Reprinted from Australian Family Physician Vol. 39, No. 10, october 2010
Web page access : 28.04.2017
Guidance for the prevention of volcanic ash rain: before, during and after the ash rain
On the road to ending TB
Highlights from the 30 highest TB burden countries
Towards ending tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Improving the management of childhood tuberculosis within national tuberculosis programmes: research priorities based on a literature review
WHO/HTM/TB/2007.381, 07.02
Update 2021; Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
Tuberculosis MDR-TB & XDR-TB The 2008 Report
Eur Respir J 2014; 43: 24–35 | DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00113413
Fifth interim report to the SMAC program, DFID Freetown
Key strategies for preventing further infection are isolation of the patient in an Ebola care facility, “safe burial”, and quarantine of those exposed to Ebola cases. Equally important is social recognition that isolation, safe burial and ...quarantine are necessary to break the transmission chain. Thus it is important to ask how, and how quickly, communities learn about the risks of infection and the necessity of steps to reduce and eliminate these risks
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2nd edition. There have been many requests over the past few years for advice about what information should be included in a patient record for leprosy. The patient record should contain the essential information for the clinical management of the patients, for monitoring adherence to MDT, and for r...eporting to the national programmes and to WHO. Patient records vary between countries due to differences in health systems and are modified from time to time. The Model Patient Record is recommended as a reference and as a check list when evaluating programmes and when reviewing existing patient records.
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