Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) treated with a pyrethroid insecticide and the synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO) have become available. Two of these nets (Olyset®Plus and PermaNet®3.0) have a WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) interim recommendation as LLINs
The Lancet Global Health: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30098-5
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Information leaflets can be downloaded free of charge from http://www.lgl.bayern.de/gesundheit/infektionsschutz/asylbewerber_gesundheit/index.htm under the section "Asylbewerber und Gesundheit". Also available in following language versions: Arabic, Bulgarian, German, French, Greek, Italian, Croati...an, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (kyrillic or latin), Spanish, Turkish, Hungarian.
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The Countdown country profile presents in one place the best and latest evidence to enable an assessment of a country’s progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)
(Published with Decision No. 3003/QðBYT dated 19/8/2009 of the Minister of Health)
On the appropriate use of gloves with respect to hand hygiene.
The guidelines acknowledge that overcrowding, unhygienic conditions and high inmate turn over contribute to the spread of infectious diseases within correctional facilities. The document states that voluntary HIV counselling and testing must be offered to all inmates when they enter facilities, duri...ng their incarceration at an inmate’s request and upon their release. All inmates must be screened for TB symptoms upon entry to facilities and at least bi-annually thereafter as well as upon release. Universal screening for anal, oral and genital STIs must be done at entry and upon self-presentation
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Cards for Correct and Incorrect Components of Evidence-based Focused ANC (including birth preparedness, complication readiness and recognition of danger signs)