First WHO Global Ministerial Conference
Ending TB in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response
Moscow, Russian Federation, 16-17 November 2017
Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People
Guidance Brief
Accessed: 09.11.2019
Benin’s National Malaria Strategy calls for eliminating
malaria as a public health threat by 2030. ARM3 was
developed to measurably and significantly speed up
progress toward that goal.
Brief instructions for the diagnostic of specimens coming from suspected plague cases and exposed contacts, including recommendations for diagnostic confirmation
Guidance
Indicators for monitoring the 2016 Political Declaration on Ending AIDS
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Evaluation and Diagnosis of Penicillin Allergy for Healthcare Professionals
This brief provides key considerations for engaging communities on COVID-19 and tips for how to engage where there are movement restrictions and physical distancing measures in place, particularly in low-resource settings.
People experiencing social disadvantage and marginalization are known to be disproportionately impacted by ill-health. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, persons with disabilities may have increased risk for exposure, complications, and death
В настоящем документе подчеркиваются основные аспекты организации безопасного управления медицинскими отходами для того, чтобы лица, вырабатывающие
политику, п...актикующие врачи и управляющие стремились улучшить эти службы в
медицинских учреждениях. Он основан на комплексном и более подробном пособии ВОЗ Safe management of waste from health care activities [Безопасное управление отходами медико-санитарной деятельности](WHO, 2014), а также на соответствующих резолюциях Всемирной ассамблеи здравоохранения (ВАЗ), других
документах ООН и возникающих глобальных и национальных тенденциях в области
WASH и IPC.
Safe management of wastes from health-care activities: A summary
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BMJ Global Health2020;5:e002014. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002014
After completing this activity, pharmacists should be able to:
1. List populations for which the compounding of an oral liquid may be necessary
2. Outline necessary considerations that should be made by the pharmacist to ensure product stability
3. Describe methods used in the compounding of liqu...id preparations
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In 2007, WHO warned that infectious diseases are emerging and re-emerging at a rate that has not been seen before. The potential for infectious diseases to spread rapidly results in high morbidity and mortality, causing a potential global public health treat of major concern.
Several factors are ...contributing to the (re)emergence of infectious diseases such as population growth, living in close contact with animals, frequent travelling, poverty, destructive ecological changes due to economic development and land use and climate change result in global warming.
Especially Africa is at a threat for (re)emerging infectious diseases due to the huge population growth (expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050) with rapid urbanisation. Additionally, people across and beyond the continent are excessively mobile which is combined with a weak health system. Moreover, the risk of (re)emerging infectious disease is further heightened by three newly adopted continental initiatives: African Continental Free Trade Area, Free Movement of Persons and African Passport and Single African Air Transport Market.
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