de antibi贸ticos entre los pacientes hospitalizados. Dado que en algunos estudios el uso inapropiado de antibi贸ticos se ve reflejado en el 40 al
80% de las indicaciones m茅dicas, desde la Comisi贸n de Infecciones Asociadas al Cuidado de la Salud y Seguridad del Paciente de SADI hemos realizado una actualizaci贸n de la evidencia disponible. Este documento es una acci贸n complementaria al consenso 鈥淧revenci贸n de Infecci贸n del Sitio Quir煤rgico鈥 realizado entre SADI y el Instituto Nacional de Epidemiolog铆a 鈥淛. Jara鈥 durante el Congreso de SADI 2015.
La posibilidad de contar con una gu铆a actualizada de profilaxis quir煤rgica adaptada a nuestro medio, constituye una herramienta de uso cotidiano por parte de los profesionales del equipo quir煤rgico que permite la optimizaci贸n de la utilizaci贸n de f谩rmacos restringiendo as铆 la emergencia y diseminaci贸n de la resistencia bacteriana. Sin duda esperamos que pueda ser de utilidad para el equipo de salud.
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The WHO鈥疎bola Virus Disease (EVD) Clinical management: living guidance鈥痗ontains the Organization鈥檚 most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management of people with EVD. Providing guidance that is comprehensive and holistic for the optimal care of patients with EVD throughout their il...lness is important.
The living guidance is available in both pdf format (via the 鈥楧ownload鈥 button) and via an鈥痮nline platform in both French and English, and is updated regularly as new evidence emerges.
This first version of the Clinical management for EVD living guidance contains four new recommendations regarding use of therapeutics for EVD, this includes two strong recommendations for the use of monoclonal antibody therapies. This new living guideline is written to accompany the optimized supportive care (oSoC) for EVD standard operating procedures (5, 6). The living guideline aims to summarize high quality evidence for EVD therapeutics and make recommendations for their use.
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This profile is part of a series of Climate Risk Country Profiles developed by the World Bank Group (WBG). The country profile synthesizes most relevant data and information on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation actions and policies at the country level. The country profile seri...es are designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better integrate climate resilience in development planning and policy making. This effort is managed and led by Veronique Morin (Senior Climate Change Specialist, WBG) and Ana E. Bucher (Senior Climate Change Specialist, WBG)
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Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an important role in helping countries integrate climate action into their core development agendas. The World Bank Group is committed to supporting client countries to invest in and build a... low-carbon, climate-resilient future, helping them to be better prepared to adapt to current and future climate impacts
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This profile is part of a series of Climate Risk Country Profiles developed by the World Bank Group (WBG). The country profile
synthesizes most relevant data and information on climate change, disaster risk reduction, and adaptation actions and policies
at the country level. The country profile se...ries are designed as a quick reference source for development practitioners to better
integrate climate resilience in development planning and policy making.
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The Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research (the framework) aims to provide values and principles, tools and mechanisms to support Member States and key stakeholders to mitigate and prevent biorisks and govern dual-u...se research.
The framework adopts the One health approach and focuses on the role that responsible life sciences research can play in preventing and mitigating risks caused by accidents, inadvertent or deliberate misuse with the intention to cause harm to humans, nonhuman animals, plants and agriculture, and the environment.
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The war in Ukraine has had devasting impact on women and girls
worldwide, widening gender gaps and increasing rates of food insecurity, malnutrition and energy poverty. This brief reviews the available evidence of that impact, recommending urgent attention to its consequences for women and girls. I...ts findings underline the global impacts on gender equality and women鈥檚 rights that have been compounded by climate change, environmental degradation and the COVID-19 pandemic,
demonstrating further entrenched inequalities and human rights violations.
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On average across 34 countries, more than half of all adults surveyed (56%) say climate change has already had a severe effect in the area where they live. More than seven in ten (71%), including a majority in every single country, expect climate change will have a severe effect in their area over t...he next 10 years. One-third (35%) expect to be displaced from their home as a result of climate change in the next 25 years.
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The 2018 NDHS is a national sample survey that provides up-to-date information on demographic and health indicators. The sample was selected using a stratified, two-stage cluster design, with enumeration areas (EAs) as the sampling units for the first stage. The second stage was a complete listing o...f households carried out in each of the 1,400 selected EAs. The target groups were women age 15-49 and men age 15-59
in randomly selected households across Nigeria. A representative sample of approximately 42,000 households was selected for the survey. One-third of the households (14,000) were selected for malaria, anaemia, and genotype testing of children age 6-59 months. Also, in the subsample of households selected
for the men鈥檚 survey, one eligible woman in each household was randomly selected for additional questions regarding domestic violence. Specifically, information was collected on fertility levels, marriage, fertility preferences, awareness and use of family planning methods, child feeding practices, nutritional status of women and children, adult and childhood mortality, awareness and attitudes regarding
HIV/AIDS, and female genital mutilation. The survey also assessed the nutritional status (according to weight and height measurements) of women and children in these households. In addition to presenting national estimates, the report provides estimates of key indicators for both rural and urban areas, the country鈥檚 six geopolitical zones and 36 states, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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The 2019 SLDHS is a national sample survey that provides up-to-date information on demographic and health indicators. The sample was selected using a stratified, two-stage cluster design, with enumeration areas (EAs) as the sampling units for the first stage. The second stage was a complete listing ...of households carried out in each of the 578 selected EAs. The target groups were women age 15-49 and men age 15-59 in
randomly selected households across the country. A representative sample of approximately 13,872 households was selected for the survey. Half of the households (6,936) were selected for biomarker and men鈥檚 interview. The men鈥檚 survey was conducted in half (50%) of the sample households, and all men age 15-59 in these households were included. In this subsample, one eligible woman in each household was randomly selected to be asked additional questions about domestic violence.
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Climate change is already having severe impacts across our planet, bringing new and previously unimaginable challenges to the people least responsible for greenhouse gas emissions.
This report, the first we鈥檝e released jointly in the history of our organizations, provides a sobering review of h...ow just one of those challenges 鈥 the increase in deadly heat-waves 鈥 threatens to drive new emergency needs in the not-so-distant future.
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