Explore 2016-17 estimates of FP2020 Core Indicators in these country Summary Sheets produced by FP2020 and Track20.
The research document aims to address the problem of maternal mortality, seeking to understand the importance of emergency referral and institutional delivery in reducing this number.
Swahili Translation of Neonatal Resuscitation for skilled healthworkers showing bag and mask resuscitation.
Accessed on 20.10.2020
These statistical profiles present the latest available data on female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) for 30 countries where FMG/C is concentrated. They provide figures on how widespread the practice of FGM/C is, when and how it is performed, and what women and men thin...k about the practice. Trends in prevalence and attitudes are also presented.
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This website was launched in January to advocate for the new WHO ORS/Zinc co-packaging recommendation (for diarrhoea treatment) and seek to remove barriers and exploit opportunities to the uptake of the recommendation in LMICs. As a part of this work we are establishing a knowledge base on the statu...s of ORS and Zinc around the world
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Information sheet - Diarrhoea control with ORS and Zink
Globalization and Health 2014, 10:1. Open Access. Please download fromm the website
Here you can find links to websites, publications, and other resources containing useful information for global surgical advocacy.
Based on the recently updated 2018 WHO-WFSA International Standards for a Safe Practice of Anaesthesia the WFSA has developed the Anaesthesia Facility Assessment Tool (AFAT) in order to help regional and national anaesthesia and health care leadership to gather data about anaesthesia workforce, equi...pment, medicines and practice at the facility level.
The AFAT is part of a shared effort to improve data collection and knowledge management in support of the implementation of World Health Assembly Resolution 68.15 and to ensure that anaesthesia is represented in national health planning and in National Surgical, Obstetric & Anaesthesia Plans (NSOAPs).
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La cirugía que se realiza en víctimas de una situación de conflicto armado es en general diferente a las que se efectúan en tipos diversos de trauma. Las heridas originadas en conflictos armados son causadas por balas o fragmentos de la explosión de minas o bombas y siempre se consideran lesion...es contaminadas. Para estas intervenciones es importante que los médicos cirujanos, anestesiólogos y enfermeras comprendan las particularidades de las heridas generadas en el conflicto y que tengan un rápido acceso a los conocimientos de como proceder en tales casos. Esta Guía aspira contribuir con estos propósitos.
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This film explains what a retained placenta is, why it is important to be removed and the essential steps that need to be taken. It shows how to perform the procedure effectively by hand.
This film is for use in health worker training
This inventory has been compiled by WHO/Europe to help facilitate monitoring and reporting of national policies for the prevention of violence and injuries, in close collaboration with national focal persons officially nominated by ministries of health and with support from the European Commission (...EC).
The documents in the inventory reflect policy initiatives undertaken at national level in countries across the Region by different sectors involved in the prevention of violence and injuries, such as health, justice, interior, social affairs, transport.
Information can be viewed and searched on a country basis or in a summary table, listing all countries, by clicking one of the tabs above. This facilitates the sharing of information by Member States and comparisons across the WHO European Region.
This inventory is one of the products of a joint WHO/EC project on preventing injury and promoting safety in Europe.
More information about prevention of violence and injuries can be found in the WHO/Europe website on violence and injury prevention.
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The cervix is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (the hollow, pear-shaped organ where a foetus can grow). The cervix leads from the uterus to the vagina (birth canal) below.
Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common cancer among South African women, but the cancer women die of most in our country. ...Women in South Africa have a 1 in 42 lifetime risk of cervical cancer (NCR 2019).
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This video shows examples of babies with many of the signs of critical illness and includes the first care of the sick baby before referral.
A range of learning resources for primary health care of the newborn are available