Essential public health functions (EPHFs) have
been recognized as a core component of the
primary health care approach and are central to
an integrated, comprehensive, sustainable and
cost-effective approach to enhancing individual
and population health and reducing the burden of
disease, as a...rticulated in the Declaration of Astana
on Primary Health Care and in various World Health
Assembly and regional committee resolutions.
However, their application to meeting population
health needs has remained obscure. This document
presents a technical reference package to support
comprehensive operationalization of public health
using the EPHFs and describes a step-by-step
approach to their application, including a number of
case examples.
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Erratum on the Rwanda Demographic and Health Survay 2010 final report | Date of correction: December 2, 2014 | Correction: Page 84, Table 6.6 - Table 6.6 has been rerun to correct an error in the total wanted fertility rate calculation. The corrected table is shown below. Only the total wanted ferti...lity rate is affected by this change; the total fertility rate remains unchanged.
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Son 16 cartillas educativas que contiene la presente publicación y que se ponen a disposición del docente, como un mecanismo ágil y sencillo que permita la reflexión y el análisis de situaciones de la vida diaria, relacionadas a la salud, las cuales permitirán mediante una aplicación continua... , promover prácticas saludables fundamentales, para lograr una cultura en salud en los alumnos de las instituciones educativas públicas, lo cual permitirá mejorar su calidad de vida.
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Care of the Mother and Baby through Home Visits. Facilitator Modul for Clinical Practice
Improving Maternal and Child Health for Midwives and Nurses in Indonesia
Following an overview of maternal and neonatal child health in Nepal and in the districts covered by the project, the briefing outlines the background to the Strengthening Approaches for Maximizing Maternal, Neonatal and Reproductive Health (SAMMAN) project. It then describes the key aspects of the ...two main project approaches: one focused on the community level, and the other on health systems
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Workshop on PHC Revitalisation in Nepal, April 5-6, 2010