e rapport conjoint de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé(OMS) et du Programme des Nations unies pour lesétablissements humains (ONU-Habitat), intitulé La Face cachéedes villes : Mettre au jour et vaincre les inégalités en santé enmilieu urbain, montre que certains habitants des villes sont...particulièrement exposés à une multitude de maladies et deproblèmes de santé. Ce rapport propose des informations et des outils dont lespouvoirs publics et les responsables locaux peuvent se servirpour lutter contre les inégalités en santé dans leur ville. Il n’apas pour objectif de comparer les inégalités en santé entrepopulations rurales et citadines. De fait, étant différentes depar leur ampleur et leur distribution, les inégalités en santédans les zones urbaines appellent des actions spécifiques.
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The EHSP in Botswana seeks to attain universal coverage of high-quality package of essential health services. The EHSP is an integrated collection of cost-effective interventions, promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative, that address the main diseases, injuries and risk factors that affe...ct the population. The EHSP has two key purposes:
1) Provide a standardized package of basic services which forms the core of service delivery in all primary health care facilities
2) Promote a redistribution of health services by providing equitable access, especially in underserved areas, population, etc.
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The Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) is a user-friendly guide for policy- and decision-makers at national and local levels to: identify and analyse inequities in health between people living in various parts of cities, or belonging to different socioeconomic groups with...in and across cities; facilitate decisions on viable and effective strategies, interventions and actions that should be used to reduce inter- and intra-city health inequities.
Also available in French and Spanish: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/79060
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Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010; 50:291–322
“towards quality health and social welfare services”
Second Generation, WHO Country Cooperation Strategy, 2010–2015, Namibia
Enhancing Men’s Role in HIV Prevention
The health of the people and health services are in crisis, and together as partners this plan commits us to strategies aimed at achieving our goal of:
Strengthened primary health care for all, and improved service delivery for the rural majority and the urban disadvantaged.
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Specific Objectives
• To increase the knowledge and awareness of personnel on chemical management.
• To educate the personnel on the potential adverse health effects of chemical exposure.
• To educate the personnel on the existing laws pertaining to handling of hazardous
chemicals.
• To... promote safe and healthy work practices among personnel during chemical handling.
• To guide the personnel on transportation, storage and disposal of hazardous chemicals.
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The review’s objectives are to review progress in TB control with emphasis on DOTS strategy implementation, summarize the experience, lessons learnt and methods of work and to make recommendations for international donors, technical agencies and the Ministry of Health.
La politique en matière de Santé de la Reproduction définit les grandes orientations
en matière de santé de la reproduction. Elle répond aux questions importantes sur
des thèmes comme les droits en matière de santé de la reproduction, la nature des
services qui doivent être disponibles ...et les règles générales de leur prestation.
La politique de SR sert de référence aux décideurs nationaux et aux partenaires du
développement socio-sanitaire pour la planification et les interventions.
Elle est une composante de la politique sanitaire nationale et un élément de
promotion de la santé des groupes vulnérables que sont entre autres les femmes, les
enfants, les adolescents et les jeunes.
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