Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents are invaluable life savers, particularly in resource-limited countries where infectious diseases are abundant. Both uncomplicated and severe infections are potentially curable as long as the aetiological agents are susceptible to the ...antimicrobial drugs. The rapid rate with which antimicrobial agents are becoming ineffective due to resistance acquired as a result of unchecked overuse and misuse threatens to undo the benefit of controlling infections. The evidence for resistant microorganisms, many times to more than a single antimicrobial agent, has been observed globally. In Tanzania, there is evidence in the form of few scattered studies conducted in different parts of the country in a multitude of settings including health care facilities, the community, domesticated animals and wild animals
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TOWARDS 30 YEARS OF THE BEIJING DECLARATION AND PLATFORM FOR ACTION: UNITE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Concept Note
Asylum and Migration Working Paper 1
BMJ VOLUME 322 24 FEBRUARY 2001 bmj.com
Early childhood matters.
This document looks at specific issues regarding the development of young children, in particular from a psychosocial perspective. It is published twice per year by the Bernard van Leer Foundation. The views expressed in Early Childhood Matters are those of the authors and... do not necessarily reflect those of the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
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A GUIDE FOR HEALTH WORKERS AND AUTHORITIES IN NIGERIA
MOH Policy and Guidelines for Health Institutions
NATIONAL HIV/AIDS/STI/TB COUNCIL DEVOLUTION PLAN
PERC produces regional and member state situation analyses, updated regularly.