Over the past 50 years, dengue has spread from nine to over a hundred countries, making it the most rapidly spreading vector-borne disease. Yet, dengue continues to have a low profile among policy-makers and donors and does not receive the media attention it deserves. While there is no vaccine or cu...re for dengue, it can be managed and prevented. We need a renewed commitment to integrated programming that includes improved management and diagnosis, increased awareness and community participation in controlling the vector and enhanced environmental sanitation
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Open Journal of Psychiatry, 2014, 4, 390-395
Published Online October 2014 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojpsych
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojpsych.2014.44045
Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone
Working Paper Series: No. 26
DHS Working Papers No. 110 | Zimbabwe Working Papers No. 11
DHS Working Papers No. 112 | Zimbabwe Working Papers No. 13
Compendium of Case Studies
Mende Ebola Guidance Package
International Journal for Equity in Health 2014, 13:24
Summary of key informant interviews with representatives of organizations providing, funding, or supporting WASH services to refugee populations
DHS Working Papers No. 103
DHS Working Papers No. 104.
The revised guidelines present two major changes to existing guidelines: (A) there are now just 2 categories of pneumonia instead of 3 (“pneumonia” which is treated at home with oral amoxicillin and “severe pneumonia” which requires injectable antibiotics) and (B) oral amoxicillin replaces o...ral cotrimoxazole as first line treatment, preferably in 250mg dispersible tablet form, twice daily for five days which can be reduced to three days in low HIV settings.
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What are the political, economic, social and security implications of the Ebola crisis, with a particular focus on Sierra Leone?