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Community health workers in Lesotho: Experiences of health promotion activities

T. Seutloali; L. Napoles; N. Bam African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; AOSIS (2018) C2

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine ISSN: (Online) 2071-2936, (Print) 2071-2928

Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2016-17)

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) (2017) C1

Survey finding report

Nigeria: Harmonized Guidelines for the Administration, Disbursement, Monitoring and Fund Management of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund

Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) (2016) C1

Improving Financial Access to Health Services for the Poor in Nigeria - Brief: Community-based Health Insurance

Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria; National Health Insurance Scheme; National Primary Health Care et al. (2012) C_WHO

PACK On-site Training Resources COVID-19

Western Cape Government (health); Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK); University of Cape Town; Knowledge Translation Unit (University of Cape Tow Lung Institute) Western Cape Government (health); Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK); University of Cape Town; Knowledge Translation Unit (University of Cape Tow Lung Institute) (2020) C2

Primary Care Guide for the Adult· 2020 Western Cape Edition 20 March 2020

India: Guidelines for Disability Prevention and Medical Rehabilitation
recommended

National Leprosy Eradication Programme; National Health Mission; Ministry of Health & Social Welfare India Novartis Comprehensive Leprosy Care Association (2012) C1

Guidelines for Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Level Care

Adult HIV

Orell, C.; R. Kaplan, D. Woods Better Care (2017) CC

What health profressional need to know. An online learning programme Adult HIV is for primary care nurses, medical officers and lay counsellors. It covers management of HIV-infected adults at ... more

Child Healthcare

Woods, D. Better Care (2017) CC

A guide to common pediatric disorders. A online learning programme. Child healtcare is for GPs and paediatric nurses in primary care settings. It cover common and important clilnical problems in ch ... more

Guidelines for Ensuring Patient Access to, and Safe Management of, Controlled Medicines

African Palliative Care Association APCA (2010) C2

These guidelines have been developed in simple, user-friendly language and they explain the procedures for patients’ access to and the safe management of Schedule I and II drugs that are necessary for the treatment and relief of moderate to severe pain. They provide both procedures for acquisition ... more

Guidelines for the management of asthma in adults and adolescents: Position statement of the South African Thoracic Society – 2021 update

Lalloo, U.G.; Kalla, I.S.; Abdool-Gaffar, S. et al. African Journal of Thoracic and Critical Care Medicine (2021) CC

sthma prevalence is increasing worldwide, and surveys indicate that most patients in developed and developing countries, including South Africa, do not receive optimal care and are therefore not well controlled. Standard management guidelines adapte ... more

Managing People with Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease during COVID-19: Considerations for Health Providers, 3 June 2020

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

Primary care health centers and providers who care for individuals with hypertension and cardiovascular disease have an important role to play in e ... more

Screening for cardiovascular disease risk and subsequent management in low and middle income countries: challenges and opportunities

Bovet, P.; Chiolero, A.; Paccaud, F. et al. Public Health Reviews (2015) CC

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), mainly heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of premature mortality in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Identifying and managing individuals at high risk of CVD is an important strategy to prevent and control CVD, in addition to multisector ... al population-based interventions to reduce CVD risk factors in the entire population. Methods: We describe key public health considerations in identifying and managing individuals at high risk of CVD in LMICs. Results: A main objective of any strategy to identify individuals at high CVD risk is to maximize the number of CVD events averted while minimizing the numbers of individuals needing treatment. Scores estimating the total risk of CVD (e.g. ten-year risk of fatal and non-fatal CVD) are available for LMICs, and are based on the main CVD risk factors (history of CVD, age, sex, tobacco use, blood pressure, blood cholesterol and diabetes status). Opportunistic screening of CVD risk factors enables identification of persons with high CVD risk, but this strategy can be widely applied in low resource settings only if cost effective interventions are used (e.g. the WHO Package of Essential NCD interventions for primary health care in low resource settings package) and if treatment (generally for years) can be sustained, including continued availability ofaffordable medications and funding mechanisms that allow people to purchase medications without impoverishing them (e.g. universal access to health care). Thisalso emphasises the need to re-orient health systems in LMICs towards chronic diseases management. Conclusion: The large burden of CVD in LMICs and the fact that persons with high CVD can be identified and managed along cost-effective interventions mean that health systems need to be structured in a way that encourages patient registration, opportunistic screening of CVD risk factors, efficient procedures for the management of chronic conditions (e.g. task sharing) and provision of affordable treatment for those with high CVD risk. The focus needs to be in primary care because that is where most of the population can access health care and because CVD programmes can be run effectively at this level. more

Essential Package of Health Services

Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Liberia (2011) C1

Primary Care: The Community Health System

The ASSIST project - Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test

World Health Organization WHO (2010) C_WHO

The ASSIST package is developed to help the primary health professionals to detect and manage substance use and related problems in primary and general medical ... more

Where There Is No Doctor

David Werner Hesperian Health Guides (2013)

The most widely-used health care manual for health workers, educators, and others involved in primary health care and health promotion around the w ... more

Declaration of Astana
recommended

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Global Conference on Primary Health Care From Alma-Ata towards universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals Astana, Kazakhstan, 25 and 26 October 2018

Prevention, Screening and Control of Common Non-Communicable Diseases: Hypertension, Diabetes an Common Cancers (Oral, Breast, Cervix)

National Health Mission (2016) CC

Comprehensive Primary Health Care has an important role in the primary and secondary prevention of several disease conditions, including non-commun ... more

A Communication Skills Manual. (ZEDAP Training Modules)

Laver, Sue Ministry of Health, Zimbabwe; ZEDAP (1987) C1

The Ministry of Health, through the Zimbabwe Essential Drugs Action Programme, has produced this module for use by primary health care workers in Zimbabwe. The module aims to provide the minimum nec ... more

Chronic Medical Conditions

Bleyen Sjurugwi, L., et al. Ministry of Health, Zimbabwe; ZEDAP (1987) C1

The module aims to provide the minimum necessary knowledge for a nurse at a primary care unit. This material may also be used for the training of other workers.