Addresses the problematic to provide good laboratory services because of the quality and constancy of supply of laboratory reagents.
WHO TEchnical REport SEries No. 849
Guide pratique pour bien prescrire les médicaments - On y voit comment la prescription d’un médicament s’inscrit dans un processus participant de maintes considérations, quels principes président au choix d’un médicament, et comment constituer progressivement une liste de médicaments de... prédilection - des produits avec l’emploi desquels on s’est pleinement familiarisé en vue de les utiliser dans la pratique quotidienne. Des exemples illustrent la façon de choisir et de prescrire les médicaments, de s’assurer de l’observance du traitement et de communiquer véritablement avec les patients. Enfin, on examine les différentes sources d’information pharmaceutique en en décrivant les qualités et les défauts.
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DesInventar as a Disaster Information Management System: DesInventar is a conceptual and methodological tool for the generation of National Disaster Inventories and the construction of databases of damage, losses and in general the effects of disasters. The Disaster Information Management System is ...a tool that helps to analyze the disaster trends and their impacts in a systematic manner. With increased understanding of the disaster trends and their impacts, better prevention, mitigation and preparedness measures can be planned to reduce the impact of disasters on the communities.
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A guide for district health and rehabilitation managers.
This guide contains recommendations for strengthening disability prevention and rehabilitation within primary health care services. It is addressed to rehabilitation and general health care personnel within district health services, in partic...ular to the managers of those services
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A practical manual - The book provides step by step guidance
to the process of rational prescribing, together with many illustrative examples. It teaches skills that are necessary throughout a clinical career.
The principles and practice of the surgical lmanagment of wounds produced by missiles or explosions
A guide for strengthening the basic nursing curriculum
A Manual for mid-level rehabilitation workers.
This manual is to support the work of mid-level rehabilitation workers on their work with children or adults with spinal cord injury and their families. It refers to the physical effects of this type of injury, the different levels of injury and the ba...sic care of a person following a spinal cord injury. Available in Chinese and Mongolian, too
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A manual intended for medical and other personnel responsible for humanitarian activities in armed conflicts. It covers the following topics: setting up a health-care system that meets the essential needs of war victims, particularly of displaced persons; public health tools most frequently used for... evaluation, establishment of priorities, analysis of possible activities and their follow-up; protecting war victims and aspects of humanitarian law related to health; and lastly, ethical problems
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Drug Distribution and Control: Preparation and Handling
This Technical Assistance Bulletin is intended to assist pharmacists in the extemporaneous compounding of non-sterile drug products for individual patients. Included in this document is information on facilities and equipment, ingredient... selection, training, documentation and record keeping, stability and beyond-use dating, packaging and labeling, and limited batch compounding. This document is not intended for manufacturers or licensed repackagers.
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Una guía práctica para la prescripción de medicamentos - Muestra cómo la prescripción de un medicamento es un proceso que implica muchas consideraciones, qué principios rigen la elección de un medicamento y cómo construir gradualmente una lista de medicamentos preferidos, productos con los q...ue uno se ha familiarizado plenamente para su uso en la práctica diaria. Se dan ejemplos de cómo seleccionar y prescribir medicamentos, garantizar su cumplimiento y comunicarse eficazmente con los pacientes. Por último, se examinan las distintas fuentes de información farmacéutica, describiendo sus cualidades y deficiencias.
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