HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice No. 188
Guías para programas nacionales y otros interesados directos
Reach the Unreached - FIND, TREAT, CURE TB, SAVE LIVES
Privind implementarea proiectului „sporirea rolului pacientului și a comunității în controlul Tuberculozei în moldova” anul 2012.
Raport elaborat de Centrul pentru Politici și Analize în Sănătate.
Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karykram (RBSK). Operational Guidelines
WHO Guideline. Since 2010, countries in the meningitis belt have started to introduce a new serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine conferring individual protection and herd immunity. Following the successful roll-out of this vaccine, epidemics due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) are... disappearing, but other serogroups (e.g. NmW, NmX and NmC) still cause epidemics, albeit at a lower frequency and of a smaller size. Due to these changes, WHO organized the review of the evidence to provide recommendations for epidemic control, related to operational thresholds for investigation and response to outbreaks, the use of rapid diagnostic tests, antibiotic regimens in epidemics, and prophylaxis for household contacts of cases
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Abuses against Women and Girls with Psychosocial or Intellectual Disabilities in institutions in India
Background: Little is known about post-traumatic stress (PTSD) prevalence rates in community samples. This is especially true for the African continent where child-soldiers, HIV/AIDS affected and orphans have been the target for PTSD prevalence studies. Objectives: The aim of this study is to invest...igate the indirect and direct exposure to 20 potentially traumatic events and its relation with PTSD in a Ugandan sample of senior 3rd year students and to perform cross-cultural comparisons with previous studies examining this age group. Socio-economic status, coping styles, negative affect, and somatization are further examined.
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The training focuses on building the capacity of health care workers at the primary and secondary level to address and manage TB in children.
Based on the survey, five principles for deinstitutionalization were identified: community-based services must be in place; the health workforce must be committed to change; political support at the highest and broadest levels is crucial; timing is key; and additional financial resources are needed.