The progressive development of peoples is an object of deep interest and concern to the Church. This is particularly true in the case of those peoples who are trying to escape the ravages of hunger, poverty, endemic disease and ignorance; of those who are seeking a larger share in the benefits of ci...vilization and a more active improvement of their human qualities; of those who are consciously striving for fuller growth.
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How WHO works to prevent drug use, reduce harm and improve safe access to medicines
Handout
New Modules
Accessed: 09.03.2020
Un análisis desde la perspectiva del sector de la salud en América Latina y el Caribe
Washington, D.C., 2017
An essential resource that helps a community understand, treat, and prevent many health problems that affect women. Topics include reproductive health, violence, mental health, HIV, and more.
Rapporto ISS COVID-19, n. 6/2020
Gruppo di Lavoro ISS Cause di morte COVID-19
Versione del 27 marzo 2020
The 2020 edition of the World malaria report takes a historical look at key milestones that helped shape the global response to the disease over the last 2 decades – a period of unprecedented success in malaria control. The report features a detailed analysis on progress towards the 2020 milestone...s of WHO’s global malaria strategy and a special section on malaria and the COVID-19 pandemic.
As in past years, the report provides an up-to-date assessment of the burden of malaria at global, regional and country levels. It tracks investments in malaria programmes and research as well as progress across all intervention areas. This latest report draws on data from 87 countries and territories with ongoing malaria transmission.
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Urge una respuesta regional ante una crisis migratoria sin precedentes
Singing to the Lions es un paquete de capacitación gratuito (guía del facilitador, suplemento y video) de CRS, que está diseñado para ayudar a los niños y jóvenes a disminuir el impacto de la violencia y el abuso en sus vidas. El componente principal es un taller de tres días en el que los pa...rticipantes aprenden habilidades que pueden ayudarlos a transformar sus vidas y ya no sentirse dominados por el miedo. Aunque el taller está dirigido a jóvenes e incluye juegos, arte y canciones, también se puede utilizar para ayudar a los adultos a tomar medidas en aspectos de sus vidas que causan miedo y, al hacerlo, convertirse en mejores padres y cuidadores.
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El marco responde a la demanda de los Estados miembros y los socios de orientación sobre cómo el sector sanitario y su base operativa en los sistemas de salud pueden abordar de forma sistemática y eficaz los retos que cada vez más presentan la variabilidad y el cambio climáticos. Este marco se ...ha diseñado a la luz de las crecientes pruebas del cambio climático y de los riesgos sanitarios que conlleva (1); de los mandatos políticos mundiales, regionales y nacionales para proteger la salud de la población (2); y de un conjunto de experiencias prácticas que están surgiendo rápidamente en el fomento de la resiliencia sanitaria al cambio climático (3).
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There is an urgent need for safer, simpler, more efficacious and accessible treatment regimens for all forms of TB. The development of Target Product Profiles for TB treatment regimens (referred to as Target Regimen Profiles or TRPs) seeks to guide the drug development process towards important regi...men characteristics corresponding to the needs of end-users.
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The publication is designed to provide Ipas staff, trainers, partners and other health-care providers with access to up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations. In general, the recommendations are the same as those in the World Health Organization’s 2012 Safe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidanc...e for Health Systems, Second edition. In rare cases, the recommendations have been modified due to the settings where Ipas works. In addition, if there is more current evidence to inform the recommendations, they will be updated here.
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The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care protocols and policies, as well as managers of maternal and child health programmes and policy-makers in all settings. The guideline will also be useful to tho...se directly providing care to pregnant women and preterm infants, such as obstetricians, paediatricians, midwives, nurses and general practitioners. The information in this guideline will be useful for developing job aids and tools for pre- and in-service training of health workers to enhance their delivery of maternal and neonatal care relating to preterm birth.
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16-17 march 2015, Geneva, Switzerland
Meeting report
Investigación original / Original research
Rev Panam Salud Publica 36(3), 2014