This diagnostic and treatment manual is designed for use by medical professionals involved in curative care at the dispensary and hospital levels. We have tried to respond in the simplest and most practical way possible to the questions and problems faced by field medical staff, using the accumulate...d field experience of Médecins Sans Frontières, the recommendations of reference organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and specialized works in each field.
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•Introduction to depression
•Assessment of depression
•Management of depression
•Follow-up
•Review
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Children under Age 6 | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Children and Adolescents Ages 6 to 17 Years Old
Cards for Correct and Incorrect Components of Evidence-based Focused ANC (including birth preparedness, complication readiness and recognition of danger signs)
10 May 2021
This scientific brief replaces the WHO Scientific Brief entitled “’Immunity passports’ in the context of COVID-19”, published 24 April 2020.
This update is focused on what is currently understood about SARS-CoV-2 immunity from natural infection. More information about considera...tions on vaccine certificates or “passports” will be covered in an update of WHO interim guidance, as requested by the COVID-19 emergency committee.
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Each year more than one million women are diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide over half of whom will die from the disease. Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death for women
A rapid evidence briefing. Vaccinated people are less likely to develop long COVID, even if they get infected, a rapid review of 15 studies by the UK Health Security Agency shows.
This series of supportive tools are based on the WHO Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline. They are intended to provide supportive information for healthcare workers who are prescribing, administering and monitoring patients receiving nirmatrelvir-ritonavir for non-severe COVID-19.
Testing Guidance and Interpretation of Results for Healthcare Providers
Zika Virus Testing Guidance: Asymptomatic Pregnant Women
with Possible Zika Virus Exposure
Respiratory sample collection for Influenza and other respiratory viruses diagnosis - Infographic
Asthma is chronic inflammation of the airways in the lungs.
In asthma, the airways in the lung narrow due to swelling of
the mucosa, increased mucus production, and spasm of the airways.